Cuban boxer, Luis Ortiz, will not replace Jarrell Miller as the opponent for world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, in a bout scheduled for June 1 according to his promoters.
Anthony Joshua was due to fight Miller at New York’s Madison Square Garden in the British fighter’s United States debut.
However Miller was denied a licence after he failed a drug test from a sample taken on 20 March.
A new opponent for Joshua is expected to be announced this week, promoter, Eddie Hearn, has said that the boxer’s “preparations continue” and several boxers were being considered for the June 1 bout.
Among those under consideration and named by Hearn were Ortiz, Poland’s Adam Kownacki and American Michael Hunter.
Ortiz has lost just once in 32 fights, against WBC champion Deontay Wilder in March 2018.
