Zhilei Zhang put Deontay Wilder on the canvas and stopped him within the fifth spherical, capping an absolute rout by Queensberry over Matchroom in in the present day’s 5v5 occasion from Riyadh.
Queensberry fighters received each single combat for a ultimate scoring tally of 10-0 of their favor over Matchroom.
Zhang (27-2-1, 22 KO) and Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KO) had been each tentative within the opening 4 rounds, and Wilder did come out throwing some proper arms within the fifth. However that received him clipped with a proper hook by Zhang, and seeing Wilder staggered, “Huge Bang” adopted up by chasing a turned Wilder and catching him with one other that put Wilder down.
Wilder did stand up, however the combat was stopped at 1:51 of spherical 5, in what could nicely wind up the ultimate combat of his profession, which was hinted beforehand if he misplaced once more on this bout.
On the undercard
Daniel Dubois stopped Filip Hrgovic on cuts in spherical eight to say the interim IBF heavyweight title in an actual slugfest … Hamzah Sheeraz was merely a lower above in his middleweight matchup with Austin Williams, stopping the American within the eleventh spherical after a fairly dominant efficiency … Nick Ball took the WBA featherweight title from Raymond Ford, successful a cut up determination … Gentle heavyweight Willy Hutchinson scored a career-best win over Craig Richards, beginning very well after which fading a bit down the stretch, however doing lots sufficient to deserve the W.
