Zhang anxious to put Joshua on his hit list

Unbeaten Chinese southpaws Zhang Zhilei and Meng Fanlong continued their climb in the world rankings with spectacular first-round knockouts at the Winna-Vegas Casino & Resort in Sloan, Iowa, on the weekend.

In his first bout in 10 months, heavyweight Zhang showed no signs of ring rust and improved to 19-0 with his 15th stoppage - a 90-second obliteration of German veteran Eugen Buchmiller (11-4) to successfully defend his WBO Oriental title.

The 6-foot-6, 255-pound Zhang, who won a silver medal for China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, hurt Buchmiller with the first punch he landed, then continued to batter him with a vicious body assault until the German was counted out by referee Adam Pollack.