I believe that boxing fans are very much looking forward to Zhang Zhilei and Filip Hrgovic's IBF heavyweight World Champion forced challenge battle, but just when this match is about to be held, an accident suddenly occurs and is in danger of being canceled. Because, Philip vickovic unilaterally announced his withdrawal from this game.
According to the explanation given by Philippe Hegović's own team, Philip Hegović was due to the death of his father in early April, which directly led to PhilipPe Hegović's inability to concentrate in training camp training and could not find the status of the game in the face of the upcoming game, so he finally chose to withdraw from the game with Zhang Zhilei. (What did you do a month ago with Philip Hugovich?) ）
Upon learning of the news, IBF officials expressed understanding and announced the postponement of the competition for the IBF heavyweight world boxing champion mandatory challenge. However, considering that Zhang Zhilei has been preparing for this match for a long time, Zhang Zhilei's event promoter Eddie Hearn and his athletic boxing promotion company have begun to find a suitable rescue opponent for Zhang Zhilei. However, it seems that the opponents contacted at this point in time will raise the price, after all, it has been less than a week since the start of the game.
Philippe Hegović, 29, was a super heavyweight bronze medalist in boxing at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and Has been on a smooth path since entering the professional boxing scene. Currently, Philip Hogović is ranked third in the IBF organization, and he was supposed to compete with a higher-ranked boxer for the right to challenge the world boxer, but when Philip Hegović's agent called all the way along the IBF world rankings, he found that among the top fifteen boxers in the IBF rankings was only former Rio Olympic boxing gold medalist Tony Ferguson. Joka (IBF world no. 5) and former Beijing Olympic boxing silver medalist Zhilei (IBF world no. 13) are willing to compete with Philippe Hegović.
Other boxers declined to compete either because of injuries, or because of scheduling conflicts, or simply saying that the match with Philip Hogović was risky and low-paying. In the formal post-engagement, because there was no agreement on the distribution of benefits, even Tony Joca announced that he would withdraw from the negotiations and instead choose to compete with Martin Bakoli.
It can be said that the participation of the official Zhang Zhilei helped PhilipPe Hugović to end the embarrassing situation of no opponent and officially determine the game. Because both sides had a strong intention to compete, the bid was completed on February 24. Now Philip Hagović has suddenly withdrawn from the tournament, somewhat unruly.
At present, the IBF heavyweight world number one ranking is vacant, while the second position is occupied by the Cuban king Kong Luis Otiz, considering that he has already determined the schedule of the match with the former world heavyweight boxing champion Andy Ruiz Jr., so the possibility of coming to the rescue is very low, so who will play with Zhang Zhilei at the end of the weekend will have to wait for the official final notice.
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