Taishan Dong, a 6-11 Chinese heavyweight, could be boxing’s next big thing

It’s not every day a mountain walks into your office.

Yet in a span of seven months, those first steps into George Gallegos’ law firm in Monterey Park will have led to a giant stride into a boxing ring in San Francisco.

The journey is as intriguing as the thought of 6-foot-11, 285-pound Chinese heavyweight Taishan Dong making his professional boxing debut Friday night in a four-round bout against Ronny Hale (2-5) at Longshoremen’s Hall on Fisherman’s Wharf.

Dong, who is being dubbed “The Great Wall,” will appear first on the seven-fight card, which will be televised at 7 p.m. on Fox Sports 1. Read full Story >>>

6-foot-6 Chinese boxer to make pro debut in Nevada

Zhilei Zhang, right, fights in a super heavyweight bout at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A 6-foot-6 Chinese boxer who won the super heavyweight silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will make his professional debut in August.

Zhang Zhilei will fight in the heavyweight bout Aug. 8 in Fallon, Nevada, on a card televised by ESPN. His opponent has not been determined.

The Beijing Games also started Aug. 8. The number eight represents good luck in Chinese, and Zhang's friends have asked if that's the reason he's making his pro debut then. Zhang laughs at that notion. He says it's ''just the luck of the schedule.''

Zhang is promoted by Dino Duva's Dynasty Boxing. He has former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield as an adviser. Says Holyfield: ''I can't make him a champion. He's got to want to be a champion.''

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