Shocking reversal! Chinese fierce Zhang Zhaoxin knocked out the Russian boxer with a heavy punch and won the right to challenge the world boxing champion

In the early hours of this morning, Chinese professional boxer Zhang Zhaoxin knocked out the undefeated WBA world No. 2 Evgeny Romanov in the WBA World 224 pound (super welterweight) World Champion Challenger Exclusion Tournament at the KRK Uralets Arena in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and also qualified for a mandatory challenge to WBA World Champion Evgeny Tishchenko.

Zhang Zhaoxin, a 28-year-old from Gansu, China, began to learn professional boxing with coach Ma Yiming after joining the army, and once knocked out Wang Jianzheng, a national champion in the system.

In July 2017, as the ninth Chinese male boxer in history to challenge the world professional boxing champion belt, Zhang Zhaoxin challenged WBA welterweight world champion Riad Merry, but unfortunately lost the TKO in the eighth game.

Zhang Zhaoxin's opponent this time, the 38-year-old Romanlov, who has an undefeated record of 19 fights and 19 wins and 12 KOs before the match, was a member of the Russian national team, won the Russian national championship, and also won the 2004 amateur boxing world junior championship.

In February 2008, Russia and the United States held an international confrontation between Russia and the United States in the city of Novosibirsk. Romanoff was under amateur rules at the time, knocking out the future WBC World Heavyweight Champion Wilder.

After the start of the competition, the host player Romanlov, who occupied the right time and place, frequently attacked, and his precise punches hit Zhang Zhaoxin many times.

Zhang Zhaoxin was beaten very passively, but still gritted his teeth and persisted, when the first round was about to end, Roman Love grabbed Zhang Zhaoxin's gap and hit Zhang Zhaoxin's chin with a powerful front hook, knocking him down and being counted down, relying on the bell at the end of the game, Zhang Zhaoxin survived the first round.

Everyone thought that it seemed only a matter of time before Zhang Zhaoxin was knocked out.

In the second round, Romanloff continued to chase and fight, Zhang Zhaoxin was beaten dizzy before he fully recovered, and Romanlov combined punches to suppress Zhang Zhaoxin on the side of the rope with full output, and Zhang Zhaoxin of the combination punch was shaky.

Zhang Zhaoxin relied on his tenacious will to survive, Romanloff still did not relent, and hit Zhang Zhaoxin again and again, just when everyone thought that the game was not suspenseful, Zhang Zhaoxin, who was pressed on the rope, grabbed the opponent's gap and hit Romanlov with a straight punch in the backhand, and the opponent was beaten face down and fell to the ground.

In the countdown, Romanloff tried to get up and fell to the ground again, but when he struggled to get up, he held on to the rope and his body was shaky, and the referee decisively stopped the game.

After the fight, Zhang's record rose to 12-2-1 and 7 knockouts, while Romanov suffered his first career defeat and his record was rewritten to 19-1 with 12 knockouts.

In this way, Zhang Zhaoxin won the right to challenge Yevgeny Tyshenko, the current WBA world champion in this division and the 2016 Rio Olympics -91kg champion, this year.

Following Zhang Zhilei, Zhang Zhaoxin's victory this time has further established the leading position of Chinese large-level boxing in Asia, and let us look forward to the Chinese boxing representative of the yellow race to shine again on the world stage.