Yesterday, it was reported that Xu Can was injured in pre-match training and had to postpone the game (click on the blue word for details). At the same time, Zhang Zhilei, a brother of Chinese boxing heavyweight (more than 91 kg), also suffered twists and turns in the IBF World Gold Belt Challenge Right Scramble that began on May 7, US time.
Competition poster
Yesterday, Zhang Zhilei posted a message on his personal social media platform that his opponent Hegović suddenly announced his retirement when he was about to play in less than 5 days, which made Zhang Zhilei feel very dissatisfied. It is reported that the reason for Hegovic's withdrawal is due to the death of his father in early April, resulting in his inability to concentrate on preparing for the game, but before yesterday, Hegovic did not disclose any information about his withdrawal, which also led to Zhang Zhilei's preparation for this period of time will be in vain.
In a previous interview with The Place of Use, Zhang Zhilei said that in order to fight for the right to challenge the world's golden belt, he paid $110,000 for preparation training, and he had a lot of investment in financial resources and time.
Xiaobian also interviewed Zhang Zhilei for the first time, he said that he has found a substitute candidate, Zhang Zhilei revealed that the opponent of the substitute is Scott Alexander from the United States, Alexander's professional record is 16 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws. It is worth mentioning that Alexander was scheduled to fight Hegovich on December 4, 2021, but in the end the two sides failed to fight. Although this time Alexander's temporary appearance will not let Zhang Zhilei run a trip, but the game has become an ordinary duel, no longer involving the right to challenge the gold belt, which also makes Wu Fan very regretful.
Alexander (right)
Although Zhang Zhilei was very angry at Hegovic's behavior, he also said that he would concentrate on playing the Game on May 7 before settling accounts with Hegovic. Withdrawals from competitions occur from time to time, and sometimes they are really helpless. Hegovich's move is undoubtedly a big blow to Zhang Zhilei. Previously, Zhang Zhilei was full of enthusiasm for this game and wanted to seize the opportunity. If the match with Alexander is outstanding, we believe that Zhang Zhilei will soon usher in the golden belt challenge right battle again, let's pay attention to his big fight this weekend.