Anthony Joshua v Jarrell Miller: Everything you need to know and odds

Two heavyweights set to collide in June

1st June 2019. Remember the date. Because that’s when Anthony Joshua will take on New Yorker Jarrell Miller at Madison Square Garden in his first overseas bout.

AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn completed a deal for a fight between the WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight champion and the American challenger on 13th February.

So what is there to know about 30-year-old Brooklyn-born bruiser? And what are the odds ahead of the big fight? We’ve got everything you need to know below.

23-0-1 record  

It’s not just Joshua who’ll put his unbeaten record on the line here. Miller is undefeated too. ‘Big Baby’ is 23-0-1 so far in a career which began all the way back in 2009. AJ’s biggest achievement back then was winning the Haringey Box Cup.

The 6ft 4in orthodox fighter has been forced the distance just four times, most recently in April 2018 against Frenchman Johann Duhaupas.

Knockout victories 19 and 20 of his professional career against Tomasz Adamek and Bogdan Dinu have landed him a shot at Joshua. But the British champion represents an altogether tougher test.

Kickboxing background

Miller is an all-action fighter. That stems from his kickboxing background. Joshua’s challenger took up the sport as a teenager and went on to rack up a 19-0 record as a professional on New York’s Muay Thai kickboxing scene.

After signing for K-1 – the world’s premier kickboxing organisation – Miller went on to win a further two fights before packing up the sport with a 21-2 record. The then-22-year-old soon began taking boxing more seriously and the rest, as they say, is history.