Runqi Zhou Envisions Career Liftoff After Hot Start With New Team

Runqi Zhou made sure to temper his enthusiasm after his biggest win to date.

The rejuvenated featherweight came up big in an Oct. 26 ninth-round knockout of Ubayd Haider in Nadi, Fiii. Zhou (8-2-1, 3 knockouts) applied relentless pressure before he forced the stoppage at 2:31 of the ninth round.

It second straight win for the 24-year-old Chinese boxer, after he went 0-2-1 in a previous three-fight stretch. However, any thoughts of a celebration were curbed when Haider (10-2, 6 KOs) was carried out on a stretcher.