Deontay Wilder could fight for a title in his return to boxing.
Wilder was once the feared WBC heavyweight champion, going unbeaten in his first 43 contests, making 10 defences of the belt and knocking out the likes of Luis Ortiz, Bermane Stiverne, Chris Arreola, Eric Molina and Dominic Breazeale.
His title reign was brought to an end in 2020 when he was stopped by Tyson Fury, and ‘The Bronze Bomber’ has found it extremely difficult inside the ring since then.
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Wilder lost a further fight to Fury in October 2021, and while he knocked out Robert Helenius a year after that, he has since suffered defeats to Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang in his last two outings.
The loss to Zhang came via devastating fifth round knockout, with many fans wondering if they may see the American back in the ring again.
Wilder has now been offered a title shot upon his return though, after WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman indicated to Sky Sports that he could take on WBC interim heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel, due to the WBC not wanting to force a mandatory on Oleksandr Usyk.
“The winner of Zhang-Kabayel is of the highest level. But also we are supporting [undisputed] again because how can you see Usyk lose a belt? That was horrible. Now they might fight again for undisputed with [Daniel] Dubois. We will see. We’re not going to push anything.
“We will [support an undisputed heavyweight title fight] and we will assess what is happening, what is the best scenario.
“[Kabayel] has the WBC interim championship that [he] can defend. There’s other big fights like Joshua, Wilder or eventually even Fury. So many other possible great fights.”
Kabayel has an undefeated record of 26-0 with 18 knockouts, and has claimed wins over Zhang, Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov in his last three contests to become a serious threat in the heavyweight division.
It still remains to be seen if Wilder will indeed return, and his long-time rival Fury has shared his stance on if his former foe should return.
