Wilder shoots a right hand. Zhang a left to the body. Zhang using that size early to push Wilder around. Both men taking their time. This is all about one, single shot from either side. Zhang shoots a left to the body as Wilder retreats out. Wilder fires a right that misses.
Interview: Zhang thanks all the fans. Then talks about losing to Parker, saying he learned from the loss. Says he knew he just needed to take Wilder’s right hand away, which he did. He gives Wilder credit and then calls for a fight that will get him back to a title fight.
Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs), 32, from Ilford in east London, was stopped in eight rounds by unified titleholder Artur Beterbiev in January and got his career back on track with a simple win over late replacement Silva (22-9, 12 KOs), from Portugal.
Both men cut serious figures as they took their seats at the top table, with Queensberry promoter Frank Warren describing it as "brilliant rematch against two guys of top quality" with "so much at stake".
"I want to fight all the best fighters of this era," he said . "I want to fight everyone, starting with guys like (Martin) Bakole or (Joe) Joyce, or Frank Sanchez, and then Joshua, Wilder, Usyk. I want to fight them all, of course.
Which raises the question: Can Zhang open up the Chinese market? His visibility there is growing. Zhang has 2.3 million followers on Douyin, China’s equivalent to TikTok. Both Joyce fights were streamed on Douyin, available for $1 as a pay-per-view. "It got pirated more than it got bought," says Terry. "But the number of views was in the tens of millions."
Parker lost his next fight, too, a decision setback to Dillian Whyte that seemed to end any hope of a future title shot. But now, Parker is well-positioned while the trio of top heavyweights settle bragging rights as he looks toward another bout with zhilei zhang full fight.
Madrimov connected on a bundle of power shots, but none better than an fully-extended overhand right that landed flush. Kurbanov was laying on the ropes when he ate the shot and covered up. As the Russian dipped and appeared close to crumbling, referee Steve Gray halted the contest with 40 seconds left in Round 5.
After the 2008 Olympics, Dino Duva built relationships with the National Boxing and Taekwondo Center of the Department of Sports of China and obtained exclusive rights to market all Chinese boxers. As a result, Chinese boxers had little freedom to choose an alternative promoter. On March 10, 2014, the 31-year-old Zhang signed a four-year contract with Dynasty Boxing, a company 50% owned by Duva. Zhang was Dynasty's first signing and Zhang had only one fight under Dynasty Boxing. Dynasty went bankrupt and closed down in December 2014.
But there was something about the simplicity of it. The focus needed to hit a small target. The repetition required to get good at it. "Soothing," is how Zhang describes it. So a couple of times a month Zhang drives to the range and fires a box of bullets at paper targets hanging 25 feet away.
The tactics weren't right. Some real novicey, amateur stuff from Joyce. But he can really still come back. I know Joyce was hurt a number of times, but I still think if the eye wasn't swollen I'm still confident he could have come back.
While Zhang, with huge commercial potential from China and an outside chance of taking on Fury next in a title fight, faces a potentially exciting 2024, Saturday's result leaves Joyce facing the reality of a second successive setback at age 38. Joyce can take encouragement at the way Zhang's career has gone into overdrive since he turned 39, but will now be questioning the wisdom of putting on 25 pounds for the rematch.
Zhang later found out various errors in his preparations. During his one-week COVID-19 quarantine in Miami before the bout, the hotel provided him only two meals a day. Unfamiliar with Miami's high humidity, Zhang's water intake during his stay at hotel was insufficient and he suffered from severe dehydration. Compounded by a drop in fitness from staying in the hotel during quarantine, he lost 9 pounds. Zhang had been unconcerned with his weight loss since it was not an issue in the unlimited weight class. His doctor also concluded that his excessive consumption of Chinese tea during training was partially responsible for his iron-deficiency anemia. When Zhang was discharged from hospital, his first words to his managers were the Chinese idiom, fang hu gui shan, lit. "a tiger let go would come back at the village hard", referring himself as the tiger. Since then, Zhang hired a nutritionist, quit smoking and has stayed away from tea during training and in the immediate run-up to boxing matches.
Round 3: Dubois comes out with a fire underneath him. He charges across and gets Hrgovic on his heels immediately. Dubois still steady with the jab and Hrgovic is now doing the same. Hrgovic looks a bit winded already. This has been a high-paced fight so far. But Dubois seems fresh and he’s taking the initiative now.
Interview: Zhang thanks all the fans. Then talks about losing to Parker, saying he learned from the loss. Says he knew he just needed to take Wilder’s right hand away, which he did. He gives Wilder credit and then calls for a fight that will get him back to a title fight.Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs), 32, from Ilford in east London, was stopped in eight rounds by unified titleholder Artur Beterbiev in January and got his career back on track with a simple win over late replacement Silva (22-9, 12 KOs), from Portugal.Both men cut serious figures as they took their seats at the top table, with Queensberry promoter Frank Warren describing it as "brilliant rematch against two guys of top quality" with "so much at stake".
"I want to fight all the best fighters of this era," he said . "I want to fight everyone, starting with guys like (Martin) Bakole or (Joe) Joyce, or Frank Sanchez, and then Joshua, Wilder, Usyk. I want to fight them all, of course.
Which raises the question: Can Zhang open up the Chinese market? His visibility there is growing. Zhang has 2.3 million followers on Douyin, China’s equivalent to TikTok. Both Joyce fights were streamed on Douyin, available for $1 as a pay-per-view. "It got pirated more than it got bought," says Terry. "But the number of views was in the tens of millions."
Parker lost his next fight, too, a decision setback to Dillian Whyte that seemed to end any hope of a future title shot. But now, Parker is well-positioned while the trio of top heavyweights settle bragging rights as he looks toward another bout with zhilei zhang full fight.
Madrimov connected on a bundle of power shots, but none better than an fully-extended overhand right that landed flush. Kurbanov was laying on the ropes when he ate the shot and covered up. As the Russian dipped and appeared close to crumbling, referee Steve Gray halted the contest with 40 seconds left in Round 5.
After the 2008 Olympics, Dino Duva built relationships with the National Boxing and Taekwondo Center of the Department of Sports of China and obtained exclusive rights to market all Chinese boxers. As a result, Chinese boxers had little freedom to choose an alternative promoter. On March 10, 2014, the 31-year-old Zhang signed a four-year contract with Dynasty Boxing, a company 50% owned by Duva. Zhang was Dynasty's first signing and Zhang had only one fight under Dynasty Boxing. Dynasty went bankrupt and closed down in December 2014.
But there was something about the simplicity of it. The focus needed to hit a small target. The repetition required to get good at it. "Soothing," is how Zhang describes it. So a couple of times a month Zhang drives to the range and fires a box of bullets at paper targets hanging 25 feet away.
The tactics weren't right. Some real novicey, amateur stuff from Joyce. But he can really still come back. I know Joyce was hurt a number of times, but I still think if the eye wasn't swollen I'm still confident he could have come back.
While Zhang, with huge commercial potential from China and an outside chance of taking on Fury next in a title fight, faces a potentially exciting 2024, Saturday's result leaves Joyce facing the reality of a second successive setback at age 38. Joyce can take encouragement at the way Zhang's career has gone into overdrive since he turned 39, but will now be questioning the wisdom of putting on 25 pounds for the rematch.
Zhang later found out various errors in his preparations. During his one-week COVID-19 quarantine in Miami before the bout, the hotel provided him only two meals a day. Unfamiliar with Miami's high humidity, Zhang's water intake during his stay at hotel was insufficient and he suffered from severe dehydration. Compounded by a drop in fitness from staying in the hotel during quarantine, he lost 9 pounds. Zhang had been unconcerned with his weight loss since it was not an issue in the unlimited weight class. His doctor also concluded that his excessive consumption of Chinese tea during training was partially responsible for his iron-deficiency anemia. When Zhang was discharged from hospital, his first words to his managers were the Chinese idiom, fang hu gui shan, lit. "a tiger let go would come back at the village hard", referring himself as the tiger. Since then, Zhang hired a nutritionist, quit smoking and has stayed away from tea during training and in the immediate run-up to boxing matches.
Round 3: Dubois comes out with a fire underneath him. He charges across and gets Hrgovic on his heels immediately. Dubois still steady with the jab and Hrgovic is now doing the same. Hrgovic looks a bit winded already. This has been a high-paced fight so far. But Dubois seems fresh and he’s taking the initiative now.