Chapter 236: Latiz's Psychological Warfare
After the match between Wang Hao and Borg, the second match of the day in the 64kg class, the match between Cuban genius fighter Latiz and a white Polish fighter is about to begin.
Wang Hao knocked out the world No. 14 Borg three times in one round and won the bout, giving Latiz and his coach a big shock.
They know that in the past two years, Wang Hao has grown from a young boxer to an adult boxer, without regression, and has made greater progress.
The scene of being knocked down by Wang Hao at the World Junior Boxing Championships is still vivid in Latiz's mind, and it was Latiz's most painful defeat as a junior boxer.
That year, Latiz had just won the national junior championship in Cuba, and the scenery was unique for a while, and he was rushing to win the World Junior Boxing Championship, but he didn't expect to encounter Waterloo in the semifinals at Wang Hao.
Since then, Wang Hao, a younger Chinese boxer, and his ghostly left-right style of fighting have become the deepest imprint of Latiz's boxing career.
The defeat caused a lot of pain for Latiz, who is known as a boxing genius, and it took a long time to adjust to the psychological gap after the defeat, but this match also became a huge impetus for Latiz to continue to move forward and improve himself.
Over the past two years, Latiz has entered the field of adult boxing, and under the guidance of his coach, he has trained hard, refined his technique, made up for some of his previous technical shortcomings, and learned how to deal with fighters in the left fight.
In the last World Championships, he successfully won the 60kg World Championships, which was Latiz's first adult boxing world championship.
Latitz, who has achieved a certain success, often thinks of his match with Wang Hao, which was the biggest failure of his boxing career, which makes Latiz sad when he thinks about it.
Every good fighter who pursues excellence has an ambition to defeat all the strong fighters, especially when he defeats all the strong fighters he encounters, but only loses to a little-known boxer, the heart of revenge must be strong.
Latitz, who won the 60kg championship at the last World Championships, has this mentality for Wang Hao, and every time he thinks of being knocked down by Wang Hao at the World Youth Boxing Championships, Latiz has a flame of revenge burning in his heart.
It's like Joshua, who was unexpectedly knocked out four times by Ruiz, and is in a hurry to get revenge.
However, although he has the idea of revenge in his heart, as an experienced boxer, Latiz knows that the next time he meets Wang Hao, whether he can win depends on the degree of his progress and whether Wang Hao is also improving.
If Wang Hao is still at the level of more than two years ago, his strength has improved significantly, and he makes up for Latiz, who can't deal with the skills of left-hand fighters, he is confident that he can win the match when he meets Wang Hao again.
But Latiz also knows that if Wang Hao's strength has also improved greatly in the past two years, it is difficult to say whether he can win when he meets Wang Hao again.
Therefore, when Latiz knew that Wang Hao also participated in this year's World Championships, he also kept an eye on Wang Hao until the end of Wang Hao's draw, and he was in the same quarter and a half district as Latiz, which made him have both expectations and worries.
Looking forward to the possibility of meeting Wang Hao in the ring again, when worried, Latiz didn't know what Wang Hao's current level was, because after all, this was Wang Hao's first senior boxing international match.
So Latiz focused on Wang Hao's match with Japanese boxer Kosuke Fuji in the first round of the World Championships, and when Latiz saw Wang Hao finish Teng Kosuke Er strongly, Latiz had no idea whether he could win if he met Wang Hao again.
Wang Hao was able to knock out world No. 19 Teng Kangsuke, and Latiz felt that it would be a five-to-five match against Wang Hao.
However, after seeing Wang Hao and the world's 14th-ranked Nigerian fighter Borg fighting equally strongly, Latiz felt a lot of pressure, and he felt that when he met Wang Hao again, it would not be a five-five match, and the possible result of the game was even three-seven, with Wang Hao taking the lion's lead.
Latiz watched Wang Hao's game under a lot of pressure under the ring, but things must be reversed, Wang Hao was originally Latitz's nightmare, and today it is a huge pressure of reality.
As an ambitious fighter, Latiz finally overcame himself under pressure, he is no longer afraid of Wang Hao, no longer worried about the outcome of the fight with Wang Hao, he knows that after winning today's fight, he will have to face Wang Hao next.
Latiz now has one word in his heart, that is, "dry", let go of the dry, do his best to do it, in his opinion, who will kill the deer, it is still unknown.
This is Latiz's true state of mind after the match between Wang Hao and Borg.
When Latiz himself regained his fighting spirit after a complicated mental struggle, Latiz's coach also fell into deep thought after watching the match between Wang Hao and Borg.
Latiz will face a mediocre Polish fighter in his next match, ranked 20th among the 64kg fighters in the International Boxing Federation, and there was some luck in winning the first round.
Latiz's victory over the Polish fighter is almost certain, it's just a matter of how to win the fight.
But after winning this match, Latiz will have to face Wang Hao, which is what Latiz's coach fears.
Although Latiz has made great progress in the past two years, Latiz's coach has seen it through Wang Hao's two games, and Wang Hao's progress in the past two years is also very obvious, and it is still difficult for Latiz to play Wang Hao.
However, although it is difficult, in the eyes of Latiz's coach, it is not hopeless, but to win the game with Wang Hao, it takes a lot of work, and it is not enough for Latiz to play normally.
Latitz's coach can see that after Wang Hao's two consecutive victories, it can be said that he is getting smoother and smoother, both physically and psychologically, and he is in an excellent state.
Latitz's coach believes that in order to win the game with Wang Hao, in addition to Latitz's normal performance and proper game strategy, it will also affect Wang Hao's psychology and performance, and Latitz's coach feels that it is necessary for them to give Wang Hao a little psychological pressure.
The strength of the Polish fighters in this match is obviously not as good as that of Latiz, and the coach of Latiz originally formulated a game strategy for Latiz to play steadily and steadily, and strive to knock out the Polish fighters in terms of guaranteed points, but if the opportunity is not obvious, he does not take the risk of forcing it.
But Latiz's coach is now planning to change some strategies, can't you Wang Hao be able to knock out your opponent in the first round, and I Latiz can also do it.
As Latiz waited for the stage, Latiz's coach said to Latiz, "How sure are you that you can knock out your opponent in the first round?" ”
Hearing what the coach said, Latiz, who was also uncalm in his heart, said: "Let go of the fight, there is no problem in winning the first round, but you may also get some heavy punches!" ”
Latiz's coach nodded, "You let go of the fight, raise the speed at the beginning of the game, win the opponent in one round, and add some psychological pressure to Wang Hao, don't let him think that the game with us can be so easy!" ”
Latiz was fully aware of the coach's intentions at this time, it turned out that he was going to fight psychological warfare for Wang Hao, Wang Hao can knock out the opponent in the first round, and I will also knock out the opponent in the first round, so that Wang Hao has scruples in the next game, and he has to weigh the fight.
Latiz smiled and nodded, indicating that he fully understood the coach's intentions, and at the same time admired the coach's cleverness, not only focusing on the game itself, but also taking into account factors outside the game.
Latiz, donning gloves and protective gear, stepped into the ring in front of the coach and the Cuban boxing team, and on the other side, white Polish fighters also took to the ring.
Latiz wears green shorts and a waistcoat, while his Polish counterpart wears white shorts and waistcoats trimmed with gold trim.
Wang Hao and the rest of the Chinese boxing team were also under the ring, watching the upcoming Latiz match.
Everyone knows that the winner of the match between Latiz and the Polish fighter will be Wang Hao's opponent in the next fight.
And Wang Hao watched Latiz enter the ring, and Wang Hao also remembers the old opponent at the World Junior Boxing Championships more than two years ago.
Latiz's technique is good, his punches are very fast, and his body is also very flexible, these are the characteristics of Cuban fighters, and at that World Junior Boxing Championships, Latiz caused some trouble for Wang Hao, but Wang Hao, who has left-hand fighting skills, finally finished Latiz in the second round.
Wang Hao was very interested in Latiz's match, and he carefully watched the upcoming match between the two, wanting to see how much his old rival had improved over the past two years.
Bite! Bell bell bell!
The bell rang for the start of the match, and the referee on the field, a black man from South Africa, waved for the two to start.
Latiz and the Polish fighter quickly approached.
Boom!
Coming to the striking distance, the Polish fighter first landed a jab that landed in Latiz's face
Latiz reacted quickly, though, as he leaned back to dodge the Polish man's jab before leaning forward quickly.
Boom! Boom!
Latiz quickly threw two straight punches with his left hand, a straight left hand on the Polish fighter's gloves, but a straight right hand went through the Polish fighter's gloves and hit the Polish fighter in the face.
The Polish fighter quickly retreated after the punch, but his speed, both in movement and reflexes, was slower than Latiz.
Latiz quickly followed up and landed a straight-punch combination.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Latiz's fist rained down on the Polish fighter, and at first most of the punches hit the Polish fighter's defensive gloves, but the next few punches opened the Polish boxer's gloves and hit the Polish fighter in the face.
The Polish fighter appeared very passive, and he fought back.
Boom! Boom!
The Polish fighter let go and landed a succession of left and right flat uppercuts at Latiz.
Boom!
The Polish fighter's left hand hook hit Latiz on the right side of the cheek, but the Polish fighter didn't have the power to make a final move, and Latiz was good at fighting.
Latiz flung the Polish striker's left flat uppercut, and already landed two uppercuts before the Polish striker's right flat uppercut.
Latiz's punches are also noticeably faster than the Polish fighter, and the Polish fighter's punch is fast enough for Latiz to throw two punches.
After latiz landed a left uppercut on the Polish fighter, a right uppercut hit the Polish fighter in the chin and a left flat uppercut hit the Polish on the right cheek.
The Polish boxer, who had already received a few heavy punches, could not hold up after being hit by these two heavy punches from Latiz, and fell, and the right flat uppercut that had been hit also lost its accuracy and fell weakly.
The South African referee quickly walked up to the Polish fighter to count the seconds.
"Two!"
"Three!"
The Polish fighter stood up and resumed the fight when the referee read six seconds in the ring.
But at this time, the game has already tilted in Latiz's favor.
For the remainder of the contest, the Polish struggled to escape the knockdown, despite his use of various defensive skills and even hugging Latiz several times.
Finally, with a minute left in the bout, Latiz knocked out the Polish fighter for the third time to win the bout.
"Good!" At the moment when the referee stopped the game on the ring, Ratiz's coach under the ring also shouted.
In his opinion, Latiz played too well in this game, and the most important thing is that winning the game with such enthusiasm and neatness can put psychological pressure on Wang Hao, so that Wang Hao knows that Latiz is far from the Latiz more than two years ago, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years.
The spectators in the stands saw another exciting game that ended in the first leg, and their emotions were even more high.
At this time, Latitz, who had won the victory, looked at Wang Hao, and at the same time raised his right hand, put it in front of his neck, and made a movement to wipe his neck!
Provocation! Utter provocation!
Many spectators at the scene saw Latiz's movements, they were completely boiling, and the fighters provoked each other, which is common in professional boxing matches, but amateur boxing matches are relatively rare.
They didn't know what grudge Latiz and Wang Hao had, but seeing Latiz actually provoke Wang Hao, their emotions were ignited.
Two fights, two first-round knockouts, the two will meet in the next round, and now one of the winners is challenging the other, which is just a blast!
At this time, Latitz's heart was actually very sober, he was not carried away by the victory and his emotions towards Wang Hao, and his provocation of Wang Hao was completely to carry out the psychological warfare arranged by the coach to the end.
Now that he has shown his strength in the game, let Wang Hao know that the next game will not be easy, it is better to add a little more gunpowder flavor, so that Wang Hao's psychological pressure will be greater.
Seeing this, Wang Hao under the ring didn't understand for a while, why Latiz suddenly provoked himself, which is rare in amateur competitions, but instead of being rude, Wang Hao also stood up and stretched out, looking straight at Latiz, and at the same time stretched out his right thumb, and then turned downward, signaling that Latiz would lie in the ring in the next fight.