WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) successfully defended his world title with an eleventh round TKO over rugged Johann Duhaupas (32-3, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The bout was competitive, but seemed to turn when Duhaupas was cut in round four. The fight was a slow and gradual beatdown with the referee stopping the bout in the eleventh round.

2012 Olympian  Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale (16-0, 14 KOs) didn’t look all that good winning a ten round unanimous decision over “Big” Fred Kassi (18-4-1, 10 KOs) in the co-main event. Kassi gave Breazeale fits with movement as Breazeale struggled to find him often. The scores said otherwise though as Breazeale won rather easily 97-93,98-92 and 100-90 which many didn’t agree with.