Jarrell Miller: 'I beat myself up every day' since losing Anthony Joshua fight

Everything was aligned perfectly for Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller in 2019. 

His brash trash talk in the middle of 2018, along with two stoppage wins over Tomasz Adamek and Bogdan Dinu lead Miller to securing a mega fight with then-unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua that was scheduled for Saturday, June 1, at Madison Square Garden. Then everything came crashing down in a heap. In April 2019, it was announced that Miller had failed three drug tests, and the fight with Joshua was cancelled. Miller was suspended again for another failed drug test before a scheduled July 2020 clash with Jerry Forest.  

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Now, Miller is 3-1-1 as he returns for the first time since a majority draw with Andy Ruiz in August 2024, in a bout most experts felt Miller should have won, on Saturday night at the Ring VI card from MSG against Kingsley Ibeh, live on DAZN PPV. But it's what happened in 2019 that still bothers him to this day.

"I beat myself up every day since 2019," Miller said at Thursday's press conference. "But it’s an opportunity to not only fight and show the fans but also myself, my family, and prove to Eddie (Hearn, head of Matchroom Boxing) I’m still with him and Matchroom because I still owe (it) to them because they moved me in such a way that it was cool.

"Like Eddie said, we had an opportunity in 2019 and things happened, things were said. God has plans for me that sometimes I wonder if God has a cruel sense of humor when it comes to me."

In his most recent fight, Ibeh (16-2-1, 14 KOs) stopped former world title challenger Gerald Washington. Miller feels Ibeh has no idea what is coming to him this weekend.

"Come Saturday night, I’m coming to make Kingsley’s head roll. He has no idea what’s coming to him, Miller boldly said.

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