Jarrell Miller is in competition to struggle Britain’s former WBA champion Daniel Dubois in Saudi Arabia on December 23.
The American has resumed his profession since serving a suspension for testing constructive for banned substances and Miller is now being considered as an opponent for Dubois.
Miller and Dubois could function on a heavyweight invoice in the Middle East, based on studies, which will probably be topped by Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, who are set to look in separate bouts earlier than assembly in a possible struggle in 2024.
Dmitriy Salita, who promotes Miller, instructed Sky Sports: “I always believed that Jarrell has the skills to be a dominant force in the heavyweight division and it’s been my mission to land him that significant opportunity.
“The division is rumbling now with actual initiative of creating large fights throughout the board.
“I can say that we are working on making a career-defining fight for the heavyweight from Brooklyn, New York.”
Dubois suffered a controversial ninth-round stoppage loss to Oleksandr Usyk in August, regardless of flooring the unified champion with a punch which was dominated as a low blow.
Promoter Frank Warren appealed to have the results of the struggle modified to a no-contest, however his attraction was rejected by the WBA.
Dubois claimed the WBA ‘common’ belt with a fourth-round knockout win over Trevor Bryan final June and made one defence, stopping Kevin Lerena in December.
Miller beforehand examined constructive for banned substances in 2019, which ended plans for a New York struggle against Anthony Joshua.
The New Yorker was granted a provisional boxing licence by Nevada State Athletic Commission final November after he had acquired one other suspension forward of a deliberate struggle against Jerry Forrest in 2020.
Miller denied “willingly” taking a performance-enhancing drug after studies of a failed drug check ruined plans for the bout in Las Vegas.
The unbeaten 35-year-old final fought in March, when he stopped one other former WBA champion, Lucas Browne, in the sixth spherical.
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