Zou Shiming to make a return after Macau loss

Zou Shiming pictured in Macau

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming is preparing to make his return to the ring on January 30 in Shanghai to fight for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) international flyweight title.
34-year-old Zou will partake in his first fight since losing to the Thai Amnat Ruenroeng in Macau last March for the Thai’s IBF flyweight title. This time the Chinese boxer will face the yet-to-be defeated 21-year-old Brazilian Natan Coutinho.
“I will be ready for my next opponent. I have worked hard to get back into shape and I can’t wait to return to the ring,” Zou said to Hong Kong’s SCMP.
The boxer, trained by the world-famous Freddie Roach and promoted by Top Rank’s Bob Arum has been in training since last September, readying himself for the fight that will mark his professional debut in mainland China.
Shiming took a break from his boxing career after his defeat by Ruenroeng at the Venetian Cotai Arena when he was presented with an opportunity to play a role in a mainland Chinese reality TV show. For the boxer, this was an opportunity to return to his acting career that started back in 2014 when he took part in the blockbuster movie “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”
When Zou enters the ring in Shanghai at the end of this month, he will be searching to reclaim the title he won in July 2014 in the “Champions of Gold” event in Macau, when he beat Colombia’s Luis De La Rosa unanimously after a ten round fight. The task does not appear to be an easy one, as Coutinho presents a clean record of (12-0-0) with 10 of the 12 wins being achieved by KO. RM