After Wang's speech, boxing magazine's annual host Michael Buffay also invited Wang's opponent for the knockout of the year, former WBC and IBF super-lightweight champion Costa Zu, to take the stage.

Wang Hao didn't expect Costa Zu to be arranged to take the stage at today's award ceremony, because this is not in line with the norm, but after a little thought, Wang Hao also understood, Wang Hao smiled and watched Costa Zu slowly walk to the podium.

The other boxers who were sitting upright at the scene saw Costa Zu walking into the ring, and many of them showed some surprised or confused expressions on their faces.

Boxing magazine's Best Fights of the Year and Best KOs, although they are for a certain fight, are generally sure to reward the victorious fighters, while the losers will naturally not have any rewards, and generally will not be invited to the award ceremony for the winning fighters, and as a loser, they will generally not be willing to participate in the ceremony to award the winners.

It's just the glory of the winners, and for the losers, it's just a symbol of defeat and shame.

Therefore, many boxers at the scene were very surprised that Costa Zu was going to take the stage at Wang Hao's award ceremony, which was not in line with common sense, and in their impressions, in the history of boxing magazines, there was no precedent for inviting losers to attend the award ceremony.

Although the arrival of Costa Zu has long been seen at the scene, everyone thinks that Costa Zu was only invited as a guest of view, because although Costa Zu is not the holder of the title of the World Boxing Champion now, he is still a very famous fighter with great influence, and it is not surprising that he was invited to participate in the annual meeting of boxing magazines, but everyone did not expect that Costa Zu would participate in Wang Hao's award for the best KO of the year.

However, some coaches and fighters who are very concerned about the news in the boxing industry are quick to understand something.

The head coach of David Red, the current super welterweight champion, said to David Red, who was sitting next to him: "Wang Hao and Costa Zu should have a rematch soon!" ”

"I see!" David Reid suddenly realized, he, like most people, was a little strange at the sudden appearance of Costa Zu at Wang Hao's award ceremony, because very few losers also participated in the award ceremony, and the head coach's words made David Red understand.

Professional boxing is not only a competitive sport, but also a business, for the business of professional boxing, without an audience, everything is meaningless, and one of the common ways to attract the audience is to hype, and let the two fighters who are opponents of the competition appear in a program or publicity scene at the same time, which is a common way to hype up the game.

However, after a little thought, David Red still frowned and asked, "But Wang Hao has already defeated Costa Zu in the form of KO, and the result of the match is still quite different, is it necessary to arrange a rematch between the two?" “

David Red's head coach laughed and said, "You've been focusing on training lately, and you haven't heard of some of the latest fights happening in other divisions, but another famous American fighter in the super lightweight division has fought Wang Hao and Costa Zu once in recent months, and they both ended up losing, and they were knocked out in three rounds. “

"A lot of fans watched these two fights. The rematch between Wang Hao and Costa Zu has a certain market in itself, and in the last two fights, Wang Hao and Costa Zu have performed similarly against their common opponent Yodah, so fans, especially Costa Zu, have high expectations for the rematch between Wang Hao and Kosta Zu. “

David Reid's head coach continued.

"Of course, the rematch between Wang Hao and Costa Zu won't be as sensational as the one-time match, but it's still going to be a high-profile matchup. Being able to sell out tickets to the Grand Stadium and bring a very good income to the organizers and agents, so at least from the point of view of the agents and broadcast companies, there is a strong desire to match this game. And Costa Zu himself should be very eager to match this match as soon as possible, after all, Wang Hao is about to be promoted to welterweight, and Costa Zu will not have a chance to rematch with Wang Hao if he does not get a chance to fight Wang Hao again. "David Red's head coach is well-informed and looks at things more comprehensively, and explains the reasons for this to David Red.

Hearing what the manager said, David Rader came to his senses and nodded.

From the head coach's description, David Reid also heard that the rematch between Wang Hao and Costa Zu should be mainly due to Costa Zu's team's shaving head.

It is true that Wang Hao has already defeated Costa Zu cleanly once, and he does not need to rely on World War II to prove himself again, but Costa Zu can only correct his name and wash away the shame of the last game through a rematch with Wang Hao.

Thinking about it, David Rader can already understand why Costa Zu appeared at Wang Hao's award ceremony.

At this time, Costa Zu had already walked on the podium, and after he walked on the stage, he first shook hands with Wang Hao, de la Hoya and host Michael Buffel in turn, and then stood next to Michael Buffel.

Michael Buffay asked with a smile, "Welcome, Mr. Costa Zu, and congratulations on your recent extraordinary victory over Yudah, who is known as the super-lightweight rising star. I think a lot of people here will be curious about your appearance on the podium today. Tell us a little bit about your intentions for the podium? And how do you feel about today's awards? “

Costa Zu nodded, took the microphone from Michael Bufffield's hand, and said with a smile on his face, "First of all, I would like to congratulate the two great fighters on the podium, De La Hoya and Wang Hao, for winning the best fight and best knockout awards this year. Congratulations to Mr. Wang Hao, for his glory is largely derived from me. “

Hearing this, many people at the scene also burst into laughter, and couldn't help but applaud.

Wang Hao also shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Before the fight against Wang Hao, I was the super lightweight champion of the WBC and IBF boxing organizations, but against Wang Hao, I lost those honors. In the past year, I have been thinking about revenge all the time, and I came to the scene today to challenge Wang Hao, I want to fight Wang Hao and get back all my glory. ”

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Costa Zu's words fell, and the scene also resounded with bright applause.

"Wow!" After the applause at the scene was a little quieter, the host Michael Buffy also asked Wang Hao, "Mr. Wang Hao, Costa Zu has challenged you, hoping to fight you, and you know that Costa Zu just played a wonderful match, he defeated Yudah very crisply, using almost the same number of rounds as you." Costa Zu should be eligible for a chance to fight you in World War II, please give me a statement! ”

Wang Hao took the microphone and said with a smile: "Indeed, since the end of my fight with Costa Zu, there have been a lot of expectations, hoping that I will have a rematch with Costa Zu, and this fight has always been in the consideration of me and my team, but frankly, I have a lot of fights to play, there is always a priority, I prefer to face new opponents, opponents who have not failed, like Yudach and Diaz, and fighters like Morales." ”

"I watched the Kosta Zu and Yodah fight, and Kosta Zu did a pretty good job, he did something similar to me, he destroyed Yodah with precise punches, and it was a great fight. But that wasn't enough for my team and I to decide on a rematch with Kosta Zu anytime soon. ”

"The reason is very simple, the situation is completely different now than it was a year ago, I'm the super lightweight big four boxing champions, I have four belts, and a rematch with Costa Zu, although it's also on our radar, but Kosta Zu needs to wait, and when our team thinks this fight can be done, we can fight! Kosta Zu needs to wait for his chance to play against me. Wang Hao finished his opinion, and then handed the microphone back to the host Michael Bufffield.

Everyone in the guest seat had already heard very clearly from Wang Hao's answer, although the rematch between Wang Hao and Costa Zu was within the scope of consideration of Wang Hao and Wang Hao's team, but the priority was not high, and Costa Zu would need to wait if he insisted on a rematch with Wang Hao.

The boxing people at the scene are still looking forward to the match between Wang Hao and Costa Zu, so when Wang Hao answered that this match needs to wait, most of the people on the scene still felt a little disappointed, but they can also understand, because Wang Hao is now the boxing champion of the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations after all, and the rematch with Costa Zu is bound to not be dominated by Costa Zu, and Wang Hao is the deciding party of the rematch, because the rematch between Wang Hao and Costa Zu is not the same for Costa Zu. The significance of the ancestor is far greater than the significance to Wang Hao.

This fight is even meaningless for Wang Hao, who has been promoted to welterweight, and Wang Hao has a lot of more meaningful fights to play, whether it is a match with Fernando Vargas, or a match with De La Hoya, or even a match with Quatai and Forrester, it means more to Wang Hao than a rematch with Costa Zu.

The most disappointed by Wang's answer was undoubtedly Costa Zu and his team, who were on the podium with a very depressed expression on his face after hearing Wang's answer.

Costa Zu and Kosta Zu's team originally wanted to take advantage of Kosta Zu's sharp defeat of Yudah and tonight's award opportunity to pull up the momentum for their rematch with Wang Hao, and to better facilitate this match.

But now it seems that although the momentum of this match is there, Wang Hao still does not buy it, for Costa Zu, it is very difficult to make this fight happen in a short period of time, and once Wang Hao is promoted to welterweight, if he gives up all the belts in the ultra-lightweight division and does not return to the super lightweight competition, Costa Zu will almost permanently lose the opportunity to revenge Wang Hao.

Kosta, who is physically best suited to ultra-lightweight, never thought about moving up to welterweight.

Supporter Michael Buffay naturally saw Costa Zu's loss, and after a brief chat, he asked Costa Zu to leave.

At the end of the Fight of the Year and Best Knockout awards, Michael Buffay invited award presenters Hagler and Duran, two former middleweight four-day kings of the 80s, to share their thoughts on the awards.

"It's a great honor to be on the podium today in boxing magazine to present the award to Mr. Wang Hao, who won the knockout of the year in boxing magazine. “

Duran continued: "I paid attention to Mr. Wang Hao when he was still playing in the Olympic Games, and at that time, I felt that if Mr. Wang Hao landed in professional boxing, he would achieve extraordinary results, and all this has come true today. Wang Hao is always able to destroy his opponents in the ring, and he is the type of fighter I admire and love the most. I am very honored to be able to present Mr. Wang Hao with this award today, and I wish Mr. Wang Hao further and further on the road of professional boxing. “

After the speeches of Hagler and Duran, the audience once again burst into warm applause.

At this time, Wang Hao, who won the knockout of the year, and Dela Hoya, who won the best boxing match of the year, were also ready to leave the podium and return to the audience.

De La Hoya was the first to walk off the podium, followed by Hagler and Duran, and when Wang Hao wanted to leave after de La Hoya, host Michael Buffaffier stopped Wang Hao.

Michael Buffay smiled and said, "Dear Mr. 'Dragon Fist', you can't leave yet, the next award stage needs your participation." ”

Need my participation in the next awards event?

Michael Buffard's words made Wang Hao feel a little puzzled, because if Wang Hao was needed to be the guest of honor, the organizer would notify Wang Hao first, at least which award would be awarded, but apparently Wang Hao did not receive such a notice.

In Wang Hao's doubts, the host Michael Buffaffier was full of smiles and continued to announce the next awards, Michael Buffel said: "Next, Fernando Vargas, who won this year's boxing magazine Fighter of the Year, and Hearns, one of the four kings of the former 80s middleweight division, will take the stage. “

To the applause of the audience, current IBF super welterweight champion Fernando Vargas stood up, waved to the crowd, and walked excitedly to the podium.

It turned out that the next award was awarded to Fernando Vargas Fighter of the Year, and Wang Hao now understands why host Michael Buffel deliberately let himself stay.

This organizer is really good at "making the best use of things"!

Wang Hao also shook his head, and said helplessly in his heart.