Deontay Wilder

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Bells: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) made the third defence of his WBC Heavyweight title last Saturday night with a devastating one-punch knockout against a game challenger Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) in a 9th round knockout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight was stopped by referee Michael Griffin at 2:24 of round 9 after Wilder flattened the southpaw Szpilka with a right hand.

The fight was extremely close in most parts, with different fighters dominating in small parts.

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(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Tyson Fury crashed the talented WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s fight against Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night, showing up inside the ring moments after Deontay had smashed Spilka into the canvas after knocking him unconscious with a peach of a right hand in round 9 at the beautiful Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The 6’9” Fury started immediately mouthing off until Deontay put him in his proper place and dismissed him from the ring by telling him that he’ll give him a nice baptism. Fury was lucky Deontay didn’t lose his temper and give him the Szpilka treatment. If Deontay had hauled off and belted the 6’9″ Fury in his gob, they might have needed an extra-sized stretcher to take Fury out of the ring. I’m just saying.

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By Dan Ambrose: Fighting in front of a huge crowd of 12,668, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) scored a devastating 9th round knockout win over #8 WBC challenger Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) to retain his WBC title in a close fight on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Wilder timed Szpilka and connected with a huge right hand in the 9th round to knock Szpilka clean out. The punch flattened Szpilka, leaving him on his back on the canvas for a considerable amount of time. Szpilka had tried to throw a left hand at the same time Wilder threw his right. Wilder’s shot got there first and he knocked the Polish fighter senseless. Szpilka was taken out of the ring on a stretcher.

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By Jim Dower: In a show of his incredible punching power, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) ended a close fight by knocking out a highly motivated Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) in round 9 tonight in a very tough fight for Deontay at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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By Scott Gilfoid: A couple days ago, 26-year-old Polish native Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs) was involved in an altercation that nearly came to blows with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) in at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. While boxing fans believe it was a staged altercation between the two fighters, it doesn’t appear anything was faked between the two.

Szpilka came in close to Deontay when he was trash talking him, and then made the mistake of ramming his head against Deontay. This caused Deontay to take a swipe at Szpilka, which thankfully didn’t lead to an injury for either fighter. It did show that you don’t want to mess around with Deontay, because he’s like a caged lion when an opponent acts aggressively towards him both in and out of the ring.

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