The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s big heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. And massive, as in a massive weight advantage for Zhang, is the operative word here. On the scale today, Zhang tipped-in at 282.8 pounds, while former WBC heavyweight…
Zhilei Zhang outweighed Deontay Wilder by almost 70lbs ahead of their fight in the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia tomorrow (June 1) night.
With 63 knockouts between them, their bout has captured the imagination more than any other on the 5 x 5 bill, that…
Deontay Wilder weighed in at slim 214.6 lbs, and his opponent, Zhilei Zhang, came in 68.2 lbs heavier at 282.8 lbs pounds at Friday’s weigh-in for their twelve-round contest this Saturday, June 1st, on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Zhang’s…
Zhilei Zhang says he’ll foil promoter Eddie Hearn’s plans to sign the ‘Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder because “he’ll retire” after he loses this Saturday night in their match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Saturday night’s fight between Filip Hrgovic (17-0, 14 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs) will have the IBF interim heavyweight title at stake in their contest on the ‘5 vs. 5’ event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The winner of the Hrgovic-Dubois fight could be…
Podcast host Teddy Alas is picking heavyweight Zhilei Zhang to defeat Deontay Wilder this Saturday night in their career crossroads contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Atlas feels that both guys are at a stage in their careers where they’re starting…
Often, when a late replacement is called upon they are rarely an improvement on the original opponent.
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Promoter Eddie Hearn sees the fight between middleweights Hamzah Sheeraz and Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams a “four to five round shootout” this Saturday, with his fighter, Ammo, blasting out the Queensberry captain in the ‘5 vs. 5′ event, live on DAZN PPV in Riyadh.
The 6’3’…
Filip Hrgovic is currently playing an important part in the Queensberry vs Matchroom ‘5 s 5’ pre-event hype machine but if you caught the 32-year-old Croatian in a quiet moment and if he was totally honest, he would probably admit that he couldn’t care less…
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