By Jeff Aranow: Former 2 division world champion Tomasz Adamek (52-5, 30 KOs) defeated 38-year-old journeyman Fred Kassi (18-7-1, 10 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Hala Sportowa, in ul Zuzlowa 4, in Czestochowo, Poland.
By Patrick McHugh: Undefeated heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller (18-0-1, 16 KOs) did what he said he was going to do last night in stopping the capable Fred Kassi (18-6-1, 10 KOs) in the 3rd round on Showtime Boxing from the Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, NY. Miller, also known as “Big Bady”, trashed the top heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, letting Showtime audience know what he personally thinks of these three champions.
The 28-year-old Miller is just itching for the chance to challenge one of them, because he feels he’s got the talent to unseat them. It’s going to be exciting to see if Miller can do that because at this rate, he should be in range for a world title shot by 2017, possibly 2018 if the sanctioning bodies move him up slowly.
By Jim Dower: In a disappointing fight, unbeaten heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (18-0-1, 16 KOs) defeated 36-year-old high level journeyman Fred Kassi (18-6-1, 10 KOs) by a 3rd round stoppage on Friday night at the outdoor Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, New York.
By Allan Fox: The 296 pound heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (17-0-1, 15 KOs) will be fighting tonight against the clever Fred Kassi (18-5-1, 10 KOs) for their fight on Showtime Boxing from the Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, New York. Miller will have close to a 60lb weight advantage tonight over the 36-year-old Kassi.
That doesn’t mean Miller will win the fight, because he could very well come up short. Miller has packed on some pounds since his last fight, and it doesn’t look like all the weight he’s put on has been in the form of muscle.
By Allan Fox: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (17-0-1, 15 KOs) will be fighting this Friday night against journeyman Fred Kassi (18-5-1, 10 KOs) in Miller’s biggest test to day on Showtime Boxing at the Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, New York.
The Miller vs. Kassi fight is scheduled for 10 rounds, and it’s likely going to go the full distance unless the 6’4”, 280+ pound Miller can use his size and punching power to get the 6’0” Kassi out of there. It’s not likely.
Kassi, 36, has only been knocked out once in his 13-year pro career in getting stopped in the 7th round by the big punching Amir Mansour in November 2014. Up until the knockout, the fight was very competitive with Kassi giving Mansour a lot of problems.
Miller, 28, has never gone the full 10 round distance before during his seven-year pro career, so there’s a lot of questions whether he can do that without fading badly and getting caught with something.
(Credit: Rosie Cohe/SHOWTIME) “I’m different to all the heavyweights out there. I’m not chasing a pay day. I’m chasing a legacy.” – Jarrell Miller
NEW YORK (July 19, 2016) – Promising, unbeaten, power-punching heavyweight Jarrell “ Big Baby” Miller and undefeated welterweight knockout artist Bakhtiyar Eyubov participated in an Open Media Workout Tuesday at Mendez Boxing in Manhattan, N.Y.
Miller and Eyubov, who both fight out of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be featured in two of the three fights of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on Friday, Aug. 19, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m.. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the outdoor soccer venue at Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.
NEW YORK (June 30, 2016) – Undefeated heavyweight Jarrell Miller claims he’s America’s top heavyweight prospect. “Big Baby” will get a chance to back up his boast when he faces his toughest test to date in veteran Fred Kassi in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Aug. 19.
By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Peter Fury appears to be making excuses for his fighter heavyweight Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) not looking good last Saturday night in his fight against Fred Kassi (18-5-1, 10 KOs) last Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK. Hughie was having all he could handle from the 36-year-old Kassi until the fight was halted in the 7th round due to the 21-year-old Hughie suffering a cut over his left eye from a head clash in the 6th.
Peter says Hughie was flat in the fight due to Kassi’s awkward style. Peter says that Kassi wasn’t there for Hughie to hit, so that led to frustration on his part. However, in watching the fight, it looked like Hughie went to pieces mentally in the 6th round after getting pursued all over the ring by the shorter Kassi and nailed with some huge headshots.
By Scott Gilfoid: In a real stinker, unbeaten heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) beat high level journeyman Fred Kassi (18-4-1, 10 KOs) by a dull 7th round technical decision win to capture the vacant WBO International heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK. The crowd basically booed Hughie nonstop. I’ve never seen a home fighter booed as much as Hughie was.
That was pretty sad to see. I wonder what Tyson Fury was thinking in watching this spectacle? It’s not as if he could stand up and convince the crowd not to boo Hughie, because after all they had paid their hard-earned money to see what they had hoped would be an exciting fight. It was a fight, but it sure wasn’t exciting.
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (19-0, 10 KOs) weighed in on Friday for his potentially nightmarish fight against the powerful Fred Kassi (18-4-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK.
Fury looked his usual non-muscular self in weighing in at 231 pounds. That’s quite thin for a fighter 6’6”, but Fury doesn’t have a muscular built that you normally see in fighters. I would have to say that Fury’s physique is more like an office worker that shuffles papers than a guy that makes a living fighting.