Deontay Wilder ...... Ko's Liakhovich in 1.

Deontay Wilder stunned Sergei Liakhovich with a solid right hand before closing the show 1 minute 40 of the opener. The knockout was solid and stark in the way Sergei has never been beaten in this manner before. 17 one rounders..  Wilder looks to head the class of American heavyweights at this point. I would love to see the questions that I expected Sergei to have posed answered at some point but proof is in the numbers on the verdict of what kind of class Deontay belongs..  Wilder did show flashes of patience and more relaxation on his approach, but we still need to see a valid test for him in the near future..  Notice...  The closing shots were still very long and raw, a habit Deontay will not have the luxury of against men like Arreola or Stiverne.   The 0 is still intact.     Sergei Liakhovich was taken on a stretcher as a precaution.