Zhilei Zhang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhilei Zhang
Zhang in 2021
Born
张志磊

(1983-05-02) May 2, 1983 (age 41)
Qianzhangying village, Shicaoji Township, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou, Henan Province[2]
Other namesBig Bang
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Reach203 cm (80 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins27
Wins by KO22
Losses2
Draws1
Medal record
Men’s amateur boxing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Super-heavyweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chicago Super-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Super-heavyweight
World Combat Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Beijing Super-heavyweight
University Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Antalya Super-heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Super Heavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Zhuhai Super-heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ulan Bator Super-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Puerto Princesa Super-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Incheon Super-heavyweight

Zhilei Zhang (Chinese: 张志磊; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìlěi; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title between April 2023 and March 2024 (aged 39–40). As an amateur, he won bronze medals at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships, and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics, all in the super-heavyweight division. As of June 2024, Zhang is ranked as the world's fifth-best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine.[3]

Early life[edit]

Family[edit]

Zhang was born on May 2, 1983,in Qianzhangying village, Shicaoji Township, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou, Henan Province, China.[2] Zhang is the tallest member of his family. By 15 years of age, he was 1.95 meters tall and weighed 120 kg.[2] His father, Zhang Tan (1948–2020[4][5]), was 1.76 meters tall[4] while his mother, Deng Yuying stood just a shade over 1.6 meters tall.[4] His elder brother and elder sister are of a more normal height.[4]

In 2020, while Zhang was at home the day after Chinese New Year, his father died of a sudden cardiac arrest at home during COVID-19 lockdown in China.[5] Zhang mistakenly believed his father to be choking and attempted the Heimlich maneuver to no avail.[5]

Childhood[edit]

At age seven, Zhang and his father moved to downtown Shenqiu County for a better education.[2] He later attended Shenqiu's Huaidian Hui Town No.3 Middle School.[6] His father enrolled him in canoe sprinting lessons so he could lose weight.[2] Water sports was popular in Zhoukou region in the 1990s.[7] Fugou County, also in Zhoukou, was home to the Olympic rower Mu Suli, born the same year as Zhang.[7]

In 1995, he was called up to the Shenqiu County canoe sprinting team by coach Li Guofeng (李国峰).[8] In 1998, he joined the Combat and Weightlifting Center (重竞技运动管理中心) of the Henan Provincial Department of Sports, headed by center chief Li Yan (李岩). From 1998 until his was released in 2013, he was coached by Gu Ganqing (谷锦清), who later headed the provincial boxing team.[9]

Amateur career[edit]

After winning third place in the unlimited weight class in boxing in the 2001 National Games of China, he was called in as a sparring partner for the China national boxing team in 2002.[2] In 2003, he lost 22:8 in the first round of the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships to Grzegorz Kiełsa.[10] At the 2004 World University Boxing Championships, he lost in the final to Rustam Saidov.[11] At this time, Zhang attended the Physical Education College of Zhengzhou University.[12] In 2005 in the World Championships in his home country, he beat Vugar Alekperov 20:11 before losing to eventual winner Odlanier Solis (17:7).[13] He took third place in the 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Chicago, thus qualifying for boxing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a silver medal.[2] His match was the last event before the entire 2008 Olympics concluded. His coaches were disappointed he missed the publicity that would have accompanied by winning the last gold medal for China.[14] Despite that, he caught attention by being the first Asian to win an Olympic medal in the unlimited weight class since its introduction in 1984.

In 2009, he graduated from Zhengzhou University, with a major in sports training.[citation needed] At the 2012 Olympics, he was defeated on points in the quarterfinal by Anthony Joshua,[2] the future unified heavyweight world champion.

Professional career[edit]

Turning professional at 31[edit]

Before 2014, Zhang was a typical product of the Chinese state-centric sports development policy known as juguo tizhi (举国体制), with all his training schedule, coaching, insurance, housing, and meals arranged and paid for by the Henan Provincial Department of Sports.[2] He considered turning professional at 25 years of age after the 2008 Olympics.[2] In August 2009, Don King arranged Zhang to have a 20-day training in Pennsylvania.[9] The Chinese boxing team began making sporadic training camps in the United States since 2009.[15] He was finally released by the Henan Provincial Department of Sports after he completed the 2012 Olympics, the 2009 and the 2013 National Games of China.[16]

When he moved to the United States on March 8, 2014, he had to manage and to self-finance aspects of his life which had previously been handled by the Henan Provincial Department of Sports.[2] Cooking for himself was the biggest challenge of his early days in the US.[2] In the first few months, most of his research was unrelated to boxing but was on cooking instructions, e.g. for how long noodles should be rinsed in cold water, whether to cover the boiling pot, etc.[2] Zhang has been housemates with middleweight Meng Fanlong and lightweight Wang Zhimin in New Jersey since 2014.[17][14] Along with Zou Shiming, these four were the first wave of boxers ever released by the Department of Sports of China to turn professional after 2012 Olympics.

Zhang trained in Nutley, New Jersey.[2] At his first training, he embarrassed himself by introducing himself as the 2008 Olympic silver medalist, which was met with silence and not appreciated.[2]

Under Duva's promotion (2014-2019)[edit]

On March 10, 2014, the 31-year-old Zhang signed a promotional agreement with Dynasty Boxing, a New Jersey company newly founded by Dino Duva, a veteran promoter in New Jersey, and Brothers Tommy and Terry Lane, then small-time promoters in Nevada.[15][18] Duva aimed at the Chinese market, and Zhang was his first signing.[19] Dynasty Boxing went bust in late 2014 just after Zhang's first fight, which he won.[14]

In 2015, Duva brought Zhang to Roc Nation Sports, with Duva joining as an executive.[15] Zhang compiled a perfect record of 21–0 under Duva until they parted ways in late 2019. Zhang demanded better-known, tougher opponents with bigger payouts, but was repeatedly rejected.[2] Zhang was particularly upset he played a match at a high school basketball court with a portable dressing room exposed to the audience.[14] Sometime between 2017 and 2019, his relationship with Roc Nation fell apart, he stopped getting fights and, hoping to get in the ring, faced the possibility of costly legal battles, which he could not afford.[2] He didn't fight for 10 months between September 2017 and July 2018. After hiring brothers Tommy Lane and Terry Lane, sons of boxing referee Mills Lane, as his advisers, Zhang was able to line up fights again.[2]

In his pro debut, Zhang knocked out Curtis Tate in the opening 17 seconds of round one in Fallon, Nevada, on August 8, 2014.[20] He was paid around $5,000[14]~7,000[2] in his first match. In his last bout with Dynasty Boxing, on 30 November 2019, he fought Andriy Rudenko in Monaco. He dominated the Ukrainian and secured a unanimous decision win (99–91, 98–92 and 97–93).[21]

Under Lane's promotion (2020-)[edit]

Zhang's first match under his new promoter Matchroom Sport was on November 7, 2020.[2] He fought Devin Vargas on the undercard of the WBC lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Yuriorkis Gamboa. In his debut as a Matchroom Boxing fighter. Zhang dropped and stopped his opponent in the fourth round.[22]

He returned to the ring on 27 February 2021, to fight journeyman Jerry Forrest 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 of the bout, 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.[23]

Zhang's draw with Jerry Forrest was a landmark moment of his career not because it was the first fight he did not win (22–0–1), but because it finally foregrounded how poorly he managed his nutrition. He was hospitalized after the fight and was diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia, high enzyme levels, low-level renal failure, electrolyte disorder, liver dysfunction and severe dehydration.[2][24][25] During his one-week COVID-19 quarantine in Miami before the bout, the hotel provided him only two meals a day.[14] Unfamiliar with Miami's high humidity, Zhang's water intake during his stay at hotel was insufficient and he suffered from severe dehydration.[14] Compounded with a drop in fitness training at the hotel during quarantine, he lost 9 pounds.[14] His doctor also concluded that his excessive consumption of Chinese tea during training was to be blamed for his iron-deficiency anemia.[2] Since then, Zhang has stayed away from tea during training and before boxing matches.[2]

On 27 November 2021, Zhang faced Craig Lewis on the undercard of Teófimo López vs. George Kambosos Jr. Zhang started the fight off slowly, but dropped Lewis twice in round two, leading Lewis' corner to throw in the towel, giving Zhang a win by TKO.[26]

Zhang was scheduled to fight Filip Hrgović in an IBF title eliminator on 7 May 2022.[27] However, Hrgović pulled out of the fight on 2 May, after his training suffered in the wake of the death of his father.[28] Scott Alexander was chosen as the replacement fight on the Canelo Álvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol undercard, with the fight being dropped from the co-main to the undercard.[29] Zhang won the bout via first-round knockout.[30] His fight against Hrgović was rescheduled for 20 August 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II.[31] On that night, Zhang knocked Hrgović down in the first round with a big right. After a close-fought battle over twelve rounds, the judges awarded the fight to Hrgović with two scores of 115–112 and one of 114–113, in what was described as a "generous" decision by broadcaster Sky Sports after a "bizarre" performance by Hrgović.[32][33]

WBO interim heavyweight champion[edit]

Zhang vs. Joyce[edit]

Main article: Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang

On 2 February 2023, it was officially announced that Zhang would be returning to the ring at the Copper Box Arena in London, England on 15 April, against undefeated WBO interim champion Joe Joyce.[34]

On 15 April 2023, Zhang defeated Joe Joyce by sixth-round technical knockout and secured the WBO interim heavyweight title.[35]

Zhang vs. Joyce II[edit]

Main article: Zhilei Zhang vs Joe Joyce II

On 23 September 2023, Zhang beat Joyce by third-round knockout in a rematch.[36]

Zhang vs. Parker[edit]

Main article: Zhilei Zhang vs. Joseph Parker

On 15 January 2024, it was announced that Zhang would be facing former WBO champion Joseph Parker, with the fight scheduled to occur on 8 March 2024 as the co-main event of the Knockout Chaos event, at Riyadh's Kingdom Arena.[37] Zhang was defeated by Parker in a majority points decision, in which two judges had it for Parker, 114–112 and 115–111, and one judge had it even at 113–113.[38]

Post-title career[edit]

Zhang vs. Wilder[edit]

Zhang faced former WBC champion Deontay Wilder on 1 June 2024.[39][40] He secured victory in the fifth round after landing a perfectly timed counter right hook that left Wilder reeling. With Wilder defenseless, Zhang rushed in and delivered the knockout.[41][42]

Visa problems[edit]

Since moving to the United States in 2014, Zhang rarely visited his parents, wife and son in China because he had to reapply working visa to the U.S., Schengen Area or the U.K. for each reentry.[43] After a match in China, his failed to get a visa and stuck there for ten months between October 2018 and July 2019 and missed a match with Andriy Rudenko.[44][43] Once he stuck for too long and asked his manager to terminate his tenancy and to sell his car in New Jersey.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Character[edit]

Zhang speaks the Henan variety of Central Plains Mandarin in most of his post-match interviews and on his social media Douyin and Weibo,[45][46] which has become a signature characteristic of his,[47] as those born before the mid-1980s are the last generation to speak Central Plains Mandarin fluently. The younger generation in Henan language shifted to Beijing Mandarin.[48][49][50] Zhang's English translater and later his co-manager Kurt Li (李茂沛), a Sichuan Mandarin speaker, did not fully understand him whey they first met.[14]

Hobbies[edit]

Zhang drinks a lot of Longjing tea[51] especially while training. This came to prominence on February 27, 2021, after the fight with Jerry Forrest, when he was hospitalized and diagnozed with iron-deficiency anemia, high enzyme levels, low-level renal failure, electrolyte disorder, liver dysfunction and severe dehydration,[2][24] which his heavy intake of tea was attributed to be one of the factors,[2] along with his poor management of nutrition and fitness at hotel during COVID-19 quarantine in Miami.[14] To distract himself from Chinese tea culture, he developed an interest in handcrafting, especially in building cameras, barbecue grills and car washing equipment.[2] He also skeet shoots in New Jersey.[2]

Marriage[edit]

Zhang's wife, Jiang Huanhuan (蒋欢欢), is a retired starting pitcher for the Henan provincial softball team.[52] They met in 1998, started dating in 2000, and married in December 2006.[52]

Match records[edit]

Professional (2014–)[edit]

30 fights 27 wins 2 losses
By knockout 22 0
By decision 5 2
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
30 Win 27–2–1 Deontay Wilder TKO 5 (12), 1:51 Jun 1, 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
29 Loss 26–2–1 Joseph Parker MD 12 Mar 8, 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Lost WBO interim heavyweight title
28 Win 26–1–1 Joe Joyce KO 3 (12), 3:07 Sep 23, 2023 Wembley Arena, London, England Retained WBO interim heavyweight title
27 Win 25–1–1 Joe Joyce TKO 6 (12), 1:23 Apr 15, 2023 Copper Box Arena, London, England Won WBO interim heavyweight title
26 Loss 24–1–1 Filip Hrgović UD 12 Aug 20, 2022 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
25 Win 24–0–1 Scott Alexander KO 1 (10), 1:51 May 7, 2022 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
24 Win 23–0–1 Craig Lewis TKO 2 (8), 2:10 Nov 27, 2021 Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.
23 Draw 22–0–1 Jerry Forrest MD 10 Feb 27, 2021 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.
22 Win 22–0 Devin Vargas KO 4 (10), 1:49 Nov 7, 2020 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
21 Win 21–0 Andriy Rudenko UD 10 Nov 30, 2019 Casino de Salle Medicin, Monte Carlo, Monaco Retained WBO Oriental heavyweight title
20 Win 20–0 Don Haynesworth TKO 3 (10), 1:48 Sep 28, 2018 Dayun No. 1 Stadium, Changsha Social Work College, Changsha, China Retained WBO Oriental heavyweight title
19 Win 19–0 Eugen Buchmueller KO 1 (10), 1:03 Jul 20, 2018 WinnaVegas Casino Resort, Sloan, Iowa, U.S.
18 Win 18–0 Byron Polley TKO 1 (10), 2:30 Sep 23, 2017 Hartman Arena, Park City, Kansas, U.S.
17 Win 17–0 Nick Guivas TKO 1 (10), 2:43 Aug 5, 2017 Claridge Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
16 Win 16–0 Curtis Harper TKO 1 (8), 2:34 May 26, 2017 Hotel & Club, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
15 Win 15–0 Mark Brown KO 1 (8), 2:03 Apr 29, 2017 CenterStage@NoDa, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
14 Win 14–0 Peter Graham KO 1 (10), 2:58 Jan 21, 2017 Hebei Sports Venue, Shijiazhuang, China Won vacant WBO Oriental heavyweight title
13 Win 13–0 Galen Brown TKO 2 (6), 1:50 Dec 10, 2016 Marina Bay SportsPlex, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
12 Win 12–0 Gogita Gorgiladze TKO 1 (8), 1:17 Sep 30, 2016 Wenzhou Gymnasium, Wenzhou, China
11 Win 11–0 Rodney Hernandez UD 6 Jul 22, 2016 Claridge Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
10 Win 10–0 Jamal Woods TKO 2 (6), 0:41 Jun 11, 2016 Marina Bay SportsPlex, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
9 Win 9–0 John Orr TKO 1 (6), 2:27 May 13, 2016 D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., U.S.
8 Win 8–0 Tyree Ortiz TKO 3 (4), 2:14 Mar 26, 2016 Oracle Arena, Oakland, California U.S.
7 Win 7–0 David Koswara TKO 1 (6), 0:37 Feb 20, 2016 Lanzhou Gymnasium, Lanzhou, China
6 Win 6–0 Juan Goode UD 4 Nov 21, 2015 Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Dennis Benson TKO 6 (6), 0:56 Aug 15, 2015 The Playground, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Glenn Thomas UD 4 Jun 6, 2015 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Eric George UD 4 Mar 14, 2015 Jersey City Armory, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Perry Filkins TKO 1 (4), 1:10 Jan 17, 2015 Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Curtis Lee Tate TKO 1 (4), 0:17 Aug 8, 2014 Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon, Nevada, U.S.

Amateur (1998–2014)[edit]

Olympic Games
2008 Olympics (as a Super heavyweight)
2012 Olympics (as a Super heavyweight)
World Championships
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships (as a Super heavyweight)
2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships (as a Super heavyweight)
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships (as a Super heavyweight)
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships (as a Super heavyweight)
Others
2004 World University Boxing Championships

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Joseph Parker 		WBO Oriental
heavyweight champion
21 January 2017 – 2020
Vacated 		Vacant
Title next held by
Joseph Parker
World boxing titles
Preceded by WBO heavyweight champion
Interim title
15 April 2023 – 8 March 2024 		Succeeded by
Joseph Parker
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