Deontay Wilder, 39, to snub retirement and announce shock comeback after blowing Anthony Joshua super-fight
DEONTAY WILDER is set to announce a shock boxing comeback in a snub to retirement.
The American is coming off a devastating knockout defeat to Zhilei Zhang in June having lost on points to Joseph Parker six moths prior.
Both meant he squandered the chance to finally face Anthony Joshua and left Wilder’s career in crisis.
But according to Manouk Akopyan, the former WBC champion will continue fighting with a return bout set for April.
It is claimed Wilder and his manager Shelly Finkel will announce the opponent in Los Angeles this Saturday.
Pay-per-view platform BLK Prime are believed to be behind the fight.
Terence Crawford, 37, fought on the unknown channel in December 2022, knocking out David Avanesyan, 36.
Wilder, 39, was in line for a super-fight with Joshua, 35, last year with Saudi Arabia’s boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh fronting the money.
A deal was already signed but the script was torn up after Parker, 32, secured a shock points victory.
Zhang, 41, then stopped the Bronze Bomber in five rounds as part of Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren’s series of 5v5 match-ups.
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Wilder went radio silence following his consecutive losses but broke cover in November to confirm his desire to fight on.
He told TMZ: “The best is yet to come. I had a lot of outside distractions that I had to get rid of.
“I took care of a lot of people and it got to the point where I couldn’t do it anymore.
“I’ve got seven kids of my own, I can’t take care of everybody. Even the closest ones to me, I’ve been betrayed so many times.
“It’s been a domino effect for the last five years. The thing about betrayal is it’s worse than heartbreak.”