Jarrell Miller cuts ties with promoter Dmitry Salita

American fighter Jarell Miller has cut ties with promoter Salita Promotions - shortly after pulling out from his headlining bout with Fabio Wardley in June

Wardley and Miller facing off at Portman Road, home to Ipswich Town FC (Getty Images)

Jarrell Miller has said that he is no longer tied to promotional firm Salita Promotions.

The statement was made in recent days by Miller on his Instagram page. This new development follows his withdrawal from a 7 June match against Fabio Wardley. That event, put on by Queensberry Promotions, had been set for Portman Road, the home stadium of Ipswich FC.

Miller withdrew from the fight, citing an injury, but a new post on Instagram says that he has moved on from his promoters.

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The US heavyweight wrote that there were many conflicting stories and accounts currently going around, seemingly alluding to his withdrawal from the Ward fight.

Miller wrote: “Dimitry Salita is no longer my promoter. I have no promoter. I been dealing with slight set back [sic] and will be good in another week. The only person that can speak on my behalf is my manager – Spencer Brown.”

The heavyweight promised that there would be future updates ‘coming soon’. However, Miller did indicate that he had plans in the works with both Goldstar Promotions and Frank Warren.

Despite a 26-1-2 (22) record, Miller has been moving out of heavyweight contention for some time. In his last fight, in August, he came away from a bruising encounter with Andy Ruiz, 35-2-1 (22), with a draw. That followed a loss by stoppage in ten rounds to Daniel Dubois, 22-2 (21), eight months earlier in Riyadh.

The fight against Fabio Wardley had been an opportunity for Miller to re-announce himself onto the world scene after a tumultuous few years. In 2020, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) banned Miller for two years after testing positive for a banned substance.

That followed another failed drugs test, this time in New York, just a year earlier when he was popped for using a ‘metabolic performance enhancer’, EPO, and human growth hormone.

Miller received a six-month suspension from the WBA for the first offense. He denied all wrongdoing but was subsequently caught out against months later by NSAC while reading to fight Jerry Forrest.

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Intriguingly, Miller has largely left US scrutiny behind since his failed test. His first fight following his suspension was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After that, he went to Tennessee, then Dubai, Riyadh, and finally Los Angeles.

Miller’s fight against Wardley had been set for June until a press release from promoter Queensberry said that he was withdrawing due to a shoulder injury sustained in training. Subsequent developments have seen little-known Australian fighter Justis Huni, 12-0 (7) being brought in as a replacement.

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