Ali-Cooper, Tyson-Bruno, Joshua-Ruiz: What are the great British-American heavyweight rivalries?

Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder will reignite boxing's storied transatlantic rivalry when they face off in London this April, live on DAZN.

Fifty fights into a stirring career, 'Del Boy' will bring the curtain down at The O2 Arena against 'The Bronze Bomber', an ex-WBC champion.

With both men well into the twilight of their tenures, they will add another chapter to the British-American heavyweight bible when they meet.

But as they prepare to lay down the gauntlet and stake a shot at bragging rights, what are the other famed rivalries to have caught fire too?

DAZN News looks back at some of the best heavyweight matchups between fighters on either side of the pond, and how they played out down the years.

Muhammad Ali and Henry Cooper

Few transatlantic rivalries were built like this at heavyweight, with the pair meeting twice across their glittering careers, in 1963 and again in 1966.

Cooper famously dropped Ali - then Cassius Clay - in the fourth round of the first, before the latter secured a fifth-round stoppage at Wembley Stadium.

Ali recorded a second victory three years later, with a sixth-round stoppage across the city at Highbury. In later life, the two men became close friends.

Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno

Few faces came bigger in the glamour division than 'Iron Mike', who fought two title bouts with the beloved Londoner seven years apart in their careers.

The first, held in 1989 in Las Vegas, saw Bruno recover from an early knockdown to stagger Tyson, though he would ultimately be stopped five rounds in.

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In 1996, the American delivered a brutal performance on the comeback trail to seize the WBC crown, with a three-round victory. Bruno retired afterwards.

Hasim Rahman and Lennox Lewis

Few people had given 'The Rock' a chance when he made the trip to South Africa to face Lewis, the then-unified WBC and IBF heavyweight champion in 2001.

Rahman instead stunned with a fifth-round knockout, seizing the crown and sparking a bidding frenzy for his services as he became a sensation overnight.

Lewis avanged himself months later with a fourth-round stoppage in Las Vegas, but only after legal matters had forced his opponent to accept a rematch clause.

Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua

Few saw the California-born Mexican-American as a legitimate threat to the Briton, who made his stateside debut at Madison Square Garden against him in 2019.

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Instead, Ruiz Jr. tore up the form book and handed Joshua a first career loss to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO titles by a seventh-round knockout in punishing style.

Having only replaced Jarrell Miller in the first place, the result changed his life - but Joshua got the last laugh half-a-year later with a rematch win in Saudi Arabia.

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury

'The Bronze Bomber' is no stranger to a transatlantic tussle, with his trilogy against 'The Gypsy King' among the division's modern greats when it comes to contests. 

The pair's first clash came with Fury on the comeback trail - and the Briton somehow survived a ruthless shot from the canvas to force a draw in 2018 in Los Angeles.

Wilder kept his WBC title, but could not in their second clash, where Fury won by seventh-round KO, before he repeated the feat with an eleventh-round trilogy stoppage.

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