There was a lot hissing, growling and shoving as two heavy weight champions Jarrel Miller and Antony Joshua faced of in a ‘face to face’ press conference meant to promote the match. The two could not stand each other, as the animosity between each other grew and erupted in a shout and shove face-off.
The eruption of anger and emotion took only seconds as the two came chin to chin seconds after they came on stage in New York on Tuesday night.
Security teams were involved in separating the two, as verbal insults were thrown hither and thither in a raucous news conference throughout which the Brooklyn fighter interrupted Joshua (who is the Briton) when he attempted to speak.
Joshua had failed to strike a deal with Deontay Wilder, the WBC champion, leading to his date at Wembley being scrapped, promoter Eddie Hearn opting for an American debut against Miller. The fight will be shown on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on streaming service DAZN in the United States. Joshua is expected to earn £20 million and Miller £4 million.
Joshua(the British fighter), knocked out Russian Boxer Alexander Povetkin last September in Wembley in defence of his WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
“We are from the dirt; the gutter,” Miller said. “I worked hard for this, remember this, he didn’t want this fight first, he wanted easy money, he wanted Dillian Whyte. I ain’t playing by nobody’s rules. The quicker you understand that, you’ll know what kind of man I am.”