ANTHONY JOSHUA has been urged to fight old rival and drug cheat Jarrell Miller three years after their fight was cancelled.
Joshua, 32, was scheduled to face unbeaten heavyweight Jarrell Miller, 34, at Madison Square Garden on June 1, 2019.
But the fight was called off when Miller was refused a license by the New York State’s Athletic Commission due to a failed drugs test.
The Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency said there were irregularities in the test.
Miller protested his innocence – but saw a later fight against Jerry Forrest fall through after testing positive once again for a performance-enhancing substance.
Matchroom were left desperately searching for a last-minute opponent to replace Miller and eventually settled on Andy Ruiz Jr – who went on to shock the world.
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Mexican Ruiz Jr knocked out Joshua in the seventh round to become the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion.
Despite this, Miller’s promoter Dmitriy Salita says the American would travel to England to face Joshua following the Brit’s split decision rematch loss to Oleksandr Usyk earlier this month, with the pair havingc some “unfinished business”.
Salita told i: “If Anthony Joshua loses, he said he wants to fight in December whatever happens.
“If he wins he’s going to fight Tyson Fury, that’s a huge fight as a boxing fan that has to happen.
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“But if he doesn’t win, he has some unfinished business with Jarrell Miller.”
Joshua’s boxing career is in limbo following the loss, but has a number of potential fights he could take on to help fire him back into title contention.
Names such as Deontay Wilder and a rematch with childhood rival Dillian Whyte have been mentioned.
However, Salita insists Miller should be in contention to face Joshua.
Salita continued: “Jarrell’s had two wins, he’s going to fight again.
“That’s a fight I would love to happen, I know [Joshua’s promoter] Eddie [Hearn] said he doesn’t want it to happen but I do believe it makes a lot of sense.
“It would get a lot of interest certainly and Jarrell will come to the UK for sure to avenge that mishap that happened in June 2019.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
