Johann Duhaupas: record, next fight and profile →
By Thomas Gerbasi - With WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder fresh from a knockout win over Luis Ortiz earlier this month, and WBA / IBF titlist Anthony Joshua about to unify with WBO boss Joseph Parker at the end of March, the last name on the lips of any of them is Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller. The unbea...
NEW YORK – Jarrell Miller doesn’t just intend to knock out Johann Duhaupas. The confident contender is determined to defeat Duhaupas quicker and more impressively than Deontay Wilder did when they meet April 28 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Wilder stopped a battered, bloodied Duhaupas in the 11th round of his second defense of the WBC heavyweight title in September 2015.
Miller vs. Duhaupus Press Conference Photos Gallery - Matchroom Boxing USA makes their triumphant return to the United States as former Middleweight World Champion and BROOKLYN BOXING Ambassador DANIEL JACOBS, (33-2-0, 29 KO’s), returns for a 12-round middleweight showdown against undefeated world ranked Polish contender MACIEJ SULECKI, (26-0-0, 10 KO’s). The event takes place Saturday, April 28 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Photos by Ed Mulholland.
Daniel Jacobs will face undefeated Polish dangerman Maciej Sulecki at Barclay Center, Brooklyn on April 28 on a huge night of action live on HBO and Sky Sports, as Katie Taylor aims to unify the Lightweight division against Victoria Bustos and Jarrell Miller and Johann Duhaupas clash in an eliminator for the WBA World Heavyweight title.
Former WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler tells BT that he´s done. There will be no comeback and the 39-year old is now officially retired again. It was in the spring of last year that Kessler announced he was coming back and he stepped up his training.
Jarrell Miller won’t exactly take a step up in competition in his next fight. According to an ESPN.com report Tuesday night, Miller will face France’s Johann Duhaupas in a heavyweight fight HBO will televise April 28 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The main event of HBO’s doubleheader that night will pit middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs against Maciej Sulecki.
French heavyweight contender Johann Duhaupas will have his first fight in France, since early 2014, take place on December 14 in Levallois Perret on Asloum Promotion´s big show topped by lightweights Yvan Mendy vs Jesus Arevalo. Duhaupas has of lately fought on small hall events in Finland and also stepped in to challenge Alexander Povetkin but was knocked out in five. In Levalloi he takes on, for the WBA Int´l title, Newfel Outah (15-1) in an all French exciting matchup
There are ongoing discussions to make a December fight between former world heavyweight world champion Alexander Povetkin (32-1, 23 KOs) of Russia and dangerous German contender Christian Hammer (22-4, 12 KOs). If a deal comes together, would take place on December 15 in Yekaterinburg, according to he executive director of the promotional company RCC Boxing Promotions, Alexey Titov. On Monday, World of Boxing - who promoted Povetkin - announced the December date and said the WBO International belt will be at stake.
Frenchman Johann ”Reptile” Duhaupas (35-4, 22 KO) fights on the main event for 10 rounds against Russian giant Evgeny Orlov (17-15-1, 13 KO) at Vaasa, Finland on 16th September show. Show is promoted by Caramelito Promotions which is same time having its last show in professional boxing business. Duhaupas, who has knocked out Robert ”Nordic Nightmare” Helenius back in April 2016 for WBC Silver -title fight, is dangerous boxer for Finnish heavyweights while he has beaten also Helenius´ countrymen Jarno Rosberg and Janne Katajisto on EU title fights back in 2013 and 2014.
Erik Skoglund has relinquished his position as official challenger for EBU light heavyweight champ Robert Stieglitz last week and Dominic Boesel, reigning IBF I/C, WBA Con and WBA I/C champ, is the new official challenger.