{"id":545369,"date":"2026-03-18T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545369\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:49:11","slug":"the-bronze-bomber-returns-to-show-his-mettle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545369\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Bronze Bomber&#8221; returns to show his mettle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d returns to show his mettle<\/p>\n<p>Former Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder\u00a0will return to the ring on April 4th to face the seasoned battle hardened British veteran Derek Chisora. Following a period of significant inactivity following a string of setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Aged forty, the American is navigating a difficult route. In his last five fights (2020-2024), he has suffered four losses, three of them via stoppage\u00a0(KO\/TKO). His trademark power\u2014widely regarded as some of the most devastating in the history of the sport\u2014was notably absent and missing \u00a0in his recent outings against Joseph Parker\u00a0and Zhilei Zhang.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Chisora:\u00a0Despite his status as a veteran and his 13 losses, enters this fight in excellent form after securing victories over Joe Joyce\u00a0and Otto Wallin. He has solidified his reputation as a \u201cworkhorse\u201d and powerhouse, who consistently guarantees a spectacle and possesses enviable physical durability.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder continues to rely almost exclusively on his punching power, showing lapses in coordination and defensive fundamentals. Conversely, Chisora is an aggressive, pressure fighter\u00a0who looks for a \u201cwar\u201d from the opening bell, which will force Wilder to be in peak physical condition to avoid being overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>Experts agree that this fight represents the \u201clast train\u201d\u00a0for Wilder. A victory via his signature lethal counterpunch could revive his aspirations in the division, but a loss against Chisora\u2019s relentless pressure, would likely signal the end of his time among the world\u2019s boxing elite.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_178484\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"178484\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d returns to show his mettle Former Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder\u00a0will return to the ring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-545369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}