Chapter 337: Barrera, Morales, and Hernandez
Wang Hao knew that Mexicans were very enthusiastic before, and after coming to Mexico, he felt that what he said was true, Mexico was very enthusiastic, it was like fire, and he liked to dance very much, and the Mexican greeting ceremony was a hug and a veneer ceremony.
Mexico also has some classic traditional delicacies, such as tacos, and Mexicans are also very fond of chili peppers, which are almost a must-have on the table.
However, these are not Wang Hao's favorites, the Mexican tacos are too greasy, and although there are many types of chili peppers, they are too spicy, which are not very suitable for Wang Hao's training needs.
The match between Wang Hao and Chavez was arranged to be held at the Mexican National Stadium in Mexico City, which is the largest stadium in Mexico, which can accommodate 40,000 or 50,000 spectators.
And the match between Wang Hao and Chavez is the most important boxing match on Mexico's Independence Day this year.
On the night of the match, the tickets for the Mexican National Stadium were already sold out, most of the tickets were bought by local Mexican fans, and 30% were bought by American fans and fans from other countries in Latin America, and the remaining less than 10% of tickets were snapped up by fans in European and Asian countries.
Major boxing matches all have mat matches, and the matches between Wang Hao and Chavez will naturally have mat matches, and the mat matches will basically have excellent fighters of Mexican origin.
After coming to Mexico City, Wang Hao learned that he and Chavez would arrange three mat matches before the match, and they were all pan-middleweight and featherweight matches, and the three main fighters in the three fights, Wang Hao was familiar with them.
The first person to give Wang Hao a cushion match is Wang Hao's old opponent in amateur boxing, Cuban evergreen boxer Hernandez.
Hernandez's amateur record is very prominent, more than 200 amateur boxing matches, only lost two in the early part of his career, and twice won the 64kg World Championships boxing championship, once won the 64kg Olympic champion, before meeting Wang Hao, Hernandez is the absolute king of amateur boxing 64kg, long occupied the first position in the world ranking of the International Boxing Federation 64kg, and dominated the International Boxing Federation 64kg class for seven or eight years, During this period, he defeated dozens of young and excellent fighters.
Before Wang Hao, Hernandez was the absolute king of the International Boxing Federation in the 64kg category, and any other fighter would be intimidated by Hernandez.
At the Atlanta Olympics, Hernandez originally wanted to win the Olympic championship, but finally lost to Wang Hao in the final, this was the first time the two met, Wang Hao relied on the circle step, body strikes, and knocked out Hernandez in the third round, won the match, and also overthrew the Hernandez dynasty.
Before being defeated by Wang Hao, Hernandez had not tasted defeat in his boxing career for ten years, and the defeat with Wang Hao was the first time Hernandez was knocked out and lost the match.
Wang Hao didn't expect Hernandez to enter the professional boxing world so soon, and he also played in the super lightweight division, on the night of Mexico's Independence Day, Hernandez will compete for the WBA super lightweight Intercontinental Champion of the Americas for the belt.
The second fighter to prepare for the match between Wang Hao and Chavez is "Babyface Assassin" Barrera, one of the later Mexican Three Musketeers, who later had a very illustrious career, with his greatest victory coming against British featherweight legend Nassim Hamed.
But at this time, Barrera has only debuted for two or three years, and is still working hard in the super bantamweight division, on the night of Mexico's Independence Day, Barrera will give Wang Hao and Chavez a cushion match, and at the same time challenge the world championship title, WBO super bantamweight gold belt for the first time.
And the third boxer who wants to give Wang Hao and Chavez a cushion match, the same strength and fame as Barrera, or even stronger than Barrera, he is the other of the future Mexican Three Musketeers, Morales.
In the future, Barrera will become a three-division world professional boxing champion, and Morales will become a four-division world professional boxing champion, and Morales is also Mexico's first four-division world professional boxing champion, but Morales in this era is as young as Barrera, just debuted for two or three years, and is still playing some low-impact matches.
This year's Independence Day event in Mexico, Morales will also challenge for his first World Title, and he will challenge for the WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion belt.
After learning about these fights and the fighters involved, Wang Hao also felt the grandeur of the Mexican Independence Day boxing match again, all four matches were titled matches, and three of them were world championship matches.
In addition to the United States and the United Kingdom, it is estimated that Mexico can arrange a world professional boxing championship competition of this scale.
On the day before the fight, Wang Hao, along with the seven fighters who were going to participate in the competition, participated in the pre-fight weigh-in and briefly accepted an interview with reporters.
The first to be weighed in was Hernandez and his Mexican rival, both of whom weighed in at once.
The weigh-in was followed by Barrera and his opponent, the current WBO super bantamweight champion, Puerto Rican Jemenez, who also weighed in at once.
After the weigh-in, Barella was interviewed by a reporter from Mexican national television on the scene, and the other party asked two questions, both of which were related to the match between Wang Hao and Chavez.
A reporter from Mexican national television asked: "This is your first time challenging for a boxing title, how do you feel about being able to give Chavez a cushion match?" At the same time, what do you think of the match between Wang Hao and Chavez? Wang Hao is very young and an Olympic and World Champion at the Olympic and World Championships, do you think Chavez can win? β
Barrera, who has a humble personality and doesn't speak loudly when answering questions, replied: "Chavez is the pride of Mexican boxing, and as a newcomer to the boxing world, I feel very honored to be able to give Chavez a cushion match for a major fight. β
"As for the fight between Wang Hao and Chavez, I think Chavez can win, although Wang Hao is very young and used to be an Olympic champion, but Chavez has dominated the ultra-lightweight division for so many years and has defeated several Olympic champions, only Derahoya won against Chavez, Asia is not a place rich in professional boxing champions, I think Chavez can beat Wang Hao steadily." Barrera finished.
This was followed by a pre-fight weigh-in of the third group of fighters, Morales and the current WBC super bantamweight champion American Daniel.
Morales and Daniel are both very good fighters, and their weight control is just as good as other good fighters, and both of them have successfully passed the first weigh-in.
After the match, Morales was asked the same question as Barella by a reporter from Mexican national television, "How do you feel about challenging for the title of boxing champion for the first time and giving Chavez a cushion match?" Wang Hao and Chavez match, do you think Chavez can win? β
Morales answered the first question in the same way as Barella, who replied: "Chavez is a Mexican legend and I feel very honored to be able to play a mat match for Chavez! β
However, in response to the second question, Morales's answer was completely different from Barrera's, Morales answered in his own style, Morales replied: "If Chavez fails, I will upgrade to super lightweight and defeat Wang Hao and win back the glory of Mexican boxing!" β
Morales's answer undoubtedly showed his domineering and confidence in his own strength, and many Mexican spectators in the stands, including the Mexican national television reporter who asked the question, smiled, they felt that there was a successor to the Mexican boxing career, and it was likely to be better than the blue.
The six mat fighters finished weighing in, and it was the turn of the two fighters in the home match, current WBA super lightweight champion Chavez and challenger Wang Hao.
As the challenger, Wang Hao first appeared to be weighed, at the moment of Wang Hao's appearance, the flashing lights of the reporters on the scene also flashed non-stop, although in Mexico City, Mexico's Independence Day, there were many major boxing matches, but this is the first time that a boxer from Asia stood on the stage of the most important competition on Mexico's Independence Day, or challenged the Mexican legend Chavez.
This was very captivating for the audience and journalists.
"Sixty-three .7 kilograms!"
The weighing officer at the scene announced Wang Hao's weighing data, Wang Hao has always been very strict with his weight control, and he also passed the weighing test at one time, and his weight of 63.7 kilograms is also close to the upper limit of ultra-lightweight.
After Wang Hao finished weighing, the reporters at the scene also impatiently asked Wang Hao questions.
A reporter from Mexican national television, who asked Barrera and Morales earlier, asked: "How do you feel about your first visit to Mexico City as an Asian fighter and your fight against Mexican legend ChΓ‘vez on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day?" β
The question from a reporter on Mexican national television is a regular one, but Wang Hao knows that because there are so many Mexican fans watching his fight with Chavez, his answer must be cautious.
Wang Hao also learned some Mexican culture before, the ancient dynasty of the Aztec Empire on the Mexican land, is one of the three major civilizations in the Americas, the former capital is in the current Mexico City, the Aztecs are brave and good at war, very aggressive, but worship the strong, whether the strong man is from their own camp or the other camp, they will be very respectful.
Although the lineage of today's Mexicans is very complex, some cultures of the Aztec Empire still exist.
Wang Hao replied: "Tomorrow night's challenge for the WBA super lightweight gold belt in the hands of Chavez is my first time challenging for a World Title, and I am very happy to compete for my first World Title in Mexico. I have a lot of respect for Chavez, he's a legend, but only the strongest fighter in the ring can win, and I'm going to be the one who wins, and I'm going to fight in a tough Mexican style and give the Mexican fans and the world a great fight. β
Wang Hao's answer can be said to be very smart, not only perfectly answered the questions of the Mexican national television reporter, but also praised Mexico and Chavez, and at the same time said that he is a stronger fighter, so that all parties are more useful and not disgusted, and at the same time let everyone have higher expectations for the match between Wang Hao and Chavez.
After hearing Wang Hao's answer, the Mexican reporters and the audience at the scene nodded, and everyone's favorability towards Wang Hao was obviously rising.
After answering a question from a reporter from Mexican National Television, a middle-aged male reporter from a boxing magazine asked Wang Hao another question, "Boxing magazine selects the best newcomer every year, you are a double Olympic and World Champion champion, we have been following your performance since entering the professional boxing world, so far, your performance has been perfect." If you win against Chavez, you'll have a good chance of winning the Ring of the Year, but since Chavez reigned in the ultra-lightweight division, only one young fighter has beaten him, and that's De La Hoya. β
The reporter from the boxing magazine asked a sharp question, but based on Chavez's historical record, as well as Wang Hao's and De La Hoya's very similar amateur results and their performance when they first entered the professional boxing world, it is indeed a question that many fans will be concerned about.
But Wang Hao knows that De La Hoya has a lot of fans in the United States, and if he doesn't answer this question well, it will attract a lot of disgust, and to answer this question well, he needs considerable skills in facing the media.
After thinking for a while, Wang Hao gave an extremely short answer, "I will answer this question with tomorrow's game!" β
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
There was applause at the scene, Wang Hao's answer was undoubtedly very confident, even domineering, and it also avoided fans who offended anyone.
On the edge of the stands, a fighter is standing silently, looking at Wang Hao with mixed emotions, this boxer is Cuban Hernandez, the former International Boxing Federation 64kg king, Wang Hao's opponent in the Atlanta Olympic finals.
Before Hernandez met Wang Hao, her boxing career could be described as infinite and invincible, but after the match with Wang Hao, Hernandez fell off the altar.
The defeat in the fight with Wang Hao once made Hernandez unacceptable, even if more than a year has passed, Hernandez has also entered the professional boxing world, but the shadow of the defeat with Wang Hao has been hanging over Hernandez's heart, and it is Hernandez's lingering nightmare.
And the reason why Hernandez also entered the professional boxing world so quickly, and he also played a 64kg match, the purpose was to chase Wang Hao, he was unwilling, he wanted to fight Wang Hao again to wash away the shame of his failure.
Because Wang Hao has left amateur boxing, obviously fighting in amateur boxing, Hernandez has no way to get the opportunity to compete with Wang Hao again, Hernandez, who had already planned to enter the professional boxing stage, finally made up his mind soon after Wang Hao entered the professional boxing world, and began to fight in the 64kg ultra-lightweight division, and mainly in the WBA competition.
Hernandez has knocked out several of the professional fighters he has met before and is rising in the WBA super-lightweight rankings, and Hernandez knows that as long as he and Wang continue to fight in the super-lightweight division, they will soon have a chance to meet again.
A suppressed force surged in Hernandez's heart, waiting for the moment when he and Wang Hao met again in the ring.
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