Boxer Jarrell Miller Says Failing A Drug Test Has Cost Him $30 Million

ByJoseph Gibsonon June 24, 2019inArticles›Celebrity News

Nobody ever wants to fail a compulsory drug test, if for no other reason than the hassle involved. Pro boxer Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller recently sat down on TMZ Sports to talk about the consequences for his own failed drug test, and he says they were somewhat more serious than a hassle: Instead, he says testing out of a fight with Anthony Joshua has cost him somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million.

Miller was slated to face off against Joshua on June 1st at Madison Square Garden. But after he came up positive on a standard drug test, Joshua had to find a last-minute replacement opponent, who turned out to be Andy Ruiz . Ruiz ended up making the most of his lucky break and handily defeated Joshua, a scenario that’s tailor-made for “what if” scenarios by fans and, in this case, the replaced fighter himself. As Miller put it, he doesn’t imagine the fight would have gone much different if he had been the one in the ring against Joshua, as originally planned:

“It was gonna be a massacre…But, sometimes God has plans for you.”

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$30 million isn’t chump change, but Miller still has a sense of humor about his missed opportunity, taking an unusual angle on conceptualizing the amount of money he missed out on, asking his interviewers with regards to the $30 million figure:

“You know how many cheeseburgers that is just now?”

Miller also says that despite the circumstances, he and Ruiz – who’s reportedly in the process of arranging a $50 million rematch with Joshua – are good friends and he’s got no hard feelings about Ruiz taking his place in the fight. He also says he’s staying in shape so he can get back on top as soon as possible after his suspension is lifted later this year.

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Khabib’s Manager Says He Wants $50 Million For Next Fight

ByJoseph Gibsonon November 6, 2018inArticles›Celebrity News

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has become well known for his enthusiastic public statements in support of his client, and he recently took to one of his favored outlets (TMZ) to lay down a very bold claim about Khabib’s short-term prospects with regard to future fights. According to him, since Khabib is now a “bigger star” than rival Conor McGregor , he deserves even more money in exchange for stepping into the ring: A line Abdelaziz draws at at least $50 million.

He goes on, in characteristically bold fashion:

“Come on, man! You have a guy meeting with Putin, [President of Turkey] Erdogan. And, the other guy selling liquor on the corner store. It’s not even in the f**king same planet.”

Of course, Ali’s claim that Khabib has now become a “global superstar” on a completely different planet from McGregor doesn’t mean that a rematch is impossible. He says that Khabib would be happy to beat McGregor down again — if the price is right, naturally. And as we all know, there are prices in the world of mixed martial arts that go beyond money:

“I really want to see [Conor] drink his own blood … He talked a lot of sh*t. He didn’t back it up. Embarrassed himself in front of his whole beautiful country of Ireland, his father, his mother, his wife.”

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That was a bit of a change from some of Ali’s earlier statements to the press, particularly a recent boast that McGregor doesn’t deserve a rematch with Khabib on the grounds that “he’s a quitter.”

But, the fight world will just have to wait and see if Abdelaziz really gets Khabib a $50 million check for his next fight, or if a Khabib/McGregor rematch is in the cards. But to see things from Abdelaziz’s point of view, both things seem to be almost inevitable.

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