Deontay Wilder looking for comeback fight after back to back defeats from Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang. The upcoming fight Deontay Wilder is confirmed and schedule with opponent T. Herndon. The fight currently considered as main-event and pay-per-view named as "Legacy Reloaded".
Deontay Wilder got strong fan following in United States his fight with Fury and Parker produced some strong pay-per-view numbers and he is hopeful for same kind of feedback from upcoming fight with Herndon. Based on Wilder past boxing contracts and his comeback fight purses, "Deontay Wilder purse will be $500k and if the pay-per-view buy rate increased the number of 800k sales on fight day his overall earnings can spike to $3 million and if ppv buy rate stay lower than 400k sales, than his earnings maximum rise to $1m".
In 2022, he made comeback against Robert Helenius but could not retain winning streak more than fight and Jospeh Parker defeat him and later Chinese opponent Zhilei Zhang. The upcoming fight is best opportunity for Wilder to challenge top heavyweight boxers in future pay-per-view fights. He earned $2.5m to $5 million for his fight Zhang and Parker.