Rumored Deontay Wilder to fight Zhilei Zhang in Saudi Arabia, June 1

[BoxerMaurits]

On the Beterbiev vs Bivol undercard:

 

[Odoylerules22]

Zhang by early ko

 

[Captain Insano]

It's hard to figure out these fight styles.

And the I wonder if Wilder has anything left in the tank.

Right now I see this as a coin toss.

And it's also a coin toss on who gasses first.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Whoever lands big first wins so Zhang early KO most likely. I very much doubt this fight happens though

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Wilder needs to come out like it’s kill or be killed. But I’m still all Bomb Squad

 

[Old Cat]

Probably the gigantic Chinese guy, but I’ll root for the American

 

[Badr Hari]

I favor Zhang in this one for obvious reasons.

 

[Blastbeat]

Wasn't there a rematch clause with Parker?

 

[Icanseeu]

Wasn't there a rematch clause with Parker?

I heard there was but I think the loser of the fight has the right activate it or not. They do 99 percent of the time because that's the biggest fight for the most money fight they can take. That is not the case here WIlder is a bigger fight. I hope it happens. I bet against Wilder last time out and would be doing it again if this fight happens.

 

[SuperLuigi]

If the end of Wilder's story is that he cashed out against Zhang that will be kinda funny. Should be a great fight.

 

[froggyluv]

$500 Wilder loses and blames his walkout suit

 

[Seano]

Not sure what was up with Wilder in his last one. Was he shot? Lost his fire? Trained the wrong style? Who knows, but he needs to figure out what was wrong against Parker or he's got no shot against anyone with a pulse.

 

[JC615]

Not sure what was up with Wilder in his last one. Was he shot? Lost his fire? Trained the wrong style? Who knows, but he needs to figure out what was wrong against Parker or he's got no shot against anyone with a pulse.

I read an interview with him where he said he took ayahuasca and basically became an all-loving puss. So the fire's gone and never coming back.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I read an interview with him where he said he took ayahuasca and basically became an all-loving puss. So the fire's gone and never coming back.

I forgot about that but you're right. He did say that he had an ayahuasca experience. He went from ruthless Wilder to enlightened Wilder. Such powerful psychedelic experiences can change a person. For all we know it did. Let's see what he looks like against Zhang.

 

[JC615]

I forgot about that but you're right. He did say that he had an ayahuasca experience. He went from ruthless Wilder to enlightened Wilder. Such powerful psychedelic experiences can change a person. For all we know it did. Let's see what he looks like against Zhang.

Now that I said that, he'll probably lay Zhang out in the first round.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Now that I said that, he'll probably lay Zhang out in the first round.

I wouldn't be surprised. And it's not like Zhang is some defensively blessed fighter. He's far from it.

 

[TheGreatA]

Not sure what was up with Wilder in his last one. Was he shot? Lost his fire? Trained the wrong style? Who knows, but he needs to figure out what was wrong against Parker or he's got no shot against anyone with a pulse.

I think Parker's just a tricky guy to fight. He has skills that most modern heavyweights don't possess, and he's deceptively big. 6'4, 245 pounds, a while ago he would've been seen as a super heavyweight (he outweighed Wilder by over 30 pounds). Just not so much compared to giants like Zhang and Fury.

It's kind of crazy actually that Zhang may outweigh Wilder by up to 80 pounds.

 

[Zarathustra611]

Interesting fight. Probably a good final payday option for these guys. They are both pretty much one loss away from "should retire" territory and sliding way lower down the relevance ladder.

They way they both fight the winner likely ends up with a KO highlight and another invite to these big dances while they last.

I fancy Zhang just on what they've shown lately. Wilder seemed incredibly gun shy vs Parker- just couldn't or wouldn't let his hands go. Physical decline he just couldn't get going or mentally shot? idk.

Wilder willing to swing a little bit probably catches Zhang at some point and lights out. But I could see Zhang overwhelming a slightly faded out Wilder too.

 

[Hagler]

This one is unlikely to go the distance.

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[defjaam]

Now that Wilder has nothing to lose and has his championship days behind him, Shelly Finkel is suddenly putting him up against opposition overseas that they stayed away from as long as they could. Remember that Anthony Joshua would have been next if Wilder hadn't lost to Parker.

Just terribly managed... History isn't going to be kind to Deontay Wilder.