{"id":182320,"date":"2016-01-17T09:57:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T09:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=182320"},"modified":"2016-01-17T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T09:57:54","slug":"wilder-retains-wbc-heavyweight-title-with-brutal-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/wilder-retains-wbc-heavyweight-title-with-brutal-knockout\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title with brutal knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"
Deontay Wilder has retained the WBC world heavyweight championship, defeating Polish challenger Artur Szpilka with a brutal ninth-round knockout.<\/p>\n
It was not a pretty finish as Szpilka looked inside for an opening only to be clobbered by a heavy straight right hand to the jaw that sent the challenger spiralling to the floor.<\/p>\n
Szpilka was stretchered out of the arena as a result.<\/p>\n
The Polish boxer started the fight well and looked the bigger aggressor of the two as Wilder adopted a more measured approach, looking to avoid any direct hits and land his counter punches.<\/p>\n
The champ had some struggles coming to grips with Szpilka\u2019s southpaw stance, but once he found his mark he did not miss.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the night, Charlies Martin won the vacant IBF heavyweight championship, defeating an injured Vyacheslav Glazkov who lost after falling and tearing his ACL in the third round.<\/p>\n
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\nCredit: Pulsesports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deontay Wilder has retained the WBC world heavyweight championship, defeating Polish challenger Artur Szpilka with a brutal ninth-round knockout. It was not a pretty finish as Szpilka looked inside for an opening only to be clobbered by a heavy straight right hand to the jaw that sent the challenger spiralling to the floor. Szpilka was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1345],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n