According to a number of American boxing media and Zhang Zhilei himself, Zhang Zhilei will usher in his next match on March 8, local time in Saudi Arabia, and the opponent is former WBO world boxing champion Parker.
As we all know, the 32-year-old Parker defeated former WBC champion Wilder by a big score at the end of last month to make it four wins in a row in 2023. After picking off Wilder, Parker became a heavyweight sweetheart, and some masters, including Hrgovic, were interested in fighting against him, and Zhang Zhilei was no exception, and in the end Parker chose Zhang Zhilei, which also showed the side of the Warriors.
With the finalization of the big war, the outside world is concerned about a topic, that is, how much appearance fee can Zhang Zhilei get? Taking Zhang Zhilei's last game as a reference, his appearance fee for the rematch with Joyce is 500,000 US dollars, but after the double kill of Joyce, Zhang Zhilei's value and position will increase, plus the organizer of the game on March 8 is a Saudi tycoon with a lot of stupid money, and the opponent is still Parker, who is in the limelight, Zhang Zhilei's appearance fee should reach the level of one million US dollars.
Up to now, the record for the highest single appearance fee in Chinese professional boxing is still held by Zou Shiming, who has an appearance fee of 10 million yuan for the match between Zou Shiming and Sho Kimura, and Zou Shiming and Kun Biqi and Lun Long occupy the second and third place in the appearance fee of Chinese fighters with an appearance fee of $1 million and $700,000 respectively. In fact, even if you look around the three events of Chinese boxing, MMA, and free fighting, the record of the first appearance fee is held by Zou Shiming, and no one has shaken it so far.
However, Zhang Zhilei's battle with Parker has the potential to break Zou Shiming's remuneration record, and if Zhang Zhilei can successfully win Parker and get the moment to challenge the winner of Fury vs Usyk, his appearance fee will be at least a few million dollars, and once he defeats the winner of Fury vs Usyk, the appearance fee will come to tens of millions of dollars. Of course, if Zhang Zhilei loses to Parker, it will be difficult to make a comeback in the future.
As for Zhang Zhilei's real remuneration for this battle, let's wait and see.