{"id":623426,"date":"2026-06-05T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623426\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:25:07","slug":"deontay-wilder-zeroes-in-on-next-opponent-were-gonna-make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623426\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder zeroes in on next opponent: “We’re gonna make it happen”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deontay Wilder<\/a> appears to be in talks for his next outing, which could involve negotiations with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn.<\/p>\n

The former WBC heavyweight champion comes off a split decision victory over Derek Chisora<\/a> in April, when he scored two knockdowns in a largely scrappy 12-round affair.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Wilder had claimed a seventh-round finish over Tyrrell Herndon<\/a> after suffering back-to-back defeats against Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker.<\/p>\n

His Chisora triumph therefore came at a critical moment, yet many remain convinced that the 40-year-old should be putting his retirement plan into motion.<\/p>\n

An imminent exit from the sport seems increasingly less likely, though, as \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 has now entertained a possible rematch with fellow veteran Chisora.<\/p>\n

Unlike Wilder, Chisora had promised their first encounter would be his final fight, believing his 50th professional contest would be an appropriate event from which to sail into retirement.<\/p>\n

The way their showdown ended, however, has inspired the 42-year-old to demand an immediate rematch, hoping for a more favourable rub of the green next time around.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Daily Mail Boxing<\/a>, Chisora managed to get a response from Wilder via FaceTime, with the American expressing his interest in running it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHell yeah. We\u2019re gonna make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chisora added that he intends to speak with Hearn, suggesting he is a promotional free agent and is keen to strike a deal with the Matchroom boss.<\/p>\n

But while having verbally agreed to their rematch, there is no guarantee, of course, that Wilder will ultimately put pen to paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder appears to be in talks for his next outing, which could involve negotiations with Matchroom Boxing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-623426","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\/623426","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=623426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}