Miller faces Awadh Tamim in Tanzania on November 4th. Junior Fa headlines a card mext Sunday in Stanmore Bay Simon Kean fights Lenroy Thomas on the undercard of fellow heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov on December 16th. Jose Larduet fights Ali Kiydin on November 5th on the Kossobutskiy vs Muhamed card. Decarre Scott fights on the 9th December in Atlanta. Norman Neely fights Jason Bergman on November 5th in Myrtle Bay, South Carolina. Sonny Conto fights on the 29th October against James Bryant in Philly.
Yet another disappointing opponent choice for Kean. Thomas hasn't had a meaningful victory in quite some time and he was recently stopped by Agron Smakici. The most interesting part of Miller's fight will be the weigh-in. Even if Miller wins quickly - he won't have much to show for it, apart from picking up a whole bunch of frequent flyer miles to get to Tanzania. I wonder if he will need to book two seats for the flight. I don't think Dacaree Scott's opponent will be a good one, either, considering he stopped (by Jonathan Guidry) when he gassed the last time he fought. Conto's opponent has been inactive for 2 1/2 years prior to this fight. Safe to say that Conto is far down on Bob Arum's list of priorities. I watched Neely's fight against durable journyeman Terrell Jamal Woods a few months back. I don't think he's getting very far at all but he might be tecnically tight enough to ward off Bergman and win a decision. He probably won't stop him, though, even with Bergman being at least five years past his prime. Similarly, I don't think Larduet is getting too far, either. Like Neely he's not much of a puncher. Still, Kiydin's record is flattered by a lot of soft opponents - and he was quickly stopped by Hemi Ahio in the only really useful fight that he's had. So Larduet should stop him. If Fa's opponent is not yet named, he will most definitely not be a good one.