Tomorrow night on HBO, Belizean American World Heavyweight Contender Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller is fighting french boxerJohann Duhaupas at Barclays Center in Miller's hometown of Brooklyn, New York.
The Frenchman is a former world title challenger - but he's seriously undersized at 244 pounds - while Big Baby weighed in this evening at 304 pounds.
It's an important fight for Big Baby because its' basically an audition for a shot at world champ Anthony Joshua.
But, he's not nervous - in fact when Courtney Weatherburne spoke to him 90 minutes ago via telephone he was calm and confident. He told her he is ready to take down his opponent in the name of all his fans, including his Belizean supporters:..
Voice of: Jarell "Big Baby" Miller - World Heavyweight Contender
"Training went well, I can't complain too much, just trying to focus and maintain my diet the way I know. Not too many meat pies but a little bit of salbutes. I feel good, it's an opportunity to the next step."
Reporter
"Perfect, so when does training day start? How long would you say it takes to really train and be prepared and mentally and physical form a fight like this?"
Jarell "Big Baby" Miller - World Heavyweight Contender
"This camp was about 7 weeks. My last hard training session was Tuesday and yesterday we did a warm up, a little stretching and that's it and tomorrow I have to go."
Reporter
"What is your strength in the ring? Is it your jab, is it your style, your movements? What really is it for you as a boxer?"
Jarell "Big Baby" Miller - World Heavyweight Contender
"I think that my jab and my body shots, I go to body a lot as well as my conditioning. I still have the highest points for out for the division."
Reporter
"So, you are pretty confident going into this fight tomorrow night?"
Jarell "Big Baby" Miller - World Heavyweight Contender
"Yes, no doubt in my mind, takes a lot to stop him but he's never been in the ring with somebody like me. They put him in with smaller guys."
Reporter
"Just explain to us or describe what that feeling is like when the announcer is calling your name, you are walking out, the fans are shouting, you know you are walking in the ring. Just describe that feeling to us."
Jarell "Big Baby" Miller - World Heavyweight Contender
"It depends, everybody different sometimes I get super excited like I'm glad to get back in the ring, I put all my preparation and hard work, it finally paid off and as I'm close to the ring in kind of zoned in. Just putting a hurt on this guy, once that bell rings I always tell myself it's time to go to work. Once I get close to him my hand starts flying. When I'm in the ring I got Belize in my heart, just trying to do something positive and put some light on Belize and hopefully we do something that brings the economy up and bring jobs and things for the kids. I'm always thinking about Belize, when I step in the ring. "
The fight is at 8:00 tomorrow night and you can see it on HBO.
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