The Zhang hype is out of control.

[JakeTheBoxer]

The people who are hyping him now didn't watch him fight Jerry Forrest or Andriy Rudenko.

So the guys that are hyping Fury obviously didn`t watch him fighting Seferi and Pianeta.

Fury the killer.

[Citizen Koba]

No it's not. Zhang is GOAT ergo it's not possible to overhype him.

just kidding TS although it does turn out he's better than I gave him credit for. Mainly though it's just he had the style, size and southie power to capitalise on Joe's glaring liabilities.

[Toffee]

I would still like to see him fight Fury or Usyk. Who cares if he loses?

he’s earned a big fight

He's earned the Interim title and probably a rematch. That's what he signed up for.

Actually it's interesting that we haven't seen much criticism of the rematch clause in here. When Povetkin caught Whyte there was absolute condemnation on here that an Interim champ would have a rematch clause. And that was in a situation where the guy who was stopped was well on top in the fight. Joyce got completely outboxed and stopped.

[JakeTheBoxer]

He's earned the Interim title and probably a rematch. That's what he signed up for.

Actually it's interesting that we haven't seen much criticism of the rematch clause in here. When Povetkin caught Whyte there was absolute condemnation on here that an Interim champ would have a rematch clause. And that was in a situation where the guy who was stopped was well on top in the fight. Joyce got completely outboxed and stopped.

I think Zhang beats him again. I just can`t see Joyce avoiding Zhang`s left hand, he was blocking the punches with his face the whole night.

I want him to fight Fury or Usyk before he retires.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Fury, Usyk, Sanchez would all play with him. Wilder probably just nukes him into oblivion.

You see, I have a problem with that.

Are these guys really that good? Usyk only beat Joshua. Sanchez only beat limited Ajagba. Fury fought Whyte and Chisora last year and I suspect Wilder wars took a lot from him.

I have my doubts how good these guys are. I have to see more of them against top dogs. Zhang is one of top dogs now in my book.

[Dr. Z]

No, actually, I meant Fury would easily outbox Joyce. That's who he was calling out, besides Usyk. Zhang might give him some issues.

Okay. I think Usyk would beat him and Zhang might knock him out. Fury likes to fight guys who can't fight or the very old. He is a cherry picked in that regard.

[juggernaut666]

LMAO word! man I don't wanna sound ignorant but didnt Oscar have some big Chinese dude heavyweight signed to Golden Boy like few years back whatever happened to him? Or was that Zhang? LOL I don't mean disrespect but just can't remember? But since we on it, I remember they were hyping up that one lower weight class Chinese dude too forgot his name but he was supposedly breaking all kinds of viewer ratings in China or something Zou or something? Think he was in the Transformers movie too because of all the hype??? Anyways he never really amounted to anything either right?

Boxing giant Taishan Dong ! He made it to 6 and 0 and wasn’t going to far .

Dong was a kickboxer and not close to Zhangs skills .

The forum does this every time like clockwork when there’s an upset then they switch lanes and completely expose themselves as fans who sound like they don’t know how the sport works and are new to it so ?

[ELPacman]

I'm happy he got the win at his age, but I can't see him taking it much further than the Joyce win. There's always a good upset in boxing, but a lot of fighters who shouldn't have won and caused the upset, can't always capitalize on their next match. With Zhang's age and stamina, I can't see him beating a top tier heavyweight. Let's be honest, his stamina is an issue. Even against Joyce he had his moments of no activity. The top tier will punish Zhang badly in those moments. I also think perhaps Joyce was a tad overrated and this proved it.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

LMAO word! man I don't wanna sound ignorant but didnt Oscar have some big Chinese dude heavyweight signed to Golden Boy like few years back whatever happened to him? Or was that Zhang? LOL I don't mean disrespect but just can't remember? But since we on it, I remember they were hyping up that one lower weight class Chinese dude too forgot his name but he was supposedly breaking all kinds of viewer ratings in China or something Zou or something? Think he was in the Transformers movie too because of all the hype??? Anyways he never really amounted to anything either right?

Yeah the Big Dong.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/691769

Shiming was a really good amateur but didn’t have a style suited to the pro’s. I won good money betting on Ruenroeng to beat him back in like 2015.

[juggernaut666]

yeah dong was like 7 feet right? wtf happened to him? then why quit after 6-0 they could of milked him a bit no? what's he up do these days?

I think medical evaluation recommended he quit boxing for whatever reasons ? He stopped talking to everyone and disappeared ? Buddy McGirt might have the best answers because that’s his last trainer . He was 6”11/7”0 ….was going to be more of a side attraction most likely wouldn’t get far from what I seen but then I thought that about Zhang a few years ago but there’s definitely a level difference in talent . Zhangs good just right outside top 5 possibly , or top 5 ? But those spots are for Fury , Joshua , Wilder and Usyk anyone after them is very subjective .