Chapter 521: Boxing Magazine Annual Meeting (5)
It's a gold trophy with a transparent crystal base, the entire length of the trophy is about 30 centimeters, and the front of the trophy has the words "Knockout of the Year" written on the front and the word "thering" on the back.
Boxing Magazine of the Year, which is the highest honor for a professional fighter in addition to the World Championship belt, Wang Hao has already won two, one is last year's Boxing Magazine Best New Talent of the Year, and one is this year's Boxing Magazine Best KO of the Year.
Wang Hao is the only boxer in the history of Asian professional boxing to have won these accolades, and is the only boxer to bring boxing back to Asia.
Last year's boxing magazine trophy of the year, Wang Hao has brought back to China and displayed it in his home, and this year Wang Hao will bring this new trophy home again to display with the previous year's trophy.
This is an honor that Chinese boxers, and even boxers throughout Asia, have never won.
After Wang Hao and Duran shook hands, the latter smiled enthusiastically and picked up the trophy of Boxing Magazine's knockout of the year and presented Wang Hao with the award.
At this time, the host of the scene, Michael Buffard, also used his unique magnetic voice to loudly tell Wang Hao's reason for winning the award.
"Professional boxing has long been dominated by European and American fighters, with black and white fighters from Europe and the United States controlling the sport, and it's rare to see yellow-skinned fighters from vast parts of Asia make their mark in the professional world."
"Even the occasional Asian fighter doesn't make a splash in the boxing world. And today's award-winning boxing champion of the year's best knockout, Mr. 'Dragon Boxing' Wang Hao, is completely different! β
"Although Mr. Wang Hao is so young, he has already won incredible honors in the boxing world. From the World Championships and Olympic champions in the amateur boxing era to the current world champion of the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations, Mr. Wang Hao has created the Asian miracle of boxing. β
"In the first year of his professional boxing, Wang Hao fought six professional matches, won the WBA super lightweight world boxing championship gold belt in the fifth game, and won the WBO super lightweight world boxing championship gold belt in the sixth game. In his first year of debut, Mr. Wang Hao won the honor of Boxing Magazine's Best New Fighter of the Year. β
So this year, Mr. Wang Hao is standing on the podium of Boxing Magazine's Best of the Year for the second time. This year, Mr. Wang Hao has played several very exciting fights, defeating former IBF and WBC super lightweight world champion Costa Zu, as well as the young fearless strong Mexican Morales, and the famous American boxer Yudach, these fighters are all first-class or even top fighters with undefeated records before meeting Wang Hao, but they are all knocked out of the boxing world by Wang Hao without exception. β
In particular, Mr. Wang Hao's ninth professional bout and the unification battle of the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations of Costa Zu have attracted the attention of the whole world. In this high-profile matchup, Mr. Wang knocked out former IBF and WBC super lightweight world champion Costa Zu five times in six rounds. β
Such a result would have been unimaginable before the fight, and it was with this victory and knockout that Mr. Wang Hao won this year's Boxing Magazine Knockout of the Year award with his superb boxing skills. Let's congratulate Mr. Wang Hao. β
When Michael Buffaer just finished introducing Wang Hao's reason for winning the award, the audience also applauded thunderously, and the sound was much louder than when Hagler presented the award to de la Hoya just now.
In the eyes of everyone, Wang Hao's victory over Costa Zu was just a bit of a condescension to win the best knockout of the year in boxing magazine, and it should also be Wang Hao's best boxing match of the year.
In everyone's eyes, Wang Hao's victory over Costa Zu is clearly more deserving of Boxing Magazine's Boxing Fight of the Year than De La Hoya's victory over "Sweet Pea" Vitak, and even the Boxing Magazine's Boxing Fight of the Year and Knockout of the Year are both awarded to Wang Hao.
After all, Costa Zu is the champion of the two major boxing organizations in the ultra-lightweight WBC and IBF, while Vitak "Sweet Pea" is only the welterweight champion of the WBC.
Moreover, Wang Hao's victory over Costa Zu was five times in six rounds and the victory was achieved through knockout, while De La Hoya fought with "Sweet Pea" Virtek for 12 rounds to win "Sweet Pea" Virtek in the form of points and won the WBC welterweight world boxing belt.
Therefore, in the eyes of boxers at the scene, Wang Hao deserves to win the best boxing match of the year in boxing magazine.
Heavyweight famous fighter "The Silent Man" Ruiz sat next to former WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Muller, and when the host of the scene, Michael Buffel, introduced Wang Hao's reason for the award, Ruiz also said to Muller: "I feel that Wang Hao's victory deserves to win Boxing Magazine's best boxing match of the year than De la Hoya's victory over "Sweet Pea" Vitak, right?" β
Muller applauded and said: "I see it that way, but you also know that when boxing magazines evaluate, on the basis of ensuring basic fairness, there will still be other considerations, they will first select the finalists of the award, and then select the final winning competition." β
"Wang Hao's match may have been the first to be awarded the best knockout of the year by boxing magazines, so when selecting the best game of the year, it was comprehensively considered and not selected, after all, there are only a few best in boxing magazines in a year, and it is extremely rare to award more than one boxing magazine of the year for the same game. Unless the game is truly shocking. β
Mueller continued.
"Like you, I think Wang Hao's win of Boxing Magazine's Fight of the Year is more fitting than de la Hoya's fight with Vitak, but de la Hoya's victory over 'Sweet Pea' Virtak is already his fourth division to win the World Professional Title. Although it was a points victory over 'Sweet Pea' Vitak, it is important to know that Vitak is also a former Olympic boxing champion and an undefeated slicker fighter who has fought nearly 40 fights, and De la Hoya's victory over Vitak by points is indeed a very good result, and he also won the title in the fourth division, these may be factors that the judges consider. β
"The Silent Man" Ruiz also nodded after listening to MΓΌller's analysis.
Muller continued: "I think this year's boxing magazine selection is too much about the pan-middleweight division, almost all the awards are on the pan-middleweight fighters, maybe the middleweight division has been too hot in recent years, but I think they should also focus more on the heavyweight division. β
At this time, Wang Hao, who had received the annual KO award from boxing magazine, had a bright smile on his face, and he was also standing on the podium and waving to the boxing professionals who applauded enthusiastically.
Although it is the second time that he has been on the podium of Boxing Magazine's annual awards, Wang Hao still feels that this feeling is very good.
At this time, the host of the scene, Michael Buffel, also asked Wang Hao, "Mr. Wang Hao, congratulations on winning the Boxing Magazine Annual Award for two consecutive years, and this year is the best KO of the year in Boxing Magazine, please say a few words about your feelings about the award?" β