Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Zou Shiming so na asọmpi ịkụ ọkpọ amateur mbụ ya na 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships wee merie ọlaọcha, na-efunahụ Noman Karim na njedebe ma na-eru eru maka 2004 Summer Olympics. Na 2004 Summer Olympics, o meriri asọmpi mbụ ya site na imeri Rau'shee Warren na agba nke 32. Ọ tụfuru onye mmeri Yan Bartelemí na ọkara ikpeazu ma mechaa merie ọla nchara. Zou meriri asọmpi World Amateur Boxing Championship nke afọ 2005 site na imeri Pál Bedák na ngwụcha, wee bụrụ onye ọkpọ ọkpọ mbụ nke China meriri asọmpi ahụ. Na
2006 Egwuregwu Asia, Zou meriri ọla edo site na imeri Suban Pannon 21-1 na egwuregwu ikpeazụ. Ọ kwughachiri mmeri ya site na 2005 na 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, na-eti David Ayrapetyan na mbido asọmpi ahụ na Harry Tanamor na njedebe; agbanyeghị, Zou ga-enwerịrị ọla ọcha na 2007 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, na-efunahụ na njedebe megide Pürevdorjiin Serdamba.