Comments Thread For: Jarrell Miller: Oquendo Made Smart Move Turning Down $500K

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NEW YORK The math might not make sense to some people, but Jarrell Miller understands why Fres Oquendo turned down a $500,000 purse to fight him November 17. Oquendo is 45 and hasn't fought in four years, yet still was offered half-a-million dollars by promoter Eddie Hearn for a fight Miller would've been heavily favored to win. Chicago's Oquendo didn't think three weeks' notice was enough time to properly prepare for that tough of a fight and reportedly wants
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[Boksfan]

No, Oquendo just wanted a drug tests, nothing more to the story.

[P4Pdunny]

Miller: I'll just find me another old man to fight instead

[Larry the boss]

Who the hell is this guy Miller is fighting and why?

[Derranged]

How the hell was Oquendo even an option in the first place? There isn't a single fighter who's younger, move active and ranked higher for Baby Fat Miller to fight?

[Zn1]

How the hell was Oquendo even an option in the first place? There isn't a single fighter who's younger, move active and ranked higher for Baby Fat Miller to fight?

They wanted drug testing for the matchup same as Oquendo, BUT Team Miller initially thought Fres was desperate for money and would take the fight under any conditions.

or so I've heard

[Laligalaliga]

Fres will still be a mando so no cause for alarm.

[Oshio]

Who has Miller fought to be desiring of a title in the HW?

[DougalDylan]

Very long story, lots of drug test failures and law suits and we are where we are. He's not an "option" he had a call on that fight that would be up held in a court of law.

How the hell was Oquendo even an option in the first place? There isn't a single fighter who's younger, move active and ranked higher for Baby Fat Miller to fight?

[Adamsc151]

Who the hell is this guy Miller is fighting and why?

Bogdan Dinu. Romanian former youth and amateur standout, looks like a cold war era Bond Villain. Unbeaten in 18(14 early), but nobody of note on the record either - the only name I recognize is Marcelo Luis de Nascimento; a Brazilian journeyman who's been beaten by about 15 recognizable HW names, mostly by KO.

Dinu could be decent but it's hard to tell from his record. At 32 years old, 18 fights in 10 years as a pro with no decent names on the record does not scream of ambition.