ZHILEI ZHANG wouldn’t be drawn on how he may beat Daniel Dubois ought to they ever meet however the Chinese language heavyweight did dish out reward for the British fighter in a current interview with Boxing Information.
Zhang’s profession suffered a setback in March, dropping to Joseph Parker on factors, however returned to profitable methods with an emphatic fifth-round victory over Deontay Wilder three months later.
The 41-year-old, who has an 81 per cent knockout ratio in 30 fights, has joined the road of rivals trying to face Dubois who annihilated Anthony Joshua final month at Wembley Stadium.
Dubois, who has losses to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk on his document, now sits as IBF heavyweight champion and is within the type of his life. And Zhang has been impressed by ‘Dynamte’ Daniel and defined to BN precisely why.
“Individuals suppose he’s a quitter however I by no means take a look at him as a quitter,” he mentioned.
“His struggle earlier than Usyk (in opposition to Kevin Lerena) everybody mentioned he has a knee harm, his knee was bothering him. Right here’s what I see what folks don’t see. He’s a really good boxer and he’s a really good individual. He is aware of learn how to defend himself so as to make a comeback.
“So, when [his] eyesocket was damaged (in opposition to Joyce), in that kind of situation he utilised the rule. He took a knee to guard himself for a greater comeback. That’s a really good transfer, clever and everybody see what occurred. He come again. Three fights in a row and put himself proper on high of the mountain.
“I’m actually impressed by his mentality and the way he approaches issues however on the similar time he’s assured, he’s hungry, he’s younger – I feel he’s throughout a fantastic fighter.”
