Chapter 370: Best New Fighter of the Year
Michael Buffay took to the stage as the host of the live award ceremony.
First up was the award for the best boxing tournament of the year.
Michael Buffel's high-pitched and deep voice rang out on the stage, "Ladies! Gentlemen! Welcome Mr. Holyfield and coach Mr. Turner to the stage to receive Boxing Magazine's Boxing Fight of the Year award! “
The bald-headed Holyfield and his coach Turner happily took the stage to accept the award, and the audience also applauded, and even many heavyweight fighters who had fought with Holyfield were applauding Holyfield, such as Riddick Bow and others.
There were a lot of exciting fights that took place this year, but the fight between Holyfield and Tyson deserved to be the best boxing match of the year.
Immediately afterwards, it was the award for the best fighter of the year, and it was Holyfield who won this award, naturally with a wonderful performance in a fight with Tyson.
Joe Fraser, the former famous American heavyweight champion and the first fighter to defeat Ali, took the stage to present Holyfield with the Fighter of the Year award.
The audience burst into applause again, and almost all the boxing people present applauded Holyfield and congratulated him on his achievement.
Only a handful of guests were indifferent, or didn't want to applaud Holyfield at all, including Mike Tyson, of course.
Although Mike Tyson lost the game, he was completely dissatisfied with Holyfield, and Holyfield hit Tyson with his bald head many times in the two-game game, which made Tyson very depressed, and thought that Holyfield's victory was largely based on marginal technology, and it can also be said that Mike Tyson thought that he did not lose to Holyfield at all.
After Holyfield received the award of Fighter of the Year, at the request of host Michael Buffel, he did not leave the stage, and host Michael Bufffield immediately announced the start of the next important award, the Best New Fighter of the Year award.
Michael Buffel's high-pitched and deep voice resounded in the audience again, "Ladies! Gentlemen! The award presented below will be another heavyweight boxer award, the best new fighter of the year. ”
"Since many of the best amateur boxers have entered the professional world since the Atlanta Olympics, the competition for this year's Young Fighter of the Year is very motivating. In the end, Wang Hao, a double Olympic and World Champion from China, won the honor of the best new fighter of the year by defeating Chavez and Camacho in a row to win the WBA and WBO belts after landing in the super lightweight division this year! “
"Let's welcome, Mr. Wang Hao, the best new boxer of the year, to receive the award!" Michael Bufffield concluded.
Wang Hao previously learned that according to the convention, boxing magazines give two awards to fighters every year, and the best boxer of the year and the best new talent of the year are presented together.
So when Wang Hao saw Holyfield take the stage to receive the Fighter of the Year award, Wang Hao was ready to take the stage.
When the host Michael Buffae announced that Wang Hao would come to the stage to accept the award, Wang Hao immediately got up, first turned around and raised his hand to salute the guests, and then walked onto the stage.
When Wang Hao stepped onto the awards stage, there was warm applause again, much louder than Holyfield's previous stage.
"Not bad!"
"Young and promising!"
On stage, Lewis, Roy Jones Jr. and others applauded and spoke out.
Excellent boxers from Asia are rare, and so far, in the history of professional boxing, no Asian boxer has won the best boxer of the year or the best new boxer of the year, Wang Hao has made history, and Wang Hao is still so young, which makes these big names in the field really impressed by Wang Hao.
Even Tyson, who was depressed when he saw Holyfield on stage, showed a rare smile at this time, and applauded Wang Hao with everyone.
Joe Fraser presented Holyfield with the Best Fighter award, while another heavyweight legend, George Foreman, presented Wang Hao with the Best New Striker award.
It's a palm-sized gold trophy with the word "thering" from boxing magazines on it.
George Foreman handed the trophy to Wang Hao with a smile on his face, and shook hands with Wang Hao warmly.
Wang Hao was also very happy to receive the trophy, and he shook hands with George Foreman tightly.
George Foreman is one of Wang Hao's favorite heavyweight fighters in his last life, and the organizers arranged for George Foreman to present Wang Hao with an award, so that Wang Hao's already 100 good mood was upgraded to 120 points.
Boxing Magazine's Best Fighter Awards are two a year, one Fighter of the Year and one New Talent of the Year, and the fighters who receive the awards will naturally be invited to speak.
The first to be invited to speak was Holyfield, who won the Fighter of the Year.
Michael Bufffield said: "Mr. Holyfield, congratulations on winning this year's Boxing Magazine Best Fighter and Best Boxing Tournament awards. “
Holyfield said: "Very happy! For the first time in my career, I won both awards with a major fight this year, and I am very grateful to Boxing Magazine and everyone who cares about the sport. In addition, I saw that Mr. Wang Hao, who won the Best New Fighter of the Year with me today, is such a young fighter from Asia, which made me feel extra surprised, and I feel very good! “
Obviously, Holyfield was also surprised by Wang Hao's identity as an Asian boxer and such a young age, and when he expressed his feelings, he couldn't help but pick up Wang Hao.
Now it's Wang Hao's turn to deliver his acceptance speech.
Michael Buffay walked up to Wang Hao and said, "Mr. Wang Hao! First of all, congratulations on winning Boxing Magazine's New Talent of the Year! I think you have also seen that your arrival and award have attracted a lot of attention from people in the boxing world at the scene. This is excellent thing! What do you have to say? “
Wang Hao said: "Very happy! I won the Boxing Magazine Best Talent of the Year Award, before winning the award, because it was the first year after the Olympics, I knew that the competition for this award was very fierce, but I finally got it, thanks to the Boxing Magazine and the majority of boxing people for their recognition of me, I will go along the path that has been blazed and create greater results! ”
Wang Hao didn't speak for a long time, but after he finished speaking, there was warm applause again under the stage.
George Foreman, who was standing next to Wang Hao, also applauded warmly and said, "Come on!" We look forward to seeing you on the podium again in boxing magazine! ”
Immediately afterwards, awards such as the best coach of the year and the best agent of the year were also presented on the spot.
After the award ceremony of New York Boxing Magazine, Wang Hao almost did not stay, and immediately returned to Big Bear Mountain to continue to prepare for Hernandez, and a month passed very quickly, and Wang Hao's first title defense after winning the WBA boxing title was about to start.