On April 13, 2024, a 10-round heavyweight fight of Jared Anderson vs Ryad Merhy is set to take place at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the United States.
Experienced Cruiserweight turned Heavyweight Ryad Merhy (32-2) will challenge undefeated American Heavyweight Jared Anderson (16-0).
In the UK, the action begins on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 a.m. The main card in the US starts at 10:00 p.m. ET. The main event is scheduled for three hours from now.
Preview of Jared Anderson vs Ryad Merhy
After a hectic 2023 in which he claimed three victories, Anderson is back. Big Baby won the WBC USA Heavyweight title by overcoming Georgie Arias via RTD to start the year. This strengthened the WBO International Heavyweight title he already possessed.
In April, Anderson prevailed via unanimous decision over former Heavyweight champion Charles Martin, securing a knockdown. In 2023, less than two months later, Jared Anderson retained his titles with a TKO victory over Andrii Rudenko in his third fight.
Ryad Merhy was the WBA Cruiserweight champion twice. After winning over Zhaoxin Zhang, Merhy advanced to the Heavyweight division. Merhy defeated journeyman opponents before taking on Kevin Lerena. Merhy went to South Africa to fight Kevin Lerena, and in his first significant Heavyweight match, he was defeated by Unanimous Decision.
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After suffering his second career loss, Merhy went to Paris to compete against Olympic gold champion Tony Yoka, and he unexpectedly won via split decision.
Predicting The Boxing Match
Jared Anderson is 12 cm taller than Ryad Merhy, standing at 181 cm. In addition to being the taller combatant, Anderson possesses a notable reach advantage over Merhy of 181 cm, measuring 199 cm. Additionally, Anderson outperforms Merhy in terms of ape index by 6 cm.
The boxers’ performance patterns and statistics are taken into account, and the result is that Jared Anderson has 60-40 odds of winning.
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