Deontay Wilder returned to victory with victory in the seventh round on Tyrrell Herndon in Wichita, Kansas on Friday.

Wilder was in a penniless form that showed the signs of the time of his father who made up for him and the last time, Zhilei Zhang He was condemned by his fourth professional defeat in five rounds in Riyadh in June last year. Herndon did not have a lot of push a man from Alabama, and the 37-year-old stopped four times in his five times in his career.

Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KO) came to the fact that he looks much larger than in previous fights, and began with the trio of his left hands, finding his trail in the first round, in which he will not return much.

The “bronze bomber” was dominant, and the left hook meter saw Herndon on board in the second round, but he bravely managed to defeat the count.

The left hand of the 39-year-old was in good shape, and the Texan had no answer to it, and his shot was shocked at the end of the fourth, which was little more than the target exercise for the former heavyweight world champion.

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Herndon (24-6, 15 KO) slowed down, but Wilder tried to land cleanly, but this changed on the sixth, where Herndon’s glove touched the canvas and was counted.

Wilder went to rinsed, but he would have to wait later to finish his job, and the tiring Herndon took too many gigantic blows, which forced the judge to intervene and call to fight.

It was Wilder’s first early win from October 2022 and he remains on the long -awaited duel with the former heavyweight leaf, Anthony Joshua.

Undercard

Deon Nicholson (22-1, 18 KO) held his delicate heavyweight meeting with Devonte Williams (13-2, 6 KO) by stopping the fourth round, and the novice in the heavyweight of Gustavo Trujillio (8-0, 7 Kos).

In six professional rounds, Jeff Page Jr (18-4, 12 KO) was nervous by Aaron Casper (9-11-2, 5 KO), because the cruiser’s weight lost a unanimous decision.

Marco Romero (9-0, 8 KO) needed a great weight of medium hope than a round to deal with Andre Amaro (2-1, 2 KO) and Nico Hernandez (12-0, 5 KO), knocked out Robert Ledesmy (3-15-1, 2 KO) in two rounds in Super Flyweight.

In Super Lightweight Jorge Carlos (10-0, 9 KO) was the winner of the first round against Kerim Morkoc (4-3-1, 4 KO), and Banger in heavyweight John Cantrell (14-0, 13 KO) was also a winner opening in his competition with Franklin Sparks (4-5, 3 KO).

At the level of four rounds, Kayla Williams (2-1, 1 KOS) won points against Helen Lucero (0-5) in a delicate position, and the debutant Chchesy Wilson (1-0) won points against Joshua Richey (0-1) in a pencil scale.

In a delicate position, Eric Valencia (4-0, 4 KO) blew up Willi Harris (0-2) in the round, and Miguel Noah Aldana (4-0, 4 KO) registered a break in the first round against General Lee (0-1) in Super Lightweight.