Deontay Wilder thought he killed Artur Szpilka with brutal KO in 2016

Deontay Wilder will step foot in the ring once again this weekend as he takes on Robert Helenius, with The Bronze Bomber not fighting since his back-to-back defeats against Tyson Fury.

He’ll return to Las Vegas to a familiar venue, with Wilder already having four victims there with brutal victories in the ring.

His knockout power is ridiculous, with him winning the vast majority of his bouts via that method, so much so he once thought he killed an opponent in the ring after sending him to the canvas.

In 2016, Wilder took to the ring against Artur Spizlka in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, stopping his opponent in the ninth round to retain his world title in front of over 12,000 people.

Wilder connected with a brutal right hook, sending Szpilka to the ground, with the referee calling the fight during the count, with the fighter barely moving on the canvas.

There’s plenty of Wilder knockouts to flick through, but this could be his most brutal, with The Bronze Bomber thinking he had actually killed his opponent in the ring.

When talking about the bout, Wilder said: “I always think about this when they walk about what’s the best knockout I’ve had, it still lingers.”

The Bronze Bomber continued: “Artur Szpilka, when I hit him, I thought I took his life. The scariest thing of all? Seeing a guy with all good intentions, good hype for the fight, who wants to serve his country [react to the KO like he did].”

He was clearly worried for his opponent at the time, but Szpilka has continued his career after the bout, with his last fight coming in 2021 where he lost to Lukasz Rozanski.

His concern for his opponent at the time is a contrast to his 2018 comments which he has since apologised for when he said: “I want a body on my