Fabio Wardley and Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller are finalizing a deal for a June 7 heavyweight fight at Portman Stadium in Wardley’s hometown of Ipswich, England, sources told The Ring.

Wardley (18-0-1, 17 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 9 heavyweight. The 30-year will face the most accomplished opponent of his professional career in Miller. The Brooklyn, New York, native is coming off a controversial draw with former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz in August that most observers felt Miller won.

Miller’s lone career defeat is a 10th-round TKO loss to Daniel Dubois in December 2023.

Wardley will enter the ring on the heels of a career-best performance, a brutal first-round KO of Frazer Clarke in an October rematch in Riyadh. In the first meeting, Wardley and Clarke fought to a draw in a memorable heavyweight slugfest in March of last year.

Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) has been suspended multiple times for performance-enhancing-drug use. In 2019, a drug ban scrapped his title shot against Anthony Joshua.

Miller, a 36-year-old fighter, weighed 305.6 pounds in August when it was announced that the Ruiz fight would take place. Wardley, on the other hand, weighed 241.6 pounds for the Clarke rematch.