DJ Blaze’s Top 15 July 16, 2023

1-King Combs f/A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Fabolous & Jeremih-Flyest In The City
2-Red Café f/Fabolous & Capella Grey-Don’t Vibe and Tell
3-Monroe X f/CJ & Capella Grey-Skin Out
4-Diddy f/City Girls & Fabolous-Act Bad
5-Dave East f/Tyga-HUSTLERS
6-Busta Rhymes f/BIA-Beach Ball
7-Dave East & Young Chris-Naughty
8-Coi Leray f/Busta Rhymes-Players (rmx)
9-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Jeremih-FU Better
10-A Boogie Wit da Hoodie f/G-Eazy -MVP
11-AD, Chrishan & O.T. Genasis – U Luv It
12-Burna Boy f/21 Savage-Sittin’ On Top Of The World
13-AD f/Kalan.FrFr-Still Learning
14-Joe Moses f/Jeremih-Freak It
15-CJ-Gangsta

On The Watch “It’s All About Jared Anderson vs Charles Martin”

Heavyweight Showdown

Last night’s Top Rank/ESPN Main Event was a homecoming bout set up for the young and upcoming Heavyweight prospect Jared “Big Baby” Anderson (15-0, 14 Kos) to show off his skills against seasoned veteran and former IBF Heavyweight Champion Charles Martin (29-4-1, 26 Kos) at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.

Charles, who accepted the task on 12 days’ notice but was visibly already in great shape, made sure to give Jared a tougher challenge than his previous 14 marks who got dissipated brutally by knockouts.

Jared is a “Big Boy” inside that squared circle with size, strength and a good number of skills that are still developing for a young man his age. Martin had to be strategic with his approach and may have been a little too cautious in the opening rounds restricting his punch output but making Jared work to get his offence going.

That said, it didn’t take long for Jared to land something significant that knocked Martin down in the third round for a quick 8 count but had Martin bounce back still willing and able to stand his ground and put in that work.

Martin’s punch output wasn’t the best but he did manage to connect and stagger Jared at times throughout the bout. As the rounds progressed Martin’s unwillingness to submit to Jared made things inside that squared circle quite entertaining.

For the first time in his professional career to date, Jared was met with a formidable opponent who was battle tested, savvy and willing to go toe to toe, blow for blow and actually give some heat right back to Jared without folding under the pressure of the youngin.

Jared showed growth in this bout and proceeded to get the job done as instructed by his corner man. After 10 fully completed rounds the Judges at hand scored it 99-90, 99-90 and 98-91 unanimously for Jared Anderson. Going the full 10 rounds for the first time in his early career was the best thing that could have happened for Jared. He got in some quality rounds and felt some real heat from an ex-champion that will only make him better the next time out.

Congratulations on your win Jared, last night you got tested inside that squared circle and passed with flying colours. Now on to the next youngin.

Blaze