Chapter 365: Costa Zu unifies WBC and IBF
The main event of the super lightweight Dream Night, where Costa Zu and Chavez bout begins right away, is also the unification bout of the super lightweight champions.
The two had already learned about the results of Wang Hao's fight with Camacho before they stepped into the ring, and Wang's brilliant performance still brought some pressure to Costa Zu and Chavez.
Wang Hao and Camacho are the vice-main event, while Costa Zu and Chavez are the main event, and generally speaking, the main event receives more attention than the main event, and it needs to be played better.
But Wang Hao's performance today was just too perfect, which put Costa Zu and Chavez, as well as their coaching staff and agents, feeling the pressure.
When Costa Zu and Chavez appeared, they also felt that the emotions of the audience tonight were extraordinarily enthusiastic, they were experienced in the game, and they knew that the emotions of the audience had been mobilized by the match between Wang Hao and Camacho, and if they did not play well in the later game, it would be easy to disappoint the audience.
Feeling the pressure brought by Wang Hao, Costa Zu, who wore black shorts with pigtails on the back of his head, and Chavez, who wore white shorts, were already determined to win this match by knockout.
Bite!
After the referee read out the notes of the match, as the bell rang on the field, the match between Costa Zu and Chavez officially began, and it was an expected match of twelve rounds.
The moment the bell rang for the first round of the fight, the scene fell silent, and the eyes of tens of thousands of spectators at New York's Madison Square Garden watched the ring intently.
At this time, Wang Hao also sat down with his coaching team in the boxing area not far from the boxing ring and quietly enjoyed the game.
Wang Hao, who has already had the experience of the previous life, naturally knew the result of this game for a long time, but watching this game carefully still has a lot of significance for Wang Hao.
And Wang Hao's two coaches, Paul and Sanchez, also watched the game intently, carefully analyzing the playing style of Costa Zu and Chavez, because the winning side of Costa Zu and Chavisz after the game will inevitably become Wang Hao's unified super-lightweight opponent, if Chavisz wins, it is good to say, Paul and Sanchez already have a bottom of Chavis's style of play, but if Costa Zu wins, Paul and Sanchez still need to study Costa Zu's style of play in depth, so as to be able to prepare Wang Hao for Costa Zu's play. Ancestral to better guidance.
Kosta Zu and Chavez first tested each other, with the two throwing a number of jabs and occasional backhands to test the speed of each other's punches and grasp the sense of distance.
After half a minute of probing, Chavez spearheaded the offensive against Kosta Zu and threw a wave of attacks.
Chavez moved very quickly on his feet, went in quickly, and landed two or three straight punches to Kosta Zu.
But Kosta Zu was also quick to react, immediately picking up his speed and controlling the distance to Chaviz, who landed a backhand and a straight front hand in the back.
Chavez, who felt the strength and speed of Costa Zu, was also restrained by Costa Zu and did not have an advantage in the attack.
The first round passed quickly, and the overall performance of Costa Zu and Chavez in the first round was similar, both of them were attacking styles, sometimes Chavez attacked, Costa Zu retreated, sometimes Costa Zu attacked, and Chavez retreated to defend.
Both men were able to hit each other's straight and backhand punches, and they also landed quite a few jabs.
"The two of them fought about the same in this round!" During the break in the first round, Leonard also commented, "Both of them have good offensive and defensive efficiency!" Chavez went faster and hit straight punches better in the middle! However, Costa Zu's sense of distance and the overall technical system are very solid, and the power of the back hand is not small! ”
"Hmm!" At this time, Hagler also said, "Chavez is a little jealous of Costa Zu's back hand punch, and sometimes he plays a good attack, but after being hit by Costa Zu's back hand, he doesn't dare to move forward!" ”
Soon, the second round of the unification battle between Chavez and Costa Zu for the super-lightweight king began.
In this round, Kosta Zu played more aggressively, taking the initiative to land more jabs, straight and back hands.
Chavez was also looking for more of a matchup with Kosta Zu in this round, and both men landed a lot of punches, but both of them were pretty good, at least on the surface, and their form was barely changed.
The three minutes of the second round, which was quickly overturned in a fierce battle, was a more aggressive and denser punch for Kosta Zu to gain some slight advantage.
After a minute's break, the duo's third-round bout quickly began, and in this round, Chavez seemed to want to control Kosta Zu's offense, or finish him in the third round, so he played very aggressively, with jabs and heavy punches hitting a lot more than Kosta Zu's punches in the second round.
With a dense punch and agile and quick movement, Chavez hit Kosta Zu several times in this round, and after two of the more effective heavy blows, Chavez quickly followed up, throwing heavy punches in succession to finish Kosta Zu at one point.
But Kosta Zu is clearly not your average good young fighter, and Chavez misjudged and followed up quickly, and Chaviz was knocked back by Kosta Zu's heavy blows.
Chaviz's performance in this round was not obvious, but the physical exertion was very large, and after the third round, Chavisz was panting and obviously tired when he walked to his fist, which was rare in Chavez's previous matches.
It can be seen that on the one hand, Chavisz is indeed old, and on the other hand, the intensity of the confrontation with Costa Zu is too high, which makes Chavisz difficult to bear.
"Chavez's physical strength is obviously not as good as before!" During the break after the third round, Leonard in the commentary box said the same.
"In this round, Chavez seemed to want to win the match, so he didn't care about the consumption of his body, but it was clear that Costa Zu coped with Chavez's onslaught well and didn't see any physical problems!" Hagler also said, "But looking at the third leg as a whole, Chavez should be leading on points!" ”
After a one-minute break, the duo's fourth-round bout began.
In this round, Chavez seemed to be a little overburned in the third round, and in the fourth round, he was obviously a little wilted, and the pace of the attack was nowhere near as good as in the third round, and he was retreating most of the time.
However, Kosta Zu's performance in this round was no different from the previous two rounds, his attack and defensive rhythm were still very steady, and his technical play was very consistent.
But Zu's steady pace of striking is difficult for the vast majority of fighters, including Chavez right now.
Chavez received a lot of punches from Costa Zu in this round, and although Chavez was also very sharp in the middle of the period, Kosta Zu still had a clear lead in points from the fourth round as a whole.
The fourth rendezvous was over, and many spectators in the stands complained that Chavez was not active enough in this round, but Wang Hao, who was watching the game under the ring, knew that it was not that Chavez was not playing actively enough, but because Chavez faced Kosta Zu's sharp attack, coupled with frequent right hand punches from Kosta Zu, he was slowly unable to do so, and this round was a watershed in the whole game.
At the end of the fourth round, Chavisz and Costa Zu each sat back in their boxing corners to rest, at this time, on the commentary bench at the scene, the host asked the two guests: "The match between Chavisz and Costa Zu has reached the fourth round, and the two seem to be evenly matched so far, and Wang Hao and De La Hoya both TKO Chavez in the fourth round, does this mean that Costa Zu is still worse than Wang Hao in terms of overall ability?" ”
"It's hard to say!" Hagler replied first: "Although Wang Hao and De La Hoya both TKO Chavez, in those two fights, Chavez was unable to continue the fight because of a serious injury to the corner of his eye, and this has not happened so far, but this does not mean that Costa Zu's strength is worse than Wang Hao, because for a boxing match, there will be some chance, Costa Zu has played well so far, and he can't pass four rounds of the fight to determine that he is not as good as Wang Hao or De La Zou. Hoya played well, and we will continue to see the development of the game! “
Leonard also expressed a similar view to Hagler, Nader said: "So far, Costa Zu has played very well, his right hand has played a lot of lethality, limited Chavez's play, and affected Chavez's state, but it didn't open the corner of Chavez's eyes like Wang Hao and De La Hoya and Chavez's match, and the focus of Costa Zu's heavy punches seemed to be on both sides of Chavez's face and chin." ”
"And so far, Chavez's performance is also good, but in the fourth round is a little passive, during the game, a certain round of a fighter is a little passive, this is normal, the key is to see if you can adjust!" Hagler and Leonard continued.
After a short break, the fifth round of the match between Costa Zu and Chavisz began, and in this round, Costa Zu continued the offensive rhythm of the previous four rounds, playing very sharply, accurately controlling the distance, and maintaining the offensive pressure on Chavez, hitting Chavez with heavy punches more than in the previous rounds!
On the other hand, Chavez still doesn't seem to have recovered from the exertion of the third round, and he is tired of dealing with Costa Zu, although he has played a lot of sharp attacks at one point, but overall his speed and attacking ability are declining.
Wang Hao watched the match between the two carefully under the ring, and Wang Hao knew that the reason why Chavez seemed to be unable to recover physically was mainly related to the continuous heavy punches by Costa Zu, and in boxing matches, if a boxer is constantly hit by his opponent, his physical fitness will also decline very quickly.
The fifth round is over, and this round Kosta Zu's advantage is even more obvious!
The bout quickly came to the sixth round, and in this round, Kosta Zu seemed to have felt Chavez's weakness, and from a minute into the sixth round, Kosta Zu stepped up his attacking tempo.
With just over a minute left in the sixth round, Kosta Zu landed a precise and powerful right backhand that landed Kosta Zu in the left jaw and knocked Chavez down, who fell to the canvas.
"Wow!"
As a legend in Mexican boxing, the legendary king of ultra-lightweight, Chavez has fought nearly 100 fights, but has not been knocked down by his opponent, even against Wang Hao and De La Hoya, he was only awarded TKO due to his injury, and today is the first time he has been knocked out by his opponent with heavy punches.
The audience, including Hagler, Leonard and the host in the commentary seat, also exclaimed in surprise the moment they saw Chavez fall to the ground.
Chavez quickly stood up, but remained weak.
After a countdown, the match between Chavez and Costa Zu continued.
At this time, Costa Zu immediately rushed up and launched a fierce attack on Chavez.
Chavez tried his best to resist, but after a few punches, he was hit again by Kosta Zu's heavy punches, and Chavez leaned on the rope and was hit by Kosta Zu's blows, unable to fight back.
Seeing this, the referee rushed directly and stopped the game.
In the ultra-lightweight fantasy night, Costa Zu and Chavez ended the bout with Costa Zu knocking out Chavez in six rounds.
Like the match between Wang Hao and Camacho, the younger generation of boxing champions once again defeated the older generation of boxing champions in an indisputable way.
"Wonderful!" Seeing Costa Zu knock out and finish Chavez, Hagler and Leonard on the commentary bench also applauded Kosta Zu's wonderful performance, and said excitedly, "I knocked out Chavisz in six rounds, which is completely comparable to Wang Hao's four-round TKO Chavez, and now the gold belt is on Wang Hao, and the gold belt is on Costa Zu." Both are undefeated young boxing champions, and the knockdown rate is extremely high, and the super lightweight finishing unification fight, some have watched it! “
The host stood up and walked into the ring, smiling and saying to Hagler and Leonard: "At this time, it is obviously necessary to let Wang Hao and Costa Zu come to the ring to face each other." “
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