Because there’s so much chatter about who’s going to be fighting who next, and soon, within the heavyweight ranks, speculative chatter has been rampant.
One rumor I’ve heard making a fair bit of ground is that Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller has signed on with Brit dealmaker Eddie Hearn, who runs Matchroom, is aligned with Anthony Joshua and who has Danny Jacobs under his tent.
Let’s get this out there, then: No, Miller isn’t signed to Hearn.
“There is no deal with Eddie,” said Dmitriy Salita, the ex boxer businessman who DOES have a promotional agreement with Miller.
“I am co promoter of the Saturday show at Nassau Coliseum, with Eddie, hired as the local promoter,” Salita said. “Matchroom has been great to work with and we look forward to working with them in the future but they don’t have promotional rights on Jarrell. We are free agents.”
Meaning, Miller can pick and choose what side of the tracks he wants to do business. He could aim toward the Showtime aka Deontay Wilder side, or he could edge toward the middle, the Joshua side. Right now, Joshua’s deal with Showtime allows another network, namely HBO, to bid on his bouts. Showtime can top their bid and make the final bid on a Joshua scrap.
Record set straight..
Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson.
The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999.
Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.