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The effort to revive Deontay Wilder’s boxing career begins (and may end) Friday night in Wichita, Kan.
Wilder, the former world heavyweight champion, has lost four of his last five fights. Lost three of those fights by knockout. And, with his career in tatters, he will face Tyrrell Herndon in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
Who’s Tyrrell Herdon? Well, among other things, winner of the Texas Combative Sports Program Texas Heavyweight championship last year (no joke). And owner of a three-fight winning streak dating back to his second-round KO loss to Richard Torrez Jr. in 2023.
Wilder, 39, seemingly has little to worry about against the 37-year-old Herndon.
Then again, who foresaw Wilder’s career descent? It started with back-to-back knockout losses to Tyson Fury, was interrupted by Wilder’s KO victory over Robert Helenius, then went back into freefall with two more losses. That includes a fifth-round TKO defeat against Zhilei Zhang in June 2024 — Wilder’s last fight.
USA TODAY Sports has you covered with updates, analysis and highlights from the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Herndon card here:
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Herndon: Time, PPV, streaming for fight
The highly anticipated bout between Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Herndon will take place on Friday, June 27 and can be watched on BLK Prime pay-per-view.
- Date: Friday, June 27, 2025
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- Location: Wichita, Kansas
- PPV: BLK Prime pay-per-view
- Streaming: Fubo as a Pay-per-view
- Main card start time: 9 p.m. ET
- Main event ring walks: 11 p.m. ET (approximate)
It started oddly, with Harris taking a knee just a few seconds into the fight after taking a punch to the head.
The lightweight bout ended somewhat mysteriously, too, when Harris dropped to the canvas several seconds after getting hit by a body shot later in the first round. He wore a look of agony, indicated he couldn’t continue and the referee waved off the fight.
Valencia, 21, improved to 4-0. Harris, 20, dropped to 0-2.
The canvas is getting a workout at Charles Koch Arena. Cantrell floored Sparks with a knockout punch that left him slumped in the corner in the first round of their heavyweight fight.
Cantrell, a 35-year-old from Kansas, improved to 14-0. Sparks, a 40-year-old from Missouri, dropped to 4-5.
Cantrell’s first-round KO was the second straight on the card
The 42-year-old Krupp returned to the ring for the first time in almost 10 years. For a chance to face undefeated, 19-year-old Carlos.
It’s no stretch to think Krupp will regret the decision.
Carlos knocked him out in the first round with a brutal body shot. Krupp already had gone down once from another left to the body. The KO shot left him wincing, gasping for air and clearly unable to continue the lightweight bout.
Kansas City’s Carlos improved to 10-0 and Florida’s Krupp fell to 18-11.
Amaro took the fight on short notice. It ended on short notice, too.
The 43-year-old Amaro of Hawaii crumpled to the canvas in the first round of the super middleweight bout after getting clubbed by an overhand right from the 19-year-old Romero of Wichita.
With the knockout, Romero improved to 9-0 with eight KOs. Amaro dropped to 2-1.
Wilson celebrated his victory with a double backflip that was almost as entertaining as the four-round featherweight fight.
Showboating. Trash talking. Plenty of slugging, and a knockdown.
It was Wilson who knocked down Richey in the second round in the pro debut of both fighters who hail from Wichita, Kansas.
The judges scored it 40-35, 40-35 and 39-36 for the 33-year-old Wilson. Richey, 31, got no creativity points despite what appeared to be an attempt to throw a punch from behind his back during a clinch.
At 47, Helen Lucero of Denver stepped into the ring with an 0-4 record and a chance to end the skid against a fighter 15 years younger.
No luck.
Kayla Williams, a 32-year-old from Andover, Kansas, controlled the fight with her trusty right hand during the four-round lightweight fight. She improved to 2-1. Lucero never backed down but suffered her fifth straight loss by decision.
The judges scored the fight 40-39, 40-39 and 39-37 in favor of Williams
Aldana dropped Lee to the canvas with a straight right followed by a left in the third round of their lightweight fight.
With Lee bleeding from the mouth and wobbly as he reached his feet, the referee stopped the fight at 2:38 of the third round.
Aldana, a 22-year-old from Garden City, Kansas, improved to 4-0 with his fourth knockout.
Lee, a 33-year-old from Joplin, Missouri, was making his pro debut.
- Deontay Wilder (43-4-1) vs. Tyrrell Herndon (24-5)
- Deon Nicholson (21-1) vs. Devonte Williams (13-1)
- Nico Hernandez (11-0) vs. Robert Ledesma (3-14-1)
- Gustavo Trujillo (7-0) vs. Lateef Kayode (22-5)
- Jeff Page Jr. (18-3) vs. Jurmain McDonald (8-9)
- Jorge Carlos (9-0) vs. Kerim Morkoc (4-2-1)
- John Cantrell (13-0) vs. Franklin Sparks (4-4)
- Joshua Richey (debut) vs. Chancey Wilson (debut)
- Eric Valencia (3-0) vs. Willie Harris (0-1)
- Kayla Williams (1-1) vs. Helen Lucero (0-4)
- Miguel Noah Aldana (3-0) vs. General Lee (debut)
All odds are for moneyline bets as of evening of Friday, June 27, according to BetMGM.
- Deontay Wilder (-1600) vs. Tyrrell Herndon (+700)
- Tie: (+2500)
Sporting News: Wilder via KO
Daniel Yanofsky writes, “As we have seen through his career, Wilder can take damage. Recently, he hasn’t been able to take shots from the best boxing has to offer. However, he only needs one punch to take an opponent out. If Wilder can’t get the win, it’s an indication of where he is in his career. He doesn’t need to be his best. The 39-year-old just needs to throw like a madman with everything to lose. Don’t count out an upset, but if he still has that pop, Wilder should finish things off in the early rounds.”
CBS Sports: Deontay Wilder via KO1
Brent Brookhouse writes, “Wilder doesn’t need to be at his best to beat a fighter like Herndon, he just needs to throw punches. The biggest concerns for Wilder are that he didn’t throw nearly enough punches in his two most recent outings and that he has suffered some big knockdowns and knockouts over his past five fights. Those are probably concerns that come into play against a better opponent than Herndon.”
The full card for the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Herndon will be shown on BLK Prime pay-per-view for $24.99.
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