Is Wilder vs Joshua Still Happening?

According to BoxingNews.com, the bout between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua is now up in the air.

Boxing Pro Eddie Hearn is keeping a close eye on Deontay Wilder’s upcoming return to the ring but do fans still want to see it?

Wilder is set to face Tyrrell Herndon on June 27. He looks to bounce back from consecutive losses to Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang. Wilder’s last win came in 2022 against Robert Helenius.

He has managed just one win in four fights since he has hired trainer Malik Scott. Scott has downplayed any talk of a Wilder retirement.

Hearn echoed those sentiments, hoping Wilder ‘can start looking good again.’

“But hopefully he can win well and, you know, we’d signed to fight Deontay Wilder, we were announcing it an hour in Saudi Arabia; he lost to Joseph Parker… If he keeps winning maybe people can talk about [the Joshua] fight again. So, it’s definitely a fight that I don’t rule out, but I think people don’t really give Wilder much shot against AJ right now, but hopefully he can start looking good again,” Hearn said.

Hearn continued, “It’s funny how people can be so fearful of a fighter and then all of the sudden have no fear whatsoever. I don’t think anybody would now fear fighting Deontay Wilder, where at a point everybody thought ‘oh my, this guy is the biggest puncher in the history of the sport,” and now everyone wants to fight him. So, we shall see.”

The pair then signed a deal to fight each other. It will be interesting to see if the fight will take place this month or if it’ll be postponed for both fighters.