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This week, the biggest news in professional boxing was the agreement between "Big Bang" Zhang Zhilei and "Bronze Bomber" Deontay Wilder to appear in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 1, as part of a 5-on-5 boxing event that night was run by Arena Promotions and Queensberry Promotions.
Parker and Wilder both suffered defeats in their last game, with Zhang Zhilei coming closer to the game after losing on points against Joseph Parker last month. Since Zhang Zhilei signed a rematch agreement with Parker, everyone felt that a rematch was inevitable at first, and even Zhang Zhilei himself revealed that he would rematch with Parker. According to sources, Parker also felt that there would be no other option next, and ended up killing Wilder halfway. However, Zhang Zhilei's co-agent Terry Lane said that the Zhang Zhilei vs. Wild fight was no accident, and he revealed some of the inside story of the agreement reached between the two sides in an interview with Fighting Voice.
Wilder also lost to Parker in December last year, and he originally intended to face Zhang Zhilei in March this year, but unfortunately they couldn't come together for various reasons, and Parker finally played Zhang Zhilei.
It is understood that after Zhang Zhilei lost to Parker, he really wanted to take revenge on his opponent according to the contract, but at this time he received an invitation to fight Wilder, and the two teams had been in contact before, so Zhang Zhilei did not hesitate too much and agreed to play this game.
"Zhang will still have a rematch with Parker, but he has to finish the fight against Wilder first, and I would say that shortly after the fight against Parker, we got an invitation to fight Wilder. To be honest, this is exciting news for us, so in the end, Zhang Zhilei's choice of Wild is not a difficult question to answer. ”
According to Ryan, Zhang Zhilei VS Parker rematch is still expected to be staged, but many fans feel that with Zhang Zhilei finalizing the battle with Wild, he has given up the rematch with Parker.
Zhang Zhilei was very unwilling to lose to Parker, he knocked out his opponent twice in the early days of the big fight, but unfortunately the last 4 rounds were "frozen", according to the score, as of the end of the 8th round, Zhang Zhilei was in the lead on the scorecard of the two referees, and the other referee thought that the two sides were equal, so it is not ruled out that in this case, Zhang Zhilei felt that he had a clear advantage, so he relaxed the throttle, and was successfully reversed by Parker, in the words of boxing columnist Abraham Gonzalez: " When I revisited the fight, apart from the fact that Zhang didn't have much to do with Parker, it was that he didn't get up in the last few rounds, which happens a lot in professional boxing, where the better guy won and Parker had a good fight. ”
Now, Zhang needs to put revenge on Parker aside, with agent Ryan saying that Zhang Zhilei would be a "completely different approach" against Wilder. It is understood that before the competition was officially finalized, Zhang Zhilei put into preparation early, and did not rule out completing training in the UK. Ryan bluntly said that the most important thing for the two "giants" is to continue their boxing careers.
"Zhang Zhilei wants everyone to know that he is focused on this fight and knows how dangerous it is," Ryan said. Neither fighter is young, and it's for them – do it or destroy it. Zhang Zhilei knows this very well, and he has made it clear to everyone who is following this fight. ”