What Injuries Did Deontay Wilder Suffer in His Boxing Career?

Deontay Wilder is one of the most intimidating heavyweights the world has ever seen. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ exhibits crushing power. Ever since his debut, Wilder struck the eye of boxing fans all over with his magnetic one-punch power. But with such high rewards, enormous injuries crossed Wilder’s path in his prolonged career.

The Alabama native succumbed to enormous cuts and bruises as a professional. But in 2016, he suffered one of his biggest career injuries.

Wilder fought Chris Arreola in 2016 and put on a sensational T/KO win. However, in this fight, he suffered a broken right hand, and a torn biceps muscle for which he had to undergo two surgeries. In fact, he even released a video on his social handle back then, to update his fans about the improvements he made.

“After a torn muscle, two dislocated fingers and bending the pin in my hand into a “V” shape in the 3&4 round I still fought thru the horrible pain. I’m the toughest Champ I know straight up, but I appreciate all the prayers that’s been sent up. thanks so much and love you guys,” he wrote.

In this video, Wilder showed his swollen wrist and talked about how he bent the pin in his hand by landing dynamites on his opponents. Despite all this, Wilder promised his fans that he would come back better than ever, and he lived up to his words.

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Deontay Wilder suffered an injury prior to the Tyson Fury rematch?

The ‘Bronze Bomber’ suffered the first and only loss of his career against Tyson Fury in 2020. It turned out to be one of his most dreadful outings. But a few months after the fight, one of his sparring partners, Junior Fa, revealed that the 35-year-old suffered a bicep injury just a few weeks before the fight.

Talking to Sky Sports, Junior Fa said, “I think he did hurt himself towards the end of camp, which I don’t think would have played too much into the fight, but then I don’t really know the extent of the damage of the injury that he sustained.”

Though Wilder blamed several things for his loss, he didn’t reveal this bicep injury he suffered. Subsequently, Wilder underwent surgery for the same and recovered.

He has now moved on from that loss and is keenly focused on his return fight. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ will look to make a cracking come back and reclaim his titles, which he lost to the ‘Gypsy King’.