Deontay Wilder is again!
In a considerably stunning announcement, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ will return to the boxing ring on June 27 for a 10-round conflict towards Tyrrell Herndon in Wichita, Kansas. ESPN was the primary to report the matchup.
As soon as upon a time, Wilder was thought-about to be one of the crucial fearsome boxers within the heavyweight division, knocking out opponents in 42 of his 43 wins. Nevertheless, Wilder has solely gained considered one of his final 5 fights, that being a first-round KO towards Robert Helenius in October 2022.
Earlier than that, he misplaced back-to-back bouts towards Tyson Fury.
Deontay Wilder seeks much-needed win towards a veteran journeyman
Since then, he’s come up brief towards Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang, main many to imagine that it may be time for the previous WBC heavyweight champion to hold up his gloves. As an alternative, he’ll tackle Herndon, a 37-year-old journeyman from San Antonio with a file of 24-5 with 15 KOs.
Since struggling a second-round TKO loss to undefeated Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez in October 2023, Hendon has gained three in a row, along with his most up-to-date being a six-round cut up determination victory over Rudy Silvas in his native Texas.
“That is Wilder’s legacy reloaded, he’s nonetheless one of many hardest punchers in boxing,” promoter Joshua Chasse of International Fight Collective stated in an announcement. “He’s on the highway again to changing into the heavyweight champion of the world, and this is step one.”
