Zhilei climbed to fourth place in the ranking of the "Ring"

Zhang Zhilei. Getty Images
Zhang Zhilei. Getty Images

Zhang Zhilei (25-1-1, 20 KOs) rose to fourth place in the heavyweight rankings according to The Ring magazine. A boxer from China unexpectedly won by TKO in the sixth round on Saturday Joe Joyce, depriving the Briton of the interim WBO world title.

After this defeat, Joyce was in seventh place. Zhang thus took a place in the ranking of the undefeated American Jared Anderson.

The Ring heavyweight rankings for today are as follows: Champion - Oleksandr Usyk, 1. Tyson Fury, 2. Deontay Wilder, 3. Anthony Joshua, 4. Zhang Zhilei, 5. Andy Ruiz Jr., 6. Dillian Whyte, 7 Joe Joyce, 8. Luis Ortiz, 9. Joseph Parker, 10. Filip Hrgovic.