Zhilei's manager confirms negotiations for fight with Wilder

Terry Lane, manager of the interim WBO heavyweight champion Zhang Zhilei, spoke about the possibility of a fight between his client and the former WBC belt holder Deontay Wilder.

“I think that’s what we’ll do. Now events are developing very rapidly. Zhilei told us that he wants this fight. Now he is back in the gym because he wants to meet Wilder. We think it’s going to be a great fight,” Lane was quoted as saying by ProBox TV.

Let us remember that the day before, insider Chris Mannix reported that Zhilei and Wilder could meet on the undercard of the fight between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou, scheduled for March 9 in Riyadh.