On February 12, 2022, at the latest Fair Fight event in Catherineburg, Russia, Dzianis Zuev, the first king of the Kunlun Battle of the Gods, returned to the ring after a year and a half. Zuyev's opponent in this match was Stoyan Koprivlenski, a European kickboxer from Bulgaria.
European kickboxer Stojan Kopolivlanski, nicknamed "Sniper", is currently ranked third on the official challenger list for glory fighting lightweights, having defeated current GLORY lightweight active champion Tejani Bazit at the 2017 GLORY 49 tournament and Morocco's kickboxing star Mohammad Jeria at GLORY 66 in 2019. In glory's eight matches, Stojan achieved a record of 4 wins and 4 losses, and is currently ranked third among glory's lightweight strong challengers, making him a first-class international kickboxer in the 70 kg class. In this contest with Zuyev, the first king of the Kunlun Battle of the Gods, Stoyan gave full play to his flexible footwork, dodging Zuyev's fierce punches, carrying out effective defensive counterattacks, and finally playing with Zuyev for three rounds, unanimously judging the victory. Although Zuyev, who has been in the battle for a long time, did not win this game, Zuyev's unyielding momentum in the game still let us see the first king who was once in the ring of the Battle of the Gods.
Looking back on the whole game, although Zuyev's momentum is certainly worthy of our admiration, we also need to appreciate and affirm the excellent skills and tactics shown by Stojan in this game. In this game, facing the oppressive Zuyev, Stojan did not choose to fight with him, but constantly controlled the distance through flexible footwork and tactics, and used the boxing just right to quickly counterattack after dodging, and finally won the game with more clear and effective blows. Careful boxing fans who have long followed the Kunlun duel may have discovered that Stoyang's tactics are also the same tactics of the "Son of the Wind" Zhu Baotong against Zuyev.
Almost the same tactical concept, close dodging and counterattack of the boxing, and distance control on the leg, in the 2019 Kunlun Decisive Chishui Battle 70kg Intercontinental Golden Belt Four-Man Race, Zhu Baotong also launched a fierce and difficult contest with Zuyev with this set of playing styles. However, compared to Stoyang's idle stroll this time, Zhu Baotong's Zuyev when he was in Chishui was obviously much more stressed. Perhaps at the peak of the perennial competition, Zuyev, who was dueling with Zhu Baotong, could be described as a rainbow of morale, like a mule and horse who did not know tiredness, and the powerful combination of boxing techniques was frantically output to Zhu Baotong. Zhu Baotong, who was extremely stressed in the battle, was unable to withstand Zuyev's crazy attack, and finally lost the defensive line and was defeated by the fist of the original king.
Nowadays, time has passed, and Zhu Baotong, who is more mature in terms of techniques and tactics and mentality, has defeated many giants in the Kunlun Decisive Professional League with an almost sweeping posture in recent years, rarely meeting opponents. If, zhu Baotong and Zuyev, have a second war in the near future, who is more optimistic about everyone?