“He still owns me the money”
Eddie Hearn has revealed his frustration over Jarrell Miller’s failed drug tests.
The New Yorker will face off against Anthony Joshua in 2019.
Joshua intends to defend his WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight titles against ‘Big Baby’ at Madison Square Garden three years ago. Manhattan man tests positive for multiple banned substances during the development of the proceedings.
Andy Ruiz Jr, a Mexican, living in California, was drafted to face Joshua and create an earthquake, beating him four times en route to stopping him in seven rounds to become the champion. Unified Heavy Enemy.
Hearn has reflected on the postponed event and insists there will be no second chance for the man who recently secured his second comeback win.
When talking to Ak and Barak on DAZN Boxing ShowHearn says:
“First, he owes me money.
“I really like Jarrell Miller and spend a lot of time with him, but I feel cheated.
“There are clouds over Jarrell Miller, but I always like to judge an individual on how I found them.
“Sometimes you want to benefit an unsuspecting boxer, but this is an act of ice-cold cheating to beat another man.”
Joshua regained the title he lost against Ruiz in a rematch six months later, in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, at a purpose-built stadium.
Oleksandr Usyk, the Ukrainian who wiped out and became the undisputed champion in cruiser before stepping into heavyweight, was next in line and he eliminated ‘AJ’ – who now has Robert Garcia in his corner separated from his longtime mentor Robert McCracken – at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last September.
Of them The rematch takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on August 20with Joshua planning to be a three-time king of the top sport.
But Hearn still has a bitter taste in his mouth about the incident that occurred during the construction of star Joshua’s US debut that ultimately ended in disaster.
“When you talk about winning, why would you want to drink these substances?
“It wasn’t a drug test, it was multiple. And it was injected. I feel like Jarrell Miller can’t fight without performance enhancing drugs.”