Chinese Amateur Boxing Legend Turns Professional

Two-time Olympic champion and three-time world amateur champion boxer, Zou Shiming has turned professional, having signed a deal with US promotion company Top Rank.

“Zou is an incredible talent who is beloved in China,” Top Rank Chairman, Bob Arum, said. “We will make every effort to make certain that he has a spectacular career as a professional.”

Zou won Olympic light flyweight gold at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics after taking a bronze in Athens in 2004. He won world amateur titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011.

Zou became China’s first Olympic boxing medalist, first world amateur boxing champion and first Olympic boxing champion.

31-year-old Zou is set to make his pro debut April 6 in Macau.{jcomments on}