Comments Thread For: Zhilei Zhang Emerges As Frontrunner To Fight Tyson Fury In July

[Roberto Vasquez]

Zhang is easy for Fury, guy is slow and a not a great boxer

Zhang beat Joyce because Joyce is easy to hit - every fighter Joyce has ever fought has landed a ton of punches on him. The difference is Zhang could hurt him

[SUBZER0ED]

I fail to see why Fury isn't pushing for an undisputed championship fight with "middle weight" Usyk. Bad look. I would say a fight vs Zhang is a good one, if he wasn't 40 freaking years old!

[JakeTheBoxer]

I like this fight!

Yes people that complain, act like Fury fights some killers only.

Zhang is better than Whyte and Chisora combined.

[wrecksracer]

Zhang earned the fight. Give him his shot.

[PBR Streetgang]

Good fight and I think smart matchmaking by Fury's team. Zhang poses alot of problems in the HW division but I think Fury matches up well with him.

So long as he avoids those sneaky hard shots from the southpaw stance during exchanges, he should be able to outbox Zhang fairly easily. Fury has good reflexes and is a lot more nimble.

I think the Usyk fight is much more challenging for Fury.

[joe strong]

If the alleged card with Usyk/Fury & Wilder/Joshua happens in Saudi Arabia at the end of the year I can be patient but all 4 need stay busy fights with a little risk. Usyk/Dubois eliminates that WBA regular belt & gets the mandatory out of the way. Fury/Jimmy Wang Yang in July would be a decent fight. I think Yang will have to forfeit his WBO mandatory position to fight for the WBC strap. Joshua should fight Whyte & Wilder should fight Ruiz or Bakole. There would be risk of an upset in all those fights…

[baroidi]

Goof fight, but I have a feeling Fury will stink up the joint (like he did against old Klitch) and get an easy UD. All he has to do is keep away from Zhang and do his herky jerky movements for the first half of the fight, Zhang will be gased by the second half. Hope I'm wrong and we see some fire works during the fight, but Fury is very much capable of making it a bore fest.

[Murray Kelm]

China would love to get control of the heavyweight championship, it's up to Fury to stand up for the free world. Not quite as dramatic as Louis vs Smeling but neither is boxing.

[bullydean]

he beat Hrgovic.

He didn't. It was a close fight and Zhang lost.

[Willow The Wisp]

Good thing hw don't have to weight cut. Fury is dodging a surging Usyk hoping he gets dropped or such in the mean time fury is only looking for fights vs winnable opps.though this Zhang fight will be closer than people think

Two thin wins over slow footed phony beltholder Joshua hardly constitutes "surging". Usyk is easy work for generational masters like Fury, Zhang and Wilder.