Who would’ve beat Zhang tonight?

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    It landed against Fury.

    And the Big Gypsy got up and won the remainder of the round.

    And Zhang's chin is AT LEAST as good as Fury's.
     
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  2. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Fury also has better head movement and doesnt take as many of those rights as Zhang would.
     
  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He`s easy to hit but too big to hurt, Usyk and Fury out-box him, he might beat everybody else, would like to see how he`d take Wilder`s power.
     
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  4. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Zhang parried more than half of everything Joyce threw tonight.

    And Zhang can counter.

    If Zhang counters a Wilder miss with one of those monster jabs, Wilder might be a bit reluctant to use the ONLY thing he's got.
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    A poor man`s Hearns v Hagler.
     
  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He`d struggle to hit Fury with head shots.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Too frail, no way he takes the shots Joyce took and Zhang has too much reach, plus he`d take Whyte`s shots for better than Whyte would take his straight left, too big and strong.
     
  8. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    I honestly think that zhang would be an easy fight for fury. Fury would entangle the chinese fighter and 12 rounds later he would win an UD, and zhang wouldnt even know what happened.
     
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  9. IhaveAface

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    Every time a person wins one fight casual boxing fans act like they are some kind of deity. Zhang isn't anything special. He beat Joe Joyce a guy who has to the slowest heavyweight I ever seen. Also Zhang is a 6'6 or 240 pound guy who comes in the ring 270 because most heavyweights are fat. You do realize there have been guys who were 6'7 250 pounds plus like Michael Grant for years? Being 6'6 isn't some new thing
     
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  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Good, insightful virgin post, face.


    Yep, he beat Joyce...Nothing special there.

    Joyce was the fifth ranked HW on the planet (maybe the third ranked), 15-0-0 (14 KOs), coming off a run of four KOs over ranked opposition.

    And Zhang battered him around the ring and stopped him.
     
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  11. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    there would be no jabs in wilder vs zhan (unless wilder's trainer is an idiot). It would be only back hand bombs once and again until one of them connects clean and byebye. Nobody would take the risk of jabbing and being countered clean and hard by his oponent's good hand.
     
  12. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    I feel Zhang's one of those Corrie Sanders guys who can upset top fighters one night and get beaten by journeymen the next. Someone like Carlos Takam might beat him. Or someone who can take his straight left away from him.

    I also still think Joshua smashes him up like he did the Olympics.
     
  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Zhang and AJ are far bigger than they were in tyhe olympics, I don`t think AJ could stay away from Zhang`s power for 12 rounds.
     
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  14. Mike_S

    Mike_S Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I’ve been watching boxing 25 years and boxed myself as an amateur. I don’t watch the most fights these days but I am hardly a casual. I think Zhang was a little bit special tonight. Top 5 heavy today. A very good boxer like Fury or Usyk would probably beat him but he stands a very good chance against Wilder and Joshua would be too afraid to throw against him.
     
  15. Manu Vatuvei

    Manu Vatuvei Active Member Full Member

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    Plenty of people could beat Zhang. Anyone with ok stamina who is capable of being defensively responsible can. Just have to box cautiously for 5 or 6 rounds and then up your volume. Even a fighter with relatively poor stamina could 6-0 Zhang over rounds 7-12 if they stay upright.