I thought about this matchup for severeal reasons: 1) Zhang has the same weight as Fury. Usually Fury was always heavier as anyone he fought if i remember correctly. Maybe 1-2 times in his career his opponent was heavier as himself, but i cant remember who right now...maybe he was in all his pro fights the heavier guy. 2 a) Wallin is a southpaw. And if you rewatch the fight again, sure Fury wasnt in his best mode here, but a guy in a german box podcast stated something which i would like to share. Maybe Fury has trouble to find the right angles for his punches against southpaws. It looks he was never able to hit Wallin as good as he was able to hit anyone else if he wanted to. And how many southpaws did he fight again during his pro career? I cant remember an other besides Wallin...or? 2 b) If this thing should be true about the southpaws, it would definately match why he avoids Usyk at all costs. 3) Zhang looks very durable. I dont think he is easy to KO. And even if Fury improved under SugarHill when it comes to punching power, he still isnt a really hard KO puncher. So the question is how much could he hurt the chinese? 4) Someone who can hurt Joe Joyce can definatly hurt Tyson Fury. Only die hard Fury fanboys can say he has a better chin then Joyce. Watch again Zhangs highlights vs Hrgovic and Joyce: This content is protected This content is protected I dont say he is invincible, by far not! But he isnt that bad as people (including me) made him out to be. I thought for a long time he is too old and guys like Hrgovic and Joyce will eat him for breakfast. But he proved me wrong now twice. And he didnt just beat Joyce with some luck or so, it seems Joyce was unable to see his hand coming. Hrgovic had similar problems, he was rocked a couple of times. So maybe Zhileis punches arent that fast, but maybe they dont have much of a telegraph and are difficult to see coming. Zhang called Fury out thats no secret. He seems to be very confident in fighting him. He didnt call out Usyk.
Fury should retire. There will always be another guy he "has to fight". It was AJ in till he got slapped. It's now Usyk. Joyce was the next but he got binned. Then it's Zhang. The next will be one of these new crop Hurgo, Jalepeno, Jared etc. Fury is getting all his belts back for $100m at the end of the year against a little man then retiring in till he finds a Moorer to slap at 40 years old.
No his uncle Hughie went into a coma the night of the weigh in following an operation where his heart stopped and died 2 months later. So yeah