{"id":139438,"date":"2025-09-15T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139438\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:22:07","slug":"deontay-wilder-faces-off-with-former-heavyweight-champion-coming-soon-to-a-ring-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139438\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder Faces Off With Former Heavyweight Champion: &#8220;Coming Soon To A Ring Near You&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/deontay-wilder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deontay Wilder<\/a> has teased a fight with a fellow former world heavyweight champion as he gears up for his return to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>The former long-reigning WBC world heavyweight champion made his much anticipated comeback to the sport back in June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/45601020\/deontay-wilder-stops-tyrrell-herndon-return-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as he stopped countryman Tyrrell Anthony Herndon in the seventh round of their clash in Wichita, Kansas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilder had found himself in poor form prior to his clash with Herndon, suffering consecutive defeats to former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker and China\u2019s Zhilei \u2018Big Bang\u2019 Zhang in December 2023 and June 2024 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/wilder-wants-to-give-fighter-reality-check\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">With rumours circulating that \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 could be set to return to the ring for the 50th time as a professional before the end of the year,<\/a> it\u2019s a possibility the man in the opposite corner could be Andy Ruiz Jr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOjZ90ugblv\/?igsh=MW9iejNraTgwMmdteA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ruiz shared a short clip on his Instagram page<\/a> showing himself and Wilder facing off with each other, with the caption \u201cComing soon to a ring near you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy Ruiz and Deontay Wilder face off before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaneloCrawford?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#CaneloCrawford<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SQqqEexgBN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SQqqEexgBN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sourceofboxing\/status\/1966940261399011801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">September 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Known as \u2018The Destroyer\u2019, Ruiz pulled off one of the biggest upset victories in the history of the sport back in 2019 when he stopped Britain\u2019s Anthony Joshua in the seventh round of their showdown at Madison Square Garden in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz\u2019s reign as heavyweight champion was short-lived however, as he was beaten by \u2018AJ\u2019 in their rematch just six months later, suffering a unanimous decision defeat to the popular Brit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old from California hasn\u2019t fought since he fought to a majority draw against Jarrell \u2018Big Baby\u2019 Miller over a year ago, although he has returned to the gym in recent weeks after he recovered from hand surgery that he had following his bout with Miller.<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder has teased a fight with a fellow former world heavyweight champion as he gears up 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