The 40-year-old can't afford to wait, and he needs to challenge for the world belt as soon as possible, even if he doesn't fight for a title, he needs to fight a popular big name to get a big monetary reward. The reason why Zhang Zhilei wants to fight Fuli the most is because Fuli is the most popular heavyweight champion in the current service, but his state is no longer at his peak, and he was almost knocked out by mixed martial arts fighter Nagano. Zhang Zhilei will continue to wait for the "big guy" and try to avoid fighting fighters who are not very famous and powerful, because it is meaningless.
In his latest interview, Zhang praised British fighter Daniel Dubois for TKO Miller last weekend, and he is only 26 years old, and he is still a novice in the heavyweight boxing division in his 30s and even 40s. Dubois is a well-known boxer, and although he is not as popular at the box office as Fury and Joshua, he is not badly competitive.
When asked if he was considering competing with Dubois, Zhang Zhilei sternly refused: "I have to say that it may be too early for him to compete with me." I can see his potential, I can see his mentality, the confidence is building stronger and stronger, he has two more fights [in practice], but it's probably a little bit early. ”
What is bad for Zhang Zhilei is that he wants to get a big shot, but the big guy doesn't want to run into him. Although it is said that it has the right to challenge the WBO, the so-called mandatory challenge is something that is better than nothing. I still remember that White originally held the right to challenge the WBC, but he waited for more than three years and didn't wait for the world title battle, and he was angry and wanted to go to court. The WBO is not as restrictive to fighters as the WBC, and some people don't even know that the WBO has the title of interim champion.
Professional boxing is business, and they all want to fight against the famous, and they don't want to face the strength greater than the famous, so it especially tests the operational ability of the agent and the team. Professional boxing can sometimes even be a shortcut to the title, especially in the lesser-than-life divisions. Connoisseurs who really understand boxing pay special attention to the previous Olympic resume of professional boxers (with gold content and reference value), although the fairness of the Olympic referees has been criticized, but the match is set, and there is no way to pick an opponent and avoid the fight.