It’s a pretty basic tattoo and while you can see the resemblance to Turner, it’s not exactly a work of art. It also helps that the tattoo is on the inside of Tyson’s forearm so it’s not the most visible, meaning he doesn’t have to worry about people seeing it all the time.

On the other hand, Zhilei Zhang hails from China, and goes by the nickname “Big Bang”. Zhang, as opposed to his young opponent, Hrgovic, is 39 years old and will fight as a southpaw. So far, Zhang has had 25 pro fights and a total of 72 rounds to speak of. Zhilei Zhang’s professional record comprises 24 wins, 0 losses, and only 1 draw. In addition, 19, that is to say, 76% of his victories come by the way of a knockout. Zhang has a similar height of 6′ 6 and more or less possesses the same reach as Hrgovic. Zhang made his debut in 2015, and in April of this year, he had his last fight. In his last fight, Zhang’s opponent was Scott Alexander, and the former won by a knockout in the very first round of the fight.

From afar, George had cringed at how Zhang was being developed. There was no plan, he says. No visible signs of improvement. The only objective seemed to be to lard Zhang’s record with enough warm bodies until one of the top heavyweights would pay a premium to face him. “Do you remember Nikolai Valuev?” asks George, referencing the 7-foot Russian who briefly held a heavyweight title. “That’s how everyone was looking at Zhilei. Like a gimmick.”

Round 2: Wilder trying to hold the center a little more to start this round instead of retreating to the corner easily. Wilder tries a right hand as Zhang lands a left to the body. Neither man is jabbing. Zhang gets Wilder to the corner and tags him! Uppercut lands and Wilder covering up here.

Al in het topjaar 1988 begonnen voor Tyson de problemen toe te nemen. Ook buiten de ring liet Tyson zich gelden: zowel zijn stormachtig verlopen huwelijk met actrice Robin Givens als diverse vechtpartijen in het uitgaansleven versterkten het gewelddadige imago van Tyson. Voor Tyson was de tol van de roem steeds moeilijker te dragen. Zijn aandacht ging steeds meer uit naar zaken buiten het boksen.

At the age of 17 she moved to Beijing, where she worked various odd jobs: cashier at a supermarket, kindergarten teacher, security guard and hotel desk clerk. In 2010 she found a job at a local Beijing gym as a fitness instructor, and was allowed to use their equipment for free after the gym closed in the evenings. During that time she would also pick up Brazilian jiu-jitsu, after watching others grappling there. She later switched to a front desk job, through which she got to know fighters who trained at the gym, one of them being her idol Wu Haotian, a pioneer of Chinese MMA. After they became acquainted in 2012, Haotian brought her to Black Tiger Fight Club. There, she was noticed by coach Cai Xuejun, who recognized her potential and started training her in MMA.

“A hundred percent,” he said. “I have to watch my weight, I’m counting calories, I’m taking care of myself, I’m getting massages, I’m seeing the chiropractor, I’m going over my studies just how I would do with my training, over and over in the middle of the night. It’s just like a fight. If I can’t be involved with something where in my mind, if I fail, I’m totally obliviated and humiliated, I don’t want to be a part of it.”

Zhang continued to enjoy success with the straight left hand in the third and fourth rounds, as the condition of Joyce’s right eye worsened. Zhang rocked Joyce with a right hook site in yahoo.com the fourth round and finished the round with two thudding left hands.

Wilder fires back and Zhang staying in the pocket. Rough-housing inside and Wilder is playing a dangerous game. He finally pivots out. But Zhang puts him into the corner again and rips to the body. Wilder cannot get backed up like this. Zhang’s size is too big a weapon in there.

Sin embargo, el lenguaje corporal de Joyce anticipaba que su derrota era cuestión de tiempo. Así ocurrió, y no fue con un golpe de izquierda -la mano de poder de Zhang- fue una derecha cruzada con lo que sentenció el combate en una salida de un intercambio.

Zhilei Zhang vs. Deontay Wilder seht Ihr am Samstag nur auf DAZN und nur im LIVE-STREAM. Eine Übertragung im linearen TV gibt es nicht. Den LIVE-STREAM könnt Ihr mit der DAZN App auf allen gängigen und internetfähigen Endgeräten abspielen. So habt Ihr Boxsport auch mobil auf dem Smartphone oder Tablet verfügbar, genauso wie stationär auf dem SmartTV oder mit dem TV-Stick.

By the end of 1987, Tyson was being hailed as the most exciting champ since Muhammad Ali, an example for ghetto kids, and indeed all kids, to aspire toward. Interestingly, he was surrounded by white men, including his co-managers Jim Jacobs and Bill Cayton, and so he seemed to embody racial harmony and a “we can all get along” spirit that only added to the allure of the “reformed” delinquent. In 1988, it all began to go wrong.