Comments Thread For: Filip Hrgovic-Zhilei Zhang Heavyweight Title Eliminator To Be Ordered By IBF

[Willowthewisp]

From the perspective of promoting the sport it would be incredibly ****** to waste Zhang. He should be a title fight for Fury or Usyk/Joshua, and the fight must be in Beijing or Shanghai where Boxing was big in the 1920s.
Call it simply, "The Big ****!" 500 million viewers easily.

Although Boxing has been the biggest pro sport across most of Asia for most of the time that professional sports have existed, much of the world's largest market is today virtually untapped relative to potential. Across the many cultures of pan Asia, they are just like everyone else. They like excitement and they like traditional world importance. They just need it packaged properly, advertised and sold at an affordable price. Something that "Boxing" would egarly do if it had a unified center interested in promoting itself, like MMA/UFC. Boxing has had a presence across Asia dating to the 19th century, and China would be a tremendous host for a Heavyweight world title fight featuring it's first great national champion in the role of a live challenger. Knowing how a boxer usually handles a traditional martial artist and how a Heavyweight generally handles a smaller man, its reasonable to state that Zhang Zhilei is the best actual figher the region boasting 60.3 percent of the world's people has ever produced; and in China he remains a national hero. An Olympic silver medalist in 2008 and a medalist at the world cup in 2007 and 2009 in the world's first international sport and still the most widespread professional spectator sport, China might wait a very long time for another opportunity like this

Well I suppose I'll have to change my screen name to "Willow the Pep" now haha

[K Man]

This bout would be HUGE in Beijing or Asia! Two Olympic champions facing off. $$

[joe strong]

So Warren must be smiling all the way to the bank! He has an all UK fight with Whyte. If Dubois beats Bryan he has 2 mandatories in the rotation. If Fury bests Whyte its unification then possible 2 all UK mandatories & Joshua in there somewhere in the middle.

[Stuart Chandler]

So Warren must be smiling all the way to the bank! He has an all UK fight with Whyte. If Dubois beats Bryan he has 2 mandatories in the rotation. If Fury bests Whyte its unification then possible 2 all UK mandatories & Joshua in there somewhere in the middle.

Joshua is the forefront guy anyone who is the unified champion is the main guy and Joshua because he’s the biggest star at heavyweight ., you can’t call Joshua middle guy he’s still the main interest in heavyweight. Once Fury gets beaten up by Whyte you’ll see it’s those two guys that run the show .

[joe strong]

Joshua is the forefront guy anyone who is the unified champion is the main guy and Joshua because he’s the biggest star at heavyweight ., you can’t call Joshua middle guy he’s still the main interest in heavyweight. Once Fury gets beaten up by Whyte you’ll see it’s those two guys that run the show .

I don’t see Joshua winning the Usyk rematch but I should wait to see what happens in Joshua/Usyk, Whyte/Fury, Dubois/Bryan hrgovic/Zhang before I post… I see Fury winning a wide UD. I don’t see him taking the same risks against Whyte he did against Wilder. Whyte has that left hook & a body attack. I think Fury will use his size & the ol’ Kronk gym grab & jab…

[PBR Streetgang]

No surprise. Zhang said he'd accept. Zhang going to roll the dice for his big opportunity and likely only one to become a player.

Zhang's questionable stamina won't play a part because he's not going to win a decision against Hrgovic anyway. His only chance is to clip the Croatian aim.thr first half of the fight.

[Tecnoworld]

Zhang is strange, he always seem out of gas but eventually wins. Of course Hrgovic is different from his average foes.

[hugh grant]

I not got horse in this race I don't know who wins but I'd say flip. Could be end of Zhang's career he's old now to comeback

[Chrismart]

I'm glad to see someone finally accepted.

[Willow The Wisp]

Zhang is going to get embarrassed against Hrgovic not sure all that wording was necessary. You seem to have this fixation on limited fighters ,you are the poster that also thinks Yoka is a killer and won legit against Hrgovic in the ams ,that’s another fighter going nowhere once he steps up .

I agree that Hrgovic should win. My point regarding Zhang instead relates to his being better used for an undefeated world title challender in Beijing or Shanghai. Huge spectacle that would highten the profile of the sport and the defending champion in the world's most populous country. But Boxing ****s on itself every chance it gets. Yoka?? Keep watching. See what he does with Bakole in May, and bump this thread with your hat in hand. Then, if you've the stomach for it, I'll be honored to teach you more.