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Photos: Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua weigh in for their fights on Saturday

Photos: Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua weighed in Friday for their separate fights on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.

Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua on Friday came in around their typical weights for their separate fights Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (pay-per-view).

Wilder tipped the scales at 213 pounds, 1½ less than he weighed for his first-round knockout of Robert Helenius in October. His opponent, Joseph Parker Jr., was 245¼.

Joshua weighed 251, 1 more than his weight for his seventh-round KO of Helenius in August. He’s fighting Otto Wallin, who weighed 238½.

The weights for other featured fights on the card:

  • Dmitry Bivol (174½) vs. Lyndon Arthur (174¼), light heavyweights
  • Filip Hrgovic (246) vs. Mark De Mori (242½), heavyweights
  • Jai Opetaia (198½) vs. Ellis Zorro (197½), cruiserweights
  • Daniel Dubois (239) vs. Jarrell Miller (333), heavyweights
  • Arslanbek Makhmudov (262) vs. Agit Kabayel (241¼), heavyweights
  • Frank Sanchez (238) vs. Junior Fa (279), heavyweights

Here are images from the weigh-in. All photos by Fayez Nureldine / AFP via Getty Images.

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Nevada officials extend Jarrell Miller’s suspension indefinitely

Nevada officials have extend Jarrell Miller’s temporary suspension indefinitely for failing a drug test before a scheduled fight in July.

Jarrell Miller won’t be fighting in Nevada for a while.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the heavyweight contender’s temporary suspension indefinitely for allegedly failing a drug test before a scheduled fight in July, BoxingScene.com reported.

Miller was scheduled to face Jerry Forrest on July 9 in the bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, his first fight since a previous PED-related hiatus from boxing. However, he reportedly tested positive for GW1516. The substance, also known as cardarine and endurobol,  enhances aerobic power and endurance.

Miller insisted shortly after news broke of his positive test that he has never “willingly” taken a performance-enhancing drug.

GW1516 was one of three substances allegedly found in Miller’s system before his scheduled fight with Anthony Joshua last year in New York. He was replaced by Andy Ruiz Jr. as the opponent for Joshua, who was knocked out.

Miller was not yet licensed to fight in New York at the time he failed the test. Thus, New York officials didn’t have the power to suspend him. Miller had submitted all required paperwork Nevada authorities, which allowed them to take action against him.

They immediately issued a temporary suspension. On Wednesday, they extended it at their monthly commission meeting.

The 32-year-old from Brooklyn presumably would have to reapply for a license at some point if he hopes to fight in Nevada again. It’s not clear when he would be eligible to do so. Some have called for a lifetime ban.

Bob Bennett, the executive director of the NSAC, didn’t immediately return a phone call from Boxing Junkie.

Miller was fortunate to receive a second chance when he signed with Top Rank, which provided a nice platform on which to make his return. The July 9 card – with Carlos Takam replacing Miller – was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

A few days after the card, Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, said, “Jarrell Miller will never fight on a Top Rank card.”

Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) also tested positive for a banned substance when he was a kickboxer in 2014.

The 31-year-old from Brooklyn hasn’t fought since November 2018, when he stopped Bogdan Dinu.

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Bob Arum: ‘Jarrell Miller will never fight on a Top Rank card’

Promoter Bob Arum has cut ties to heavyweight Jarrell Miller after Miller tested positive for PEDs.

Promoter Bob Arum gave Jarrell Miller a second chance by signing the troubled heavyweight earlier this year and arranging his comeback. Miller won’t get a third chance, at least not from Arum.

Arum told talkSPORT Fight Night that he’s releasing Miller from his contract after the fighter failed a drug test ahead of his scheduled bout with Jerry Forrest on July 9.

Miller had also tested positive for multiple PEDs before he was scheduled to challenge for Anthony Joshua’s titles on Dec. 7 in New York, which cost him the opportunity. Andy Ruiz Jr. took his place and stopped Joshua.

“How stupid can you be? That was my reaction,” Arum said. “I mean when we signed the fight, after he had had tested positive before the fight with Anthony Joshua, he told me it was his people that did it, he would be very careful, he would have a special nutritionist.

“And, boom, the same thing happened and he tested dirty. I think, again, that’s a credit to boxing. Because once we scheduled him to fight, the Nevada Commission immediately had VADA test him.

“The first test uncovered performance-enhancing drugs. It’s very, very hard to deal with stupidity.”

Miller avoided being suspended after his earlier failed tests because he had yet to be licensed by New York. “Big Baby” probably will face punishment this time. The NSAC reportedly will treat Miller as a licensed fighter because he submitted all pertinent paperwork.

“I look at it this way: If a fighter takes performance-enhancing drugs getting ready to participate in a fight, then I look at it as attempted murder,” Arum said. “If he somehow evaded the test, he would go in the ring seriously compromising his opponent and I believe that would be attempted murder.

“What happened in New York, he didn’t have a license. He tested dirty and the fight was off. When we went to the Nevada Commission to schedule him for a fight, we told the Nevada Commission, ‘Look, if he had been licensed in New York, they would’ve given him a one-year suspension. So let’s do it ourselves, keep him out for the year.’

“… Now it’s up to the [Nevad] commission to determine the penalty. And I believe that it’ll either be multi-year or life. If he isn’t banned for life, then I believe it’ll be a multi-year suspension. And if you’re asking me if I’d continue my contract with him, the answer is, ‘Not on your life.’

“Jarrell Miller will never fight on a Top Rank card.”

Video: Ak & Barak: Teddy Atlas says line must be drawn on PEDs

When is enough enough? The boxing world is grappling with Jarrell Miller’s latest failed drug test and what to do about it. The heavyweight has tested positive for five banned substances in his combat sports career, including three failed tests …

When is enough enough?

The boxing world is grappling with Jarrell Miller’s latest failed drug test and what to do about it. The heavyweight has tested positive for five banned substances in his combat sports career, including three failed tests before his scheduled fight with Anthony Joshua last year.

Suggested punishments range from a two-year suspension to a lifetime ban.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess interview Hall of Fame trainer Teddy Atlas about Miller, PED use in general and how the sport should handle it.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Jarrell Miller denies ‘willingly’ taking banned substance

Jarrell Miller insists he has never “willingly” taken a performance-enhancing drug even though he reportedly failed another test.

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on SportingNews.com.

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Jarrell Miller insists he has never “willingly” taken a performance-enhancing drug even though he reportedly failed another test.

The unbeaten heavyweight was scheduled to fight Jerry Forrest on July 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas but was removed from the card amid reports he tested positive for a banned substance.

Miller admitted he “messed up” after missing out on facing Anthony Joshua in June of last year after testing positive for three banned drugs.

Speaking to Fight Network, the Brooklyn native revealed he and his team are investigating the current situation.

“This is something that was ingested,” Miller said. “We don’t know if it was contaminated, but we’re investigating as of right now. Me and my team are just working due diligently to get the facts 100 percent straight.”

Asked toward the end of the YouTube interview whether he had ever knowingly taken performance-enhancing drugs, Miller replied: “No, I have never ever willingly taken a steroid for performance-enhancement purposes. No.

“Did I take something for healing properties, for injury? Yes I have. Before a fight to win a fight and during a training camp? No, I have never done that.”

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman revealed that Miller had been “expelled” before the recent positive test for failing to join the governing body’s drug testing program.

He told Sky Sports: “Miller specifically, he was expelled from the WBC, because he failed to enroll in the clean boxing program. Not once, but twice.”

Sulaiman refused to rule out the possibility of Miller fighting for a WBC title in the future, however, saying: “I don’t speculate. I don’t like to … what if.

“What I can say is that he’s been out of the WBC picture for three years, because we did not consider him to be eligible for rankings, because he did not enroll in the clean boxing program.

“When he was first ranked. We sent them the documents. He had three months to fill three pieces of paper, and he failed to do so. Then somehow they claimed they didn’t have the papers, so we rang him again and sent them the papers.

“… He didn’t submit twice, so he has been expelled from the WBC for three years.”

Video: Ak & Barak: WBC’s Mauricio Sulaiman on Jarrell Miller, PEDs

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, the hosts interview WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman about PED use in boxing.

Heavyweight Jarrell Miller’s failed drug test has the boxing world talking about PED use once again.

Miller tested positive for a banned substance ahead of his scheduled return to boxing on July 9, which follows the three positive tests that cost him a fight with Anthony Joshua last year.

“Big Baby” could be out of boxing for a long time.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess interview WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman about Miller and PED use in boxing in general.

Sulaiman partnered with VADA to create the WBC Clean Boxing Program.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Boxing world reacts to Jarrell Miller’s failed drug test

Many in the boxing world are angry over heavyweight Jarrell Miller’s latest failed drug test.

Those in the boxing aren’t shocked that Jarrell Miller failed another drug test but they’re angry.

The former heavyweight contender, set to make his comeback after a PED-related hiatus from boxing, reportedly tested positive for GW1516, one of the drugs in his system when he was busted last year. The substance enhances aerobic power and endurance.

“Big Baby” was scheduled to challenge for Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight titles in June of last year at Madison Square Garden in New York but was pulled from the fight after testing positive for three banned substances over three days. He was replaced by Andy Ruiz Jr., who took Joshua’s belts.

The 31-year-old from Brooklyn received a second chance when he signed with Top Rank, which provided a nice platform on which to make his return. He was scheduled fight Jerry Forrest on July 9 in Las Vegas on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

Carlos Takam reportedly will face Forrest.

Here are some reactions from the boxing world.

Miller’s co-promoter Dmitry Salita told Sky Sports: “I am disappointed. I was looking forward to July 9th and Jarrell’s return to the ring. This news is shocking to me as well.”

Carl Frampton, former two-division titleholder, Tweeted: “If this disgraceful human being doesn’t get banned for life, the sport that I love is an absolute joke!”

Steve Kim, ESPN.com Tweeted: “I liked Jarrell Miller, got to know him well calling his fights on CBS Sports. But he is, what he is. A cheater (one that should be given a lifetime ban). As @VictorConte once said, ‘the first thing you become when you start using PED’s — is a liar.”

Dan Canobbio of CompuBox Tweeted: “Jarrell Miller is Top 3 in both punches thrown per round (63) and punches landed per round (21) for heavyweights. Many wondered how a man that size could be so active. We are reminded once again how and why.”

Boxing writer Dan Rafael Tweeted: “I just can’t get over Jarrell “Big Dummy” Miller failing yet another drug test & for one of the same substances he got busted for taking last year that cost him AJ title shot no less. How stupid is he? I expect a license revocation by NSAC. Anything less is dereliction of duty.

“Big Dummy” Miller never really owned last year’s failed tests. When he came to Vegas for a Fury fight and did some interviews couldn’t keep story straight, wouldn’t admit to number of failed tests & other basics. Wouldn’t answer how long he’d used, where he got the PEDs from.”

Anthony Crolla, former lightweight titleholder, told talkSPORT: “Performance enhancing drugs in a sport like boxing are dangerous. … I think they should carry some kind of prison sentence. You know, God forbid the opponent on the receiving end takes ill.”

Errol Spence Jr. Tweeted: “He need to become a bouncer or body guard take the L out of Lover brotha.”

Lou DiBella, promoter of Jerry Forrest, told BoxingScene.com? “Do I think he should be suspended for life? Honestly, he doesn’t belong in boxing right now. And if it’s not a lifetime ban, it should be a very substantial ban. It should be something like three years. It should be something where a major message is sent. I’m not gonna say it has to be a lifetime ban.

“Part of the reason I’m not gonna say it should be a lifetime ban is because I think there’s something wrong with this kid. I know him forever and I just can’t bring myself to dislike him. I’ve always sort of liked him. But there’s some sort of psychological compulsion, where there’s something in his psyche that’s really f—ed up. It’s gotta be a very, very stringent penalty.

 

 

 

 

 

Lou DiBella believes Jarrell Miller deserves stiff punishment

Promoter Lou DiBella believes boxing should send a “major message” in the wake of Jarrell Miller’s latest positive drug test.

Promoter Lou DiBella believes boxing should send a “major message” in the wake of Jarrell Miller’s latest positive drug test.

Miller was set to make his comeback from a PED-related hiatus from the sport against Jerry Forrest, DiBella’s fighter, on July 9 in Las Vegas. However, he has tested positive again and the fight is off.

“Big Baby” failed three drug tests two-plus months before his scheduled title fight against Anthony Joshua in June of last year at Madison Square Garden, after which he was dropped from the card. He wasn’t suspended because he had yet to be licensed by New York. Still, his career was in shambles.

He has now failed five drug tests if you count one during his kick boxing career in 2014. He hasn’t fought since November 2018.

BoxingScene.com reported that Miller is not licensed in Nevada but officials in that state will treat him as such because he had submitted all necessary paperwork.

DiBella doesn’t believe Miller can be banned for life because he wasn’t suspended but he told BoxingScene.com that the powers that be must hand down a stiff penalty.

“The first time he tested positive, he wasn’t in boxing,” DiBella said. “The time he tested positive for everything [before the Joshua fight], no one suspended him. So, I think it’s gonna get into legalities, also. For everything that happened [before the Joshua fight], because of a technicality he wasn’t suspended. Now, that being said, do I think he should be suspended for life? Honestly, he doesn’t belong in boxing right now.

“And if it’s not a lifetime ban, it should be a very substantial ban. It should be something like three years. It should be something where a major message is sent. I’m not gonna say it has to be a lifetime ban. Part of the reason I’m not gonna say it should be a lifetime ban is because I think there’s something wrong with this kid. I know him forever and I just can’t bring myself to dislike him. I’ve always sort of liked him.

“But there’s some sort of psychological compulsion, where there’s something in his psyche that’s really f—ed up. It’s gotta be a very, very stringent penalty. I’m not necessarily gonna scream lifetime, but I can tell you, as a lawyer, the fact that he was not suspended by any state for what happened [before] the Joshua fight may make it difficult for them to issue a lifetime suspension.

“Three years for an athlete is an extraordinary amount of time. And that kind of suspension would not trouble me.”

DiBella feels the powers that be in boxing failed both his fighter and Miller by not requiring him to undergo year-round testing after his failed tests last year. He also said he’s not surprised that Miller failed another drug test.

Miller reportedly tested positive for GW1516, one of the drugs in his system when he was busted last year. The substance enhances aerobic power and endurance.

“I knew he was dirty,” DiBella told BoxingScene.com. “I just instinctively knew. But you know what? I’ve gotta be honest … I am mad at boxing. And it’s my industry, so I’m not eliminating myself when I say boxing. I’m mad at our industry because the kid is a troubled person and we didn’t do him any favors by not enforcing any normal protocols.

“When he blew that heavyweight title fight at The Garden, it was incumbent upon on some commission or the Association of Boxing Commissions or the ratings organizations or whoever to say, ‘You’re not fighting again unless you go into the 365-day-a-year testing.’ Legally, they felt they couldn’t suspend him. But they at least could’ve compelled him to be tested.

“At least that might’ve smoked this out when he didn’t have a fight scheduled. Or it might’ve kept him honest. This way, he has no reason to stay honest.”

Seriously? Jarrell Miller fails another drug test, comeback bout off

Heavyweight Jarrell Miller, set to make his comeback after a PED-related hiatus from boxing, reportedly has tested positive for, yes, PEDs.

This falls into the category of, “you gotta be kidding.”

Heavyweight Jarrell Miller, set to make his comeback after a PED-related hiatus from boxing, reportedly has tested positive for … yes … PEDs, The Athletic reported. His fight against Jerry Forrest on July 9 in Las Vegas is off.

“Big Baby” was scheduled to challenge for Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight titles in June of last year at Madison Square Garden in New York but was pulled from the fight after testing positive for three banned substances over three days. He was replaced by Andy Ruiz Jr., who took Joshua’s belts.

Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) hasn’t fought since November 2018.

The 31-year-old from Brooklyn received a second chance when he was granted a license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and signed with Top Rank, which provided a nice platform on which to make his return. The July 9 card will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

And then comes news of his positive test. He reportedly tested positive for GW1516, one of the drugs in his system when he was busted last year. The substance enhances aerobic power and endurance.

“We are aware of the situation,” Top Rank Vice President Carl Moretti told The Athletic. “He will be placed on temporary suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday morning. We are currently filling the main event [for] July 9.”

Miller also tested positive for a banned substance when he was a kickboxer in 2014.

Have we seen the last of him in a boxing ring?

Video: Ak & Barak: Can Jarrell Miller pick up where in left off in 2018?

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess discuss whether Jarrell Miller can pick up where he left off.

Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller was set to challenge heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua in June of last year when the bottom fell out of his career.

Miller tested positive for multiple banned substances, which cost him the fight of his life and a lot more. He was suspended and hasn’t fought since November 2018.

Well, Miller is back. He has signed with Top Rank and reportedly is scheduled to fight Jerry Forrest on July 9 in a MGM Grand ballroom in Las Vegas. The fight will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess discuss whether Miller can pick up where he left off more than a year and a half ago.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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