Anthony Joshua knocks down Zhieli Zhang on his way to a very comfortable win

By Boxing News - 08/06/2012 - Comments

Image: Anthony Joshua knocks down Zhieli Zhang on his way to a very comfortable winBy Dominic Sauboorah: Super-Heavyweight prospect Anthony Joshua showed just how good he is by outclassing the former silver medallist at the Beijing Olympics Zhieli Zhang in the quarter-finals of the London 2012 Olympics. Joshua looked a lot more comfortable in this fight in comparison to his last fight against Erislandy Savon, dominating with his jab and knocking the Chinese fighter down in the 2nd round with a crispy right hook.

Nevertheless it doesn’t get any easier for Anthony Joshua as he faces Kazakhstan’s Ivan Dychko in the semi-finals who is an extremely aggressive come forward fighter. I believe that Joshua will win this fight, however his next fight will be without a doubt the toughest of his amateur career.

If Joshua is to get into the final he will have to do battle with either Roberto Cammarelle or Magomedrasul Majidov, the two best amateur Super-Heavyweights in the world. Anthony Joshua has lost to the man from Azerbaijan in the final of the 2011 AIBA games, however managed to shockingly beat the Italian Cammarelle in the semi-finals of the world championships, despite being a huge underdog. With the support of the British crowd and his clearly obvious talent can he show it all in his last two fights to declare himself as the Olympic boxing champion at the London 2012 games? I sure do hope so.



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