Chapter 421: Grand King of the Desert Boxing Night
The boxing match, which began with the match between Wang Hao and Costa Zu, was named King of the Desert Boxing Night by Sahamed Mohammed and Alderman Abdul and the agents of both fighters, and continued to be promoted around the world.
The match was held at the Riyadh Stadium in the Saudi capital, which can accommodate 70,000 or 80,000 spectators, and the Riyadh Stadium had already begun to be decorated more than half a month before the match so that the boxing match could be better held.
Tickets for the bout were hefty but sold out two months before the event, and fans from all over the world flocked to Riyadh this summer to witness the pinnacle of two of the hottest young champions in the current professional ultra-lightweight division.
Fans are as passionate as the deserts of the Middle East, and the shirts featuring portraits of Wang Hao and Costa Zu sold hundreds of millions of units in three months, which shows the grandeur of the bout between Wang Hao and Costa Zu.
Because Wang Hao is from China, and Costa Zu was a boxer from the former Soviet Union, it was a battle between two strong men from socialist countries, so people once called this match the "battle of the red warriors".
Because this match also has a huge gamble of 100 million yuan by Sahamed Mohammed and Aldeman Abdul, two Middle Eastern giants, there are also fans and media in Europe and the United States who call this match "a battle of billions of dollars".
For such a major boxing match, it is natural that it is not only ordinary boxing fans who come to the scene to watch the boxing, but also thousands of celebrities from all over the world and entrepreneurs of multinational enterprises who come to Riyadh to watch the match.
Among them, there are A-list actors from Hollywood in the United States, hip-hop singers from the United Kingdom, tennis stars from Australia, chaebol entrepreneurs from Germany and Japan, chiefs from Africa, and even gangster veterans from Italy.
For a time, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, almost became the most watched place in the world this summer, this weekend.
Wang Hao, on the other hand, came to the Middle East a week in advance, first staying in the mansion arranged by Sahamed Mohammed for him and his team for a few days, and three days before the start of the competition, Wang Hao came to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
In fact, this is the third time in the past four months that Wang Hao has come to the Middle East.
During the four-month training run, Wang spent most of his time training at the summit gym in Big Bear Mountain, but he also came out three or four days a month to participate in pre-fight commercial promotions.
Two of them were arranged in the Middle East, once in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and once in Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
And Wang Hao also likes this young Middle Eastern magnate very much, and the two are very speculative and soon become friends.
In the four-month preparation time, Wang Hao also got a good news from China, that is, for the first time in China, Wang Hao was elected with a high vote.
Wang Hao also took a few days to return to China to receive the award in the intense preparation for the competition.
Riyadh is rich and beautiful in the scorching heat of summer, and the King of the Desert Boxing Night has finally arrived.
The first game started at 7 p.m., and the crowd was already in the room at half past five, and by a little over six, the venue was already full.
Tonight's anchor TV station is Al Jazeera in the Middle East, and the organizers have also brought in a very strong line-up of commentators, with some of the hottest young fighters in the American professional ring and former super lightweight champions De La Hoya and Mosley invited to be guest commentators for Wang Hao and Costa Zu.
At 6:45 a.m., fifteen minutes before the start of the game, everything was in place at the Riyadh Stadium, the spectators had all been inside, all the staff were ready to wait, and the two presenters and the two commentators de la Hoya and Mosley were seated.
At 6:45 Saudi time, it was already late at night Middle East time, but China's CCTV CCTV5 sports channel also broadcast a boxing match live during this time period.
After all, tonight's boxing match is too big, and it's Wang Hao's match.
In China, there are countless fans who have been sleepless late at night, sitting in front of the TV waiting for the fight to begin.
At 6:50 p.m. Saudi time, the most familiar program for Chinese boxing fans, the World Boxing Championship King of the Desert special program began, and Han Qiaosheng, the most familiar boxing program for Chinese fans, also appeared in front of the TV.
Han Qiaosheng said: "Audience friends in front of the TV, fans and friends, I believe you have been waiting in front of the TV for a long time!" Tonight's special program of our Taiwan World Boxing Championship will bring you five matches of the King of the Desert Boxing Night, and today's main event, as everyone knows, is that Mr. Wang Hao, the only active world professional boxing champion in our country, will be in Riyadh Stadium, Saudi Arabia, against another super bantamweight super boxing champion, the tough Soviet Australian boxer Costa Zu. ”
"Wang Hao is a former World Junior Boxing Champion, Adult Boxing World Champion, Olympic Champion, and currently the boxing champion of the two major boxing organizations in the ultra-lightweight World Boxing Organization WBO and the World Boxing Association WBA." Han Qiaosheng continued, "We have invited three guests to the scene today, and they are all acquaintances of Wang Hao. ”
Han Qiaosheng began to introduce the three middle-aged men on his left.
"The first is Mr. Bian Fang, the former head coach of our country's national boxing team! Mr. Bian Fang was also the head coach of the national boxing team when Wang Hao won the World Championships and Olympic boxing championships, and has retired from the national boxing team! Han Qiaosheng introduced, "What does Mr. Bian Fang want to say?" ”
Seeing Wang Hao standing at the pinnacle of the world's professional boxing today, and about to fight a match that the world is concerned about, Bian Fang was also very excited, even a little choked, and seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end he just said: "I hope Wang Hao can win the game smoothly." ”
Han Qiaosheng said: "It can be seen that although our head coach Bian Fang doesn't talk much, he is very excited. Let me introduce you to these two less familiar faces next to you. ”
"One is Mr. Li Da'an, the founder of the Taishan Boxing Club in Dongyue City, East China Province, China! Mr. Wang Hao's boxing debut started from Taishan Boxing Club. ”
"The other one is Mr. Liu Shuizheng, the founder of the Bawang Boxing Club in Hanchang City, Lianghu Province! Mr. Liu Shuizheng's Bawang Boxing Club is the largest boxing club in China, and Mr. Liu Shuizheng himself and Mr. Wang Hao are also friends of the year! ”
"Welcome to the studio for the World Pro Championship special, King of the Desert Boxing Night in Riyadh!" Han Qiaosheng continued.