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Zhang Zhilei

1983 - Today

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Zhilei Zhang (Chinese: 张志磊; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìlěi; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title from 2023 to 2024. As of April 2025, Zhang is ranked as the world's seventh-best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine. As an amateur, he was highly regarded by American promoters by 2009 after winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhang Zhilei is the 130th most popular boxer (up from 269th in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from China (up from 1,111th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Zhang Zhilei ranks 130 out of 496. Before him are Carmen Basilio, Artur Beterbiev, David Carstens, Tony Zale, Bernard Hopkins, and Harry Spanjer. After him are Spartaco Bandinelli, Samuel Berger, Boris Lagutin, Alfredo Porzio, George Hunter, and Henry Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Zhang Zhilei ranks 91. Before him are Salt Bae, Fernando Verdasco, Greta Lee, Kate Bosworth, Lorik Cana, and Sergio García. After him are Tessa Thompson, Kate Mara, Gabi, Maryse Ouellet, Greta Gerwig, and Rebeca Linares.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Zhilei ranks 924 out of 1,610. Before him are Xiang Jingyu (1895), Qin Jiwei (1914), Wei Fenghe (1954), He Guoqiang (1943), Nina Li Chi (1961), and John Hersey (1914). After him are Taylor Wang (1940), Yang Zhongjian (1897), Gu Chaohao (1926), Vivian Wu (1966), Hui Liangyu (1944), and Li Shangfu (1958).

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Among BOXERS In China

Among boxers born in China, Zhang Zhilei ranks 1. After him are Zou Shiming (1981), Zhang Xiaoping (1982), Kanat Islam (1984), Li Qian (1990), Ren Cancan (1986), Mahammad Abdullayev (1999), and Valentina Khalzova (1997).

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