Zhang lands knockout Matchroom deal

The world's biggest boxing promotion has added China's biggest fighter to its stable.

Britain's Matchroom Boxing, headed by the inimitable Eddie Hearn, has signed an exclusive deal with unbeaten heavyweight Zhang Zhilei from Zhoukou, Henan province, and is in negotiations to have the 6-foot-6, 260-pound (1.98-meter, 118-kilogram) southpaw return to the ring as soon as November.

Zhang (21-0, 16 KOs) won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and dropped a close decision to gold medalist Anthony Joshua of Britain at the 2012 London Games.