By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
According to Aussie boxing commentator Ben Damon, a possible bout is in the works between WBA #14 heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller and former WBA heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne. The bout is expected to take place on November 26 in London (potentially as co-main to a rumored Daniel Dubois vs. Dillian Whyte fight) if Miller is cleared to fight in the UK. Alternatively, November 13 in Abu Dhabi is in play.
Miller (25-0-1, 21 KOs) is 2-0 with 1 KO since resuming his career this year after a 3.5 year pause. Browne (31-3, 27 KOs) resurrected his career with a crushing first round KO of Junior Fa on the Haney-Kambosos undercard in June.
Serious question for historians… Lucas Browne is referenced as a “former heavyweight champion,” despite that title being rescinded as the result of taking a substance which violated WBA rules. But in 20-some years I’ve never seen Frans Botha, who did the exact same thing and had his title stripped by the IBF, referred to in the same way. Why the double standard?
I’ll give this one a shot: I THINK (I could very well be wrong) it’s because Botha’s win over Axel Schulz was vacated. That fight is now officially a no-contest. Browne’s win over Chagaev is still a win. I would PRESUME (again, I could be wrong) that’s because Botha tested positive on a test for that actual fight and because Browne maybe tested positive on a random test.
Ok, but confusing.
Frans Botha, South African fighter, so I followed him of course. He fought anybody and everybody like boxers did years ago. What a heart as a fighter.
Can’t imagine either one has any better option right now. I’d watch that.
Im ready for this
Miller will beat Browne if they face off in the ring. Miller is too active and Browne’s balance and movement with his legs needs some serious gym work. Browne’s style is rather anemic in creativity and he trash talks better than he fights.
Scooby: Agree that will probably be the outcome. Brown though wins some fights (ok, they are scarce, agree) that a person thinks he could not possibly win. Brown fights like a person who’s arms and body is covered in plaster of paris molding.
Henry, I do like the description of Browne’s arms and body in plaster of paris. LOL
Intriguing matchup the winner is going to be the one who wants it the most.
Battle of 2 drug cheats. Let ’em juice up and go to it.
Miller is actually 2-0 with 1 ko 🙂
Miller in 2! then fights the winner of Parker vs Joyce.
Miller in 1 or 2 rounds. If he wins this fight, he should fight that punk (Jarred Anderson) in a battle of The Big Babies. If Miller regains his form, Miller can beat Anderson. Anderson is taking shots from no talents. Miller will make Anderson pay.
LeKaren James: A while back a person (well I did) could think Anderson would be a threat to in the heavyweights, but watching Anderson’s defense I think he is going to be in trouble against many half decent heavyweights.
THANK YOU !!! – Anderson looked like crap against a guy with 1/1,089th of his talent in his last fight. Anderson is not all that and a bag of chips. Miller wants to crush this kid. I doubt Anderson’s promoters will allow that.
Any human referring to a ‘belt’ holder as a ‘world’ champion; needs to be in the finger paint section of all aspects of life. As time passes, Ali incurred health complications career-long for not ever learning boxing science. Refusing Prof. Moore for gullible inexperienced Dundee. Not that boxing’s physical contact ‘hurt’ him. Jones Jr. and Mayweather Jr. behaved as ‘juniors’ when they consciously involved themselves in multiple manipulative match making schemes to secure lower risks for high reward. Wake up folks.
Oh lord, hear we go!
Why? lol
The Battle for the WBA Regular Steroid Paper champ!
For some reason when I saw this headline I was thinking this was going to be some sort of god awful exhibition match between Joe Mesi and Riddick Bowe.