Zou eyes 'Shiming dynasty' in the boxing ring

[WorldNews]

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Double Olympic gold medallist Zou Shiming is aiming to put China on the world professional boxing map and start a "Shiming dynasty" when he fights Thailand's Amnat Ruenroeng for his first world title in Macau on Saturday. The softly-spoken three times amateur world champion said he will put aside his long-standing friendship with International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title holder Amnat once they step in the ring at Cotai Arena as Zou targets his first global crown in the pro game. China has only once before had a world champion outside of the amateur ring, and that was at the little recognised WBC "minimum weight" (light flyweight) category which Xiong Zhaozhong won in 2012 and defended twice.

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