Jared Anderson on sparring with Tyson Fury

Jared Anderson (9-0, 9 KOs) was the primary sparring partner of Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) before his rematch with Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs). And when Fury canceled his summer bout due to Covid-19, rumors swirled that it wasn't a virus that knocked the WBC champion out of training, but Anderson in sparring. In total, Anderson has been in Fury's prep camps three times.

The event has been moved from July 24 to October 9. Opposing the young puncher and new American heavyweight hope will be Vladimir Tereshkin (22-0-1, 12 KOs). This bout will open the PPV broadcast from Las Vegas.

If "The Big Baby" manages to deal with Tereshkin quickly and without major injuries, his next fight will be on November 20 on the Crawford-Porter undercard. For now, however, he should focus on the upcoming Saturday.

"Jared reminds me a lot of Muhammad Ali. He has great talent but also great charisma. He also has what it takes to become a world heavyweight champion in the future," reassures Bob Arum, the young boxer's promoter, who has also served as promoter for many of Ali's fights.

"It's been a great experience, we're both getting what we have best," said the nearly 22-year-old Anderson, who spent about a hundred rounds of sparring with Fury in preparation before the July date and then before the October date.

"At the beginning of camp we try to knock each other out. Our sparring is very intense and sharp. If you look at them from the outside, you'd think we're bitter enemies. Until we leave the ring, because that's what real champions do. Every boxer has his strengths and weaknesses. His advantages are physical strength and range, which he used against me. I, on the other hand, am a little bit faster than him and I used those weapons. I think I was doing well because Tyson invited me to camp again. It's not the first time I've been there, so you can see I'm doing a good job and I think I'm going to have a good relationship with him. You have to push Fury because he wants to be pushed by others and likes sharp sparring partners like me. Outside of the ring, I have a good relationship with him and I consider him a good friend. We don't spend a lot of time together outside of the gym, but I'm sure we would get along well. He's a really nice guy who likes to have a good time," Anderson stated.

"We're not likely to meet in an official fight, let's be logical. He's much older than me, and I don't know how much longer Fury's career is going to last. On the other hand, I don't see him slowing down that much, so maybe one day our paths will cross," added the talented young boxer.