ANTHONY JOSHUA wants to fight Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury but could have another heavyweight foe to worry about.
The Brit is determined to win his belts back from Ukrainian Usyk before a mammoth battle of Britain with the Gypsy King, but an undefeated giant also has AJ in his sights.
Zhang Zhilei is a 23-0 unbeaten heavyweight man-mountain and wants an AJ brawl in Beijing.
The Chinese star is a knockout machine with 18 of his 23 wins coming by way of KO.
At 6ft 6in, he towers over AJ – who he lost to on points in the London 2012 Olympic quarter-final.
And the 38-year-old also tips the scales at 19st 8lbs.
Zhang won super-heavyweight Olympic Gold at Beijing 2008 where Britain’s David Price won bronze.
And he wants a return to the iconic Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium for a mammoth AJ bout.
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Reported by FightMag, Zhang said: “I would love to fight AJ in China because of our amateur backgrounds.
“The venue is there, the Bird’s Nest holds 100,000, so we have it all.
“Beijing and Shanghai are the biggest cities, very economically developed and boxing in China is growing.
“The sports fans there like boxing, they like AJ, so if we can make it happen it would be huge for boxing.”
Zhang’s most recent win was on the undercard of George Kambosos’ shock win over Teofimo Lopez.
The huge southpaw clobbered American Craig Lewis within six minutes and the ref was quick to wave it off after the loser was knocked down twice.
‘Big Bang’ Zhang is ranked 13th by the IBF and eighth by the WBO.
He is also signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing – the same promoter as Joshua- which gives the fight a bigger chance of happening.
AJ is set for a rematch with Usyk next year after losing on points at Tottenham’s stadium in September.
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