Deontay Wilder's hilarious English accent will always sound like Borat

Deontay Wilder is one of the hardest punching heavyweights of the modern era. So, he can be forgiven for his lack of talent when it comes to mastering accents.

Back in 2019, following the brutal first instalment of the Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy in LA, the latter was set to fight Dominican stalwart Dominic Breazeale.

In the lead up to the fight, The Bronze Bomber had a lot to say about Anthony Joshua’s US debut against the relatively unknown Andy Ruiz Jr.

Wilder mocked then-heavyweight champion Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn’s insistence on a unification fight in the UK. This was a major sticking point in the negotiations, which led Wilder to defend his belt against fellow Englishman Tyson Fury.

To add emphasis to his disdain for their actions, Wilder attempted an English accent, but the result was more akin to Joshua’s compatriot and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s world-renowned comedy character Borat.

The former world champion appeared to say: “They wanted to stay over in England, the fans over there deserve the fight there,” in an appalling attempt at an English accent. The clip was all over social media with swathes of fight fans equating Wilder’s accent to the fictional Kazakhstani journalist.

Stumbling upon this clip is a great illustration of Wilder’s fate in the boxing world, following his consecutive losses to Fury in the final two fights of the trilogy where he was comprehensively beaten.

Now there does not appear to be a logical fight for Wilder to take, leaving the American heavyweight well outside the reckoning for a title fight. This has then led to question marks around whether The Bronze Bomber will hang up the gloves, considering he is now 36 years old and took considerable damage