The former heavyweight world champion was comprehensively outboxed in his most recent fight last December but his trainer Malik Scott claims that it was just a bad night for his charge whose powerful punching was nullified.

He told Seconds Out: "Joseph Parker and Andy Lee had an incredible game plan. They did just enough to win the rounds. Deontay was unable to pull the trigger and I’ve seen it happen to the best. But I believe him [Wilder] being ashamed of that performance – and this goes for me too, that’s a performance I’m ashamed of."

The Bronze Bomber returns to action against Zhilei Zhang on June 1 and Scott is confident that the fighter will display his power once more to take down the veteran Chinese fighter.

The trainer said: "If he [Wilder] now goes in and is the Deontay Wilder that I’m always bragging about to you guys, you’re going to see Zhang fall and it’s going to be a beautiful thing.

"Wilder is very artistic and violent. Zhang is a pop tart when he gets fatigued. He [Zhang] falls apart and he gets really scared. He almost would do anything not to get tired. He just doesn’t like getting into a vulnerable position when he’s tired. Our job is to take him into darkness. I believe Deontay is a much tougher man."