Deontay Wilder retains title with devastating KO of Artur Szpilka

Dan Rafael  ESPN Senior Writer

NEW YORK -- Heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder's calling card is the power in his right hand, and, oh boy, did he use it to turn out the lights on Artur Szpilka.

With heavyweight legends Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, two of boxing's greatest all-time punchers, sitting ringside, Wilder conjured up memories of their big blows when he knocked Szpilka out cold in the ninth round to retain his world title Saturday night before 12,668 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

It was as devastating a knockout as one could score, so big that Szpilka was flat on his back for several minutes following the fight after referee Mike Griffin quickly called for medical personnel, which swarmed him immediately.

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