Tyson Fury receives new July battle provide regardless of Andy Ruiz Jr leaks
Zhilei Zhang says his promotional group have been in touch with Tyson Fury’s reps over a summer season heavyweight showdown that Big Bang is decided to deliver to China. The news comes simply days after Andy Ruiz Jr appeared to substantiate that he had locked in a shot on the Gypsy King’s WBC world title on July 22 in London – hinting {that a} deal was now in place between all events.
Ruiz Jr shared a picture on his Instagram story that acknowledged Fury can be combating the Mexican at Wembley Stadium subsequent with preparations set to get underway in a matter of weeks.
Nonetheless, ought to that not be the case, it seems Zhang is definitely within the combine to battle Fury subsequent after he declared his willingness to make the competition occur.
Speaking to iFL TV, Zhang stated: “I just came back from my vacation, so everything is fresh to me. I believe that my team has made communications with their team on that matter.”
He later added: “Let’s do it Tyson. If you’re looking at July, I’ll be ready for you in July.”
Zhang is contemporary off the again of his assertion stoppage victory over Joe Joyce in London when he busted up The Juggernaut’s eye so badly that referee Howard Foster known as a halt to the competition.
The large Chinaman is now thought of to be a agency contender within the heavyweight division and now he is able to step up to speed and problem for the world title.
Big Bang instantly declared his curiosity in combating Fury subsequent within the ring after beating Joyce on the Copper Box Arena earlier this month.
But Joyce does have a rematch clause that he might but set off to disrupt Zhang’s bold plans to commerce leather-based with Fury subsequent.
That stated, there are doubts as as to if Joyce will pursue a second battle after he was crushed from pillar to put up by Big Bang, who proved to be an uncomfortable problem resulting from his awkward southpaw type.
The end result has considerably shaken up the heavyweight panorama and will have implications for precisely what occurs subsequent within the division.
Had Joyce taken care of enterprise, he may need discovered himself in line to face Fury in an all-British heavyweight showdown.
Fury had promised Joyce, a fighter whom he has nice admiration for, a world title shot if talks with Oleksandr Usyk over an undisputed conflict didn’t bear fruit.
Talks between the 2 events collapsed earlier within the 12 months after Team Usyk opted to stroll away from the desk following what they thought of to be a sequence of unrealistic calls for.
Ruiz Jr has lengthy been campaigning for a shot at gold in opposition to Fury though he was initially instructed he must beat Deontay Wilder first in a last eliminator.
That battle has not but been negotiated nevertheless which means former unified heavyweight champion Ruiz appears to be like set to fast-track his means in direction of a title shot.
The fast-handed Mexican beforehand held the WBA, WBO and IBF straps after beautiful Anthony Joshua in a monumental upset at Madison Square Garden in 2019.