On January 16, 2016, Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Polish challenger, Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs).
Deontay Wilder is coming in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 97% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Johann Duhaupas, 3 months and 21 days ago. Artur Szpilka is on a 4-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round RTD win over Yasmany Consuegra, 5 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Deontay Wilder at 99-1 winning odds. Artur Szpilka really doesn't have much to present against Wilder.
Deontay Wilder stopped Artur Szpilka via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Wilder improves his record to 36-0 (35 KOs), while Szpilka adds a loss to his record at 20-2.