Interview: Jarrell Miller Onloads on Fabio Wardley

Ipswich, UK - Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller has landed in the UK with one thing on his mind: chaos.

The brash Brooklyn heavyweight, never one to hold back, is set to face Fabio Wardley on June 7 at Portman Road in Ipswich, Wardley's home turf. The bout, expected to draw upwards of 30,000 fans, has already ignited into one of the year’s most volatile pre-fight build-ups. And Miller is doing everything in his power to make sure Wardley, and his supporters, feel the heat.

"I’ve never been afraid to go into somebody’s backyard and ruin the show," Miller told Box Nation in a no-holds-barred interview in Manchester. "Fabio can’t do s*** to me, point blank period. Nobody outside of England even knows who he is. I'm doing him a favor showing up."

The fight will be Wardley's biggest test to date, but for Miller, it's a comeback opportunity. Still shaking off a loss to Daniel Dubois and an emotionally heavy stretch outside the ring, Miller insists Wardley is no real threat.

"His whole resume is a bunch of nobodies," Miller said, brushing off Wardley's wins over David Adeleye and Frazer Clarke. "I helped David train for that fight. Wardley got lucky against Clarke. I’m battle-tested. He’s not."

Wardley, who appeared via pre-recorded message, kept his response simple but confident:

"Big Baby, I hope you're ready. Portman Road. June 7. My hometown, my people. You need to be at your best, because you’ve seen what I’ve done before, and there’s no doubt what I’m planning to do to you."

Miller, unimpressed, shook his head. "He needs to work on the s*** talking, man. That didn’t move me. When I turn up, I turn up."

The Brooklyn brawler wasn’t done. Citing everything from last-minute contracts, travel delays, lawsuits, and even the death of a close friend, Miller said his loss to Dubois wasn’t about being outboxed — it was about being overwhelmed.

"The boy didn’t beat me, I beat myself," he said. "But I needed to take the risk. I wanted back in the mix. And I’m here now."

Miller, still carrying the weight of that loss, believes Wardley is being rushed into a fight he’s not ready for.

"They think because he stopped Frazer he can stop everybody. That’s not how this works," he warned. "This ain’t a sparring match. If he stands still, I break him. If he runs, he might survive, but only just."

As for the hostile Ipswich crowd, Miller couldn't care less. "I fought in front of 30,000 in Croatia against Cro Cop in his hometown back in my K-1 days. I know what hometown cooking is. I know what it does to fighters. It won’t rattle me."

Miller also took a moment to address potential matchups beyond Wardley, including a long-simmering grudge with Deontay Wilder (“He started acting funny over a piece of you-know-what… I still want to smash him”), and the elusive Anthony Joshua fight, which fell apart years ago.

"AJ went to America, got knocked out, and never came back. That tells me everything I need to know. If he wants a real sendoff, fight me. I’ll retire him."

For now, though, the mission is clear: June 7, Ipswich, Fabio Wardley.

"I’m not your gatekeeper. If they think I’m here to pass the torch, they better bring a fire extinguisher. I'm not leaving without a win — or without wrecking something."

Let the fireworks begin.