Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-01, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the boxing match Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).Zhang vs Wilder is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 1st, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening “5 vs 5: Queensberry vs Matchroom”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Deontay Wilder record
The former Olympian and former Wbc Hw champion Deontay Wilder entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 43-3-1 (42 KOs=98%) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last four bouts, against Robert Helenius in 2022 (Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius), then he has lost to Joseph Parker (Deontay Wilder vs Joseph Parker).
But if you want to watch Wilder’s best fights, here are four matches you have to watch:
- Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz I (match ranked in the top 10 Users’ boxing Fights of the Year 2018),
- Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz II (“The Ring magazine” Knockout of the Year 2019),
- Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury II (match ranked in the top 10 Users’ boxing Fights of the Year 2020),
- Tyson Fury vs Wilder III (the Ring Magazine FOTY 2021).
Zhilei Zhang record
His opponent, the former Olympian and former interim Wbo Hw champ Zhilei Zhang, has an official record of 26-2-1 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the heavyweight division (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk).
In his last three fights he has beat twice Joe Joyce (Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang I and Zhilei Zhang vs Joe Joyce II) but then he has also lost to Joseph Parker (Joseph Parker vs Zhilei Zhang).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the pre-fight press conference video, featuring Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder, from the official DAZN Boxing Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of Wilder vs Zhang weigh-in from the official Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Wilder vs Zhang fight?
Zhilei Zhang defeated Deontay Wilder via TKO at 1:51, round 5.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder.
