Top Heavyweight Contender Takes Swipe At Anthony Joshua

Few people spoke much about Zihlei Zhang until his back-to-back wins over Brit
Joe Joyce, but now he is a popular figure who is very much in the heavyweight
picture with some of the biggest names in the sport.

Both of those wins over the formerly unbeaten and often immovable looking
Joyce have come this year – the first fight was stopped due to the damage
Zhang’s ram-rod left hand had caused to Joyce’s eye, and thesecond was a much
cleaner and quicker knockout in the third round

which leaves Joyce a long way out of the picture and Zhang very much in it.

The hard-hitting Chinese fighter now has many options. He is hugely popular
back home and would represent a good scalp for any of the division’s top dogs
should they dare to take him on.

Speaking to Inside Boxing Live, Southpaw Zhang was asked for one-word answers
about a range of his fellow heavyweight contenders. When it came to Anthony
Joshua, he didn’t hesitate.

Because of that and the size of Joshua’s profile, a fight between him and
Zhang would surely do huge numbers out in China as well as representing a great
matchup for boxing fans.