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Photo by\u00a0Rosie Cohe\/Showtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promising, unbeaten, power-punching heavyweight Jarrell \u201c Big Baby\u201d Miller and undefeated welterweight knockout artist Bakhtiyar Eyubov participated in an Open Media Workout Tuesday at Mendez Boxing in Manhattan, N.Y.<\/p>\n

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\u00ae (10 p.m.. ET\/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the outdoor soccer venue at Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.<\/p>\n

The confident, fast-talking Miller (17-0-1, 15 KOs), a consensus top 15 heavyweight, will take on the experienced Fred Kassi (18-5-1, 10 KOs), of New Orleans, La. in the 10-round main event. Eyubov (10-0, 10 KOs), a native of Kazakhstan, will be opposed by veteran Karim Mayfield (19-3-1, 11 KOs), of San Francisco, Calif. in a 10-rounder that will open the telecast. Undefeated bantamweight prospects, world-ranked Nikolay Potapov (14-0-1, 6 KOs), of Potolsk, Russia, and Antonio Nieves (16-0-1, 8 KOs), of Cleveland, Ohio square off in the 10-round co-feature.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the event presented by Salita Promotions are on sale and available at www.rhinossoccer.com\/ and http:\/\/www.etix.com.<\/p>\n

This is what the Miller, Eyubov and promoter Dmitriy Salita said Tuesday:<\/p>\n

JARRELL \u201cBIG BABY\u201d MILLER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On Training Camp\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTraining camp is going real well. I put on a lot of muscle for this camp, I\u2019m going to put on a lot of solid mass, I am going to go in there and manhandle it. Like a chew toy in a dog\u2019s mouth, I want to mangle it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really committed to this training camp. I\u2019ve made some changes: less cheeseburgers. I cut down from three cheeseburgers to one cheeseburger a day. Same thing, in the gym every day, not doing anything different. My main thing is my strength and my speed and we are going to see, come Aug. 19.\u201d<\/p>\n

On His Opponent, Fred Kassi\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSupposedly Fred Kassi is the most durable guy I have fought in my whole entire boxing career. This is what they are saying and I tip my hat off to the guy; he\u2019s been in some fights where I thought he won and he ended up on the wrong side of the decision. When he fought other fighters, he had three weeks training camp, two weeks\u2019 notice. He had two months to get ready for this. I\u2019m not a last-minute opponent. He\u2019s going to come in ready and I\u2019m not about to underestimate him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a boxer-puncher and he\u2019s more one-dimensional. He switches back and forth, he\u2019s not pretty at what he does, but no worries, you can look at me, because I am nice at what I do.<\/p>\n

I predict a fifth-sixth round knockout. Kassi is definitely a doable guy, but I feel once he sees my size and my pressure and the speed that I bring with my footwork \u2013 it\u2019s going to be game over for him. I know for a fact I\u2019m going to knock out Fred Kassi, fifth or sixth round. That\u2019s what I do, I take your heart, I take your soul, I take your ribs.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Deontay Wilder\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWilder is a wild man when he gets in that ring, but at the same time if you watch how he performs, he performs at a mediocre level against mediocre fighters. If you stick him to a world professional athlete, like myself or top guys, you\u2019ll see him bring even more. Not saying he hasn\u2019t been in the ring with A+ fighters yet, but you can see all his loopholes in his fighting style. It\u2019s just a matter of time before he gets really exposed and I hope it is with me because I want that behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cShorter fighters do what they do, taller fighters do what they do. Deontay is tall but he doesn\u2019t do what his body is designed to do; he\u2019s trying to do something that smaller guys do, so that is going to be his downfall. Like I said, it is just a matter of time and I am going to break him in half, him and his toothpick legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching the livestream of the Wilder-Arreola fight and it was horrible. It was horrible because he is the heavyweight champion of the world. He doesn\u2019t understand that he is doing more damage to himself than he thinks he is. He\u2019s getting hurt. He\u2019s getting hit. He\u2019s taking some punishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to fight Wilder. If he sees my style, if he sees my footwork, he\u2019ll realize I\u2019m no Artur Szpilka or Chris Arreola. And when I get in there, well, most of my fights end up in knockouts. I\u2019m 100 percent power. Once I touch them, they are getting hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Anthony Joshua\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cJoshua is overrated, overhyped. I am going to break that jaw of his. Definitely one of the weakest of the heavyweight champs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes down to the basics. You have a lot of guys that have a lot of punching power and basic skills and that\u2019s not enough. Joshua is a basic heavyweight, a one-two fighter. I could cut that half way across the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d fight Joshua when the timing is right. I personally don\u2019t want to go and fight Joshua just because I\u2019m his \u2018next.\u2019 I think that when the time is right, it\u2019ll be me and him at the MGM Grand on pay-per-view. One of those super sweepstakes fights, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tyson Fury\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI like Tyson Fury, I still want to break his fingers in half but he is good for the sport of boxing and I feel like me and him for a main event will sell any arena out. He talks a lot of smack and he does back it up, but he is still a jokester and I am real. I will smash him if he tries to step on me in the press conference. I will knock him out, same way I will for everyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fight between us two will be like Comedy Central on steroids, it would be bananas. It would sell out kind of like a Mayweather-Pacquiao \u2026 I feel like we can capture the heavyweight division and put it back on the map, just because of the way he talks. As an American heavyweight I feel like we have to take over American soil first. I\u2019ll fight anywhere and anytime, but on the business side, I have to take over my country first.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Heavyweight Division\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey better get motivated now because I\u2019m coming. I\u2019m hungry and I\u2019m motivated. SHOWTIME is having me on the main event on national television. I\u2019m telling you I\u2019m coming, and I\u2019m coming to stay. They better get ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m different to all the heavyweights out there. I\u2019m not chasing a pay day. I\u2019m chasing a legacy. I\u2019m trying to change the layout. I\u2019m trying to change the game. I\u2019m trying to change my future and make history at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

BAKHTIYAR EYUBOV<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have had hard training camps before, but this is up there. It\u2019s one of the most intense camps I\u2019ve ever had. I know that people expect me to deliver another knockout, but I\u2019m training to go the distance. I\u2019m scheduled to go 10 rounds and I am preparing myself as best as I can.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opponent is an experienced and tough fighter. Perhaps my toughest test to date. I\u2019m confident in my skills. He can run, but he can\u2019t hide. There are only four corners, I\u2019ll find him and I\u2019ll do what I came here to do: win.\u201d<\/p>\n

DMITRIY SALITA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great honor to be able to promote a show on SHOWTIME and both of these fighters. Miller and Eyubov are both willing to show that they are some of the best in their respective divisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is going to be a great event, happening at a special venue in Rochester at the soccer stadium, outside in the summer time. The show has all the ingredients to be a key event of the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n