He couldn't hit him in the second fight though, h ? Fury was in terrible shape in the third fight, and Wilder still couldn't finish a badly hurt Fury, cause he is that bad. And Fury evasiveness is badly overhyped. Also it's one thing to hit someone and another thing to hit someone flush. And that same Wilder, but in his prime, somehow couldn't hit the all mighty glass jaw bum - Szpilka for whole 8 rounds. Same guy Chisora KO in 2. Styles make fights. The whole narrative that all it's needs for Wilder is to hit 1 punch is beyond ridiculous. Plenty of glass jaw bum survived plenty of rounds with him. On top of that you can counter that all Zhang need is 1 punch and Wilder chicken legs will fall and never get up.
There are so many threads here that proved to be completely wrong that most of the topics currently analyzed are just some kind of internet background noise .
No he'd land, what I meant was that he wouldn't be able to land enough to put him down. Zhang is pretty good at blocking punches and seems to have a decent set of whiskers, going by the Hrgovic fight and the fact he couldn't be put down when suffering from kidney failure against Forrest. Fury, while possessing incredible recovery skills, was no stranger to hitting the ground when he fought Wilder, and both times it was from a big right, Wilder's signature punch. Then again Zhang was once put on his ass from a similar punch early in his career, so who knows, could be one big punch can put him down too. Sadly I doubt we'll ever find out, but man what a fight it would be
Fury is a better defensive fighter than Zhang could ever dream of being and Wilder not only landed on Fury, he dropped him numerous times. Zhang's best form of defence against Wilder is attack and to get in first. Otherwise Wilder is going to put Zhang's chin to the test and he has dropped everyone he has ever fought and we've seen how few get up. I want this fight.
This would be interesting, but Wilder is not a static target. He moves around. Zhang has no head movement. Wilder KO in 4.
Won't happen. Far too much risk for far too little reward for Wilder. I unfortunately fear Zhang just gets avoided until he's too old. Can we use a time machine and grab Holyfield in his prime, or post-exile Ali? They'd fight Zhang.
That will absolutely be the case. He's already 40, they'll figure they can duck him for a year or two before he really is past his prime and/or loses the hype he just picked up.