Deontay Wilder to fight Zhilei Zhang on Queensberry-Matchroom 5 vs 5 card on June 1 - 'My last chance'

Deontay Wilder will take on Zhilei Zhang in a heavyweight clash on a blockbuster Queensberry-Matchroom 5 vs 5 undercard ahead of Artur Beterbiev v Dmitry Bivol.

Beterbiev (20-0) and Bivol (22-0) will fight for the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO championships to decide who is the undisputed light-heavyweight champion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 1.

But joining them are five Queensberry fighters and five from Matchroom Sport on a star-studded card.

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has selected Wilder (43-3-1) as his captain ahead of his fight against Zhang (26-2-1) while Queensberry's Frank Warren has selected Hamzah Sheeraz as his captain.

Wilder says he sees his fight against China's Zhang as his "last chance" after a third career defeat came against Joseph Parker last December.

"I've been through a lot," the 38-year-old American said at a press conference in London on Monday.

"I've had to regroup and thing don't just change overnight. You have to keep working and keep pushing until you get what you want.

"I'm at this point in time where I'm narrowing it down. Come the night of the fight we will see if I've got it or not. This fight I'm holding it down as my last dance, my last chance.

"That's what I'm taking it accordingly as. I'm just ready to do what I'm known to do. To be the Wilder I am.

"I lost my love and passion for this business. I lost my hunger for so many different reasons, but now I'm in an opportunity where people love the wildness of Wilder."

A score system has been devised to determine the winner between the battle of the rival UK-based boxing promoters.

Two points will be awarded for a stoppage win, one for a decision win and points will be doubled for captains.

IBF No.1 contender Filip Hrgovic will take on Daniel Dubois, who lost to Oleksandr Usyk last August but stopped Jarrell Miller in the dying seconds of the 10th round at the 'Day of Reckoning' in December, to decide who will be first in line to fight for the IBF world heavyweight title later this year.

Nick Ball and American world champion Ray Ford will go head-to-head for the WBA world featherweight championship.

WBC silver and commonwealth champion Sheerez, who has won his last 13 fights with stoppages, takes on USA's Austin Williams which is being recognised as a final eliminator for the WBC world middleweight title.

Former British champion and WBA world title challenger Craig Richards will face former world amateur champion Willy Hutchinson in a light-heavyweight bout.

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