FILE -Deontay Wilder, right, fights Tyson Fury in a heavyweight championship boxing match Oct. 9, 2021, in Las Vegas. Wilder still has big plans and a bigger right hand, just like when he was heavyweight champion. He wants to be there again. His climb starts Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, when he returns from consecutive losses to Tyson Fury to fight Robert Helenius at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens, File)
By BRIAN MAHONEY
NEW YORK (AP) — Deontay Wilder unleashed the crushing right hand that’s long been considered the best in the business and was back in the win column in less than one round.
He believes that same power could quickly put him back on top of the heavyweight division.
“When you fight Deontay Wilder, you have to have your A-plus-plus game,” Wilder said.
Or an A-plus chin.
Wilder knocked out Robert Helenius in the first round Saturday night, powerfully punching his way back to victory after consecutive losses to Tyson Fury.
The former heavyweight champion moved cautiously for most of the round before launching the shot that he knew ended it. Wilder, wearing trunks that looked like sparkly bottoms of a gladiator outfit, was posing against the ropes even before the fi
