Miller Suspended, Joshua to Get New Opponent

Anthony Joshua will receive confirmation of his world title opponent  next week with an America-based opponent viewed as the 'ideal' choice, after Jarrell Miller was refused a boxing licence following an adverse finding from a drug test says Eddie Hearn.

Miller has protested his innocence and will await a B-sample, but promoter Hearn has drawn up a shortlist of alternative opponents for Joshua, and expects to make an announcement in the coming days.

"Obviously it's a fight in America, so from our point of view, we would like an American challenger really," Hearn told Sky Sports News. "I don't think it will be Dillian Whyte.

"There's probably seven or eight guys I think would fit the bill. Being an American debut, in an ideal world we would like it to be an American, or someone that fights in America.

"We're going through that and we're going to be working hard in the next couple of days. There will be an announcement from us in the early part of next week, locking in Anthony Joshua's next opponent." he concluded.