Deontay Wilder puts opponent to sleep with massive KO

There’s a clear frontrunner for boxing’s knockout of the year. 

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder landed a massive right hand to knock out challenger Dominic Breazeale in the first round in Saturday’s title bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

You have to watch this: 

Deontay Wilder. GOODNIGHT. 😳 #SCtop10 (via @Showtime) pic.twitter.com/IAY9PrHnZp

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 19, 2019

This Deontay Wilder KO is even better in slow motion 😮 (via @Showtime) pic.twitter.com/Y8sNsIwkhs

— ESPN (@espn) May 19, 2019

OH. WOW. @BronzeBomber made a statement tonight 💣 #WilderBreazeale pic.twitter.com/qe0vXiqHkb

— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) May 19, 2019

The Slo-mo video is cool but the sound of this punch landing is terrifying. pic.twitter.com/CM2p2pw6Up

— Patrick Claybon (@PatrickClaybon) May 19, 2019

There was bad blood between the two in lead up to the fight — with Wilder even going as far to suggest last week that he wanted to literally kill Breazeale in the ring. Wilder drew criticism for his comments.

Wilder improved to 41-0-1 with 40 KOs.