China's heavyweight brother Zhang Zhilei ushered in good news, and his opponent was determined. Earlier today, at a bid bidding hearing at IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey, USA, British promoter Eddie Hearne's Boxing Arena Promotion Company and Wartherman Boxing Company jointly won the bid bid for Philip Helgovich vs Zhang Zhilei.
Because they jointly bid $650,000, beat the competition and successfully won the bid.
This also means that the heavyweight showdown between Helgović and Zhang Zhilei has been finalized, and the next step is the time and place of the game, all up to Herne and his partners.
Helgović is higher than Zhang Zhilei in the IBF world rankings, and he will receive 60% of the $650,000, or $390,000. The remaining 40 percent, or $260,000 (about 1.64 million yuan), will go to Mr. Zhang.
Boxing Arena and Wartherman Boxing haven't yet revealed the date and location of the match, but it's not believed it will be long and should be similar in the first half of this year.
1.64 million yuan, this is certainly the highest honorarium of Zhang Zhilei's career so far, in fact, whether Zhang Zhilei wins or loses, he has already created history. China's current heavyweight boxing world can be said to be green and yellow, originally Zhang Junlong could have been alone, but quietly retired, making zhang Zhilei difficult to support.
Zhang Zhilei can fight with Helgovich, which is definitely worth looking forward to.
Philipp Helgović is 29 years old, 1.98 meters tall, from Croatia, maintaining a perfect record of 14 wins in 12 KO games, and can be said to be a full-fledged heavy gunner. He once scored Kevin Johnson and KO Molina in 3 rounds, and his strength was quite terrifying. There is no doubt that he will be the strongest opponent of Zhang Zhilei's career.
Zhang Zhilei is 38 years old this year, 1 meter 98 tall, maintaining an unbeaten record of 23 wins, 1 draw and 18 KO games, Zhang Zhilei is a heavyweight brother in China, and he is also quite high in the world ranking, theoretically qualified to challenge the world boxing king. This time, if he defeats Helgovich, he will likely challenge the IBF boxing king Usik, Zhang Zhilei's skills are very exquisite, but there are shortcomings in physical fitness.
If Zhang Zhilei can see the tactics of overcoming physical disadvantages, paying attention to defense, and playing defensive counterattacks, KO Helgović is not impossible. As Chinese people, of course, we can support Zhang Zhilei to go further. Let us look forward to the early start of this heavyweight war. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】