A Silver Medalist at the Beijing Olympics, Zhang is China’s answer to boxing’s heavyweight division. With 19 knockouts from 24 victories, just one loss and one draw, the 6’6″ southpaw is considered a test for any of the top dogs, and he’s looking to put himself amongst world title contention by fighting Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) on April 15 at London’s Copper Box Arena.
But the Chinese fighter had his shorter and lighter opponent in trouble from early on as Joyce provided a static target for Zhang’s booming left hand and plenty of work for his corner as cuts opened up.
Both Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang have suffered upset defeats to Joseph Parker in recent months; They will clash in a heavyweight contest on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmity Bivol on June 1; watch Fury vs Usyk live on Sky Sports Box Office on May 18
Post Fight: On replay, a lead right hook is what hurt Wilder. He stepped in and just a little inside hook dazed Wilder. Then the running right hook when Wilder was stunned was vicious. A free punch and landed perfectly. Well done.
Tyson, who will be 58 when they meet in the ring, is doing pad work with MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro in the video. The former world champion shows off some of the signature hand speed and power that made him one of the hardest hitters in boxing history.
But, just as Parker is looking in control, Zhang sends him to the canvas again! The Kiwi gets caught with a chopping right hand just above the ear and, although it doesn’t look like a particularly huge shot, it’s clearly a powerful one. Parker is slow to get to his feet but appears fine after doing so. That’ll be another 10-8 round to Zhang, however. And after taking the last two or three off he needed something like that.
This marked Rose’s second defeat in a bet against her dad, as she had previously lost to him. On this particular occasion, the stakes were even higher, as the consequence of her loss required her to sport a Mike Tyson-inspired face tattoo.
Zhang’s fight with Jerry Forrest was on the undercard of the super-middleweight title fight between Canelo Álvarez and Avni Yıldırım. Although Zhang started strongly, scoring three knockdowns in the opening three rounds, Zhang completely gassed out from the fourth round and Forrest was able to battle his way back to earn a majority draw. The final scorecards read 95–93 Forrest, 93–93, and 93–93, with the irregular scores owing to a point deduction against Zhang for excessive holding. Many fans thought Zhang vs. Forrest was a better fight than the main bout.
Guess we’ll just have to tune in to the Tyson vs Paul fight week to see if he actually does it or not. The pair are set to fight on the 20th of July at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The fight will be an exhibition match, but Tyson promises he’s still going to put on a fight.
In 1989, Tyson had only two fights amid personal turmoil. He faced the British boxer Frank Bruno in February. Bruno managed to stun Tyson at the end of the first round, although Tyson went on to knock Bruno out in the fifth round. Tyson then knocked out Carl “The Truth” Williams in the first round in July.
The lawsuit drew attention to issues of intellectual property rights and the use of tattoos for commercial purposes. Although the case was eventually settled out of court, it raised important questions about the rights of tattoo artists and their work.
Round 5: Joyce tries to open up and increase the pace. He needs to and a few shots get through. He is at least out-landing Zhang in this round but still eating monster left hands every so often. Joyce is just never off the line, Zhang could hit him with his eyes closed at this point. Good short left hook from Joyce, Zhang felt that. Talking of eyes being closed, Joyce’ right eye is in very poor shape. By poor shape, I mean it looks like a truck has run over the right-hand side of the Juggernaut’s face.
Round 6: The ringside doctor has a good, long look at Joyce at the start of the round. He might need a stoppage soon because he’s down on the cards and the eye will not get any better from this point. More big lefts from Zhang. Joyce sure can’t see in yahoo.com those shots now. The doctor is having another look. Zhang is on the verge…. IT’S ALL OVER!!!! MY WORD!!!!! A HUGE UPSET WIN FOR ZHANG!!!!!
31. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life.” And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
In light of the latest developments, the fight might proceed as a regular bout. At this moment, nothing could be said with certainty. Whether ‘The Problem Child’ can turn the tables on the once ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’, time alone will tell.
Michael Gerard Tyson was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, on June 30, 1966. He has an older brother named Rodney (born c. 1961) and had an older sister named Denise, who died of a heart attack at age 24 in February 1990. Tyson’s mother, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, was described as a promiscuous woman who might have been a prostitute. Tyson’s biological father is listed as “Purcell Tyson”, a “humble cab driver” (who was from Jamaica) on his birth certificate, but the man Tyson had known as his father was a pimp named Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was from Grier Town, North Carolina (a predominantly black neighborhood that was annexed by the city of Charlotte), where he was one of the neighborhood’s top baseball players. Kirkpatrick married and had a son, Tyson’s half-brother Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, who would help to integrate Charlotte high school football in 1965. In 1959, Jimmy Kirkpatrick left his family and moved to Brooklyn, where he met Tyson’s mother, Lorna Mae (Smith) Tyson. Kirkpatrick frequented pool halls, gambled and hung out on the streets. “My father was just a regular street guy caught up in the street world,” Tyson said. Kirkpatrick abandoned the Tyson family around the time Mike was born, leaving Tyson’s mother to care for the children on her own. Kirkpatrick died in 1992.
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