Recently, there have been a lot of videos of Zhang Zhilei, and judging from the comments received, many fans have questioned and hated him because of his loss to Parker. So I was thinking about the question, why would a fan dismiss a fighter because of a loss? What is their mentality really like? Because if normal fans like Zhang Zhilei, even if he loses the fight and loses to Parker, they will still see that Zhang Zhilei's preparation is not easy, and they will still see Zhang Zhilei's current achievements, and still feel that he deserves our respect for him.
Because of his current height, he is the first among Chinese players. So why do some fans dismiss him because he lost to Parker? One fan seems to have provided a perfect answer to that question. The fan said it was because of Zhang Zhilei's fight with Parker that these fans lost money. If you look at it from this point of view, this matter can be completely explained. After all, there is a saying that cutting off people's financial paths is like killing their parents, if they lose money because Zhang Zhilei lost to Parker, then they will definitely spare no effort to slander and belittle Zhang Zhilei, this is human nature, and external forces cannot be changed.
Of course, in addition to this angle, there may be other reasons for the change in fans' attitude towards Zhang Zhilei. The reason for this is that Zhang Zhilei did not do his best to play his best. After all, Zhang Zhilei successfully knocked out Parker twice in the third and eighth rounds. But in the second half of the game, Zhang Zhilei was a little negative and chose not to punch to deal with the game, which led to Parker defeating Zhang Zhilei by points. When Zhang Zhilei was interviewed by the media a few days ago, he clearly admitted that he underestimated Parker, which means that he has slacked off in his thinking.
In fact, objectively speaking, Zhang Zhilei is not to blame for this. Because when everybody is expecting you to win this fight, when all the media is reporting on you, when the whole world believes that you will win the game, if you really believe that you can take out the opponent easily, then you are not in the right shape. Why is Tyson great? It's not just because he's beaten so many opponents and won so many fights, but because he's been able to stay focused and objective in the face of overwhelming media coverage and fandom recognition, which is what makes Tyson great.
From this point of view, Zhang Zhilei's psychological construction is still not strong enough, because he loses objectivity and sobriety in the face of recognition and praise. My personal opinion is that a successful fighter should be when everyone is optimistic about you, and from your heart you still have to know how to value your opponent and not be disturbed by the outside world, which is a mental state that a boxing superstar must have. It is only with this state of mind that fighters can go further and achieve higher achievements.