On Saturday night at Barclays Center, Deontay Wilder brutally knocked out Dominic Breazeale in the first round of their grudge match to retain his WBC heavyweight title. (photos by Amanda Westcott, Sean Ham, Ryan Hafey, Tom Casino).

Wilder crushed Breazeale with a right hand, with 43 seconds left in the opening round.

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Breazeale was down on his back and got up right at the count of ten as the referee was waving off the fight.

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Wilder improved to 41-0-1 with 40 KOs and made the ninth defence of his title.

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