Zhilei Zhang vs a "World Class" Heavyweight on DAZN

[Chauncy]

I fought Ustinov 1 month after Lucas Browne broke my orbital bone & went 8rds.
I'm just a gatekeeper. If he was world class he'd have stopped me.
I didn't even think he was as good as Sonny Bill Williams who himself is a bit of a novelty.

Best of luck to both guys, but the China boxer should win.

Rare to get an opinion who's been in the ring with one of the boxers being discussed, cheers

Cheers bro

[Onetimeonly]

Ustinov and Helenius now sparred with Szpilka before his fight vs Wach and it is said that Ustinov did much better than Helenius. Sparring is just a sparring though.

Helenius sucks. I'll never forget watching Monte with no legs to begin with, laugh at the best that lummox Ustinov has to offer.

[dagilechia]

yeah both Ustinov and Helenius are mediocre HWs, they are and always been no hopers vs the top 10

[Ilya Muromets]

I fought Ustinov 1 month after Lucas Browne broke my orbital bone & went 8rds.
I'm just a gatekeeper. If he was world class he'd have stopped me.
I didn't even think he was as good as Sonny Bill Williams who himself is a bit of a novelty.

Best of luck to both guys, but the China boxer should win.

[Ilya Muromets]

The fight will be held at the Monte Carlo Cassino. "Tickets from 400 Euros".


https://www.montecarlosbm.com/en/activi ... ng-bonanza

[Ilya Muromets]

"I am a giant man from China!"

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/2 ... 84a7a.html

[Ruthless-RKO]

He’s off the card.

Ustinov is listed as fighting Michael Hunter.

[candyslim]

Anyone know why? Could it be his handlers think he's too young for such a formidable step up ?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Anyone know why? Could it be his handlers think he's too young for such a formidable step up ?

VISA issues.

[candyslim]

Thanks for that.

[funso banjo baby]

so, recent cruiser Hunter is stepping in?

that's a surprise matchup, Hunter had a gruelling scrap with Bakole only a few weeks ago and was also cut.

now he's stepping in last minute against another giant lug?

Hunter's stock continues to rise

good luck to him

[candyslim]

Yes the man is a warrior. Respect!

[Ilya Muromets]

Anyone know why? Could it be his handlers think he's too young for such a formidable step up ?

VISA issues.

Visa issues for a fairly high profile international bout should have been long since sorted out. Maybe China was afraid they would "lose face".

[jamamb]

visa problems happen all the time in boxing, led to loads of cancellations over the years even in fairly high level fights

[Ilya Muromets]

visa problems happen all the time in boxing, led to loads of cancellations over the years even in fairly high level fights

But why just a few days before the fight? Zhang should have already been there training.

[Ruthless-RKO]

visa problems happen all the time in boxing, led to loads of cancellations over the years even in fairly high level fights

But why just a few days before the fight? Zhang should have already been there training.

They moght have been working on it for a while. VISA's can take ages and take the piss..

Let's not say this is a high profile fight.

[Ilya Muromets]

visa problems happen all the time in boxing, led to loads of cancellations over the years even in fairly high level fights

But why just a few days before the fight? Zhang should have already been there training.

They moght have been working on it for a while. VISA's can take ages and take the piss..

Let's not say this is a high profile fight.

I'm going with the theory that the Chinese authorities were afraid Zhang wasn't up to international standards and could "lose face" for China. But there's still one more big Zhang to go! I'd like to see boxing become popular in China. Chinese people are growing much bigger now and a successful heavyweight could become a sensation and do the most to popularize boxing in the most populous country on earth.

[candyslim]

The only problem with that is you could end up with a situation where the rankings are dominated with guys who all have unpronounceable names, frequently alternative ways of spelling it, sometimes even known by two entirely different names like some of their towns and cities, hard to say, hard to spell, hard to differentiate, hard to even remember.

Be careful what you wish for.

[Ilya Muromets]

The only problem with that is you could end up with a situation where the rankings are dominated with guys who all have unpronounceable names, frequently alternative ways of spelling it, sometimes even known by two entirely different names like some of their towns and cities, hard to say, hard to spell, hard to differentiate, hard to even remember.

Be careful what you wish for.

They are only one syllable names, Candy. The ones you should be worried about are the unpronouncable eastern European names. There is a terrible shortage of vowels in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile Polynesia has a huge surplus of vowels. They should work out some sort of trade agreement. Maybe trade machine parts for vowels. Throw in some coconuts and breadfruit and pirogis and kasha or something to sweeten the deal.

[nmhz]

Officially it was due to Visa issues according to Chinese media

[BitPlayer]

Is there any Chinese heavyweights that aren't padding their record or padding someone else's record.

[candyslim]

The only problem with that is you could end up with a situation where the rankings are dominated with guys who all have unpronounceable names, frequently alternative ways of spelling it, sometimes even known by two entirely different names like some of their towns and cities, hard to say, hard to spell, hard to differentiate, hard to even remember.

Be careful what you wish for.

They are only one syllable names, Candy. The ones you should be worried about are the unpronouncable eastern European names. There is a terrible shortage of vowels in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile Polynesia has a huge surplus of vowels. They should work out some sort of trade agreement. Maybe trade machine parts for vowels. Throw in some coconuts and breadfruit and pirogis and kasha or something to sweeten the deal.

I think the one syllable names is more true of the Koreas where it seems there are a pool of about a hundred or so such words of one to five letters, but mainly three to four, where you can pick any three and arrange them in any order and you've got a proper full name shared by any number of the two populations.

Chinese is a little different it seems to me. While you get many shorter names you also get place names like Changjiangkou aka Changjiang Kou and like Giangzhou aka Giang Zhou aka Canton.

I like your vowel joke very much and I too believe a good joke deserves a regular airing.

[sweetviolenturge]

Kudos to Michael Hunter Jr. for stepping in & taking the fight. I think he'll rise to the occasion like he did his last time out & stop the bigger man in the later rounds. I'm looking forward to watching this card tomorrow on the DAZN at 2PM est.

[jamamb]

ya im gonna try to catch this card, would like to see hunter test zhang if hunter wins tomorrow , not sure zhang would pass that test tbh

[Ruthless-RKO]

Kudos to Michael Hunter Jr. for stepping in & taking the fight. I think he'll rise to the occasion like he did his last time out & stop the bigger man in the later rounds. I'm looking forward to watching this card tomorrow on the DAZN at 2PM est.

Ha. You sound like you’re promoting the event.

Kinda like me.. I can’t wait to tune in at 7pm UK time on Sky Sports.