By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s title defense against Eric Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) last Saturday night only averaged 678,000 viewers on Showtime in their fight in Birmingham, Alabama.
The numbers for Wilder’s fight were far fewer than in his previous bout against former WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne last January. The Wilder-Stiverne fight brought in 1.24 million viewers on Showtime. Those numbers reflected how competitive the fight was seen. I mean, there were a lot of boxing fans who felt that Wilder was going to lose that fight. He fought really well and surprised fans by easily beating a guy that they thought would beat him.
By Scott Gilfoid: More and more boxing fans are starting to believe that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) purposefully carried his opponent Eric Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) to the 9th round before finally putting him out of his misery last Saturday night at the Bartow Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 
By Scott Gilfoid: After his beautiful four-knockdown, 9th round knockout victory over a game challenge Eric Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) last Saturday, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) says he’s now ready for his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (29-1, 21 KOs) in what could be the 29-year-old Wilder’s next fight later this year. 
By Jim Dower: In a very poor performance, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) looked really sloppy, uncoordinated and unskilled in stopping #9 WBC Eric Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) in the 9th round on Saturday night to retain his WBC title at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilder, 29, knocked Molina down four times in the fight. 
(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) says that #9 WBC Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) will be stepping inside the ring with a monster tonight when he gets in the ring with him in their fight on Showtime Championship Boxing. Wilder thinks this is a level that the 33-year-old Molina has never been on before. 
(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: It’s no secret that #9 WBC Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) is seen as nothing more than a simple fodder opponent for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) to blast out in short order tonight when these two giant heavyweights go at it on Showtime at the Bartow Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: After working hard to win the WBC heavyweight title last January, unbeaten Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) isn’t about to let challenger Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) take it off him on Saturday night in their fight on Showtime Championship Boxing. 
(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME®) By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) realizes he’s in with a big guy with good punching power in facing the 6’4″ Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) this Saturday night on Showtime from the Bartow Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.