{"id":553377,"date":"2026-04-27T14:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553377\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:07:14","slug":"deontay-wilder-called-out-for-blockbuster-all-american-heavyweight-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553377\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder called out for blockbuster all-American heavyweight fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deontay Wilder<\/a> is on the lookout for a major fight after securing consecutive victories and now \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 has been called out for a fight with a fellow American which could develop massive interest in the US.<\/p>\n

After a low-profile triumph over Tyrrell Herndon, Wilder returned to fight in the United Kingdom for a second time in his career earlier this month, where he pulled off the win to spoil what was believed to be Derek Chisora\u2019s final career outing.<\/p>\n

Since then, Wilder has been linked to a clash with Anthony Joshua, but \u2018AJ\u2019 instead seems poised for a long-awaited scrap with domestic rival Tyson Fury. However, Wilder could be set for a similar grudge match clash with a countryman.<\/p>\n

Speaking to FightHype<\/a>, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that he is targeting a fight between Wilder and Jarrell Miller, who was victorious against Lenier Pero in his Matchroom debut on Saturday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want him to fight Deontay Wilder. Two American fighters, it would be a brilliant build-up, the styles, the personalities and it\u2019s a big fight at MSG [Madison Square Garden] or Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [that Miller would be ready for that fight by] June\/July. He didn\u2019t really take a lot of punishment in there tonight, he trained hard but you don\u2019t want Jarrell Miller to be out of the ring for too long.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will be back in the gym, away from the restaurants, and keeping going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilder has previously stated that he will not fight Miller because \u2018The Big Baby\u2019 is too disrespectful<\/a> but, if the financial incentive is representative of how big Hearn believes this fight could become, the mind of the former WBC champion may be changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder is on the lookout for a major fight after securing consecutive victories and now \u2018The Bronze…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-553377","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\/553377","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=553377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}