Chapter 425: The Third Game
In the ring, one of the two hosts scheduled by the organizers of tonight's event, the younger one, a handsome young Arab with a beard, announced the third bout.
"First of all! Challenger Karzag, the current World Boxing Council WBC Super Featherweight No. 9 ranked British fighter, is here! ”
The lights changed, and the lights in most parts of the Riyadh stadium dimmed or disappeared, except for the entrance to the Fighters' Passage, where British fighter Karzag walked out.
Wang Hao was also in the lounge, doing preparations while watching the British fighter Karzag enter.
British fighter Karzag is a slender white fighter with strong muscles and not much fat.
The image of the British boxer Karzag reminded Wang Hao of a famous British boxer Karzag later.
Karzagh is also a white British boxer, but in a much heavier weight class than the British fighter Karzag who played tonight, Karzagh is a natural super-middleweight boxer who has even played in the light heavyweight division later.
Karzahe's first decade in the 21st century was notable for his victories over "The Executioner" Hopkins in the super-middleweight division, Roy Jones Jr. in the light heavyweight division, and retiring undefeated in 46 fights in his career.
It's just that when Karzahe defeated Roy Jones Jr., the latter had already stepped down from the altar, and Hopkins, whom Karzahe defeated, was indeed at the peak level.
Wang Hao knows that because his goal in the future is to dominate the pan-middleweight division, he will inevitably meet Hopkins, who has defended his middleweight title 21 times in a row, and the latter is a ruthless man who has defeated Trinidad and de la Hoya in the middleweight division.
And the Karzaga who defeated Hopkins can undoubtedly provide Wang Hao with a blueprint for defeating Hopkins, Wang Hao will study Karzahe's style of play in the future, which is an important but not urgent matter, because the lowest level of the tall Hopkins is middleweight, and Wang Hao's current level is separated by welterweight and super welterweight, these two levels are the world of the four small kings of middleweight.
Seeing the British boxer Karzag reminded Wang Hao of the undefeated boxer Karzag who defeated Hopkins, this is an episode caused by accident in Wang Hao's heart, Wang Hao knows that although the British boxer Karzag who is about to fight is similar to Karzag, his strength and fame are too far behind, and his weight is far from the same level.
Wang Hao knew that British fighter Karzag would not be able to defeat Barrera, but it would take for Barrera to solve the problem of the match.
Barella's first defeat came in the following years, to Morales "The Terrorist", who was also a Mexican trio.
After all, Barrera and Morales, among the Mexican Three Musketeers, were so invincible in the late nineties and early twenty-first centuries that they were the only ones who could defeat them.
Prior to Pacquiao's rise, Barella and Morales were the absolute kings of the pan featherweight division, with Barrera's first career loss coming to Morales on points, while Morales' first career loss was a points loss to Barella in the rematch between the two.
The Mexican trio's domination of the pan featherweight division was only ended after Pacquiao's appearance.
Today's mat match between Wang Hao and Costazou was supposed to have a match with Morales, which was the first match for Morales to be promoted to super lightweight, but due to Morales's shoulder injury in training shortly before the fight, the match schedule was temporarily adjusted, and Barella, who has equal influence, replaced Morales to defend the title, to meet the needs of some fans who love the Mexican boxing style.
British boxer Karzag followed the rhythm of the music on the scene, accompanied by the coaching team, entered, there were some fans from the United Kingdom, at this time, seeing the appearance of the British boxer Karzag, it was also very excited, and became more fanatical, they all stood up, shouted loudly, cheering for the British boxer Karzag.
At this time, the introduction of the host at the scene also continued, "British boxer Karzag, who currently has a professional record of 31 fights, 25 wins, five defeats, and one resultless, is currently a mandatory challenger for the WBC super featherweight title. ”
After Britain's Karzag entered, reigning WBC super featherweight champion Mexican fighter "Babyface Assassin" Barrera stepped in.
Although he is younger and has been in the professional boxing scene for a shorter time, Barrera's influence in the professional boxing world is obviously far stronger than that of the British fighter Karzag, which can be seen from the applause of the audience when the fighter came out.
When British fighter Karzag came out, it was basically only the British fans who welcomed him warmly, and when Barrera came out, almost half of the audience stood up and applauded the young Mexican tough guy.
"Barrera, the current WBC super featherweight champion, currently has a professional record of winning 24 fights, including 21 knockouts." The young Al Jazeera presenter in the ring continued.
At this time, on the commentary bench under the ring, another slightly older host of Al Jazeera also said: "Wow! From the excited cheers of the audience, you can understand the influence of the young Barrera in the world boxing world, Barrera has become a well-known world boxing star with his strong style of play and super high knockout rate. ”
"Indeed!" De La Hoya on the side also said at this time, "A featherweight fighter, such a small division, such a high knockout rate, is indeed very tough, and he and another Mexican fighter, Morales, have become the banner of Mexican boxing after Chavez." ”
Barrera's coach Rudy was in front, Barrera walked in the middle in a Mexican-inspired green and white jersey, and the rest of Barrera's luxury training team walked behind Barrera, who slowly walked through the tunnel and onto the ring amid the shouts and cheers of the fans.
In Riyadh, Middle East, the third match of King of the Desert Boxing Night, British boxer Karzag challenged the reigning WBC super featherweight boxing champion Barrera, and it began immediately.
After the tall and thin referee from South Africa reiterated the precautions of the match to the two fighters, the two fighters punched each other, and the third match officially began.
Barrera is a typical Mexican boxing style, advocating offense and attacking non-stop, while British boxer Karzag is not a Mexican style of fighting, but his style of play is also tough, not conservative, and not obscene.
Therefore, in the first ten seconds of the game, after a simple trial, the two immediately launched a confrontation.
Although Barrera is not the fastest group of fighters in the super featherweight division, he is still a boxer with flexible pace and fast movement, and the offensive and defensive transitions are very fast, especially compared to Barrera's opponent British boxer Karzag, Barrera's movement speed and offensive and defensive conversion are indeed fast, but the speed of the two punches is comparable, when standing still, the speed of the first two or three punches Barrera is faster than that of the British boxer Karzag, but the British boxer Karzag will fight faster and faster, even exceeding Barrera's punching speed.
The two fought fiercely in the first round, relying on the advantage of pace and movement, Barrera hit a lot of punches from British fighter Karzag, but the latter is also a solid and experienced fighter, made a lot of defensive moves, so that Barrera's attack was not very effective, and relied on his good resistance to fight, dared to fight against Barrera, and also hit Barrera with some heavy punches.
The first round was over, and judging from the state of the first round, both fighters dared to go head-to-head, and the defensive and offensive skills were quite delicate, but overall, Barrera moved more flexibly and hit a little more, and should have won the first round.
From the second round to the fourth, the two fighters basically continued the style of the first round, with a few minor adjustments.
In the second round, Barella landed more punches from the British fighter Karzag, and although he didn't knock out the British Karzag, he still won the bout by a clear point advantage.
In the third round, the British fighter Karzag was a little more eye-catching, hitting Barrera with a few good backhand straight punches, but Barrera took it all, but overall, in this round, Barrera was not as strong as the first two rounds, and the fight was a little more backward, while the British boxer Karzag played more attacks, and the British boxer Karzag should have won the third round.
At the beginning of the fourth round, Barrera strengthened his attack again, and the British boxer Karzag who advanced to attack stood still, and the two set off a fierce battle several times in the middle distance, and each other had heavy punches, at first the two were evenly matched, but in the last half minute of the fourth round, it may be that the British boxer Karzag took too many punches, or it may be that he was not physically fit enough, and gradually fell to the disadvantage, and began to retreat in the confrontation and made more defenses.
In the fifth and sixth rounds, Barrera came out stronger, and Barrera seemed to have an inexhaustible stamina, raining down straight and uppercuts from his left and right hands to British fighter Karzag, who was overwhelmed for a while.
Although the British boxer Karzag is also trying his best to find opportunities to contain Barrera's attack, and wants to play a powerful counterattack to hurt Barrera, but after several heavy punches to Barrera, the latter is almost unaffected, and immediately returned the color, continuing to exert more powerful offensive pressure on British boxer Karzag.
In the fifth round, Barella took a large lead on points.
In the final minute of round six, Barrera relied on a ferocious right hook to knock out British fighter Karzag for the first time in this bout.
Although the British fighter Karzag stood up in the referee's countdown, continued to enter the match, and held on to the end of the round, most of the audience at the scene could see that the British boxer Karzag's decline was already showing and he may be on the verge of collapse.
"The British fighter is gone!" In the audience, a local Saudi spectator said.
"The confrontation ability and physical fitness are obviously inferior to Barrera!" Another viewer from Oman in the Middle East.
In the VIP seat closest to the ring, there is a central position, which is separately demarcated, and the seats are far wider than the ordinary seats, where there are forty or fifty spectators with prominent status and wearing Saudi national costumes, and the most central two are the kings of the desert boxing night tonight, who are also the parties to the billion-dollar gambling contract, Aldeman Abdul, the sixth-order heir to the Saudi throne, and the prince of the United Arab Emirates, one of the seven emirates, Prince Saihamed Mohammed of the Emirate of Sharjah.
As the bout progressed to a climax tonight, the two men were looking forward to their final bout while enjoying the action in the ring at the moment.
"Looks like Barella is going to win this game soon!" Sahamed Mohammed to Aldeman Abduldao.
"Well, I guess it's only two rounds in the next two rounds!" Alderman Abdul is also the Tao.
Although the two have a beloved Wang Hao and a beloved Costazur, and are locked in a fierce dispute over who will win the ultra-lightweight unification fight, for other famous fighters, the two are far less fond of them than Wang Hao and Costazul, so the two can still evaluate the fights of other fighters more objectively, such as Barrera's fight.
After a one-minute break, Barrera's bout with British fighter Karzag entered the seventh round, and at the beginning of the round, Barrera continued to unleash wild strikes against British fighter Karzag.
In this match, Barrera didn't want to rely on points to win the match, especially with so many spectators following tonight's match, Barrera wanted to win the match beautifully, and was expected to finish the British fighter Karzag in six rounds, but he didn't expect the British fighter Karzag to be tenacious.
Barella will have to step up his offensive and try to finish Briton Karzag as soon as possible.
In this round, British fighter Karzag also changed some of his strategy, and he made more defensive moves such as shaking, clenching fists, and more back-stepping.
In this round, Barrera once knocked British fighter Karzag to the ground on one knee, but he was still unable to finish his opponent who was stubborn and resistant to strikes, and British fighter Karzag held on until the end of the seventh round.
After a one-minute break, the duo's eighth-round bout began.
In this round, Barrera's offense continued unabated, with a series of heavy punches hitting British fighter Karzag, and when Barrera landed a right hook to the left side of the face of British fighter Karzag, who was on the verge of collapse, the British coach's coach threw a white towel into the ring.
Seeing this, the referee hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the British boxer Karzag, while signaling the end of the match.
Barrera's match with British fighter Karzag ended with Barrera's eighth-round technical knockout of British fighter Karzag, and tonight's third fight is over.