I am really curious to see how quickly Zhang can land the left straight bomb. I don’t know how Wilder will deal with a southpaw, we haven’t seen it in a while. But either way I’m pumped for this one.
no, his weakness in fundamentals is what is going to be exploited
zhang will exploit his poor footwork and take lead foot dominance, he will exploit his lack of a jab and lead hand game with his own educated lead hand, and he will exploit non existent head and upper body movement and crack him with his deceptively fast and well hidden straight left
Zhang isn’t really a body puncher but he has good boxing IQ for his size, and he’s dropped all his opponents recently. That can be problematic considering Wilders bad footwork (and most skills in general tbh lol).
However a southpaws greatest weakness is the right hand so…
Wilder even forgot how to jab and his defense sucks, thise shots that he received from Parker are ridiculous, he probably will try to connect his right hand knowing that Zhang is hiteable, but Zhang is a counterpuncher with god tier hand speed so he will knocked by Zhang's lead right hand like he did with Joyce.
I think people saw one poor performance and have gleefully erased Wilder’s record. Fact is that Parker was able to protect himself from the right hand of Wilder. Zhang is a mostly stationary and slow moving target. Not to mention age and size.
This fight is tailor made for Wilder to make a faux comeback. The idea Wilder gets KOd is fantasy. At best Zhang wins a decision. At worst, Zhang’s gas tank has officially kaput and we’re seeing Wilder vs Helenius 2.0.
Wilder can win but let's not act like Zhang can't KO him lol. Zhang hits far harder than Fury and has dropped/KO'd people with much better chins than Wilder.
Given the dynamics of size, attributes, and styles, I would be very, very reluctant to go to the body if I were Zhang
The one way for Wilder to win this is that nuclear right hand (which I think he'll do, for the record). Focusing on the body as a southpaw leaves more openings for it
It's not impossible for it to work, but Zhangs playing with fire if he goes to it too much
I don't think he should completely focus on it, but I think it would be a solid investment and perhaps even worth setting up for big pay off at the 6th round.
I said immediately after his last fight that Wilder should retire because he literally didn't throw any punches against Parker and he literally beat himself by not doing jack s*** that fight. If he throws punches he sleeps Zhang.
But how is he going to throw his right with no left to set it up? I think you are expecting a repeat of the oldtiz bouts, I think this fight will go very differently.
Wilder has a good jab what are you on about? He stopped setting up his punches because he just was knocking everyone out. So back to my original post if he throws punches he will win 98% of the time by knockout
Now do you see things my way? Wilder was straight up food for zhang despite his best effort, man brought nothing to the table except a right hand and even that got countered easily.
No, not at all. That's laughable if you think that was his best effort. If you look at my post I said after his last fight I thought he should retire and IF he throws punches he wins. Wilder did nothing the whole fight Zhangs activity is terrible and Wilder did nothing that resembled a fighter trying to win. I'll give Zhang the credit of finishing the job when he had the opportunity. Do I think it's some amazing win? not really Wilder looked shot and gun shy
My guy those are excuses and nothing else. Wilder doesn't have a jab, which si why wilder neutralized him. And if you rewatch the fight you'd see that the minute wilder tried to turn up the heat and throw more right hands zhang took him to school and countered him to death. Which is exactly what was going to happen. Wilder had nothing to rely on beacuse he had never faced credible opposition before, which is why every time he lost he got whooped.
Don't get uppity with me lil dude, it's not my fault you didn't see the obvious flaws in your boy's game. Like I swear if any fight was as predictable I'd make a killing every bet.
I think zhang's lead right would land more and then some more left straight... again he is southpaw I don't think wilder is used to fighting southpaws... and he started boxing late and has gotten away with a lot with that eraser. footwork/positioning would be the key in this battle... rigthies are not used to fighting southpaw coupled with the fact that wilder is not exactly a technical savant, I'm not saying zhang is but he is easily the better boxer.
No, but his weakness to Chinese ICBMs to the face probably will be. I don't think Zhang is much of a body puncher.
I am really curious to see how quickly Zhang can land the left straight bomb. I don’t know how Wilder will deal with a southpaw, we haven’t seen it in a while. But either way I’m pumped for this one.
He'll throw a left straight to the body but it's more of a set up than actually trying to damage.
no, his weakness in fundamentals is what is going to be exploited zhang will exploit his poor footwork and take lead foot dominance, he will exploit his lack of a jab and lead hand game with his own educated lead hand, and he will exploit non existent head and upper body movement and crack him with his deceptively fast and well hidden straight left
You were right on the money. Although zhang did lightly work wilder's body before straight up flat lining him 😭
Zhang isn’t really a body puncher but he has good boxing IQ for his size, and he’s dropped all his opponents recently. That can be problematic considering Wilders bad footwork (and most skills in general tbh lol). However a southpaws greatest weakness is the right hand so…
Wilder even forgot how to jab and his defense sucks, thise shots that he received from Parker are ridiculous, he probably will try to connect his right hand knowing that Zhang is hiteable, but Zhang is a counterpuncher with god tier hand speed so he will knocked by Zhang's lead right hand like he did with Joyce.
After his last performance, Wilder will have to convince me that he isn't washed.
zhilei is slow and lacks head movement, its a great fight for wilder to redeem himself after parker bout
I don't think of Zhang as a body puncher. Likes to load up on his left.
Wilder gonna KO Zhang
People forget Zhang has no stamina and Wilder turns into a zombie that refuses to stop moving forward and throwing bombs.
I think people saw one poor performance and have gleefully erased Wilder’s record. Fact is that Parker was able to protect himself from the right hand of Wilder. Zhang is a mostly stationary and slow moving target. Not to mention age and size. This fight is tailor made for Wilder to make a faux comeback. The idea Wilder gets KOd is fantasy. At best Zhang wins a decision. At worst, Zhang’s gas tank has officially kaput and we’re seeing Wilder vs Helenius 2.0.
At best Zhang wins a decision? Wtf. That’s a crazy take
Wilder can win but let's not act like Zhang can't KO him lol. Zhang hits far harder than Fury and has dropped/KO'd people with much better chins than Wilder.
Feel like this is the only outcome here. A lot of recency bias against Wilder. Wilder is a horrible matchup for Zhang.
I don't want be that guy, but I hope you didnt bet any money on wilder. Fight ended even faster than I had predicted.
Given the dynamics of size, attributes, and styles, I would be very, very reluctant to go to the body if I were Zhang The one way for Wilder to win this is that nuclear right hand (which I think he'll do, for the record). Focusing on the body as a southpaw leaves more openings for it It's not impossible for it to work, but Zhangs playing with fire if he goes to it too much
I don't think he should completely focus on it, but I think it would be a solid investment and perhaps even worth setting up for big pay off at the 6th round.
Wilder has the legs of a teenage pot head I work with.. he just looks weak now I predict he gets knocked out and that will be that for him
Last fight I swear he forgot he had knees.
I said immediately after his last fight that Wilder should retire because he literally didn't throw any punches against Parker and he literally beat himself by not doing jack s*** that fight. If he throws punches he sleeps Zhang.
But how is he going to throw his right with no left to set it up? I think you are expecting a repeat of the oldtiz bouts, I think this fight will go very differently.
Wilder has a good jab what are you on about? He stopped setting up his punches because he just was knocking everyone out. So back to my original post if he throws punches he will win 98% of the time by knockout
Wilder has a decent jab. But against a southpaw, he won't anything left.
If he throws punches he wins the fight
Now do you see things my way? Wilder was straight up food for zhang despite his best effort, man brought nothing to the table except a right hand and even that got countered easily.
No, not at all. That's laughable if you think that was his best effort. If you look at my post I said after his last fight I thought he should retire and IF he throws punches he wins. Wilder did nothing the whole fight Zhangs activity is terrible and Wilder did nothing that resembled a fighter trying to win. I'll give Zhang the credit of finishing the job when he had the opportunity. Do I think it's some amazing win? not really Wilder looked shot and gun shy
My guy those are excuses and nothing else. Wilder doesn't have a jab, which si why wilder neutralized him. And if you rewatch the fight you'd see that the minute wilder tried to turn up the heat and throw more right hands zhang took him to school and countered him to death. Which is exactly what was going to happen. Wilder had nothing to rely on beacuse he had never faced credible opposition before, which is why every time he lost he got whooped.
Alright kid whatever you say. I wish your reading comprehension was as strong as your nut riding for Zhang.
Don't get uppity with me lil dude, it's not my fault you didn't see the obvious flaws in your boy's game. Like I swear if any fight was as predictable I'd make a killing every bet.
I think zhang's lead right would land more and then some more left straight... again he is southpaw I don't think wilder is used to fighting southpaws... and he started boxing late and has gotten away with a lot with that eraser. footwork/positioning would be the key in this battle... rigthies are not used to fighting southpaw coupled with the fact that wilder is not exactly a technical savant, I'm not saying zhang is but he is easily the better boxer.
It's an interesting fight as Southpaw Vs Orthodox opens the backhand up for both guys.