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NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder needed less than three minutes Saturday night to knock out Breazeale.
The hard-hitting WBC heavyweight champion obliterated Breazeale by blasting him with a crushing right hand that knocked him out in the first round at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wilder’s pulverizing punch to the side of Breazeale’s head left the challenger flat on his back and quickly brought the crowd of 13,181 to its feet.
Breazeale tried to get up, but referee Harvey Dock waved an end to their scheduled 12-round bout when a wobbled Breazeale reached his feet. Dock stopped their “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event at 2:17 of the first round.
“Everything just came out of me tonight, you know?,” Wilder told Showtime’s Jim Gray in the ring. “I know there’s been a big buildup to this fight and there was a lot of animosity, a lot of chaos, a lot of hatred against each other. It was a lot of words that was said, and it just came out tonight.”
His senstational win was reminiscent of Wilder’s three-knockdown, first-round demolition of Bermane Stiverne in their November 2017 rematch at Barclays Center. Like Stiverne, Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs), of Eastvale, California, was the mandatory challenger for Wilder’s title.
Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs), of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, entered their fight as an 8-1 favorite. He caused controversy earlier this week, when he said Breazeale’s life literally was on the line and that he wants to “put a body” on his record.
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After scoring that spectacular knockout, though, Wilder and Breazeale embraced more than once before Breazeale left the ring.
“I just told Breazeale, I told him I love him,” Wilder said. “And, of course, I wanna see him go home to his family. I know we say some things we mean sometimes, but then when you get into a fight and settle your differences as men and you hold these gloves up, these fists, that’s what this sport is all about. And you can come to the next man and hug him and kiss him and say, ‘Thank you so much,’ you know, instead of other things. I wish the world was like that, where we can handle this with our hands and at the end of the day, we can hug each other and say, ‘You know what? We live to see another day.’ This is what it’s all about.”
Nevertheless, his highlight-reel knockout enabled Wilder to settle a personal score with Breazeale that began in February 2017 in the lobby of a Birmingham hotel. They got into a fight the night they scored respective TKO victories over Gerald Washington and Izu Ugonoh at nearby Legacy Arena.
Breazeale and Wilder’s younger brother, Marsellos Wilder, initially got into an argument at ringside following Deontay Wilder’s fifth-round stoppage of Washington. Marsellos Wilder and Breazeale then got into a physical altercation in the lobby of The Westin Birmingham, where Deontay Wilder and Breazeale later had to be separated.
Breazeale filed a lawsuit following that incident.
The challenger spoke earlier this week about pulling off an upset and sending Wilder into retirement, but he offered no excuses Saturday night.
“I think the ref stopped it a little early because I could hear him saying seven and eight, but that’s boxing,” Breazeale said. “He did his job and kept us safe for our next fight. … This was a situation where he landed the big right hand before I did. I thought I was gonna come on in the later rounds. I’ll be back and go for the heavyweight title again.”
Wilder, 33, defended his WBC title for the ninth time since out-pointing Stiverne to win it in January 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
This fight against a slower, plodding opponent unfolded far differently than Wilder’s 12-round split draw with Tyson Fury on December 2 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Wilder floored Fury once apiece in the ninth and 12th rounds of that Showtime Pay-Per-View main event, but only one judge scored the fight for the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (115-111, 112-114, 113-113).
Wilder had hoped to fight Fury again Saturday night, but Fury opted against signing a contract for that fight in favor of a multi-fight contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. England’s Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) will make his Top Rank debut June 15 against Germany’s Tom Schwarz (24-0, 16 KOs), a fight ESPN+ will stream from MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Breazeale, 33, lost by knockout for the second time in his six-year pro career.
The 2012 U.S. Olympian and former college football quarterback suffered his first defeat to IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champ Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs). England’s Joshua dropped Breazeale twice and stopped him in the seventh round of their June 2016 bout at O2 Arena in London.
Following Wilder’s win Saturday night, Luis Ortiz entered the ring and challenged Wilder to a rematch.
The Cuban-born southpaw suffered his only loss to Wilder 14 months ago at Barclays Center. Miami’s Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs, 2 NC) hurt Wilder during the seventh round of that bout, but Wilder came back to drop Ortiz twice during the 10th round.
Wilder, who had already floored Ortiz in the fifth round, won by 10th-round TKO.
Mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale said all the right things in the buildup to Saturday's heavyweight title bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But Deontay Wilder's explosive right hand ultimately made all the bad blood shared between them a moot point.
Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) added yet another violent finish to his career highlight reel with a brutal one-punch knockout at 2:17 of Round 1. Wilder, 33, made the ninth defense of the WBC title he originally captured in 2015.
After a fight week filled with controversy as Wilder came under fire for threatening Breazeale's life inside the ring and sharing his hope to one day add a dead body to his record, the Alabama-born slugger showcased his scary and historic power in the opening round.
"Everything just came out of me tonight," Wilder said. "I know there was a lot of words and animosity against each other and it just came out tonight. This is what makes boxing so great when you can have so much inside and just overcome."
Shortly after a fun sequence in which both 6-foot-7 giants traded hard punches in the center of the ring, Wilder used his incredible 83-inch reach to get full extension on a right cross that turned Breazeale's chin and splattered him across the canvas.
Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs), who appeared to be knocked out cold as he laid spread eagle, began to come to his senses near the end of referee Harvey Dock's count. The native of California, who is nicknamed "Trouble," rose to his feet shortly before the count of 10, but Dock waved off the fight after looking into his eyes.
"I think the ref stopped it a little early because I could hear him saying seven and eight, but that's boxing," Breazeale said. "He did his job and kept us safe for our next fight. I got on my feet and had my legs under me. It's the heavyweight division so there's going to be big shots from guys with power.
"This was a situation where [Wilder] landed the big right hand before I did. I thought I was going to come on in the later rounds. I'll be back and go for the heavyweight title again."
Despite the bad blood between them leading up to the fight -- which included Wilder advising Breazeale to have his family make funeral arrangements -- the two shared a hug after the fight. The beef which began two years ago with a melee in an Alabama hotel lobby appeared to be squashed.
"I just told Breazeale I love him and of course I want to see him go home to his family," Wilder said. "I know we say some things but when you can fight a man and then you can hug him and kiss him, I wish the world was like that. We shake hands and we live to see another day and that's what it's all about."
Wilder, who came in 12 pounds heavier than he did for his disputed draw with lineal champion Tyson Fury in December, showed a few new wrinkles in the early going as he landed a left uppercut to the body. A pair of hard right hands backed Breazeale up to the corner but the challenger proved to be game and fought his way out with a pair of hard right hands that led to an exciting two-way exchange before the finish.
"I saw him slow up a little bit," Wilder said. "When I hit him with the right hand the first time his body language changed. When you've been in with so many guys, you can recognize body language."
Wilder was initially in negotiations to face Fury in a spring rematch until the native of England signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank that brought his services exclusively to ESPN. Wilder also continues to spin his wheels in a multi-year courting to face unified champion Anthony Joshua that has yet to come to fruition.
"I understand what Tyson Fury did," Wilder said. "When you get dropped on the canvas like that I understand you have to get yourself back together. But the rematch will happen, like all these other fights will happen. The great thing is all these fights are in discussion. The big fights will happen. I just want you to have patience.
"You know what the saying is, good things come to those who wait."
Should Wilder prove unable to draw fights with Fury or Joshua in 2019 due to political and network entanglements, a rematch against Cuban slugger Luis Ortiz could be likely for the fall. Ortiz, who rocked Wilder before succumbing to a knockout loss in their exciting 2018 bout, entered the ring after the fight to approach Wilder.
"I want to congratulate Deontay Wilder on a great performance," Ortiz said. "I came here from Miami to see this fight. I don't know if that will be next. Deontay Wilder is the only one who can say for sure if that fight is next."
-- Here comes "Trouble." And down he went. Breazeale is fondly called "Trouble ".
NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder needed less than three minutes Saturday night to knock out Breazeale.
The hard-hitting WBC heavyweight champion obliterated Breazeale by blasting him with a crushing right hand that knocked him out in the first round at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wilder’s pulverizing punch to the side of Breazeale’s head left the challenger flat on his back and quickly brought the crowd of 13,181 to its feet.
Breazeale tried to get up, but referee Harvey Dock waved an end to their scheduled 12-round bout when a wobbled Breazeale reached his feet. Dock stopped their “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event at 2:17 of the first round.
“Everything just came out of me tonight, you know?,” Wilder told Showtime’s Jim Gray in the ring. “I know there’s been a big buildup to this fight and there was a lot of animosity, a lot of chaos, a lot of hatred against each other. It was a lot of words that was said, and it just came out tonight.”
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| Wilder proved too fast, too strong for Breazeale |
Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs), of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, entered their fight as an 8-1 favorite. He caused controversy earlier this week, when he said Breazeale’s life literally was on the line and that he wants to “put a body” on his record.
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After scoring that spectacular knockout, though, Wilder and Breazeale embraced more than once before Breazeale left the ring.
“I just told Breazeale, I told him I love him,” Wilder said. “And, of course, I wanna see him go home to his family. I know we say some things we mean sometimes, but then when you get into a fight and settle your differences as men and you hold these gloves up, these fists, that’s what this sport is all about. And you can come to the next man and hug him and kiss him and say, ‘Thank you so much,’ you know, instead of other things. I wish the world was like that, where we can handle this with our hands and at the end of the day, we can hug each other and say, ‘You know what? We live to see another day.’ This is what it’s all about.”
Nevertheless, his highlight-reel knockout enabled Wilder to settle a personal score with Breazeale that began in February 2017 in the lobby of a Birmingham hotel. They got into a fight the night they scored respective TKO victories over Gerald Washington and Izu Ugonoh at nearby Legacy Arena.
Breazeale and Wilder’s younger brother, Marsellos Wilder, initially got into an argument at ringside following Deontay Wilder’s fifth-round stoppage of Washington. Marsellos Wilder and Breazeale then got into a physical altercation in the lobby of The Westin Birmingham, where Deontay Wilder and Breazeale later had to be separated.
Breazeale filed a lawsuit following that incident.
The challenger spoke earlier this week about pulling off an upset and sending Wilder into retirement, but he offered no excuses Saturday night.
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| Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs), who appeared to be knocked out cold as he laid spread eagle, began to come to his senses near the end of referee Harvey Dock's count |
Wilder, 33, defended his WBC title for the ninth time since out-pointing Stiverne to win it in January 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
This fight against a slower, plodding opponent unfolded far differently than Wilder’s 12-round split draw with Tyson Fury on December 2 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Wilder floored Fury once apiece in the ninth and 12th rounds of that Showtime Pay-Per-View main event, but only one judge scored the fight for the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (115-111, 112-114, 113-113).
Wilder had hoped to fight Fury again Saturday night, but Fury opted against signing a contract for that fight in favor of a multi-fight contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. England’s Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) will make his Top Rank debut June 15 against Germany’s Tom Schwarz (24-0, 16 KOs), a fight ESPN+ will stream from MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Breazeale, 33, lost by knockout for the second time in his six-year pro career.
The 2012 U.S. Olympian and former college football quarterback suffered his first defeat to IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champ Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs). England’s Joshua dropped Breazeale twice and stopped him in the seventh round of their June 2016 bout at O2 Arena in London.
Following Wilder’s win Saturday night, Luis Ortiz entered the ring and challenged Wilder to a rematch.
The Cuban-born southpaw suffered his only loss to Wilder 14 months ago at Barclays Center. Miami’s Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs, 2 NC) hurt Wilder during the seventh round of that bout, but Wilder came back to drop Ortiz twice during the 10th round.
Wilder, who had already floored Ortiz in the fifth round, won by 10th-round TKO.
Mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale said all the right things in the buildup to Saturday's heavyweight title bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But Deontay Wilder's explosive right hand ultimately made all the bad blood shared between them a moot point.
Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) added yet another violent finish to his career highlight reel with a brutal one-punch knockout at 2:17 of Round 1. Wilder, 33, made the ninth defense of the WBC title he originally captured in 2015.
After a fight week filled with controversy as Wilder came under fire for threatening Breazeale's life inside the ring and sharing his hope to one day add a dead body to his record, the Alabama-born slugger showcased his scary and historic power in the opening round.
"Everything just came out of me tonight," Wilder said. "I know there was a lot of words and animosity against each other and it just came out tonight. This is what makes boxing so great when you can have so much inside and just overcome."
Shortly after a fun sequence in which both 6-foot-7 giants traded hard punches in the center of the ring, Wilder used his incredible 83-inch reach to get full extension on a right cross that turned Breazeale's chin and splattered him across the canvas.
Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs), who appeared to be knocked out cold as he laid spread eagle, began to come to his senses near the end of referee Harvey Dock's count. The native of California, who is nicknamed "Trouble," rose to his feet shortly before the count of 10, but Dock waved off the fight after looking into his eyes.
"I think the ref stopped it a little early because I could hear him saying seven and eight, but that's boxing," Breazeale said. "He did his job and kept us safe for our next fight. I got on my feet and had my legs under me. It's the heavyweight division so there's going to be big shots from guys with power.
"This was a situation where [Wilder] landed the big right hand before I did. I thought I was going to come on in the later rounds. I'll be back and go for the heavyweight title again."
Despite the bad blood between them leading up to the fight -- which included Wilder advising Breazeale to have his family make funeral arrangements -- the two shared a hug after the fight. The beef which began two years ago with a melee in an Alabama hotel lobby appeared to be squashed.
"I just told Breazeale I love him and of course I want to see him go home to his family," Wilder said. "I know we say some things but when you can fight a man and then you can hug him and kiss him, I wish the world was like that. We shake hands and we live to see another day and that's what it's all about."
Wilder, who came in 12 pounds heavier than he did for his disputed draw with lineal champion Tyson Fury in December, showed a few new wrinkles in the early going as he landed a left uppercut to the body. A pair of hard right hands backed Breazeale up to the corner but the challenger proved to be game and fought his way out with a pair of hard right hands that led to an exciting two-way exchange before the finish.
"I saw him slow up a little bit," Wilder said. "When I hit him with the right hand the first time his body language changed. When you've been in with so many guys, you can recognize body language."
Wilder was initially in negotiations to face Fury in a spring rematch until the native of England signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank that brought his services exclusively to ESPN. Wilder also continues to spin his wheels in a multi-year courting to face unified champion Anthony Joshua that has yet to come to fruition.
"I understand what Tyson Fury did," Wilder said. "When you get dropped on the canvas like that I understand you have to get yourself back together. But the rematch will happen, like all these other fights will happen. The great thing is all these fights are in discussion. The big fights will happen. I just want you to have patience.
"You know what the saying is, good things come to those who wait."
Should Wilder prove unable to draw fights with Fury or Joshua in 2019 due to political and network entanglements, a rematch against Cuban slugger Luis Ortiz could be likely for the fall. Ortiz, who rocked Wilder before succumbing to a knockout loss in their exciting 2018 bout, entered the ring after the fight to approach Wilder.
"I want to congratulate Deontay Wilder on a great performance," Ortiz said. "I came here from Miami to see this fight. I don't know if that will be next. Deontay Wilder is the only one who can say for sure if that fight is next."
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