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Jarrell Miller to be dropped by Top Rank following another drug suspension: ‘It’s very, very hard to deal with stupidity’
Jarrell Miller’s boxing career may very well be over, and Top Rank’s Bob Arum says the heavyweight will by dropped by the promotion.
It was recently announced that Miller received another drug suspension. People called for the heavyweight to receive a lifetime ban. For Arum, when he found out the news, all he could think was how can someone be that stupid.
“How stupid can you be? That was my reaction,” Arum told talkSPORT Fight Night. 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.”
Now, according to Bob Arum, he says Jarrell Miller will never fight on a Top Rank card. He also believes the heavyweight could very well receive a lifetime ban. He also says fighters taking PEDs is basically attempted murder.
“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. 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 licence. 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 licence in New York, they would’ve given him a one-year suspension.
“So let’s do it ourselves, keep him out for the year.’ They did [licence him] and then he tested dirty again. Now it’s up to the 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 in your life.’ Jarrell Miller will never fight on a Top Rank card.”
