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Zhilei Zhang (Chinese: 张志磊; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìlěi; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title from 2023 to 2024.
Part of the deal for the first bout with Zhang winning, would see him promoted under the Queensberry Promotions banner for the foreseeable. Zhang's co-manager Terry Lane confirmed this. [4] [5] On 12 June 2023, Zhang confirmed he would defend his interim WBO heavyweight title in a rematch against Joyce, after Joyce activated the rematch clause.
Joe Joyce won the WBO Interim World Heavyweight title in a September 2022 bout against Joseph Parker. [1] Zhang's last bout before facing Joyce was in August 2022 when he suffered his first loss to Croatian Filip Hrgović, after a close-fought battle where he lost by unanimous decision in what was described as a "generous" decision by broadcaster Sky Sports after a "bizarre" performance by ...
Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang fight pick, prediction. RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 31: Zhilei Zhang of Team Queensberry and Deontay Wilder of Team Matchroom pose for a photo during the 5v5 ...
Zhilei Zhang's upset of Joe Joyce in April might have been a shocker, but he showed Saturday it was no fluke. "Big Bang" Zhang put his British foe to sleep in their rematch with a hard right KO in ...
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Zhilei Zhang (left) and Joseph Parker (right) In the chief support WBO "Interim" titleholder Zhilei Zhang faced former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (WBO: 2nd WBC / WBA: 3rd). Parker was dropped twice in the bout, once in 3rd with a left hand and once in the 8th with a left-right hook combination.
In his next bout he fought 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist Zhang Zhilei, dropping his taller opponent in the middle round; Joshua won by 15:11 guaranteeing at least a bronze medal. In the semi-final Joshua met Kazakh boxer Ivan Dychko , and despite Joshua's height disadvantage he won by 13:11 to gain a place in the Olympic final.