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Video: Eric Molina Discusses KO Loss To Deontay Wilder

•Jun 14, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jake Donovan and other members of the press catch up with heavyweight contender Eric Molina to discuss his ninth round knockout loss to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, which took place on Saturday night at Bartow Arena. Wilder (34-0) delivered a right hand that turned Molina around and sent him falling on his back. The referee quickly signaled that the fight was over, probably several rounds later than many observers anticipated with Wilder a heavy favorite.

Video: Deontay Wilder Talks Win, Povetkin, Klitschko

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 14, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jake Donovan and other members of the press catch up with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who successfully defended his title with a ninth-round knockout of Eric Molina on Saturday night at Bartow Arena. Wilder (34-0) delivered a right hand that turned Molina around and sent him falling on his back. The referee quickly signaled that the fight was over, probably several rounds later than many observers anticipated with Wilder a heavy favorite.

Molina: Wilder is a Great Fighter, I Brought Everything

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 14, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder had a little bit more trouble than he expected, stopping 50-1 underdog Eric Molina in the ninth round of their showdown on Saturday night at Bartow Arena, a short drive from his hometown. Wilder (34-0) delivered a right hand that turned Molina around and sent him falling on his back. The referee quickly signaled that the fight was over, probably several rounds later than many observers anticipated with Wilder a heavy favorite.

Wilder: It Was a Couple-Second Buzz, I Was Never Hurt

Carlos Boogs

•Jun 14, 2015

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33KOs) appeared to be rattled in the third round, when heavy underdog Eric Molina connected with a big right hand on the chin and Wilder's legs buckled, as over 9,000 fans gasped at the Bartow Arena in Alabama. Wilder recovered by the end of round and came back to drop Molina in the fourth. While Wilder admits he was buzzed, he says he was never seriously hurt by any of Molina's punches.

Wilder Survives Early Scare, Stops Molina In Nine

Jake Donovan

•Jun 13, 2015

By Jake Donovan - BIRMINGHAM -- It was everything you could have wanted in a history-making title fight in the state of Alabama. Even if the fans in Alabama were forced to sweat out the scariest moment of their hometown hero's pro career. Deontay Wilder survived a rocky third round to floor Eric Molina four times en route to a 9th round stoppage Saturday evening at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The bout was the first heavyweight title fight ever in Alabama, providing plenty of thrills of the sold-out crowd of 9,347 on hand for the event. The perception heading in—and really from the moment the fight was first signed—was that Wilder was given an open lane layup for a first title defense. The unbeaten fighting pride of Tuscaloosa brought home a heavyweight title following a wide points win in a tour-de-force performance over Bermane Stiverne in January. The win saw Wilder—already the last American boxer to win an Olympic medal—become the first U.S. heavyweight to lay claim to a heavyweight belt since 2007. His title reign has now extended through one successful title defense, which was more than can be said for the last heavyweight titlist from America, as Shannon Briggs' reign was one-and-done.

Wilder-Molina: CompuBox Historical Review

CompuBox

•Jun 13, 2015

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, like his trainer, former welterweight champ Mark Breland, likes to work off his jab. 9 of his 16 landed punches per round (56%)are jabs (he averaged 31 per round- 11 more than the hvt. avg.) Wilder makes his power punches count, averaging 7 landed per round-4 fewer than the hvt.avg, but landed 53%, 11% higher than wgt. class avg. (Oppopnents: Stiverne, Gavern, Scott, Firtha). Molina has a better than avg. jab (6 of 25 landed per round), however, Wilder is a huge step up in class.

Deontay Wilder: I’ve Definitely Got To Knock Him Out

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 13, 2015

Deontay Wilder vowed to deliver the kind of savage knockout that helped forge his name when he makes his first defense of his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title Saturday against Eric Molina. “I’ve definitely got to knock him out,” said the explosive Wilder, who in January became the first American since Shannon Briggs in 2007 to claim a piece of the heavyweight world title with a 12-round decision over Bermane Stiverne.

Molina: I'll Do a Lennox Lewis Shocker on Deontay Wilder

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 13, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Deontay Wilder isn't shy when it comes to his ambitions, or anything else for that matter. The WBC heavyweight champion makes his first title defense Saturday night against Eric Molina at Bartow Arena on the UAB campus an hour from his hometown. Wilder is hoping it will be far from his last, unabashedly talking of his designs on unseating Wladimir Klitschko as the world's top heavyweight; bringing that division back to prominence; and turning his college football-loving state into a boxing hotbed, too. First things first.

Molina: I Can Punch, I'm Going To Test Wilder's Chin

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 12, 2015

Deontay Wilder has promised to knock out Eric Molina this weekend. Molina has different ideas. "I'm supposed to come in here and Wilder's supposed to run over me," Molina said on the eve of their WBC title bout in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday night. "I can punch just like he can punch. This is going to be a very exciting heavyweight fight. I've never been stronger,” the Texan said.

Photos: Wilder-Molina, Pedraza-Klimov Weigh-In

Boxing Photos

•Jun 12, 2015

Deontay Wilder enjoys a homecoming for the first defense of his heavyweight belt, as he faces Eric Molina in front of what will be a sold-out crowd Saturday evening at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilder (33-0, 32KOs) came in at 229 lbs., matching a career-high though still fit and trim across his 6'7" frame. Molina (23-2, 17KOs) weighed 239.25 lbs. for his first career title shot. The bout airs live on Showtime.