Zhang with the upset of the year and the KO of the year. May be the heavyweight of the year.

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  1. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    You can't argue with the title. He is the HW fighter of the year by far.
    And an actual fighting man.
    Unlike that crap fat Fury, who is holding a paper belt now. As WBC needs to be threated as exactly that a paper belt.
     
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  2. fencik45

    fencik45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he was an 11-1 underdog the first fight and still a slight underdog the rematch. try again.
     
  3. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Incorrect on the rematch.

    At least not in Australia where I am. He was 5-1 in the first fight and 4-6 in the second.
     
  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    His slow-fast speed looks shot to bits too
     
  5. fencik45

    fencik45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    poor lil clown.
     
  6. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sorry I was editing two posts there.
     
  7. Shootlow

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    The big bookmakers here in the UK had Big Bang as favourite.
     
  8. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Zhang has the only worthwhile wins at HW this year. That's kind of mind boggling.

    So now he's going to be avoided like the plague. Think only Usyk will have the stones to face him of the bigger names, but his focus is Fury and other than that Hrgovic is a mandatory right? So he probably faces one of them next. AJ vs Zhang could happen if Joshua doesn't find anyone else of note. Very dangerous fight, but at least one where his old aggression isn't needed in the same way.
     
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  9. thehook13

    thehook13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Love when **** rematch clauses come back to bite them on the ass.
     
  10. TMLT87

    TMLT87 Active Member Full Member

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    Well his wins over Joyce are definitely the most impressive thing any HW has done this year. Not like there was much competition anyway to be fair.
     
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  11. TheShellofKell

    TheShellofKell Nakatani Future P4P #1 Full Member

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    Riyadh my balls.
     
  12. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    He might just be slow-slow now, or even slow-fast-slow. Hard to say at this stage.
     
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  13. From.Russia

    From.Russia Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He has to be extremely talented making it so far, because China is not really famous for its pro boxing school. Also he surely trains hard as hell, pretty good shape for 40yo old and 127kg heavy dude.

    Props to him walking out to "we will rock you", because I was expecting something like this:
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  14. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Sadly he is a slow-slow fighter now.

    They even tried the slow song (Hallelujah)-fast song (Big Juggernaut) technique for his ring walk to try and revive his slow-fast speed for the fight but it was plain to see from the first bell his slow-fast speed was shot to bits.
     
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