Anthony Joshua's would-be opponent will be able to return to boxing on one condition

Jarrell Miller will be free to apply for a professional boxing license this summer despite currently serving a two-year ban for doping.

The 33-year-old was handed a backdated two-year suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in July 2020 after the banned substance GW501516 was found in his urine.

It came after he failed multiple drug tests only a few weeks before he was due to fight Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden in June 2019.

But it has now emerged that Miller will be eligible to fight again in June but only if he continues to provide negative drug tests through a Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) random drug testing program.

A five member-panel of NSAC voted unanimously to keep Miller under suspension until June 16 at a hearing on Wednesday in Las Vegas.

However, commissioner Anthony A Marnell III also proposed that the American can become immediately eligible for a license on June 17, as long as he meets the criteria.

“The ball is in your court,” Marnell said, in quotes reported by BoxingScene.com.

“You will serve out the 24 months. It’s 100% on you to determine what you do here.”

Miller told the hearing he had separated from his wife and was forced to sell his house as he could no longer provide for his family despite being a professional kickboxer.

He told the hearing: “I lost my wife. I lost my home. I lost my career.

“Now I’m in court fighting to be with my son. Financially, I am required to pay legal fees. This is bigger than boxing.

“It means being there for my son, for my mother.”

NSAC executive director Jeffrey Mullen expressed some sympathy for the disgraced drugs cheat.

However, he rejected Miller’s request to reduce his suspension by six months, despite his apparent willingness to