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Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder looks to end his two-fight losing skid and get his career back on track on Friday when he faces Tyrrell Herndon in a scheduled 10-round bout at Charles Koch Arena on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. We look at the Wilder vs. Herndon fight betting odds, picks, and predictions.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Betting Odds And Line Movement
When the betting line opened for the Wilder vs. Herndon matchup, Wilder was a -300 favorite over the +890 Herndon. Today those odds have narrowed, but Wilder remains a substantial betting favorite at -1667. Herndon comes in as the +620 betting underdog.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon
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The 39-year-old Wilder has not fought since June 1, 2024, when Zhilei Zhang stopped him via TKO in the fifth round of a matchup at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The loss dropped Wilder to 43-4-1 and put his five-fight record at 1-4.
Wilder was 42-0-1 when he put his WBC heavyweight title on the line in a rematch against Tyson Fury in February 2020. Fury scored a seventh-round KO in that matchup. The two met in a trilogy bout in October 2021. That fight lasted until the 11th round but ended in the same manner, with Fury earning a TKO.
A year later, Wilder scored a first-round knockout win over Robert Helenius in Brooklyn. However, Wilder’s next two outings ended in losses. He fell to Joseph Parker by decision in December 2023 and followed that with the loss to Zhang.
Wilder’s run as WBC champ lasted from 2015 through 2020. He defended his crown 10 times before the loss to Fury. The two had met for the first time in December 2018, with that fight ending in a split draw.
Herndon is coming off a May 3, 2024, six-round split-decision win over Rudy Silvas (7-1-1).
Wilder is ranked No. 12 by the WBC. Herndon is unranked.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Tale Of The Tape
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Deontay Wilder
Record: 43-4-1 with 42 knockouts
Age: 39
Height: 6’7″
Reach: 83.1″
Stance: Orthodox
Tyrrell Herndon
Record: 24-5-0 with 15 knockouts
Age: 37
Height: 6’3″
Reach: 75″
Stance: Orthodox
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Breakdown
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While many will see this matchup as a potential comeback fight for Wilder, he does not look at the Herndon matchup in that way.
“It’s just a return,” Wilder said. “It’s not a comeback.
“It’s a comeback when you retire and then you come back. You feel me? The terminology is always wrong. I say [it] when people use the wrong terminology all the time. They think when someone has left the ring for a significant amount of time and then they return, they feel like it’s a comeback, but it’s never a comeback. It’s always just returning from the ring. You leave the ring and you return to it. And in this business, you need those gaps. A lot of the fighters that started to fight when they was five, six years old, seven, eight, even nine, I understand how burnt out they get at a certain time, and they must leave and then come back.”
In short, Wilder wants to use this fight as a launching point to something bigger and better and looking at his opponent, this fight was put together for Wilder to get a spectacular win. Herndon has a lot of wins on his record, but the quality of his opponents in those contests is not the highest.
On the other side, if you remove Wilder’s win over Robert Helenius, Wilder hasn’t had a win since he knocked out Luis Ortiz in defense of his WBC crown in 2019. Of course, Wilder had his moments against Fury, but he could not get the win. He then struggled against name fighters in Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
Wilder needs to not just beat Herndon, but put him away in a highlight-reel fashion if he hopes to use this scrap as a takeoff point to a fight that will lead to a matchup that will interest casual boxing fans.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Breakdown Prediction And Pick
The pick is that Wilder will look good on Friday and that he will get a knockout without much trouble. That win should convince enough boxing fans that Wilder, at 39, has enough in the tank to draw fans to his next fight, which if at all possible, should come against Anthony Joshua, something that Eddie Hearn recently mentioned.
“There is a potential that AJ could fight Deontay Wilder in October, November, December, and then fight Tyson Fury, and then he’s kind of got the full set in terms of every elite heavyweight of this generation, he’s faced in the ring,” said Hern.
“AJ will return during that period this year and obviously he must win, and that performance will tell us a lot about the future of Anthony Joshua,” added Hearn.
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Full Fight Card
Deontay Wilder (43-4-1) vs. Tyrrell Herndon (24-5-0) – Heavyweight – 10 Rounds
Deon Nicholson (21-1-0) vs. Devonte Williams (13-1-0) – Light Heavyweight – 10 Rounds
Gustavo Trujillo (7-0-0) vs. Lateef Kayode (22-5-0) – Heavyweight – 10 Rounds
Nico Hernandez (11-0-0) vs. Robert Ledesma (3-14-1) – Super Flyweight – Six Rounds
Jeff Page Jr (18-3-0) vs. Jurmain McDonald (8-9-0) – Cruiserweight – Six Rounds
Jorge Carlos (9-0-0) vs. Kerim Morkoc (4-2-1) – Super lightweight – Six Rounds
John Cantrell (13-0-0) vs. Franklin Sparks (4-4-0) -Heavyweight – Six Rounds
Eric Valencia (3-0-0) vs. Willie Harris (0-1-0) – Lightweight – Four Rounds
Joshua Richey (Debut) vs. Chancey Wilson (Debut) – Featherweight – Four Rounds
Kayla Williams (1-1-0) vs. Helen Lucero (0-4-0) – Lightweight – Four Rounds
Miguel Noah Aldana (3-0-0) vs. General Lee (Debut) – Lightweight – Four Rounds
*Via BoxRec.com
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Fight Card Date:
Friday, June 27, 2025
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Fight Card Time:
9:00 p.m. ET
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Fight Card Location:
Charles Koch Arena on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas
Deontay Wilder Vs. Tyrrell Herndon Fight Card How to Watch Or Stream:
BLK Prime PPV
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$24.95 plus $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year for BLK Prime service
We will have more on the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrell Herndon fight card as fight night nears.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2025/06/25/deontay-wilder-vs-tyrrell-herndon-fight-odds-predictions-picks/