Chapter 456: Weighing
Wang Hao and Morales entered the first pre-race weighing session after the press conference two weeks before the game ended with media interviews.
Most of the chairs and tables in the stands were removed and replaced with a scale.
Wang Hao and Morales and their team stood at opposite ends of the scale, ready to start weighing, and the order of the weigh-in was the same as the order in which the contestants appeared, with the challenger coming out first, and the current champion coming out later.
Morales was weighed in shorts and weighed in at 62.5 kilograms, which was much lower than the upper limit of the ultra-lightweight weight class, leaving fans and media in an uproar.
After Morales finished weighing, it was the turn of the current boxing champion Wang Hao, who also took off his coat and boarded the weighing platform with only his underwear.
At 65.5 kilograms, Wang Hao's weight in the first half of the tournament exceeded the upper limit of the ultra-lightweight division by less than two kilograms, showing that Wang Hao is a standard ultra-lightweight fighter.
With a weight of two kilograms, Wang Hao can easily drop it two weeks before the game, as well as when he lowers the weight before the game.
Wang Hao is a standard ultra-lightweight boxer, and his weight control is also very fine, and a weight of two kilograms can be easily lowered for any boxer, let alone Wang Hao.
Before the game, Wang Hao controlled his weight within 64 kilograms, which was not difficult at all.
And, by hydrating and eating after the last weigh-in before the fight, Wang Hao was able to raise his on-court weight to a level that significantly exceeded the super-lightweight ceiling.
It is very common for a boxer's on-the-spot weight to exceed the upper limit of the class for professional boxing matches, because the last weigh-in before the game is the day before the fight, so the fighters will use various methods to control the weight within the class range when they are weighed for the last time before the game.
weighed 65.5 kilograms, which shows that Wang Hao is very good at controlling his usual weight, but on the other hand, Morales's weight made many fans and media at the scene worry.
Morales was originally upgraded, the first time in the ultra-lightweight competition, it was already a huge challenge to choose Wang Hao, before the match with Wang Hao was reached, Morales's team said that they had adapted to the weight of the ultra-lightweight division, and it was not a problem to challenge Wang Hao for the first time in the super-lightweight division.
But the pre-fight weigh-in results looked like they were giving fans and media the impression that Morales hadn't adjusted to the ultra-lightweight division in terms of weight.
You must know that for professional boxing, in addition to the heavyweight, in other classes, the half-pound weight gap boxers will be careful, carefully try to make their weight can have a certain advantage, but I didn't expect Morales to weigh more than a kilogram below the upper limit of the super lightweight weight two weeks before the fight.
While Morales could make up the weight in the next two weeks, that's a bit abrupt, and the two-week weigh-in before the fight already shows that Morales isn't a standard ultra-lightweight fighter yet, more of a lightweight at a lower level. 5599
Unless Morales and his team really have super confidence in Morales, otherwise, in terms of weight adjustment alone, Morales and his team are not doing well.
"Isn't Morales a little underweight?" A fan at the scene was discussing.
"The weight in the first two weeks of the game is more than one kilogram lower than the upper limit of the ultra-lightweight division, and it is six pounds lighter than Wang Hao, which is a bit low!" A fan next to him said.
"Maybe weight is really not a very important indicator for a fighter like Morales, after all, Morales himself looks like a thin fighter, but he has an unusually amazing amount of energy in his body!"
A media person expressed a different opinion, which caused many people to agree, in terms of body type, Morales is relatively thin, and even a little sickly, but this does not prevent Morales from destroying a lot of fighters who look stronger than him, maybe a little weight is really nothing for a fighter like Morales, Morales and his team may be pursuing things that are more important to Morales, such as speed and agility and consistency of punches.
"It is also possible that today's weight disadvantage was a smoke bomb deliberately released by Morales's team!" There are boxing fans again.
Everyone thinks that although this possibility is not high, but there is indeed this possibility, Morales's team may also deliberately dehydrate and lose weight when they weigh in for the first time before the game, creating an illusion that Morales is not ready to fight in the ultra-lightweight division, so that Wang Hao's team can relax their vigilance, in fact, Morales's weight this time may have been around the upper limit of the ultra-lightweight division.
Wang Hao naturally saw the weighing results of Morales, and also heard the discussion on the scene, but for Morales's lighter weight, Wang Hao didn't pay attention to it at all, Morales challenged Wang Hao for the first upgrade, which is an advantage of Wang Hao and a disadvantage of Morales, which everyone knows before the game is reached.
Wang Hao will not relax his preparation for the game or start to relax mentally just because Morales has not controlled his weight two weeks before the game.
Wang Hao has always been very strict about any opponent in the ring, just entered professional boxing, and this is the case when he faced some not particularly famous boxers, and now facing a Mexican super boxer like Morales, Wang Hao will naturally not let his guard down a little.
Regardless of Morales' actual weight, Wang Hao will devote himself to preparing for the match with Morales, preparing for the match according to the highest requirements, and there will be no relaxation.
After the weighing, it was Wang Hao's signing time for the fans, and many fans squeezed their heads to draw lots to the scene, just to get Wang Hao's signature, almost all the fans and media people at the scene asked Wang Hao for autographs, and thousands of signatures were signed, and Wang Hao's hands were a little soft.
Two weeks passed quickly, and the match between Wang Hao and Morales at the WernerMarch Stadium was finally about to begin.
On the day of the competition, Wang Hao and his team found that the streets of Berlin were much less crowded than before, and there was a feeling of being empty of thousands of people.
This super boxing match at the WernerMarch Stadium will be the most important leisure activity for these citizens this weekend.
More than 100,000 spectators filled the WernerMarch Stadium on the day of the match, and for the first time, a fighter was able to sell out tickets to the WernerMarch Stadium, leaving the stadium packed with emotional crowds.