Now the interim WBC heavyweight champion wants to fight only big-name opponents.
Only Zhang Zhilei will fight against famous opponents. This is what the manager of the interim WBC heavyweight champion Terry Lane said.
After the Chinese boxer defeated Joe Joyce twice, the functionary put his ward on the same level as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usik.
“We want to fight Fury, but I believe that next time they will try to organize a fight between Tyson and Usik. In a few weeks we will see if they can organize this fight. If the fight with Fury has not succeeded, then we will not sit and wait.
There are other names like Deontay Wilder, so it’s hard to say. But I think after the rematch with Joe Joyce there will be Usyk, Fury, Zhilei and all the other heavyweights. However, Zhang is 40 years old and wants to fight famous opponents like Wilder. We’ll see what happens,” Lane was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.
Let’s remember that earlier the ex-world champion advised Zhilei about his future opponent.
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