Zhilei Zhang knocked out Deontay Wilder in the fifth round of their fight in Riyadh with an explosive right hook that floored his opponent.
Wilder had been knocked off balance by Zhang’s previous blow and then the Chinese heavyweight closed in to finish the job.
It capped off a remarkable night for Frank Warren’s Queensbury promotion in Riyadh, who completed a clean sweep over Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
In truth the fight looked as if it would go Zhang’s way all along.
He landed a big right hook in the second round as his American opponent struggled.
Turning up the heat in the third round, he subjected Wilder to constant pressure and suppressed the lethal right hand of the Bronze Bomber.
Wilder punched his own chest at the start of the fourth round to try and fire himself up for the contest but couldn’t land many blows.
In the fifth round, he was sent spinning by a right hand from Zhang and crumpled to the floor after a hammer blow from his 41-year-old adversary.
