The bout is set to take place at the home of Wardley’s hometown club, Ipswich Town Football Club, and after Miller arrived bedecked in the colours of Ipswich’s hated rivals, Norwich City, it was only a matter of time before sparks flew.
And as the pair went face to face on the dais during the press conference, with Miller clearly incensed with the English contender as proceedings were in danger of coming completely off the rails.
Eventually, order was restored and we got hear from both fighters as they set the stage for what looks like a good old-fashioned heavyweight grudge match.
“Ipswich? I’ve been doing my homework and I’m gonna support the other side,” said Miller, while wearing the shirt of Ipswich’s local rivals, Norwich City.
“That being said, Norwich whooped your ass last time and I’m gonna whoop your ass. I know Frank is a good salesman and has put the battery in his back, but he is getting f****d up.
“There is a reason I have been avoided for many years. I had one slip up with Dubois and I had three weeks’ notice for that. But, like I said before, I’m a killer. No matter where I go, real warriors travel anywhere. I’ve been in people’s backyards before, whooping ass. “We are cut from different cloth. I was being respectful, then he made a diss song, ‘Big Baby Killer.’ Where I come from this is a death threat.
“I am running you down, I am coming to your face. He can do all that nonsense, I’m gonna f**k you up, plain and simple. “Let me say this, man. I don’t mind doing the gimmicks and the fun stuff, but I don’t play, I don’t play this sport. I’ve come from every fighting background you can think of. This is what I do. I was bred for this.
“You’ve never been in the ring with somebody like me. David Adeleye? Good win. You’ve got draw with that punk, what’s his name? Clarke. I ain’t them. Google my name, ‘Big Baby,’ there is a reason why they call me that. I make people cry. Come Saturday night here, I’m gonna make you cry, man.”
Wardley responded by explaining how fighting on home soil, on the home turf of his beloved Ipswich Town FC, will only stoke the competitive fires even more. And he said that Miller arriving in a Norwich City shirt only further sealed his fate.
“It is my hometown, I am a born and bred Ipswich boy, it is my home club, and nothing is being taken from me here,” said Wardley.
“This is hallowed turf, this is where I’m strongest. There is an extra fight and extra fire in me when I step on that turf. When there is a ring on top of that pitch there is more in me, more determination, more work, more output.
“I become undeniable when you put me on that pitch. It is a hard night’s work in front of me, but it is a job I can conquer. “He said he did his research or homework, but clearly not. The last opponent that came here in a Norwich shirt… Clearly, he hasn’t done his homework on what happened to that person because it didn’t end well for them.
“They call you ‘Big Baby’ because you don’t shut up, you need a pacifier in your mouth. I picked you. I looked at the list and picked your name. I said who is the big guy who thinks he is ‘The Big I Am’ in the division? ‘Big Baby,’ let’s pick that one, let’s teach him a lesson.”
Frank Warren reacted to the on-stage skirmish, saying, “We want the stadium fight in June, not today!” “So, this is a good fight and there is obviously no love lost. It is for the vacant WBA interim title between the No.1 rated and No.4 in the division.
“It is a very important fight for both of them and it is a fight that is going to be something special, on the night. I am looking forward to it, but keep it nice now and can we please just show some decorum and respect.”
