Deontay Wilder planning return in 2am phone calls with trainer after Fury defeat

Deontay Wilder has been having 2am phone calls with his trainer as he plans his return to the boxing ring.

The Bronze Bomber is already on the comeback trail after his defeat to Tyson Fury in their epic trilogy battle last month.

Some pundits speculated that Wilder could look to hang up to his gloves after a second consecutive defeat to the Gypsy King, which saw him sustain a broken hand.

But retirement is the last thing on the American's mind. He has been up at all hours discussing his ring return with trainer Malik Scott as the coach issued Wilder the goal of becoming two-time heavyweight world champion next year.

"I planned on not talking about boxing with him, but Deontay is such a warrior, such a natural fighter, that he’s already plotting and planning the same way he did after the (second) fight against Fury,” Scott told World Boxing News.

“His whole thing is to get right back, and my whole thing is I’m telling him is not only should you rest, it’s a deserved rest.

“After the fight, I kept telling people Deontay’s gonna rest. I don’t want to talk about boxing with him, and I’m not even going to bring boxing up. But after the fight, I’d call him like 2-3 in the morning, wake him up and talk to him about new drills I have for him, new stuff we have to work on.

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"I’m like, ‘Bro, I got these drills, we gonna do this when we get back. You’re gonna be two-time heavyweight champion. It just didn’t happen for us on the night, but, bro, you won a whole lot of glory'."

Wilder has gone under the knife to sort out the hand injury suffered during the blockbuster exchanges with Fury in Las Vegas.

He came so close to levelling the trilogy at one apiece with a double-knockdown in the fourth threatening to hand Wilder the spoils.

But it wasn't to be and Wilder has since been linked with a host of big names, including Anthony Joshua, after confirming he would remain in the ring.

A date with destiny against Joshua may have to wait, with Wilder's training Scott expecting a tune-up fight to blow off the cobwebs to be held in April or May before another shot at a world title.

"We should be back in camp, in my opinion, no later than March and fight in May," Scott continued. "Or we may be back in camp before March. It all depends on how he recovers, how he’s feeling, how everything’s going.

"With Deontay, obviously, the first fight back is not going to be at the level that he just left. We have to do things the right way. But at the same time, we can’t go much lower than that because he’s a high entertainment revenue fighter.

"He’s big-time boxing. We have to give him a threat because Deontay gets up for threats. Obviously, it won’t be a Fury level, but it won’t be somebody down in the bucket.

"We’re not going to get somebody with a record of 27-11. That’s not happening. It has to be a name that fans have heard of."

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