Zhilei Zhang criticized Fury: 'He should have lost, he disgraced professional boxing'

AJ is a boxer. Cryson Furry is supposed to be the HW champ of the world and lost to someone who never had ONE professional boxing match in his life. To top it off, he got knocked down in front of the whole world. If there ever was a moment where one should be embarrassed and disappear forever, that was it.

 

Only in your mind and against a much older opponent once again. When was the last time you saw that in a boxing fight (timestamped) ? :

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He literally turned his back in a submissive way and was saved by the bell... he got the win because he was the young prospect to protect against the nearly retired fighter.

 

That sounds like copium, he was 38-39, also when he is 41 now and beat Joe Joyce, age has nothing to do with anything - he beats both Wilder and Fury. He is 5 years older, that aint much difference.

Watch the fight, not the DAZN highlights - also, what the f******** are you talking about, it isnt Hrgovic that turned his back but Zhang. You dont know what you are talking about. Hrgovic was 30+ in this fight. He aint young prospect. That is copium.

 

No he did not win most rounds, he won every round. Fight was wresling match, it is expecte to look like this - how can you do say it is hardly a win, McKean got dominated and was always on defensive and reactionary. Dude, boxing isnt for you. Go watch Wilder spectacle against nonfighter or glass jaw "contenders".

 

I've watched the whole fight and Zhilei won.

And age does matter, no matter how salty you are about that. Hrgovic lost against a near retired fighter.

He didn't beat both Wilder and Fury, but he did beat Hrgovic. You know deep down Hrgovic lost, hence you claim Zhilei beats everyone out of nothing and pure frustrutation : Hrgovic must not be the only one losing to a near retired fighter, it has to be the case for both Wilder and Fury.

He literally turned his back in a submissive way (when was the last time you saw such a thing ?) and was saved by the bell.

Zhilei was less active later in the fight but still did enough to win.

 

Most sane people agree with you. He faded later on but clearly did enough. Regrettably, Hrgovic appears to have some real nuthuggers on here. If only he cared about his career as much as they do

 

Soryy, that is delusional amount of copium.

 

You both are obviously right. After Fury, probably Hrgovic has the most rabid fanbase around here. He is certainly a very talented guy but:
1) he lost the Zhang fight and was only awarded the win because of his age and marketability
2) he is unproven and his last performance was uninspired to say the very least

Also, another point: Zhang's stamina issues are blown way out of proportion. Against Forrest, he had liver and kidney problems. He was hospitalised straight after the fight with kidney failure which had nothing to do with the fight. He shouldn't even have been fighting in that condition, it's a miracle he made it through the ten rounds. And when he faced Hrgovic he was badly jet lagged. People keep mentioning how Hrgovic was grieving the loss of his father at the time. And while such a personal tragedy can certainly affect your psychological state, it won't harm your stamina. Not sleeping enough because you are jet lagged certainly will. When fighting Joyce, Zhang's output was relentless both times and it never looked like he was just about to gas out halfway through the fight. Sure, he is no Usyk in terms of his gas tank but this idea of Zhang being a 6 round fighter is a ridiculous exaggeration.

As you rightly pointed out, Hrgovic was literally saved by the bell just second after he turned his back to Zhang in a very submissive way. His whole body language said "okay, I've had enough for today, you win" at that moment.

 

There can be no defending Fury anymore, his performance was completely embarrassing and he disgraced the sport. One of the worst performances in boxing history.

 

Zhang's stamina issues are way overblown based on Forrest and Hrgovic. Like you said, it was kidney failure that caused the issues against Forrest, but people seem to just completely ignore that factor. Nobody ever mentions how he was in complete control the first 3-4 rounds and even managed to score three knockdowns against a guy who, while maybe not sporting the best chin in the business, has proven he's not an easy dude to put down. Then despite the kidney failure, Zhang was able to stay upright til the final bell. To me, that fight shows the kind of power he packs and how hard he is to actually put down.

His issues in the Hrgovic fight, to me, boil down to round 6. Zhang got over eager and threw everything and the kitchen sink at Hrgovic and kinda blew his tank out. Still though, after that he won round 9 and anytime he landed he was still hurting him, and that's despite running on fumes.

Some folks also try to point to how he was acting in round 6 of the first Joyce fight as further proof of a bad tank, and I can sorta see where they're coming from. He was throwing less, but you gotta remember that round started off with the doctor examining Joe's eye. To me, it seemed like he was focusing on throwing exclusively at the eye. It wasn't out of exhaustion, but strategy. Those last few punches certainly didn't look like they were thrown by a tired man.

That said, I didn't have a problem with Hrgovic winning the fight because it was close, but it's more a case of "Zhang lost it" than "Hrgovic won it." If a rematch ever happens, I back Zhang to win this time. He'll know to pace himself better and not try to go for the KO and have more gas going into the later rounds.

 

10-8 Zhang on pts for facts.