Deontay Wilder (38) misplaced to Chinese language Zhilei Zhang by knockout. within the fifth spherical, Saturday in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), throughout a heavyweight battle and not using a title at stake. Throughout this similar boxing assembly, the Russian Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA gentle heavyweight belt.
Dealing with Zhang (41), the American suffered the fourth defeat of his profession in 48 fights. He has conceded all of them in his final 5 clashes – his solely victory, within the final 5 years, occurred in October 2022 towards the Finn Robert Helenius -. Saturday’s setback might hasten the tip of his profession.
Deontay Wilder had been WBC champion from 2015 to 2020. However, in February of that 12 months, he misplaced his belt to the British Tyson Fury by stoppage by the referee within the seventh spherical and didn’t win it again in October 2021 , once more overwhelmed by Fury, by KO. within the eleventh spherical.
