Chapter 146: The grouping of masters like a forest
Wang Hao moved from the hotel arranged by the Overlord Boxing Club to the hotel where Huang Yueying lived, and began pre-competition training at the martial arts school opened by Huang Yueying's father's friend Chen Sheng.
Soon, this year's National Junior Boxing Championship officially began.
The national competition is also divided into a group stage and a final, and only the fighters who emerge from the group stage will be eligible to participate in the final national finals.
In the lightweight division, for example, there are only 32 fighters in the final round, and they are eliminated by drawing lots and eliminating them in pairs until the final champion and runner-up are determined.
There are about 200 fighters from all over the country participating in the group stage, and the winners of these 200 fighters who can advance in the fierce group stage can enter the list of 32 fighters in the finals.
Previously, Wang Hao's familiar boxers in the East China Provincial Trials of the National Youth Boxing Championships, such as Song Haoqiang, Zhang Xianbing, Long Kui, and Zhang Shuzheng, needed to participate in the group stage to compete for the qualification to enter the finals.
And Wang Hao, because he is the first place in the East China Provincial Trials, has obtained the only one in East China Province to directly qualify for the national finals, Wang Hao does not have to participate in the group stage, so he has more preparation and training time.
Like Wang Hao, there are only a few boxers in the country who have won the name of directly advancing to the finals, including last year's champion and runner-up, Jiao Wuxuan and Zhu Changsheng, as well as the first place in the provincial selection competition of several strong boxing provinces, such as Huo Youjiang, Miao Shaolong and others.
The fierce national group stage lasted for five days, and the fighters from East China Province who participated in the group stage performed differently.
The powerful Song Haoqiang naturally passed the group stage steadily and advanced to the national finals, while Zhang Xianbing, Long Kui and Zhang Shuzheng all lost.
Zhang Xianbing won two games in the group stage, and Long Kui and Zhang Shuzheng only won one, neither of which met the criteria for advancing to the finals, and bid farewell to this year's National Youth Boxing Championship in advance.
These group stages are of little significance to Wang Hao, because the boxers that Wang Hao is mainly concerned about have basically advanced to the finals in advance, so Wang Hao has only been to the competition site twice in the group stage, is familiar with the competition venue, and does not pay too much attention to the fighters' competitions.
After the group stage, there will be two days off, the next day of which will be the draw for this year's finals and the pre-match weigh-in.
At this time, Qiu Youyue and Qian Quanfang of Taishan Boxing Club, and Liu Qianjun, the coach of the Dongyue Sports School boxing team, had also arrived.
Among them, Liu Qianjun arrived early because Zhang Shuzheng had a competition.
The three of them plus Zhang Shuzheng, who had just finished the game, continued to stay in the arena and was responsible for Wang Hao's field affairs, which made Wang Hao have no worries and could devote himself to the game and training.
At the weighing and drawing of lots the day before the finals, Qiu Youyue and Qian Quanfang both accompanied Wang Hao to the weighing site.
Wang Hao has always been very strict with his weight control, and this time the weighing is also a pass.
In junior boxing, there are only three classes, of which the upper weight limit for lightweight is 58.97 kilograms.
Wang Hao's weight this time reached 58.5 kilograms, which is Wang Hao's highest weight in the current competition.
At the weighing scene, Wang Hao saw a lot of familiar faces, including Jiao Wuxuan, Zhu Changsheng, Song Haoqiang, Huo Youjiang, Miao Shaolong and others, and Zheng Wuyi, the lightweight senior brother of the Overlord Boxing Club, and Qin Shicheng, the third elder who was knocked down by Wang Hao with two punches before.
Obviously, Zheng Wuyi and Qin Shicheng have also advanced to the finals of the national competition.
After all the thirty-two finalists were weighed, the draw began on the spot, and according to the results of the draw, the order of the game was determined, and the number drawn by Wang Hao was the sixteenth.
According to this order of draw, Wang Hao will first face the fighter with the number 15, and after winning, he will compete with the winner of the 13th and 14th boxers for a place in the quarterfinals.
The entire number 1 to 16 fighters are counted in the upper half, and the 17th to 32nd boxers are counted in the lower half.
The only winner in the top half will compete with the only winner in the bottom half for this year's National Junior Boxing Championships.
After all the fighters drew their numbers, the staff at the tournament site quickly posted the draw results of the competition and the schedule on the huge display board.
The moment the schedule was hung up, all the fighters were nervously looking at the information on the display board.
Wang Hao also quickly searched for his name and number, and when he saw the number fifteen, that is, his opponent in his first game, Wang Hao smiled.
The boxer who drew the fifteenth number turned out to be Qin Shicheng.
Wang Hao had just knocked down Qin Shicheng in seconds at the exchange meeting organized by the Overlord Boxing Club a week ago, but he didn't expect to meet Qin Shicheng in the first round of the finals of the National Youth Boxing Championship today.
Wang Hao continued to look at the boxer information from No. 9 to No. 14, and his face became slightly solemn.
Two of the four favourites among the six boxers from No. 9 to No. 14 include the champion of the previous two National Youth Boxing Championships, Jiao Wuxuan.
Wang Hao regards Jiao Wuxuan as the strongest opponent in this National Youth Boxing Championship, and the competition with Jiao Wuxuan is the most risky for Wang Hao, but he didn't expect to meet Jiao Wuxuan before the semifinals, which is really a dragon fight in advance.
Fortunately, Jiao Wuxuan's number is No. 10, which means that Wang Hao and Jiao Wuxuan will not meet at least in the top 16 matches, and if both of them defeat their respective opponents, the two will meet in the top 8.
In addition to teaching Wuxuan, another popular boxer is Huo Youjiang, a boxer from Quang Nam Province known as the "Foshan Spirit Monkey", Huo Youjiang is the strongest boxer in Quang Nam Province and one of the favorites to win the championship this year.
Huo Youjiang's arm span is extremely long, and his height of 1.7 meters is 1.85 meters, and any fighter who fights with him will be troubled by his distance control.
If he meets Huo Youjiang, it will not be a simple game for Wang Hao.
And Huo Youjiang's number is the thirteenth, that is, if Wang Hao defeats Qin Shicheng in the first game, and Huo Youjiang also defeats his opponent, Wang Hao and Huo Youjiang will meet in the top sixteen.
It will be a fierce contest between a big dark horse competing in the national championship for the first time and the lightweight favorite.
Wang Hao looked carefully at the other fighters from No. 9 to No. 16, and there was another boxer who was very strong, and Wang Hao also knew.
It is the boxer Sima Cuo, who is known as the stall picker.
At the level of the national competition, Sima Cuo is actually very strong, even if he is not as good as Jiao Wuxuan and Zhu Changsheng, but he can basically have the same strength as Huo Youjiang and Miao Shaolong.
Wang Hao had seen Sima Cuo at the exchange meeting organized by the Bawang Boxing Club before, he was the same as Jiao Wuxuan, he had just joined the Bawang Boxing Club, and Zhang Shuzheng had introduced Wang Hao.
Although Sima Cuo's strength is very strong, his reputation is not as good as Huo Youjiang and Miao Shaolong, mainly because he has a bad record of hitting too low in the game, and his reputation is relatively stinky, and everyone doesn't want to compete with him.
In Sima Cuo's boxing experience so far, there have been several cases where the strikes were too low, two of which directly incapacitated the opponent, and Sima Cuo was directly sentenced to defeat due to violations.
The most famous one was in the national competition of the National Youth Boxing Championships last year, because he did not have an advantage in the game, Sima Coo, who was impatient, was annoyed by the old problem of irregular movements, and he hit the opponent's crotch with an uppercut.
This punch directly made the opponent fall to the ground, and he couldn't even participate in the rest of the game.
And Sima Cuo was directly sentenced to defeat and was punished with a ban of half a year.
Since then, Sima Cuo's reputation has been stinky, and everyone thinks that Sima Cuo's strength is still very strong, but when he doesn't play well, he can't control his movements.
If this problem can be fixed, it is still very promising, but if there is another serious low hit in a major national competition, Sima Cuo's boxing career may be ruined.
Sima Co drew the number 12, which means that if Sima Co and Jiao Wuxuan both defeat their first opponents, the two will meet in the round of 16, which is also a match between two fighters within the Overlord Boxing Club.
Wang Hao's quarter-grouping, from No. 9 to No. 16, actually brought together last year's champion Jiao Wuxuan, this year's favorite Huo Youjiang, the strength of Huo Youjiang's strong player Sima Cuo, and this year's big dark horse Wang Hao, there are four top fighters among the eight boxers.
It can be said that the quarter group where Wang Hao is located is the strongest group in the finals of this national competition, which can be called the group of death.
After Wang Hao read all the boxer information from No. 8 to No. 16, his expression was also very serious, it was not easy to get out of this group, Wang Hao planned to strive for a quick victory in the first game, and then go to watch Huo Youjiang's game, so as to better prepare for the top 16 matches.
As for the competition of teaching martial arts, Wang Hao has already watched one of the exchange matches organized by the Overlord Boxing Club.
As the champion of the National Youth Boxing Championship for two consecutive years, he has never been defeated in the national competition, and his skills are outstanding, and his physical function is also the top among the boxers in the National Youth Boxing Championship.
Zheng Wuyi, the number one boxer of the Overlord Boxing Club, is also super strong, and he is still the first place in the Lianghu Provincial Trials, but the game with Jiao Wuxuan can be said to be a complete defeat, and he was knocked down twice by Jiao Wuxuan.
Through this game, Wang Hao fully understood the super strength of Jiao Wuxuan, and also thought about the coping strategy in the game a few days ago, and made training preparations.
Therefore, compared to having an intuitive understanding of the technical characteristics of Jiaowuxuan, for Huo Youjiang, Wang Hao has only heard of his technical characteristics, and has never really seen them, which is not conducive to preparing for the game strategy.
Therefore, Wang Hao has already decided to strive for a quick victory in the first game with Qin Shicheng, and then go to watch Huo Youjiang's first game, and strive to know each other and confidant.