Jarrell Miller Headlines In Vegas, Okolie PED Positive + Ali Act Discussed On Capitol Hill Too! | BFW Preview Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming fight between Jarrell Miller and Lenier Pero, the cancellation of a fight due to Lawrence Okolie's positive PED test, and the Ali Act hearing in the U.S. Senate.

It's an extremely light weekend in the ring, but there's plenty to discuss outside of it and we are ready to do so on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael give you all the insight. They start with the preview of Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing DAZN main event in Las Vegas Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller vs. Lenier Pero, WBA heavyweight eliminator. Will we see fireworks in the most significant fight of the weekend? The winner obviously moves into WBA contention, as well. Then, some news: Heavyweight Lawrence Okolie, who was scheduled to face Tony Yoka in the main event of a Queensberry Promotions card on DAZN on Saturday in Yoka’s hometown of Paris, has tested positive for a banned substance and the card has been canceled. We have the latest on it all. Then, Oscar De La Hoya, Nico Ali Walsh and Nick Khan all testified in front of a U.S. Senate committee on the Ali Revival Act on Wednesday. T.J. and Dan have thoughts on what was said at the hearing and the next steps in the movement by TKO/Zuffa Boxing to get this bill made into law later this Summer. Also, Richardson Hitchins, who signed with Zuffa last week vacates the IBF junior…

People in this episode

Host: T.J. Rives

Guest: Dan Rafael

Topics covered

• boxing
• PEDs
• legislation
• fight preview
• heavyweight boxing
• boxing news

Keywords

• Jarrell Miller
• Lenier Pero
• Lawrence Okolie
• Ali Act
• boxing news
• PED positive
• Richardson Hitchins
• IBF title

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Matchroom Boxing, DAZN, Queensberry Promotions, IBF, TKO/Zuffa Boxing, U.S. Senate

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