Chapter 539: Packed
At the pre-fight press conference, Wang Hao and his weekend opponent, New Yorker "York Boy" Camppass, held their last pre-fight weigh-in, and both weighed in one pass.
After the weighing, the two walked to the rostrum, stared at each other for more than ten seconds, and then faced the media.
Wang Hao raised his right arm, revealing his well-developed biceps, smiling, and showing his strength to the audience.
And Wang Hao's opponent Kampas was naturally not to be outdone, and he also clenched his fists and raised his arms, revealing the two developed biceps muscles of his left and right hands.
The night after tomorrow, still at Madison Square Garden, Wang Haohe will play a high-profile match against Camppass without a title.
Time flies quickly, and at 6 p.m. local time on Saturday in New York, fans who went to Madison Square Garden to watch the fight began to enter, and by half-past six, Madison Square Garden, which can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators, was already full.
Fans from all over the world gathered to watch tonight's fight, and of course the vast majority of them were willing to pay a lot of money to watch the fight live because of Wang.
Most of them are fans of Wang Hao, and today is Wang Hao's first fight in the welterweight division, which makes them very much looking forward to it, and it will be a great treat for them to watch the fight.
Tonight's game officially started at 7 o'clock in the evening, with a total of four games, of which the match between Wang Hao and Camppass was naturally the main game tonight, and it was put to the last game.
Prior to that, there were three mat bouts, an eight-round untitled exhibition bout in the light heavyweight division, followed by an eight-round untitled exhibition bout in the welterweight division, followed by a twelve-round bantamweight challenge for the IBF World Title challenge, in which a boxer from Utah, USA, challenged the IBF's bantamweight world champion, Mexican Austin.
Although tonight's main event, Wang Hao's match with Campas, is a fight without a boxing title, due to Wang Hao's huge influence, the bantamweight IBF World Champion match is dwarfed by Wang Hao's match, and the influence is too far behind.
That's why Austin, the current bantamweight champion in the IBF, and his challengers are willing to play a mat match for Wang Hao's match.
In fact, Austin and the challenger almost begged Wang Hao's agent William to enter the cushion game before Wang Hao's game.
Because the match between Wang Hao and Camppass is too important, and at the same time, there is no boxing title itself, so William and Camppass's agent is bound to find a mat match for Wang Hao and Camppass to match with a boxing title.
Because Wang Hao's influence is so great that he can sell out Madison Square Garden, and he can also get almost all the fans in the world to pay attention to this night's fight, giving Wang Hao a third cushion match is undoubtedly a huge opportunity to increase his influence.
As a result, there are many ordinary boxing champions and their agents at all levels of professional boxing champions today who have contacted William and Kampas' agents, and have fought for themselves to prepare for the match between Wang Hao and Kampas.
Because, only by giving a top boxer with world influence like Wang Hao a mat match, can these ordinary boxing champions get the opportunity to show their faces in front of most world boxing fans, if they perform well, these ordinary boxing champions or challengers even have the opportunity to become boxing stars, and their fame and income may be greatly increased because of this match.
Therefore, ordinary boxing champions at all levels are vying for a third mat match for Wang Hao and Camppass. 、
World boxing champions compete for matches without a boxing title, such a spectacle can only be seen when a top fighter with world influence like Wang Hao competes.
Tonight's game officially started at seven o'clock, but almost all the spectators arrived before half past six, and they were very enthusiastic, and it was clear that they couldn't wait for tonight's game.
In the audience, a fan from Canada was so excited that he said to a local New York fan he didn't know: "I drove 20 hours from Canada to New York from last night to this morning, and I still haven't been sleepy, I'm very excited." I feel like I'll be able to keep that mental state until tomorrow morning. ”
"I'm a fan of Wang Hao, and I fell in love with Wang Hao when he defeated Chavez and Camacho successively, and the duel between Wang Hao and Costa Rental's 'King of the Desert' was the most exciting boxing match I have ever seen. This time Wang Hao competed in New York, and it was the first time to land in the welterweight division, I immediately decided that I must come to watch the fight, and now that it has finally happened, I am very excited! The excited Canadian fan continued. fate
For the Canadian boxing fans who couldn't help but be familiar with the speech, the local New York boxing fan sitting next to him also responded positively: "I am also a fan of Wang Hao, don't look at me as a New Yorker, Camppass is also a native boxer in New York, but he and Wang Hao's match, I still support Wang Hao 100%, the first yellow boxer with world-class influence, or the boxing champion of the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations, Wang Hao's charm is too great!" “
In addition to ordinary fans, there are many celebrities, many influential singers and film and television stars in European and American countries, and even politicians who came to watch Wang Hao's match.
And the boxing world, the middleweight four kings, De La Hoya, Mosley, Trinidad and Fernando Vargas are all due, they sit in different positions on the scene, waiting for the start of the game, in addition to Fernando Vargas, De La Joa, Mosley and Trinidad are in a very good mood, Fernando Vargas is in a slightly unhappy mood, because after coming to the scene, he remembered that Wang Hao gave him the ticket for the worst seat, Fernando Vargas Vargas and his head coach are furious when they think about it.
At this time, Fernando Vargas's feelings about the match between Wang Hao and Campas were very complicated, and Fernando Vargas hoped that Camppass could knock Wang Hao out of the ring, because emotionally speaking, Fernando Vargas still hated Wang Hao a little.
At the same time, Fernando Vargas is worried that Wang Hao will really lose the match, because in that case, there may not be many viewers interested in the match between Fernando Vargas and Wang Hao, which will lead to a significant reduction in the value of the match between Fernando Vargas and Wang Hao.
Wang Hao and Wang Hao's opponent Compas was also very early, and before seven o'clock, before the official game began, they had already come to the lounge, making preparations, and waiting for the start of the game.
The host of the scene also interviewed Wang Hao and his opponent Kampas in the lounge for the first time.
The host and photographer came to Wang Hao's lounge, and after greeting him, they asked, "Mr. Wang Hao!" You're here very early! How are you feeling right now? Is there anything you'd like to say to the audience? ”
Wang Hao temporarily put down the preparatory activities in his hand, took the microphone, and said to the camera: "I am in very good shape tonight, full of energy, I will knock down Camppass and play a wonderful match, the only thing I want to say to the audience is, please wait and see!" ”
The on-site host's interview with Wang Hao was directly broadcast live and broadcast on the big screen at the scene.
When Wang Hao's image and interview content appeared on the big screen at the scene, the audience at the scene was also thunderous, and many viewers stood up, or looked at the big screen with excitement or expectation.
"It's finally going to start, I've been waiting for today's game, I've been waiting for almost three months, I can't wait!" A white spectator from Stockholm, Sweden, was thrilled.
When the host on the scene finished interviewing Wang Hao, they came to the rest room of Kampas, and the host asked: "Mr. Kampas, are you nervous about such an excellent boxing competition with Wang Hao, a former Olympic and World Champion and a boxing champion of the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations?" What would you like to say to the audience? ”
With the assistance of the head coach, Kampas was doing the final preparations before the match, and when he saw the arrival of the host and asked about the fight with Wang Hao, he was very happy and replied: "I'm not nervous at all, although Wang Hao's record is outstanding, but that's in the past, and now Wang Hao is competing as a welterweight fighter, not a super lightweight fighter." Let's wait and see, I will beat Wang Hao, so that the people who were not optimistic about me before will feel the shock of 12 points, and I will put offensive pressure on Wang Hao throughout the game, so that he can't breathe. ”
When the host of the scene interviewed Kampas, the image also changed on the big screen of the scene, and the picture of Kampas appeared.
When the host's interview with Camppass appeared on the big screen, many fans at the scene, especially local fans in New York, also applauded.
When the time came to almost seven o'clock, the host had finished interviewing Wang Hao and Campas, and returned to the commentary booth on the scene, and he was seated with Wang Hao's previous opponent in the super lightweight title, one of the Mexican Three Musketeers Morales.
Obviously, Morales was invited by the organizers to be the professional commentator on the scene.
The cost of hiring an active professional boxing champion, especially a well-known professional boxing champion, is significantly more than hiring a retired former boxing champion, but the organizers are not short of money, and still hope to arrange an influential professional commentator who is familiar to fans.
Moreover, Morales and Wang Hao have fought, and Morales and Campas have similar boxing styles, but Morales is much lighter, which are the other two main reasons why the organizers invited Morales to be a guest commentator.
The clock was seven o'clock, and after an American pop singer took the stage to sing a pop tune, the host announced that the first game of the night had officially begun.