GettyIt was over in one blazing minute in Brooklyn, but the first-round KO executed by a bristling, defiant Deontay Wilder upon Dominic Brezeale was an epic boxing match, worthy of super-slo-mo frame-by-frame replay in gym seminars and athletic departments across the country. In fact, despite the immense force of Wilder's bomb-like right that took Brezeale from his feet, the one-round fight was an technical masterclass that Mr. Wilder taught the boxing world and, more pointedly, any future opponents within his division. Tonight Wilder was clearly a man who had been back to the mountain to dissect and re-assemble his tactical thinking. Kudos, also, to the boxing brain of his trainer Jay Deas, who recently confessed that he needed two other mitt men, aside from himself, to help take the brunt of Wilder's force in any given workout. His knees buckled and his muscles seemed reduced to a liquid state as he came apart en route to the mat.

Source: Forbes May 19, 2019 04:09 UTC