Chapter 538: Press Conference

After two months of training at Trinidad's training camp in Texas, Wang Hao returned to Big Bear Mountain for a short rest, and then flew with his team to New York for a press conference before the official match against "York Boy" Kampas.

The press conference was held two days before the game, and it was also the last press conference for the match between Wang Hao and Camppass, who had already attended two press conferences arranged by their agents when Wang Hao was training in Texas.

After the last press conference before the fight, there will also be the last weigh-in before the fight, Wang Hao has a good control of his weight, because Wang Hao himself is a fighter who has been upgraded from the ultra-lightweight division, and now Wang Hao's natural weight is just over the upper limit of the welterweight division, and as long as he controls his diet a little before the weigh-in, he can easily control his weight below the upper limit of the welterweight division.

The pre-fight press conference was held in the press conference room in Madison Place, which was also crowded, with more than 2,000 media and senior fans in attendance, far more than the Madison Square Press Room could handle, and most media personnel and fans had to stand to participate in the show.

Wang Hao's team, Wang Hao himself, head coaches Sanchez and Paul, and agent Willian all attended the press conference.

And Wang Hao's opponent "York Boy" Camppass's team, from the boxer to the coaching team and agent, all attended the press conference.

Teams of four on both sides filled the podium, ready to be interviewed by the host and the media on the spot.

Got the first interview spot, although Krampas is a local fighter in New York, and the nickname is also "York Boy", but because Wang Hao is more famous and influential, the news media on the scene mainly want to use the precious opportunity to ask Wang Hao.

The young and tall male reporter asked Wang Hao, "Mr. Wang Hao, I am very happy that you are here to compete in New York again, and this is your first fight after being promoted to welterweight, is there anything you would like to say to the fans in New York?" How did you and your team think about choosing 'York Boy' Campas as your opponent for your first fight in the welterweight division? “

Wang Hao took the microphone and replied: "This is not the first time I have come to New York to fight professionally, I remember the year before last when I competed with Puerto Rican boxing champion Camacho for the vacant WBO super lightweight world title, I once came to New York and fought at Madison Square Garden. “

"Madison Square Garden is known to be a boxing mecca and a lot of great boxing matches have been fought here, and I'm honored to be here again. And this time, I felt the enthusiasm of the New York fans, and I realized that as soon as I got off the plane, I met a lot of passionate fans at the airport, most of them were young people, both men and women. Including today's scene, I also saw a lot of very enthusiastic, lovely fans. “

Wang Hao continued: "I want to say, thank you, thank you for your love for me and the sport of boxing, I hope you can continue to support me, the day after tomorrow, I will give you a wonderful match at Madison Square Garden, you will see something different in this match, I guarantee that the match will be very exciting." ”

"As for me and my team, why did I choose Campas, first of all, Kampas is a very good boxer, he has won the championship belt twice in the welterweight and super welterweight divisions, and he has won the championship title in the IBF welterweight and super welterweight divisions, and his professional record is very impressive, and he has won most of his fights, and he has mainly won by knockout."

"Campas is a very good boxer with a great record, and that's why we chose Kampas in the first place, and then Camppass and Fernando among the middleweight four? Both Vargas and Trinidad have competed, and although Camppass lost both of these fights, losing the IBF Super Welterweight and IBF Welterweight belts respectively, Camppass has performed remarkably, and these are the only two losses for Camppass. That's the main reason why we chose Campas, the quality and the experience of the game. Wang Hao went on to explain why his team chose Kampas as his first opponent after promotion.

After the first question was asked, a young female reporter from CNN HBO was given a second chance to ask a question.

The question was still asked to Wang Hao, and the young female reporter of HBO smiled sweetly and said, "Hello! Mr. Wang Hao, it is a great honor to have the opportunity to ask you a question. My question is, you've had a really brilliant run in the super lightweight division, and now you've moved up to welterweight, which is a new division with a lot of strong fighters like De La Hoya and Moseley, and also Quatai and Forrester, who are all young top fighters who haven't even failed, and the competition in welterweight is obviously much tougher than in super lightweight. You and Fernando? Will you return to the super lightweight division after Vargas's fight? Or continue to fight in the welterweight division? ”

Wang Hao nodded and said, "Actually, I have answered this question many times on different occasions, this time with Fernando?" After Vargas's fight, I'll officially enter the welterweight division, and while I'll still be defending my super lightweight title for a short time, I'll be gradually gaining weight and will soon not be back in the super lightweight division, which means fighting Fernando? After Vargas fights, I'm going to be mostly in welterweight and gradually moving away from ultra-lightweight, and my goal is to unify the four major boxing organizations in the welterweight division just like the unified super-lightweight. ”

Like the unification of the ultra-lightweight division, the four major boxing organizations of the unified welterweight division, Wang Hao's words caused lasting applause from the news media and senior fans, who knew that Wang Hao's answer meant that Wang Hao was bound to have several exciting fights in the welterweight division and the current welterweight champions, and this will be a match that fans all over the world are looking forward to.

Immediately afterwards, reporters from Sky Sports in the UK and NHK TV in Japan were also given the opportunity to ask questions.

The question of the British Sky Sports reporter is which welterweight champion Wang Hao will challenge first in the future, in fact, Wang Hao has not thought about this question carefully, Wang Hao also answered truthfully, the main goal this year is to win and Fernando? Vargas fight, wait until this fight is over, and then think about the follow-up matches in the welterweight division.

A reporter from Japan's NHK TV station mainly asked Wang Hao about the game strategy with Kampas, and Wang Hao also gave a simple answer.

Several reporters asked Wang Hao questions, which made the "York boys" and the team of Camppass, who thought they were the home of New York, feel a little embarrassed and even anxious.

On the rostrum, they watched expressionlessly as the reporters at the scene asked Wang Hao questions, sometimes looking at each other, and the helplessness on their faces was fully revealed

Campas is also a very famous fighter in the United States, especially in New York, as can be seen from his title "York Boy", who has fought no less than five fights at Madison Square Garden and held press conferences in the press conference hall of Madison Square, but rarely has he been so unnoticed at press conferences as he is today, and has been completely reduced to an unnoticed supporting role.

Finally, after a reporter from a Canadian media asked Wang Hao a question, a reporter from a local second-media media in New York asked Camppass the first question.

The reporter asked: "Mr. Campas, you and Fernando last year?" Vargas fought a hard-fought fight and lost the precious IBF super welterweight gold belt, although Mr. Wang Hao was upgraded from the super lightweight division, but everyone recognized that Mr. Wang Hao has the same strength as the four small kings of the middleweight division, at least the strength of top welterweight fighters like Kwathai and Wright. The day after tomorrow, you are also a clear underdog in terms of the bookmaker's odds. I would like to ask if you have any confidence in the game after tomorrow and what kind of strategy you will adopt to win the game after tomorrow. ”

After listening to the reporter's question clearly, Kampas first said: "First of all, welcome Mr. Wang Hao to New York to play!" ”

This is actually a line prepared by Campas, who sees himself as a home fighter, although he is not as popular as Wang Hao.

"I have also risen from the lower division before, and I can tell you that ultra-lightweight and welterweight are completely different divisions, although Wang Hao is unstoppable in the ultra-lightweight division and is the overlord with four belts, but in the welterweight division, Wang Hao still needs to prove himself." ”

"Sometimes the upgraded weight will bring the fighter better condition and body hardness, but also sometimes, the extra weight after the upgrade not only does not significantly improve the state of the fighter, but reduces the reaction and movement speed, many fighters have encountered this situation, that is, the upgraded state is obviously not as good as the state in the previous division." The coach of Campers continued.

"As for our strategy against Wang, we're going to do a lot of punches in every round just like we've done against our previous opponents, and that's when it's time to test Wang, and we're not committed to winning the game on points......," Kempas and his head coach continued.

As if cherishing the opportunity to ask this question, Camppass and his team talked a lot and didn't stop answering until the supporters reminded them.

Immediately after, the press conference continued, and after a few more questions from reporters, it entered the final weighing link.

Wang Hao and Campas took off their coats and came to the center of the rostrum with only their underwear, and both of them passed by weighing at one time.

Wang Hao's 65.9 kilograms is one pound lower than the upper limit of the welterweight class, while the 66.7 kilograms of Campas are just above the upper limit of the welterweight class.

The match between the two will be officially staged the day after tomorrow.

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