The 2008 Olympic silver medalist from China, began his career later than most, turning professional at 31. He steadily worked his way up the heavyweight division until securing a fight with Filip Hrgovic, who features on the undercard, in 2022.
Wilder vs. Zhang headlines the Team Matchroom (Wilder) vs. Team Queensberry (Zhang) portion of the event, which also sees Filip Hrgovic (247.4) take on Daniel Dubois (245.8) and WBA featherweight champion Raymond Ford (125.4) defending against Nick Ball (125.8)
Li, asked on a scale of 1-10 what George’s comprehension of the language was, rated George a 4. Good enough to order dinner, but details of boxing strategy often require explaining by the native-speaking Li.
The visitor continued to look dangerous in the second and threatened to put Joyce to the canvas with an emphatic right-left combination that left the home favourite stumbling towards the ropes. The punishment soon drew blood from the nose of Joyce, who by now was beginning to swell under the eye such was Zhang’s early dominance.
After moving to the United States in 2014, Zhang rarely visited China to see his parents, wife and son (born 2010 ) because he had to reapply for single-entry working visa every time. After a fight in China, he failed to get a visa and was stuck there for ten months between October 2018 and July 2019, missing a fight with Andriy Rudenko scheduled for November 2018 in Monaco. He was stuck for too long and asked his manager to terminate his housing lease and sell his car in New Jersey. He missed another fight scheduled in March 2020 in the United States after attending his father’s funeral. His flight scheduled for February 3, 2020, was two days after the United States implemented a COVID-19 travel ban on Chinese citizens. The 37-year-old Zhang had to wait another eight months for his next bout on November 7, 2020, with Devin Vargas on the undercard of the WBC lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Tyson sempre teve um temperamento difícil, segundo ele decorrente de sua infância difícil, e encontrou no Boxe a válvula de escape para canalizar toda sua agressividade, conseguindo assim resultados impressionantes que o levaram rapidamente ao estrelato.
Jake Paul replied, “I’m not gonna get the Tyson one, but Tyson, like, got his legendary tattoo; he just…” Lil Pump insisted; probably Paul needs it since he’s like one of the ‘faces of boxing’. The Ohioan YouTuber-turned-boxer then shared, “So I’m just like, F*ck it, like, why not just do it because Tyson did it? It’s a story behind Tyson’s face tat is, it was like Wednesday of his fight week, and he just got it, and he showed up to the presser the next day with the face tat and he didn;t tell anybody. So I’m thinking about doing that site in bing.com honor…”
Later, em 2006, Tyson visitou o museu memorial do Presidente Mao na Praça Tiananmen, Pequim. Lá ele prestou seus respeitos no mausoléu e refletiu isso: “Em frente aos restos mortais do Presidente Mao, senti-me realmente insignificante.”
In November 2023, Tyson found himself amidst criticism and rumors regarding his alleged donation to the Israeli Defense Forces after he was photographed attending a November 13 event sponsored by Friends of the IDF (FIDF) to fundraise for the Israel–Hamas war, which seemed to clash with his previous statements about Palestinians. This led to a social media backlash, prompting Tyson to release the following statement on Instagram:
The tattoo can be seen as a statement of nonconformity and defiance, embodying Tyson’s unconventional and often controversial personality. By choosing to mark his face permanently with a design that some people might consider unattractive or intimidating, Tyson was asserting his individuality and rejecting the idea that he had to conform to society’s standards of beauty or respectability. In many ways, the tattoo became a symbol of Tyson’s defiance against authority and convention, which were values that he had embodied throughout his career, both inside and outside the ring.
Surprised by divine intervention, he sports a portrait of tennis player Arthur Asher on his left deltoid. “Days of Grace” is written above the image, based on Asher’s biography. His third wife Lakiha “Kiki” Spicer was once gifted a tennis racket by Asher.
‘Iron Mike‘ won his first 19 pro-boxing outings in way of knockdowns (12 in the 1st) thus becoming the heavyweight G.O.A.T in pro boxing spheres. Tyson was consequently also the youngest champ to hold the tenure as one. He thus remained the undisputed champ for 3 more years, summing up a neat record of 50-6-1.
It was enough, however, to restore Parker’s confidence as he cleanly outboxed Zhang through most of the middle rounds. Parker maintained control to the point where Shaun George, Zhang’s head trainer and a former light heavyweight contender, urged his charge to apply more pressure. The insistence in the corner was that Parker could not handle the come-forward aggression, though it required a higher output.
