# Who will be fighting Wilder?

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**Category:** Boxing Talk\
**Created:** [October 15, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/who-will-be-fighting-wilder/115589 "2026-10-15T18:08:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Master](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/user_avatar/forum.saddoboxing.com/master/32/5623_2.png) [@Master](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/Master)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/who-will-be-fighting-wilder/115589/1 "2026-10-15T18:08:05Z")

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So the boxers that have been lined to face Deontay Wilder have been David Benavedez, Jai Opetia and now Rico Verhoeven.

Who will it be?

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**Author:** ![TIC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/user_avatar/forum.saddoboxing.com/tic/32/5602_2.png) [@TIC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/TIC)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/who-will-be-fighting-wilder/115589/2 "2026-10-15T19:18:07Z")

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who the fuck is jesse benavidez?

i’ve heard jai & justis are likely to appear on the card so i’m guessing it’ll be jai

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**Author:** ![Master](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/user_avatar/forum.saddoboxing.com/master/32/5623_2.png) [@Master](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/Master)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/who-will-be-fighting-wilder/115589/3 "2026-10-15T19:24:15Z")

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I swear I am going senile. Anyway changed it to David.

At least Rico is a heavyweight.