Comments Thread For: Zhilei Zhang: There Were Talks For Me To Face Ngannou on December 23, He Didn't Want To Do It

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Chinese heavyweight giant Zhilei Zhang revealed in a recent interview that he was in negotiations to face MMA veteran Francis Ngannou on December 23, as part of the big boxing card taking place in Saudi Arabia.
[Click Here To Read More]

[Smash]

ngannou wants the fury rematch and nothing else it seems

[VislorTurlough]

Interesting. Wonder what kind of budget China could come up with for a world sport event like that

[Teetotaler69]

Emperor Zhang would have that boy bow down

[Body the jab]

Zang would likely KO Ngannou - Zang's short, fast, hard counters are no joke.
And for how good Fury claims to be, a seasoned/ experienced top level heavyweight should never have looked that way against an MMA fighter making their boxing debut.

[Plick647]

i like ZZ. i hope he beats them all, easily!

[juggernaut666]

This seems strange . Why would Ngannou be the only opponent offered ? Did he say he was injured and then come back claiming no other opponent’s were offered after the event was filled ? Sounds like it . Several guys on this event had to switch opponents I find it hard to believe he was available if he was originally scheduled for a December 23rd date . Other fighters came in on short notice so it dont add up that weren’t originally scheduled for any type of fight event in December .

This sounds like a Warren job here , my guess is he wants Zhang on his own Queensbury card when or IF Tyson fights Usyk . If Warren can land a Ngannou vs Zhang he’d be in a better place bc I think he knows Usyk vs Fury is a hard sell for the money they need to make up for that fight guaranteed purses etc . Franky boy can’t afford another flop with these guys .

[Atypicalbrit]

ngannou wants the fury rematch and nothing else it seems

I think his team is quite smart and knows stylistically Ngannou matches up quite well vs Fury.

Even in a rematch if Fury trains properly, I think it'll just be a wide but dull points win for Fury and no real risk to Ngannou.

Zhang unlike fury actually hits like a 280lb man. I think Ngannou said Fury was the hardest puncher he's fought, so I can well understand wanting no part of Zhang.

[SUBZER0ED]

This seems strange . Why would Ngannou be the only opponent offered ? Did he say he was injured and then come back claiming no other opponent’s were offered after the event was filled ? Sounds like it . Several guys on this event had to switch opponents I find it hard to believe he was available if he was originally scheduled for a December 23rd date . Other fighters came in on short notice so it dont add up that weren’t originally scheduled for any type of fight event in December .

After Zhang KO'd the seemingly indestructible Joyce, I wonder if anyone wants that smoke?

This sounds like a Warren job here , my guess is he wants Zhang on his own Queensbury card when or IF Tyson fights Usyk . If Warren can land a Ngannou vs Zhang he’d be in a better place bc I think he knows Usyk vs Fury is a hard sell for the money they need to make up for that fight guaranteed purses etc . Franky boy can’t afford another flop with these guys .

Really? It's going to be for the undisputed HW championship of the world! If they can't promote this fight to sell a mint, the sport is in serious trouble. The Saudis should be very interested in funding it.

[hugh grant]

Francis isn't naive, he knows the entire division dodging Zhang so isn't going to be the one who draws short straw. Francis knows Zhang tougher