Chapter 540: Two Cushion Matches
After the pop artists invited by the organizers sang a song, tonight's competition officially began.
Wang Hao and Camppass's first main event was preceded by four mat bouts, the first of which was an eight-round no-title bout in the light heavyweight division, in which both fighters were Americans, a white fighter from Arizona in red shorts and a black fighter from Texas in blue shorts.
Although neither of them has ever won any title in professional boxing in the past, but their current professional record is okay.
The black fighter has won nine of his eleven professional fights, lost two, and six of those victories have come by knockout.
The white fighter's professional record is not much different from that of a black fighter from Texas, with nine professional fights, eight of which were victories and one loss, with five knockouts winning.
The physical conditions of the two fighters are also relatively similar.
Among them, the black boxer is 1.81 meters tall and weighs 78.5 kilograms, while the white boxer in red shorts weighs 1.79 meters and weighs 79 kilograms.
The black fighter is slightly taller but slightly worse in weight, and although there is not much difference in height and weight between the two, the difference in arm span is somewhat noticeable.
A black boxer with a height of 1.81 meters has an arm span of 1.90 meters, which is a typical long arm span boxer, while a white boxer with a height of 1.79 meters has an arm span of only 1.80 meters, which is a full ten centimeters shorter than the arm span of a black boxer, which is an obvious disadvantage for white boxers.
The fighters from both sides soon made their way to the ring, and with the sound of a "ding" bell, the first round of the two's fight began.
Starting in the first round, the white fighter seemed confident in his power. The first attack, as soon as he came up, he closed the distance and launched a stormy attack on the black fighter in the blue shorts, and the heavy punches of his left and right hands smashed into the black fighter as if it didn't take any effort.
The black boxer didn't expect the white boxer to launch this kind of high-intensity attack as soon as he came up, and the black boxer's rhythm was not fully up, so he hurriedly threw a jab and a backhand to try to control the white boxer's attack, but it was not very successful.
Although the black boxer hit two or three jabs and back hands of the white boxer, the white boxer's ability to resist the blow is also good, and these punches of the black boxer did not affect the state of the white boxer, allowing the white boxer who closed the distance to play a lot of attacks.
The white boxer stormed out heavy punches at medium and close range, and the black boxer tried his best to fight back, but the black boxer was slow to enter the state and the rhythm of punching at medium and close range was not as fast as the white boxer, and after receiving a few solid punches from the white boxer, the black boxer hugged the white boxer at the right time.
After the referee separated the two, the white fighter continued to unleash onslaught at the black fighter with the intent of a quick victory.
After receiving a few heavier blows in the sparring, the black fighter hugged the white fighter again.
After the referee separated the two again in the ring, the white fighter continued to attack the black fighter.
For most of the first round, the white fighters were in the active position of the attack, but the black fighters were more effective in their responses, and the white fighters were still a little less powerful when they wanted to finish the black fighters, although the attacks were ferocious.
And in the last half minute of the first round, the white fighters who were too strong at the beginning were a little unable to maintain such a fast pace of attack, and the rhythm slowed down, and even the black fighters began to kick up and hit a few very good attacks.
Bite!
The first round of the fight between the two was over, and the white fighter should have won the first round on points, but it didn't achieve the goal of destroying or knocking out the black fighter.
At the beginning of the second round, the white fighters who had a one-minute break continued to play fast-paced attacks, but this time the intensity of the attack was significantly less intense than in the first round, although at the beginning of the second round, the white fighters still landed a few clear punches from the black fighters, and at one point the black fighters staggered.
But the white fighter in the red shorts still couldn't take down the black fighter, and after a minute of the second round, the white fighter ran out of strength and couldn't maintain the rhythm of the attack, and the black boxer began to play counterattacks and attacks at his own pace, and the white boxer defended more.
Soon, the second round of the fight was over, and the white fighter still won the second round on points, but the lead was not by much.
From the third round to the fifth, the white fighter only landed aggressive offenses in the first minute of the round, and soon slowed down due to physical exhaustion.
From the third round to the fifth, the black fighters began to gain a points advantage, and by the time the sixth round was over, the two fighters were basically tied at 3-3 in the first three rounds.
The bout entered the seventh round, in which the white fighters' fitness seemed to be in serious trouble, and the fights were a little unable to lift.
The black fighter seized the opportunity and landed three heavy combos that hit the white fighter in the head and jaw in quick succession, knocking the white fighter down. Ground floor
After the referee counted the seconds on the field, the white boxer who stood up did not seem to fully recover, although he tried his best to defend, but was knocked down by the black boxer again, and the referee on the court saw this and directly terminated the game.
The black fighter from Texas, with a good distribution of physical strength in the game, won the bout.
After the first mat bout, the second mat bout was followed by an eight-round welterweight bout.
The two boxers, one in blue shorts, is a native American boxer from North Carolina, and the other is a boxer from Poland in Central Europe, wearing yellow shorts.
The North Carolina fighter, who is in Chinese New Year's Eve and eight, has fought 43 fights in his career, winning 30 fights and losing 13 fights, with 19 wins coming by knockout.
The boxer from Poland is very young, only 21 years old this year, and has a professional record of winning all six fights, including five knockouts.
This is a duel between an experienced veteran fighter and a new generation of fighters with good strength.
Although American boxers are close to forty years old, and the winning rate of professional records does not seem to be high, you must know that for most professional boxers, there are more losses and fewer wins, but most of the fights that fans see are boxing championship-level matches, and boxers generally win the majority and lose very few fights.
So, the American fighter, despite losing thirteen fights, still maintains a win rate of more than two-thirds overall, making him the top of the welterweight division.
The boxer from Poland, although the current professional record is still a complete victory, but due to the number of fights is too small, the level of strength is not yet visible, and the American fighter in this game is the touchstone of the Polish boxer.
Bite!
With a bell, the first round of the duo began.
From the beginning of the first round, the Polish fighter took the initiative to attack and played more aggressively, while the American fighter in blue shorts was mainly playing defensive counterattacks, apparently to avoid exerting his physical strength too quickly.
In the first round, the two men scored points against each other, but neither of them performed beautifully, and the two fighters played more tentative attacks, hitting single punches, and rarely hitting each other in combination boxing, but overall, the young Polish fighter in the yellow shorts had a slight advantage in points due to his more aggressive play.
At the beginning of the second round, the Polish fighters stepped up their attacks, but the American fighters also played a lot of good counterattacks, and seized the opportunity a few times, and played a series of combination punches, which had a good effect, reflecting the rich experience of the American fighters in the competition.
From the third round to the sixth round, the two fighters continued this state, although the Polish fighters played more aggressively, but in the face of experienced American fighters, the Polish fighters did not have many opportunities, but were occasionally hit by the American fighters to defend and counterattack heavy blows, these four rounds, the two fighters should have won two rounds each.
At the beginning of the seventh round, the older American seemed to be starting to have physical problems, his punches were a little slower and his reflexes were a little slower, but the Polish was still in sharp form and seized the opportunity, withstanding a forehand from the American fighter and a backhand hook to knock out the American with a backhand swing.
The American fighter took the seconds in the ring and got back to his feet, continuing the fight and holding on for the seventh round.
But by the eighth round, the American fighter still hadn't recovered his fitness, which may have been the reason for the heavy blow in the seventh round, and the speed and reaction of the punches were even slower than in the seventh round.
In the final round, the Polish didn't save his strength either, seizing the opportunity to land a heavy right backhand punch to the American man's chin and nearly knock him out.
He then forced his opponent to the edge of the rope, and under a series of punch combinations, the black fighter gradually lost his reaction, and received several punches in a row, and finally the match was directly terminated by the referee on the court.
In the second mat match, the Polish boxer knocked out the American fighter in the eighth round to win the match.
After the second mat bout, it will be followed by the third mat bout of the evening, the IBF bantamweight World Championship.
Although the first two fights were also exciting, due to the low standard of the fight, the fighters were not famous enough to make the fans feel the excitement.
When the second game was over and the third game was about to start, many spectators at the scene also made anticipatory discussions.
"After the third mat match, it will be the match between Wang Hao and Campas, I can't wait!" A spectator from Germany said eagerly.
"Even though the third bout is a World Title match, I still hope that the third bout will end sooner rather than later." A fan from Australia.