Jarrell Miller is looking for a fight again.
The heavyweight contender announced through his Instagram account Thursday that his scheduled fight with Michael Hunter has been canceled. Brooklyn’s Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) and Las Vegas’ Hunter (24-1-2, 17 KOs) were set to headline a card DAZN will stream Sept. 11 from Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Miller-Hunter was to be showcased during the fight week buildup toward the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford card Netflix and YouTube will stream Sept. 13 from nearby Allegiant Stadium.
Miller, 37, posted a letter he received along with his statement in which “legal and regulatory” issues were cited as the reasons his fight with Hunter, also 37, couldn’t take place.
This marked the second time in the past three months Miller’s scheduled fight didn’t take place.
He was supposed to battle British contender Fabio Wardley on June 7 at Portman Road Football Ground in Wardley’s hometown of Ipswich, England. Miller withdrew from that bout because of a shoulder injury.
Wardley (19-0-1, 18 KOs) spectacularly knocked out Miller’s replacement, Australia’s Justis Huni (12-1, 7 KOs), in the 10th round.
Miller hasn’t fought since he faced former unified heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz (35-2-1, 22 KOs) to a 12-round majority draw in August of last year at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Miller’s last fight in Las Vegas fell apart on short notice as well. The Nevada State Athletic Commission removed him from a fight with Jerry Forrest that was supposed to take place in June 2020 because Miller failed a pre-fight test for performance-enhancing drugs.
The besmirched Miller has fought just five times in the six years since he tested positive for four banned substances prior to his scrapped shot at then-undefeated unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Miller was undefeated when he signed a contract to challenge Joshua at Madison Square Garden in New York in June 2019.
Ruiz replaced Miller on approximately five weeks’ notice and upset Joshua by seventh-round technical knockout.
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.