Zhilei Zhang of Team Queensberry and Deontay Wilder of Team Matchroom face off during the 5v5: Queensberry v Matchroom Weigh-Ins event ahead of their Heavyweight fight at Boulevard World on May 31, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang headline Saturday’s Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5v5 card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Zhang, 41, likely lost his final chance at securing a world title when he lost to Joseph Parker in March. Parker also handled business against Wilder in December with a unanimous decision victory over the former champion.
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Wilder lost the WBC heavyweight title, which he held for over five years, in February of 2020 to Tyson Fury. Wilder failed to regain the title in the trilogy fight with Fury in October 2021. He did bounce back with a huge knockout win over Robert Helenius in October 2022, but then went back to his losing ways against Parker.
At BetMGM, “Big Bang” Zhang is a -150 favorite to defeat “The Bronze Bomber.” Wilder is at +125. Zhang is +100 to win by KO/TKO/DQ and is +600 to win on points. Wilder is +150 to win by KO/TKO/DQ. He’s +1200 to win on points.
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Two great rounds in the books for Ray Ford and Nick Ball. Fun fight with two hungry fighters both going after it. The body shots both have landed have looked painful.
That’s a point for Team Queensberry as Hutchinson earns the biggest win of his career and improves to 18-1.
Fight is going to the scorecards after 12 rounds. Richards found his rhythm in the later rounds, but it simply wasn’t enough as Hutchinson was cruising for the majority of the fights. Should be an easy decision for Hutchinson
Richards had Hutchinson hurt in the 11th round, but couldn’t put him down. Hutchinson was just trying to survive at a certain point, but was able to find some spots to land his own big shots. Great back and forth in the final rounds. Richards likely still needs a KO to win this in the 12th.
Incredible round 10 as Richards finally started landing some big shots, which fired up Hutchinson. Both fighters were hurt at one point.
Richards landing a bit more now. Hutchinson has slowed down, but has built up a huge lead. Richards knows it and is trying to swing for the fences in the tenth round.
Through 6 rounds, it’s been all Hutchinson. Richards just can’t keep up and continues getting caught. Question is if Hutchinson can keep up the pace he’s been showing all fight.
Hutchinson is dominating Richards right now. He’s pushing forward and has landed some big shots. Richards struggling to keep up.
Fights start now! It’s Hutchinson vs. Richards in the curtain-jerker for the 5v5.
Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang fight card, odds (Start time 2 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV)
Heavyweight: Deontay Wilder (+125) vs. Zhilei Zhang (-150)
Heavyweight: Daniel Dubois (+200) vs. Filip Hrgovic (-250)
Middleweight: Hamzah Sheeraz (-225) vs. Austin Williams (+188)
Light heavyweight: Dmitry Bivol (-3000) vs. Malik Zinad (+1200)
