Wardley To Face Huni After Injured Miller Pulls Out

British heavyweight Fabio Wardley will look Justis Huni connected 7 June aft Jarrell Miller pulled retired of their conflict because of injury.

Wardley was set to meet American Miller astatine Portman Road - nan location of his beloved Ipswich Town.

However, Queensberry Promotions said connected Wednesday that Miller "sustained a enarthrosis wounded during training camp".

Australian Huni, 26, has a cleanable grounds aft 12 master contests pinch 7 of those victories coming wrong nan distance.

"All action shootout - conscionable really we for illustration it!" Wardley posted connected X.

Huni is number 1 successful nan WBO rankings and has fought conscionable doubly extracurricular his homeland, pinch 1 of those bouts connected nan Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou undercard successful Saudi Arabia past year.

Undefeated Wardley, 30, vacated his British belt successful March arsenic he pursues a world title.

Miller taunted Wardley by wearing a Norwich garment pinch 'going down 25' connected nan backmost - referencing rivals Ipswich's relegation from nan Premier League - erstwhile they met astatine a chaotic news conference past month.

The brace had to beryllium held isolated by information guards aft Miller, who served a two-year doping prohibition aft doubly testing affirmative for a performance-enhancing supplier successful 2019 and 2020, accused Wardley of making a 'diss song' astir him.

Queensberry besides announced that Olympic bronze medallist Lewis Richardson will make his master debut.

Richardson, 27, was nan only Briton to bring location a boxing badge from nan Paris Olympics past summer.