Filip Hrgovic, the super heavyweight bronze medalist in the Rio Olympics boxing program, finally waited for an opponent who was willing to negotiate with him sincerely, willing to play with him, and the two sides had already begun formal negotiations.
On February 8, 2022, Beijing time, the IBF International Boxing Federation officially announced through its official website that Zhang Zhilei, a famous Chinese boxer and a famous Chinese boxer, has agreed to accept the invitation of PhilipPe Hegović to participate in the IBF Heavyweight World Boxing Champion Forced Challenger Battle. The IBF has officially ordered 15 days of negotiations between Philippe Hégovich and Zhang Zhilei, and if overdue, both sides will have to bid on the IBF for the right to host the match.
Although it was only the formal negotiation of the preparations for the competition, it was already a big step forward for Philip Hagović. Because before that, nine heavyweight boxers had already turned down Philip Hagovich's offer.
Some of them turned down invitations from Philippe Hégović because of injuries, such as Luis Otiz and Charles Martin, while others were due to conflicts over the timing of the match, such as Australian boxer Dencé McCann, who is one place higher than Zhang Zhilei in the IBF world rankings, but because he had to participate in the match against Argentine boxer Ariel Esteban Bracamont, he had to officially announce his chance to compete for the world boxing champion last weekend. (Andy Ruiz Jr. is in a special situation, saying he needs more time to prepare, but IBF officials did not agree))
It is precisely because of the abandonment of the first 9 boxers that Zhang Zhilei, who ranked 13th in the IBF world ranking and had few opportunities, became a candidate. Zhang Zhilei is also one of the few heavyweight boxers who has long expressed his willingness to compete with Philip Hogovich.
Because Zhang Zhilei's event promoter is Eddie Herne of the Athletic Room Boxing Promotion Company, and Wasserman Boxing, the promotion company of Philip Hegovich's event, has maintained a cooperative relationship with Eddie Hearn, I believe that the negotiations between the two sides should go very smoothly.
Anyway, now we only have to wait another 15 days for the news that Zhang Zhilei and Philippe Hugovic are playing. There is no doubt that Philip Hogovich, who currently holds 11 wins, is the strongest opponent Zhang Zhilei has faced in his career, and zhang Zhilei is the closest opportunity to challenge the title of world boxing champion, so I hope that Zhang Zhilei's negotiations can go smoothly. And the author also wishes Zhang Zhilei a smooth defeat of Philippe Hegovich in 2022, and finally to stand with Oleksandr Usik and compete for the IBF heavyweight world boxing champion gold belt.
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