Wilder destroys Breazeale
Deontay Wilder used his explosive right hand to inflict maximum damage on Dominic Breazeale.
Undefeated Deontay Wilder brutally knocked out Dominic Breazeale in the first round of their grudge match on Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight world title.
Wilder, who has one of the most destructive right hands in heavyweight history, floored the challenger with a one-punch knockout with 43 seconds left in the opening round.
Wilder swarmed Breazeale from the opening bell, hurting him with a straight right hand then finishing him off later in the round with a devastating right to the chin that was set up by a left jab.
Breazeale lay on his back and then got up at the count of 10, before the referee stopped the fight.
Wilder, 33, improved to 41-0-1 with 40 Kos.
He successfully navigated the ninth defence of his title against heavy underdog Breazeale at the Barclays Centre arena in Brooklyn, New York.
Breazeale, who had lost just one previous fight to Anthony Joshua, dropped to 20-2 with 18 KOs.
There was bad blood between the two heading into the fight, with the build-up marked by a series of macabre threats from Wilder, who had spoken of his willingness to cause a fatality in the ring.
Threats of violence are a stock-in-trade part of promoting fights, but Wilder's gruesome pre-fight comments were condemned by many in the sport as going too far.
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Wilder, who has one of the most destructive right hands in heavyweight history, floored the challenger with a one-punch knockout with 43 seconds left in the opening round.
Wilder swarmed Breazeale from the opening bell, hurting him with a straight right hand then finishing him off later in the round with a devastating right to the chin that was set up by a left jab.
Breazeale lay on his back and then got up at the count of 10, before the referee stopped the fight.
Wilder, 33, improved to 41-0-1 with 40 Kos.
He successfully navigated the ninth defence of his title against heavy underdog Breazeale at the Barclays Centre arena in Brooklyn, New York.
Breazeale, who had lost just one previous fight to Anthony Joshua, dropped to 20-2 with 18 KOs.
There was bad blood between the two heading into the fight, with the build-up marked by a series of macabre threats from Wilder, who had spoken of his willingness to cause a fatality in the ring.
Threats of violence are a stock-in-trade part of promoting fights, but Wilder's gruesome pre-fight comments were condemned by many in the sport as going too far.
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