Zhang isn’t sure where his size comes from. Both his parents were under 6 feet. His brother and sister—Zhang is the youngest of three—are as well. He’s heard stories about his great-grandfather being big but can’t say for certain. “Maybe,” muses Zhang, “some kind of genetic mutation.”
But Zhang still faces a wait to get to Usyk as the WBO’s No. 1 challenger. Usyk is expected to hold talks with Fury about a unification title fight, and IBF mandatory challenger Filip Hrgović is then next in line for a shot at Usyk.
Zhang, 40, dominated Joyce in April, damaging the 38-year-old’s eye to the point of closure and sealing a sixth-round stoppage. And when the pair returned to London on Saturday, it took Zhang just three rounds to repeat the trick.
“A little bit more practise . Zhang is a fellow silver medallist, he’s good fighter and hits hard. He’s an awkward style because he’s a southpaw and a powerful southpaw at that. I just couldn’t get away, I kept getting hit by his left hand. I’m disappointed. I’d like to apologise to all my fans and supporters. I’ll be back. My journey’s not over. This is just a hurdle I’ve tripped over. I’ll be back.
L’ancien champion du monde de boxe Anthony Joshua a donné des informations assez précises sur son prochain combat. Parlant à talkSPORT, Joshua a déclaré que son prochain combat aurait lieu le 20 ou le 21 septembre au stade Wembley à Londres. AJ a révélé qu’il y avait quatre noms potentiels…
Bakole and Parker will fight on the Fury undercard, at least, and Frank Sanchez takes Joe Joyce’s spot. I think Sanchez is a pretty good boxer, but not some king waiting to inevitably be crowned like the FOX guys made out over the years, and you’d REALLY wish for him to finally fight better competition. Instead, he faces Scott Alexander this weekend. At 31, his year is going to be
Round 10: Williams has been the gamest fighter of the night. Unloading in desperation and looking to turn the tide. Sheeraz is just too big and defensively sound right now. BIG RIGHT HAND COUNTR DECKS WILLIAMS. Bell saves Ammo, who staggers back to his corner with the blood flowing from his mouth.
El 10 de marzo de 2014, en la ciudad de Nueva York, Zhilei Zhang anunció que se convertiría en profesional. Zhang firmó un acuerdo promocional con Dynasty Boxing, que es una empresa de promoción que se especializa en el mercado chino.
Round 6: Ford boxing well, but suddenly catches a left uppercut in close. Body attack from Ball and a right hook. Not a lot coming back from the champion right now and he looks flustered. Body shot from Ford, but he’s not doing enough work. Ball overpowering his man inside. Left hook lands on the inside from the challenger.
George liked China, so much so that when Zhang turned pro and moved to New Jersey, George stayed behind. Three years later, in 2017, Zhang, his career floundering, asked him to become his head trainer and George agreed.
Round 2: Wilder attempts a solid right but falls just short. Wilder distressed in the corner after a combination by Zhang. “The Bronze Bomber” is backing off and he’s under a lot of pressure. All Zhang right now. Almost no offensive effort from Wilder.
On Saturday, June 1, Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1, 22 KOs) brutally stopped Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs), winning by fifth-round stoppage, as Queensberry won the night 10-0. The heavyweight bout took place as a part of the 5v5 card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the entire card available in a number of regions on DAZN through PPV as well as on TNT Sports. Earlier in the night – we saw victories for Willie Hutchinson and Nick Ball before Dmitry Bivol and Hamzah Sheeraz won their respective bouts. We also saw Daniel Dubois record a vital win over Filip Hrgovic.
It’s just not popular. Not yet anyway. China has 1.4 billion people, but, says promoter Bob Arum, “that doesn’t mean anything. India has number of people, and you couldn’t sell a ticket to Mahatma Gandhi fighting for the title.” In 2013, Arum signed Zou Shiming, Zhang’s Olympic teammate. The relationship was successful, with Zou even winning a 112-pound title. But he failed to capture national interest. “The problem was the guy couldn’t f—ing fight,” says Arum. “He won two gold medals, I don’t know how, but he couldn’t fight.” Zhang, Arum says, is different. “Heavyweights are the baddest guys in the world,” says Arum. “And I think his ability is much greater than Zou’s was.”
Zhang was born on May 2, 1983, in Qianzhangying village, Shicaoji Township, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou, Henan Province, China. Zhang is the tallest member of his family. By 15 years of age, he was 1.95 meters tall and weighed 120 kg. His father, Zhang Tan (1948–2020 ), was 1.76 meters tall while his mother, Deng Yuying stood just a shade over 1.6 meters tall. His elder brother and elder sister are of a more normal height.
After moving to the United States in 2014, Zhang rarely visited China to see in bing.com his parents, wife and son (born 2010 ) because he had to reapply for single-entry working visa every time. After a fight in China, he failed to get a visa and was stuck there for ten months between October 2018 and July 2019, missing a fight with Andriy Rudenko scheduled for November 2018 in Monaco. He was stuck for too long and asked his manager to terminate his housing lease and sell his car in New Jersey. He missed another fight scheduled in March 2020 in the United States after attending his father’s funeral. His flight scheduled for February 3, 2020, was two days after the United States implemented a COVID-19 travel ban on Chinese citizens. The 37-year-old Zhang had to wait another eight months for his next bout on November 7, 2020, with Devin Vargas on the undercard of the WBC lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Yuriorkis Gamboa.