Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has announced he will be returning to the ring this summer.

Wilder, 39, has not fought since being brutally knocked out by China’s Zhilei Zhang last June, and has lost four of his last five contests, with Tyson Fury stopping him twice while he was also outpointed by Joseph Parker.

It has been confirmed that he will face fellow American Tyrrell Herndon on June 27 in Kansas.