The battle between Jarrell Miller and Daniel Dubois on the Saudi Arabia show is a slap in the face to every other hardworking heavyweight.
The fight of a lifetime, scheduled for December 23 in Saudi Arabia on the greatest event of the year, pits Jarrell Miller against Daniel Dubois.
However, considering his past drug test failures, I don’t think his presence is welcome. To be honest, I have no idea how he managed to get on this show. From a business perspective, you have to commend him and his group. However, in actuality, it is a slap in the face to any heavyweight in the top 10 who goes out and grinds their ass to chase opportunities like this.
However, it is occurring and it is here. This card includes Miller, and as I’ve already stated, he and his group should be commended for the work they have done to rebuild him.
However, some promoters and fighters will always be reluctant to collaborate with him, which is to be expected. Miller has consistently refuted claims of drug cheating. However, in my opinion, his disqualification stemmed from outright cheating to obtain an advantage, which is quite risky in this game.
He is seizing the chance, but in my opinion, it is not one he deserves. There are competitors in this division at the same level who have spotless records and are more deserving of this chance. He has slithered through the transactions that take place in this game.
However, it poses a risk to the sport. Everything is OK until someone is gravely harmed or murdered, at which point it becomes a severe issue. And regrettably, that will occur someday.
Anthony Joshua’s history is not lost.
Daniel Dubois, in my opinion, is not one of them, but Jarrell can work hard for a lot of people and might make my list in the future, as will players like Fabio Wardley and Jared Anderson.
For many warriors, he still makes a lot of sense. If he is defeated by Dubois, he loses interest in fighting and turns into a gatekeeper. However, victory puts him in a fantastic position. In this game, the winner stays. He may eventually be able to defeat Anthony Joshua if he prevails. Naturally, everything will hinge on what transpires with AJ in December and the upcoming year.
AJ and Jarrell were standing just a few feet apart during the news conference last month. I’ll put my neck out there and declare that they will not be exchanging Christmas cards this year. AJ’s career was severely disrupted by what transpired in 2019, and his connection with everyone involved was severely strained.
Eddie Hearn won’t likely forget what transpired, in my opinion. It makes sense that he would have taken it quite personally.
Dubois authority will be excessive.
Jarrell has defeated 22 of his 26 opponents thus far, demonstrating his intense work ethic. He will work really hard, I’m sure of that. However, I believe Daniel to be a step above him, and I only see him emerging from this stronger and victorious.
After Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang, Jarrell is perhaps the third-best puncher in the division going into the fight.
Even if Daniel may still learn a lot from what happened to Oleksandr Usyk in the summer, he will still be disappointed by what happened. Daniel has the potential to be the show’s underdog, in my opinion.
He may not be the most talkative person, but that’s what he does in the ring. We also overlook his youth. I believe he will truly come into his own and be among the best dogs for a time in the coming years when a few others start to leave the division.
Naturally, he is still growing and has engaged in some excellent sparring. He has, in my opinion, been matched really well up to this point and has had to handle his fair share of criticism, both during his first matchup with Joe Joyce a few years ago and again this summer following Usyk’s knockout. A portion of that has been unjust.
Against Joyce, I was one of the people at the time who thought he should have continued. Against Usyk, the manner in which he was stopped raised questions too. But you emerge stronger and more rounded from those kind of defeats. And he is still maturing. The best is still to come from him.
Daniel is a quiet man, yet I sense a threat inside of him. It’s a little frightening to see the smile on his face as he is about to operate on someone there.
Even when sparring, he has the spite to punish others since he enjoys doing it. He will want to make a statement early in a fight like this, especially against a man like Miller who will be speaking out heavily in the upcoming weeks.
Daniel will win by stoppage, in my opinion. Miller and his entourage don’t seem to grasp the influence he possesses. It becomes really challenging for him as he begins to land his jab. I picture him screwing him over very badly if he landed clean.