Definitely a very honest and frank interview by Zhang. And his reason to turn it down was very valid. Why would he fight some new prospect at this point of his career instead of aiming for the titles and against top rank boxers?
Kurt the translator is superb, puts every single Mandarin translator in the UFC to shame, honestly I think random bilingual students can translate better than the UFC translators.
Not only UFC but the UN or other governmental settings lol. Trust me, many of them translate like robots without feeling like a human conversation or expressions.
100% so painful to watch the other translators. If you don't speak chinese, you just feel like the fighter is unmarketable, however if you understand the chinese you feel like the fighter is being being done a massive disservice. Zhang weili needs a proper translator for starters.
What a great interview, relaxing, frank, honest and informative. His translator was amazing as always possibly the best translator I've seen, no awkward moments, fast & smooth translation for both languages.
Back in the 70s there was a lot of genuine love for Chinese culture cos of Bruce Lee, then they killed his ass real fast XD Emasculation and mockery for Asian male in Hollywood ever since, it has gotten better in recent years tho.
Ever since he beat Joyce twice and watching the Top Rank doc on him, I've been lowkey a fan. He's among my fave HW boxers alongside Fury, Usyk, Parker, and Kabayel
I learned alot from this translator, as someone who know both language pretty well, let me say this translator doesnt translate every word, even sentence in the sequence they were spoken (sometimes this is strictly required from professional translators), but in this casual interview setting, this translator just took the whole meaning of the passage that were spoken and shortened/polished it, so when it gets translated it feels very coherent and concise, and less stutter, it served the purpose (especially in a podcast like thise very well.
Mandarin & English are two very different languages and the way of thinking/expression are completely different in so many ways. It is necessary to understand completely what was said, digest it, and then interpret it into the other language. Most translators translate like robots without the understanding the cultural expression of either languages. That's what makes this guy so good and smooth with his interpretation.
For those for you dont know, Zhang had a interview in Chinese talked about the sparring between Alex and him. He talked about Alex do not want to get the head gear on because he want to practice the dogeing. But Zhang had couple super heavy punch to him ,then Alex start shaking and unbalanced because it is two heavy to take without head gear,then they stopped.
Zhang revealed some details of the sparring in a live streaming in China. What Zhang said was Pereira's style is not good for boxing, his hands are too low. Zhang asked Pereira to wear head gear, but Pereira refused. In the sparring, His right hook just scratched Pereira's chin, not connected but scratched, and Pereira was hurt and started staggering, and Zhang wait him to recover instead of unloading to him. And I believe that's the reason why Pereira lost the rematch to Adesanya in UFC. Pereira got hurt sparring Big Bang Zhang, and not fully recovered before getting knocked out by Adesanya.
Am an Australian 🇦🇺 an I humbly reakon Zhang can give Fury, Joshua , a run for their money an earn himself a satisfying payday . The man is seriously underrated an underestimated. 🥊🥊☯️☮️🇦🇺
@@戦え浜岡 Whatever Fury has or doesn't, one thing is fundamentally confirmed, he has a great chin and good recuperative powers. If Zhang wins it will be by UD/MD/SD. Fury also likes to cheat (I know I know, VERY unpopular opinion) and Zhang does tire in later rounds. But only 3 people really hurt and bothered AJ: Usyk, Wladmir and Ruiz and we all know what happened in that Ruiz bout. He came in prepared for another opponent, Ruiz did Ruiz things and AJ was too overconfident. Either way there is enough on Zhangs record for AJ and Fury to avoid him. Draw against Jerry Forrest and losses to Filip Hrgovic and Joseph Parker. At 41 he is only going to get slower and lose stamina. The win against Wilder isn't going to do much for him seeing as Agit Kabayel and Jared Anderson are knocking on the door. They can just wait him out if need be. Zhang has a punchers chance with AJ always, but I don't see him beating Fury. Assuming either fights even happen
Why, bc he beat JJ and a spent Wilder? Surely by rights, Chisora should fight Zhang. Zhang v Fury is about right atm. But we’ll see what happens when Fury fights Usyk again. AJ is a little bit above Fury atm. What about Dubois v Zhang?
Why is everyone mentioning their old ass amateur fight like that means something today? AJ got destroyed by Whyte and Nistor in the amateurs, but he's much better than them in the pros.
Not an equal comparable. Aj fought all these guys within 3 years of boxing. whilst Whyte had 20 pro kick boxing fights before taking up amateur boxing. This is why he was banned from amateur boxing.
@@thomaskim5008 Looks can be deceiving , he has far more skills than people give him credit for. You don't become an Olympic silver medalist with no skills
Exactly what i have been saying. As soon as any heavyweight Boxer have a good win he start saying AJ will never fight him... Remember when Otto Wallin always give interview saying that AJ will never fight him and we all see what happen
I predicted Zhang will easily KO wilder. All elite HW will do the same I said the same for Parker as well that Bum wilder is a hyped stuff. So no mention about such fighter.
zilly zhang destroyed the jugernaut who nobody was able to dropped. He also ko wilder the 2nd boxer to ko wilder. thats how powerful zhang is. he has a chin and never got dropped much less hurt. Zhang is not sugar coating anything he is telling as it is not like wilder who is full of excuses.
It was directed by Frank Warren for the huge Chinese market. He controls both of them. Completely inauthentic fight. The very idea of the fight was directed and forced by Warren, because Joyce absolutely did not like the fight (he himself said that he has no experience in fighting with southpaw fighters).
Kurt needs to do more translation for other fighters. As a Chinese reporter who interviewed UFC fighters myself, I'm watching this to improve my skills.
Shirley it was Mrs Zhang that gave him the nickname. As for Parker being dirty, I don't think there's a more respectful boxer, he learnt a thing or two against Whyte ✌️🥊
Aj zhang will happen but I wanna see the usyk rematch first and that won’t be till next year if he’s still winning fights then they defo will everyone wants to fight aj because on paper he’s being the most profitable professional boxing fights
I feel like Weili is Mcgregor Famous, meanwhile Zhilei is O’Malley famous.. But still none of them is micheal Jordan famous, cuz MMA is still a relatively smaller sport but it getting much hotter.
Kurt always does Sharon Choi-level interpreting 👏🏻👏🏻 (also, in my daydreams, I wanna see how Jake Paul would handle a Big Bang straight left) Sidenote: I hear "Bi Sai" a lot; Mandarin speakers, could you tell me what it means? Is it a connecting word such as "you know"?
zhang vs agit would be a really good fight, the clash of styles would be very entertaining, not sure I want to see zhang vs parker again, I think parker is just a bad style match up for zhang, I don't see zhang being able to make any major changes to beat parker, infact I think parker would come in better in the second fight. agit vs xhang though would be very interesting, agit is abit of an unknown quality, but he's just smoked two good prospects, personally I'd bet on agit being a top 10 fight similar to zhang.
He doesn’t need to for the guy that ruined Deontay’s night but the same time ain’t hating that you won a fight just wished yeah it wasn’t that fight because I like both fighters so yeah! 🥊
He didn't like losing to parker, so he took the Wilder fight to give him back some confidence , but parker had to wait for him for the rematch, thats a low down dirty move, hopefully parker knocks him out
I'm a big fan of Zhang, he shouldn't have lost to Hrgovic or Parker. Parker should've been a draw and he beat Hrgovic but he needs to work on his gas tank. He's the most dangerous heavyweight and would give Usyk big problems. Love how he fights in the early rounds, very aggressive and accurate.
Chinese fighters need this translator in the UFC. ✅
He is an amazing translator. You will know how good he is if you understand Mandarin.
@@user-og9by2io5hI bet he is. The way he translated is insane.
@@user-og9by2io5h totally true...so accruate, i think the translator is more of the star than Zhilei haha
I think he is zhilei's manager as well
they probably can't afford it 😂
Every Chinese fighter will need a translator like this.
Fr his translator underrated asf
But he has heavy accent
@@Tonightstar0527 bet he speaks 10 times better than you.
@@onatgomceli6950 bro calm down what’s wrong in your life? lol
Luckily there's only one.
I studied Mandarin for 6 years from secondary school to university, and this guy is an excellent translator, he needs to be hired by UFC.
Yeah wouldnt want to piss off the big man
He is his manager 😂
@@smartorder4997and the same age
Oh but what about his socks,, i worked in a sock factory for ten years and he has cheap old socks,
UFC fighters get paid breadcrumbs. They can't afford him.
As others mentioned, this translator is awesome. He deserves many more opportunities to showcase his talent.
So refreshing to hear a boxer just confirm turning down a fight.. instead of all the usual bs denials
Everything u hear in the West is always ambiguous, it's why WOKE is so big in the West.
Shhh...Khamzat is watching...shhh
@@RavenZeromlbbI smesh everyone brather
Definitely a very honest and frank interview by Zhang. And his reason to turn it down was very valid. Why would he fight some new prospect at this point of his career instead of aiming for the titles and against top rank boxers?
@@RavenZeromlbb kumquat doing jackshit
Zhilei has so much swag lmfao. Reminds me of Yoel. Just pure aura.
He does have that similar aura to yoel
Yeah not aggressively, nor like extravagant punk such as Conor, more like a bulletproof monk there
Kurt the translator is superb, puts every single Mandarin translator in the UFC to shame, honestly I think random bilingual students can translate better than the UFC translators.
Not only UFC but the UN or other governmental settings lol. Trust me, many of them translate like robots without feeling like a human conversation or expressions.
100% so painful to watch the other translators. If you don't speak chinese, you just feel like the fighter is unmarketable, however if you understand the chinese you feel like the fighter is being being done a massive disservice.
Zhang weili needs a proper translator for starters.
What a great interview, relaxing, frank, honest and informative. His translator was amazing as always possibly the best translator I've seen, no awkward moments, fast & smooth translation for both languages.
Dude looks like every single action movie bad guy in the 90's when America was obsessed with Chinese history and martial arts.
They were obsessed with making Asians villians and criminals but in reality we knew who were the monsters
Back in the 70s there was a lot of genuine love for Chinese culture cos of Bruce Lee, then they killed his ass real fast XD Emasculation and mockery for Asian male in Hollywood ever since, it has gotten better in recent years tho.
@@TheRealIronManBolo Yeung was a serious bad ass
😂Even I am Chinese and I have the same feelings like he is a historical worrior character
He should play Yao Ming's character in the next Rush Hour movie...or something similar...
This interview deserves more views
Ever since he beat Joyce twice and watching the Top Rank doc on him, I've been lowkey a fan. He's among my fave HW boxers alongside Fury, Usyk, Parker, and Kabayel
I learned alot from this translator, as someone who know both language pretty well, let me say this translator doesnt translate every word, even sentence in the sequence they were spoken (sometimes this is strictly required from professional translators), but in this casual interview setting, this translator just took the whole meaning of the passage that were spoken and shortened/polished it, so when it gets translated it feels very coherent and concise, and less stutter, it served the purpose (especially in a podcast like thise very well.
Mandarin & English are two very different languages and the way of thinking/expression are completely different in so many ways. It is necessary to understand completely what was said, digest it, and then interpret it into the other language. Most translators translate like robots without the understanding the cultural expression of either languages. That's what makes this guy so good and smooth with his interpretation.
There is no perfect translation for god sake!
Let’s just hope he doesn’t pull an ippei.
Zhilei zhang definitely deserve a title shot
go Zhang! You are the best!
For those for you dont know, Zhang had a interview in Chinese talked about the sparring between Alex and him. He talked about Alex do not want to get the head gear on because he want to practice the dogeing. But Zhang had couple super heavy punch to him ,then Alex start shaking and unbalanced because it is two heavy to take without head gear,then they stopped.
Who alex
Alex Perrara
I watched this interview before，Alex’s head protection is not good enough，he got shaken @@Koala-jj7go
Alex is small tho so no surprise
@@unrivaled7625Alex Pereira ignorant.At this point every martial art expert know his name
this translator is amazing. alex pereira, take some notes.
He’s had that same translator for years that’s why they work so well together
i can translate better
wtf you talking about dude, plino is like this and that's his coach too
Hopefully he's not stealing ZZZ's money like Ohtani's ex-translator.
Actually not that good….how it’s like after wilder fight and how it’s like going back to china is two different things…..
I wish they had the footage of him sparring Alex 😢
He said in the interview that because they have the confidential agree...so no one record when they two train together.
He touched Alex and it’s over no brainer
let’s be real alex has very little chance in boxing against Zhang
Zhang revealed some details of the sparring in a live streaming in China. What Zhang said was Pereira's style is not good for boxing, his hands are too low. Zhang asked Pereira to wear head gear, but Pereira refused. In the sparring, His right hook just scratched Pereira's chin, not connected but scratched, and Pereira was hurt and started staggering, and Zhang wait him to recover instead of unloading to him.
And I believe that's the reason why Pereira lost the rematch to Adesanya in UFC. Pereira got hurt sparring Big Bang Zhang, and not fully recovered before getting knocked out by Adesanya.
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This was such a great interview. The questions and the translator were top-notch.
Am an Australian 🇦🇺 an I humbly reakon Zhang can give Fury, Joshua , a run for their money an earn himself a satisfying payday . The man is seriously underrated an underestimated. 🥊🥊☯️☮️🇦🇺
Maybe not Fury. Although Fury would go to sleep with a good hook from Zhang.
AJ? Sure.
@@戦え浜岡 Whatever Fury has or doesn't, one thing is fundamentally confirmed, he has a great chin and good recuperative powers. If Zhang wins it will be by UD/MD/SD. Fury also likes to cheat (I know I know, VERY unpopular opinion) and Zhang does tire in later rounds. But only 3 people really hurt and bothered AJ: Usyk, Wladmir and Ruiz and we all know what happened in that Ruiz bout. He came in prepared for another opponent, Ruiz did Ruiz things and AJ was too overconfident. Either way there is enough on Zhangs record for AJ and Fury to avoid him. Draw against Jerry Forrest and losses to Filip Hrgovic and Joseph Parker. At 41 he is only going to get slower and lose stamina. The win against Wilder isn't going to do much for him seeing as Agit Kabayel and Jared Anderson are knocking on the door. They can just wait him out if need be. Zhang has a punchers chance with AJ always, but I don't see him beating Fury. Assuming either fights even happen
Why, bc he beat JJ and a spent Wilder? Surely by rights, Chisora should fight Zhang. Zhang v Fury is about right atm. But we’ll see what happens when Fury fights Usyk again. AJ is a little bit above Fury atm. What about Dubois v Zhang?
Finally i can listen to this man. Thank you!
Well done Ariel this was an awesome interview!
Big Bang is a G 🥊
my G to be exact
I’d like to see Zhang v Fury for the pure size of the two men
Props to Helwani for doing a long form interview via a translator. Most outlets won’t do that.
Why is everyone mentioning their old ass amateur fight like that means something today? AJ got destroyed by Whyte and Nistor in the amateurs, but he's much better than them in the pros.
U know Zhang lost to a fighter AJ beat right😂
@@Mav90210 Yeah and AJ lost to a fighter Parker beat lol. Most top guys have lost, it happens
@@TheJoker-yz8dv Except Zhang is in he's prime now and AJ wasn't. AJ now would kill Ruiz...just watch he's nxt fight against Dubois
Not an equal comparable. Aj fought all these guys within 3 years of boxing. whilst Whyte had 20 pro kick boxing fights before taking up amateur boxing. This is why he was banned from amateur boxing.
@@LordVader1887nah he was banned for steroids lol
Glad to see Zhang getting the recognition he deserves! Thank you Ariel for providing him the platform
As someone who understand both languages, the guy is an excellent translator! Great work.
Some people are saying he's not very good....
This is their opinion mate
Love this guy. Thank you for having him on.
He's actually getting better not worse, hope he gets the belt bring it home buddy
What an incredibly enjoyable interview.
The interpreter is world class.
Him vs Fury would be 600lbs of combined men
madness tbh
Zhang would win by KO IMO....and I'm a big Fury fan..:)
Google an NFL offensive line.
@@kpm25What are you talking about? Zhang has not much of skills, just some power.
@@thomaskim5008 Looks can be deceiving , he has far more skills than people give him credit for. You don't become an Olympic silver medalist with no skills
This is the best translator I have seen in sports. They should definitely get him in the UFC.
Such a humble guy. He seems like a cool guy to grab a burger and a beer with.
OMG THIS IS AMAZING
This is why Helwani is the best sports journalist... he can have an engrossing conversation, even through a foreign language translator.
장 당신은 최고의 복서입니다!
항상 응원합니다 😊
I’m pretty sure that Kurt is an ABC Chinese. Him and Zhang are pretty awesome whenever they do interviews. The whole process is very smooth
This really helped my Chinese
This translator has done an excellent job. I admire him.
when AJ name was mentioned with this guy the hypocritical "boxing media" dumped on him nd said he was picking on an old man.
Facts now after beating Joyce, who’s best win is Daniel he is some killer 😭😭
Same with kabayel. People just like jumping on a bandwagon.
Exactly what i have been saying. As soon as any heavyweight Boxer have a good win he start saying AJ will never fight him...
Remember when Otto Wallin always give interview saying that AJ will never fight him and we all see what happen
@@seanmcquinn9603 Zhang is no Otto Wallin. Zhang can box, and AJ and hearn know high risk low reward
AJ dont want that zhang smoke. zhangs one of the most honest guys in boxing
AJ will fight anyone....let alone Zhang. But he has to be a mandatory for HW champion ship..undisputed which Zhang is not.
@@vimalkumarkv1838😂😂😂😂😂
Joshua has always been a p**** in the fights he seeks.
@@1010thechamp DUMB STATEMENT
Come on Ariel... offer your guest some tea, water, something... 💡Thanks for bringing him on your show!
Well done! Thanks for sharing!
Tell me which other heavy except usyk has put on a bigger perfotmance than zhang over the past year with 2 kos of joyce and 1 of wilder
Wilder wasn't even there he's lost all his power anyone would have knocked him out 😂
@kennymarshall701 yeah but name any other heavyweight performance better than his. None. You can't.
@kennymarshall701 zhang lost a bit with his Loss to parker and even though wilder is shot it's still a good win considering wilder was a top 3.
I predicted Zhang will easily KO wilder. All elite HW will do the same I said the same for Parker as well that Bum wilder is a hyped stuff. So no mention about such fighter.
@vimalkumarkv1838 zhang should keep fighting the top 5. At worst he'll be like mike mccallum.
The. translator is doing very good!
Impossible for most of us to know. Not many understand Mandarin
I don’t think there is many who would stand a toe to toe slug fest with this guy
At 41 Zhang is a monster in the ring.
Big bang Zhang! Hoping for great fights from you. Maybe Dubois or Kabael? Hrgovic 2? Keep up the good work
Great show and always want more boxing content. Also seems like a talented translator.
A champion, fesrsome and humble.🥊
love this boxer ever since the first time i watched him he has had the potential to be a world champion for a long time
Shout out this his translator. He nailed the job perfectly. Big W
He sounds great but we don't really know.
Boxing is Boxing This Guy is solid
zilly zhang destroyed the jugernaut who nobody was able to dropped. He also ko wilder the 2nd boxer to ko wilder. thats how powerful zhang is. he has a chin and never got dropped much less hurt. Zhang is not sugar coating anything he is telling as it is not like wilder who is full of excuses.
It was directed by Frank Warren for the huge Chinese market. He controls both of them. Completely inauthentic fight. The very idea of the fight was directed and forced by Warren, because Joyce absolutely did not like the fight (he himself said that he has no experience in fighting with southpaw fighters).
这翻译能力真强！！ 翻译的太棒了！
My dream fight is Big Bang Zhang vs Jake Paul
I will pay
Lmao, Jake Paul would die
You want Jake Paul to die?
@@jplin888 It would funny to see
Letz Bang E chowder lol 😂 this guy rules
zhang be putting a damper on peoples careers left and right. thats why no none wants to fight him. after a fight with him you feel like retiring
44:30 it's Funky Dee who sings that song, it is a remix of his original track Are you Gunna Bang.
I think Zhang vs Kabayel makes a lot of sense next.
Kurt needs to do more translation for other fighters. As a Chinese reporter who interviewed UFC fighters myself, I'm watching this to improve my skills.
Zhang Mandarin Chinese?
Yes, agreed 💯%… the UFC needs this Chinese translator!!!
Shirley it was Mrs Zhang that gave him the nickname. As for Parker being dirty, I don't think there's a more respectful boxer, he learnt a thing or two against Whyte ✌️🥊
He bangs everything folks!
great interview! bravo Ariel + UFC - hire this translator asap
Damn 6'6"
I think he;s gonna have a world championship soon.
No. No skills
@@thomaskim5008 what do u mean ? He's not skilled enough yet ?
@@samy5930he's a refrigerator
The translator didn’t translate word for word but polished them and added some personality.
Big Bang 🥊
Aj zhang will happen but I wanna see the usyk rematch first and that won’t be till next year if he’s still winning fights then they defo will everyone wants to fight aj because on paper he’s being the most profitable professional boxing fights
there is minor chance for AJ to defect usyk，usyk overwhelmed him twice already
@@shangcedu6642I doubt Usyk would agree to fight AJ a 3rd time. There's no upside to it for him (other than money, obviously).
Big Zhang Big BooM ~~🎉🎉🎉🎉
big bang
It's good to have chinese heavyweights get noticed in boxing.
这个翻译太棒了，go help every Chinese fighter please🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Can someone mark the time stamp about when Zhang talks about AJ ducking him?
21:58
I wonder who's more famous him or weili in China?
He's not champion yet. Wait till he is
@@Koala-jj7gohe previously was a champion
@@travischunyu8998 really?
Weill used to be much more famous in China but after Zhang’s last knockout he gained a lot of fans so now they’re close in terms of popularity
I feel like Weili is Mcgregor Famous, meanwhile Zhilei is O’Malley famous..
But still none of them is micheal Jordan famous, cuz MMA is still a relatively smaller sport but it getting much hotter.
He should fight chisora then AJ
这个翻译真的很赞
Kurt always does Sharon Choi-level interpreting 👏🏻👏🏻
(also, in my daydreams, I wanna see how Jake Paul would handle a Big Bang straight left)
Sidenote: I hear "Bi Sai" a lot; Mandarin speakers, could you tell me what it means? Is it a connecting word such as "you know"?
“Bi sai” means competition
@@johnxia9927 Oh, that makes a lot of sense, thank you sir!
Brilliant
I love zhang
zhang vs agit would be a really good fight, the clash of styles would be very entertaining, not sure I want to see zhang vs parker again, I think parker is just a bad style match up for zhang, I don't see zhang being able to make any major changes to beat parker, infact I think parker would come in better in the second fight. agit vs xhang though would be very interesting, agit is abit of an unknown quality, but he's just smoked two good prospects, personally I'd bet on agit being a top 10 fight similar to zhang.
This grandad trains hard for his entire life and nobody notices him, promotes him, sponsors him. A hidden talent but he had entered the game too late.
Zhang got huge hands!
😂😂😂
Joshua is going for the belts
Zhang v AJ is 50/50
His vision is fighting a top ranked apponent in China, developing boxing there, to eventually see Chinese boxers hold some belts.
翻译的真的挺好，比大部分ufc的翻译好
What about mando?
He should play villains in marital arts movies.
Asians are gonna rule combat sports. Khazakstan,China,Philippines
Translator is a pro. Wow.
This is how I imagine Shrek in real life, lol !! (in a good way, I like ZZ)
I can’t help but notice Zhang’s hands are massive compared to the translator
Obviously he's a HW boxer
I want to know who that guy was who brought in the chair :)
He doesn’t need to for the guy that ruined Deontay’s night but the same time ain’t hating that you won a fight just wished yeah it wasn’t that fight because I like both fighters so yeah! 🥊
How are there not more views for this??? Big bang is so underrated. Anthony Joshua is too chicken to fight him.
He didn't like losing to parker, so he took the Wilder fight to give him back some confidence , but parker had to wait for him for the rematch, thats a low down dirty move, hopefully parker knocks him out
I'm a big fan of Zhang, he shouldn't have lost to Hrgovic or Parker. Parker should've been a draw and he beat Hrgovic but he needs to work on his gas tank. He's the most dangerous heavyweight and would give Usyk big problems. Love how he fights in the early rounds, very aggressive and accurate.
Parker was indeed a draw
Zhang vs Chisora would expose HW boxing , they won’t let it happen. I estimate a First round KO for Zhang would be possible
He doesn’t have skills to beat Usyk or Fury
Usyk would pick him apart. Dismantle him.