Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder shutdown pre-match talk with one violent punch in the first round of last night’s title defense against Dominic Breazeale.
Wilder and Breazeale had been talking trash to each other for two years following a dust-up in an Alabama hotel lobby.
The talk ended abruptly in the ring:
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The two fighters seemed to end their dispute after the match:
“I think the ref stopped it a little early because I could hear him saying seven and eight, but that’s boxing,” Breazeale said.