Now, a month has passed since the Chinese heavyweight boxing star "Big Bang" Zhang Zhilei knocked out "Bronze Bomber" Deontay Wilder, but the heat of this match has not completely diminished, especially the public's interest in Zhang Zhilei, showing a continuous upward trend, such as CGTN Sports Scene regards Zhang Zhilei as a regular visitor, Zhang Zhilei through interviews, let more people around the world know about himself.
A few days ago, CGTN Sports Scene reported on Zhang Zhilei again. In the interview, Zhang reflected on the battle with Wild, and talked about the next match, especially the hope of holding a major tournament in China.
"Our team has been working hard to do just that, and we hope to hold a top-level boxing match in China so that Chinese fans can enjoy the tournament on their home soil," Zhang said. Now, there are a lot of boxing fans in China, millions of people staying up late to watch my fights, and I know that everyone is looking forward to a big event in China. ”
In his fight with Wild, Zhang was hit hard by his rival, but eventually seized the opportunity to crush his opponent in the fifth round to earn the knockout victory, and in retrospect, Zhang attributed the victory to the more balanced power of his hands, which he believes effectively controlled Wilder.
When asked if Wilder didn't have a chance in the game? Zhang Zhilei said: "I don't know, maybe he didn't find a chance, but Wilder's right hand is huge, looking back at his past few fights, many fighters, including Tyson Fury, have been knocked out, some of them have even been shocked and sent to the hospital, Wilder's right hand is really scary, but I managed to limit his right hand use, on the contrary, I have heavy punches on both hands, Wilder only has a right-handed heavy punch, so I controlled him, so Wilder has no space to attack." ”
Zhang Zhilei is right, from a technical point of view, Wild is indeed at a disadvantage, through his single attack of the right hand, to put it bluntly, Wild has almost no other tricks except for the right hand punch, but it is not easy to completely avoid Wilder's right hand, as he himself said, you can lead 12 rounds, I only need 1 second.
We see many fighters in front of Wilder in the lead, often a negligence is reversed by his heavy punches, but Zhang Zhilei solved this problem very well, effectively defused Wilder's right-hand attack, and at the same time the ability to resist the attack is also quite outstanding, withstanding the opponent's offensive pressure, and Zhang Zhilei also said that he has heavy punches in both hands, that is, two sharp weapons against one sharp weapon, and finally the two punches that hit Wilder were all front hand punches, and the opponent was knocked out.
When asked who to play next? Zhang Zhilei revealed three potential opponents, and he plans to choose one from Joseph Parker, Anthony Joshua, and Ajit Cabayel.
"Fury will play Oleksandr Usyk in December and they've been ruled out, but I still have a lot of options, such as a rematch with Parker, because we agreed on terms," Zhang said. Joshua is also under consideration, Cabayel is too, and there are a couple of potential opponents anyway, and I can accept any of them. ”