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.

Deontay Wilder was poised to announce a comeback fight for April after back-to-back losses in Saudi Arabia.

The former WBC Heavyweight Champion was beaten on points by Joseph Parker and knocked out by Zhilei Zhang in his last two efforts, with both performances leading many in the sport to believe retirement was near.

Wilder confirmed he would fight on and had reportedly agreed to face American heavyweight Curtis Harper as part of a BLK Prime show. It was reported in early February that a contractual dispute saw the bout fall through.

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There has been no news since as to when the knockout artist from Alabama is set to return, again prompting theories that this could be it at 39-year-old.

However, Wilder’s trainer, friend and former opponent Malik Scott has now confirmed to Space Port Sweden that his charge still intends to step through the ropes again.

“Fighting is in Deontay’s heart. He’ll fight again. Deontay will fight again. He just moves on his own terms and does things how he wants to do them.

“Especially when it comes to the business aspect of things because like I said he doesn’t need this, so he ain’t going to do it if all the terms are not right. He’s still Deontay Wilder. He’s still big time boxing and people still want to see him. He’ll fight again.”

The level and stage on which ‘The Bronze Bomber’ returns remains to be seen. While a tune-up fight is ideal given the manner of his last two defeats, time is not on his side.

Scott has again mentioned a fight against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou, who has had two boxing contests against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, losing on points to the former and by KO to the latter.

Deontay Wilder’s trainer labels upcoming title unification fight as a ‘mismatch’

We have become accustomed to Deontay Wilder taking the headlines, however on this occasion, his trainer, Malik Scott, is the one taking the limelight.

It is just two weeks until WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez faces off against WBO champion Chris ‘The Gentleman’ Billam-Smith in a unification clash out in Saudi Arabia, in the next instalment of ‘Riyadh Season’.

Scott is a trainer of Ramirez and will be there on the night to assist lead trainer Julian Chau.

After suffering the first defeat of his career to Dmitry Bivol in 2022, Ramirez has since moved up from light heavyweight to pursue a career in the cruiserweight division.

Now two fights in and having picked up the WBA strap last time out against Arsen Goulamirian, ‘Zurdo’ is looking to unify and set up a potential clash against Jai Opetaia.

His opponent, ‘CBS’ is in red-hot form.

After defeating former stablemate, now turned heavyweight, Lawrence Okolie, to become WBO champion, he has since defended his title against Mateusz Masternak and Richard Riakporhe.

Significantly, the victory against Riakporhe avenged the only defeat of his career to date.

Speaking to BoxingScene, ‘Zurdo’s’ trainer Scott has dismissed claims that this fight could be a 50:50.

“I had Zurdo for his fight with Joe Smith, and he did well. No disrespect to Billam-Smith, but this fight is a mismatch.”

Scott went on to explain why he believes his fighter is far too-good for his opponent.

“Zurdo is a big, strong southpaw who’s faced tougher opponents than Billam-Smith,” Scott said. “He’s a powerful body puncher with great angles and an incredible boxing mind. Billam-Smith is big and keeps coming forward, but he’s a one-trick pony.”

He did credit Billam-Smith’s trainer, but he went on to explain how this fight will play out and what will be next in his career.

“He has a good trainer, but I think Zurdo takes over in the second half,” Scott said. “Zurdo has a dream team in his corner. I believe he’ll become undisputed champion, with Jai Opetaia as his only real challenge.”

Malik Scott believes strongly that his man will win the fight and win it in impressive style.

However, with ‘The Gentleman’ on such a significant win streak, this fight may turn out to be much tougher than he is expecting.