{"id":631671,"date":"2026-04-26T08:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631671\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:25:08","slug":"whats-next-for-jarrell-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631671\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Next For Jarrell Miller?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his victory over Lenier Pero, Jarrell Miller <\/a>has revitalized his career in the heavyweight division, as we look at what is next.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By ending Pero\u2019s unbeaten run in a WBA title eliminator, Miller has opened the door for bigger fights. A domestic clash with former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder<\/a> is an option. Following the win over Pero, Eddie Hearn called for a showdown with \u201cThe Bronze Bomber.\u201d Wilder is coming off his own recent success, a victory over Derek Chisora.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, the American fight is Deontay Wilder against Jarrell Miller. Run it in New York. That\u2019s a serious fight. Deontay\u2019s come back with a good win against Chisora, I think that\u2019s a big fight for American boxing,\u201d Hearn<\/p>\n

By winning the WBA Eliminator, Miller has positioned himself closer to facing Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, who currently holds the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles. While Usyk is currently occupied with a bout against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven, Miller\u2019s victory over the #2 ranked Pero leapfrogs him into a prime position within the WBA rankings.<\/p>\n

If a fight with Wilder fails to materialize and the wait for Usyk proves too long, Miller\u2019s association with Matchroom Boxing opens doors to Anthony Joshua<\/a>. The history between Miller and Joshua remains one of boxing\u2019s great \u201cwhat ifs\u201d following their cancelled 2019 bout after Miller failed VADA tests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miller could also box on the undercard of the Xander Zayas vs. Jaron Ennis event in Brooklyn this June. A quick turnaround against someone like Zhilei Zhang or a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr.<\/a> (following their 2024 draw) would keep his momentum high while the title picture clears up.<\/p>\n

Find all the\u00a0latest\u00a0boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following his victory over Lenier Pero, Jarrell Miller has revitalized his career in the heavyweight division, as we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-631671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}