Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) will return on 27 June in a 10-round bout against San Antonio veteran Tyrrell Anthony Herndon (24-5, 15 KOs) at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
Now 39, Wilder has managed just one win in five outings since his 2020 loss to Tyson Fury. He was brutally knocked out by Zhilei Zhang in June 2024 and hasn’t had his hand raised since a first-round KO of Robert Helenius in October 2022.
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Herndon, 37, is a durable journeyman who has collected three victories since a 2023 stoppage defeat to Olympic silver-medallist Richard Torrez Jr. He edged journeyman Rudy Silvas via split decision in May 2024 and told TalkSport the Wichita booking is “the chance to retire my idol.”
Promoter Chasse bills the event as “Legacy Reloaded,” arguing a statement win keeps Wilder in the conversation for big-money clashes with Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou or even a Fury farewell. Critics view the matchup as a soft reset, but Wilder insists it’s “step one on the road back to the heavyweight crown.”
Fight card:
▪️Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Anthony Herndon, 10 rounds, heavyweight
▪️Nico Hernandez vs. Byron Rojas, 10 rounds, flyweight
