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Anthony Joshua ‘rejected four offers’ to face bitter rival in comeback fight

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Jarrell Miller has accused Anthony Joshua of rejecting four offers to face him in a comeback this year.

Joshua has yet to pencil in his return date, having yet to compete since his brutal KO defeat to Daniel Dubois last September.

He has recently had surgery but is expected to eye a return before the end of 2025.

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Several options are being explored including clashes with Jared Anderson and Deontay Wilder.

Miller has issued a regular call-out to Joshua, given the pair have clashed on multiple occasions.

The heavyweights were set to meet in 2019, but the American failed a drugs test.

But now ‘Big Baby’ has blamed AJ for the fight not materialising, accusing him of rebuffing new interest.

He told talkSPORT at the IBA conference in Turkey: “I’ve been training for about two and a half months.

“There is a possibility we could be looking at the Canelo vs Crawford undercard.

“AJ turned down the fight four times in the last month, he is looking for a tune-up.

“Sorry guys in the UK, AJ is a real bag of fart dust.”

Miller and Joshua do seem destined to meet given the depths of their personal rivalry.

Miller will now look to compete in a separate bout with a huge deal being eyed

They even reignited their feud in 2023 as they came face-to-face and nearly came to blows.

He is looking to pick up a much-needed victory, having lost to Dubois, before controversially drawing with Andy Ruiz Jr.

Meanwhile Joshua was initially hoping to rematch Dubois himself, but the plan was shelved.

He then intended to face another long-term rival in Tyson Fury, but the ‘Gypsy King’ has now retired.

Joshua is not in training camp right now, but is ready to take the division by the horns when he does return.

“This is my life,” he said. “But what I’ve done is I took a year out for the first time in 12 to 13 years as a professional, not including the amateur stuff.

“I took a year out to get my body right. I’m at a different stage of my career. I can look at time differently.

“I haven’t got all these years in front of me, so I’ve got to make an executive decision over what I do next.

“The minute I come back, I’m coming back with a bang rather than just keep rolling through, going through the motions.

“Let me take some time, and, the time I do come back, I’m coming back fully active and ready to go, take the division by storm.”

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