{"id":261198,"date":"2025-11-13T21:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261198\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:51:11","slug":"former-heavyweight-champion-calls-out-deontay-wilder-for-comeback-fight-for-sure-i-want-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261198\/","title":{"rendered":"Former heavyweight champion calls out Deontay Wilder for comeback fight: “For sure I want him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deontay Wilder<\/a> continues to wait in the wings for once last shot at the big time, and it could be around the corner, after a former heavyweight world champion announced his interest in a showdown with \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019.<\/p>\n

Wilder was urged to retire by some leading figures in the sport<\/a> after consecutive defeats to Joseph Parker<\/a> and Zhilei Zhang<\/a>. However, the former long-reigning WBC champion has since reaffirmed his ambitions to regain his belts and face the division\u2019s top operators.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old returned to action in June, halting Tyrrell Herndon after seven rounds of action<\/a> to score a first victory since 2022, before announcing his aim for activity shortly after.<\/p>\n

Yet, rumours of whom Wilder may fight next have since gone quiet and it is now appearing likely that Herndon will represent the Tuscaloosca-based contender\u2019s lone outing of the year.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, as 2026 looms, Wilder has been listed by former unified heavyweight conqueror Andy Ruiz Jr as one of four ideal opponents ahead of his comeback, in an interview with Covers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Oleksandr] Usyk, Tyson Fury, [Anthony] Joshua, and [Deontay] Wilder for sure \u2013 four of them. Those are the big names.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Wilder, Ruiz has struggled for activity of late, boxing to a draw with Jarrell Miller in his only outing since 2022 but says he is looking to comeback next year and have another run at the titles.<\/p>\n

With both men eyeing up the big time and the big names, Ruiz and Wilder could make for perfect opponents, where the victor would re-enter the heavyweight title picture, whilst the loser would face more calls to hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder continues to wait in the wings for once last shot at the big time, and it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-261198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}