Chapter 517: Boxing Magazine Annual Meeting (1)
The annual boxing magazine conference was held at the Javits Convention Center in New York, USA, which is an annual event in boxing.
In normal times, major boxing organizations, fighters and boxing champions, only when they compete, a small part of them will gather together, and the annual meeting held by the "Boxing Magazine", which is the bible of boxing, can successfully gather all the famous boxers and even coaches and agents in the boxing world.
Moreover, the annual awards of boxing magazines are the annual authoritative selections of boxing organizations across levels and organizations, and have received great attention from the entire professional boxing industry and all boxing fans.
The P4P list of boxing magazines is also a highly respected ranking of the strongest fighters in all levels of professional boxing, and the top 10 fighters who have entered the P4P list are considered to be the top 10 fighters with the strongest overall strength in professional boxing today.
Wang Hao was also ranked seventh on the P4P list after defeating Costa Zu and unifying the ultra-lightweight division, becoming the most prestigious and powerful P4P fighter in the boxing world, and the most prominent positions on the list are the light heavyweight hegemon Roy Jones Jr. at the top of the list and the middleweight hegemon Hopkins at the top of the list.
Boxing Magazine's annual event was scheduled to start on Friday evening local time, and Wang Hao, as well as Wang Hao's head coaches Sanchez and Paulo, were invited to attend, and Wang's agent, William, who manages Europe's largest boxing agency, was also invited.
The Rhine Boxing Club also qualified for the tournament by heavyweight brothers Vladimir Klitschko and Vitaly Klitschko.
Wang Hao, who finished the match with Diaz in the United States, first returned to Big Bear Mountain to continue training, so Wang Hao and Sanchez set off from Big Bear Mountain and came to New York to attend the annual meeting.
Paul, Wilhelm, and brothers Vladimir Klitschko and Vitaly Klitschko flew from Germany to New York for the annual meeting.
Wang Hao, Sanchez and William, Paul, Vladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko came to the annual meeting almost together, and the boxing magazine arranged several places for several people together.
When Wang Hao sat in his seat and waited for the official start of the annual meeting, the guests on the scene had expired one after another.
Wang Hao has already seen the middleweight four arrive at the annual meeting, with De La Hoya and Mosley seated together, Trinidad placed with his agent Donkin, and Fernando Vargas and his coach placed in a position behind Trinidad.
In the welterweight and super welterweight divisions, other fighters with boxing titles also came to the scene, with Forrester and David Red being placed at the back of the scene, while the current WBA welterweight champion Kwarthai was placed in the middle.
Seeing Quartet, Wang Hao remembered that it was recently rumored that Kwarthai was negotiating a fight with Fernando Vargas, and that Kwartet was going to challenge Fernando Vargas's IBF super welterweight championship belt in the super welterweight division, and the fight is likely to start in the first half of this year.
Kwartet is a fighter with a strength close to or equal to that of the middleweight quadrangle, and if the rumors of this fight are true, it will be a big fight for Fernando Vargas before his fight with Wang Hao, and it will also be the most influential fight in the pan-middleweight division in the first half of the year.
In addition to the pan-middleweight fighters, almost all the boxing champions and well-known fighters of other levels also came to the scene, Wang Hao saw Roy Jones Jr., Hopkins, as well as Tyson, Tua, Ruiz, Holyfield and other world-class fighters were all present.
Behind Wang Hao, the tall British heavyweight champion Lewis and his head coach Stuward, while another very famous American heavyweight boxer, former WBC heavyweight champion Bruno, is also sitting next to Lewis and Stuward.
When Wang Hao and the others sat down, Lewis and Bruno, who arrived first, also smiled and greeted Wang Hao and Klitschko warmly.
Wang Hao also waved enthusiastically.
Lewis's nickname is "Lion", Wang Hao didn't feel much about this nickname before, but today he found out that Lewis really looks like a lion, his kind smile off the ring is very much like a cute lion, and Lewis, who does not smile in the ring, is like an angry, intimidating lion.
Wang Hao also saw several famous boxing agents in the United States, such as Don King, Arum and Al Haymon, who also came to the scene.
Al Hemon favored Wang Hao when he was an amateur boxer, and Wang Hao was familiar with him, and he tried to recruit Wang Hao many times, but to no avail.
When Wang Hao entered the event site and just sat down, the sharp-eyed Al Haimon also immediately walked up and greeted Wang Hao.
"Hey! Wang Hao! Al Haymon walked up with a smile on his face and greeted Wang Hao.
Wang Hao also got up and shook hands with Al Haimon, because he talked to Al Haimon many times, and Al Haimon was very enthusiastic every time he saw Wang Hao, so Wang Hao also had a good impression of Al Haimon.
And Wang Hao knows that Al Haymon's agency has become bigger and bigger, and the upward momentum in recent years has been quite good.
"I haven't seen you for a year, and you've achieved great results again! Congratulations! Congratulations! Al Haymon said with a smile while shaking hands with Wang Hao, "There are very few fighters who can win the annual award of boxing magazine for two consecutive years, congratulations again!" ”
Wang Hao also expressed his gratitude and chatted with Al Haymon for a while.
Seeing Al Haymon take the initiative to approach Wang Hao, William on the side was a little unhappy, William and Wang Hao's contract was only signed for five years for the first time, after the contract expired, William would naturally try his best to renew the contract with Wang Hao, and for any boxing agent close to Wang Hao, William maintained professional vigilance, especially Al Haymon, the top boxing agent in the United States.
After all, the United States is the holy land of professional boxing, and the vast majority of the world's outstanding professional boxers, no matter how they develop in other places, will eventually go to the United States to seek better development, and Al Haymon, the agent, has faintly caught up with the momentum of top agents such as Arum and Don King, and William is naturally very vigilant about such boxing agents.
After chatting with Wang Hao for a while, Al Haymon almost left under William's glare.
At this time, almost all the boxing champions, well-known fighters, famous coaches and agents who came to attend the annual meeting of boxing magazine today have already arrived.
On the scene, Wang Hao also saw his opponent in the ultra-lightweight unification fight, Russian-born Australian boxer and former WBC and IBF ultra-lightweight champion Costa Zu.
Although Kosta Zu no longer has a boxing title, he is still a well-known and world-renowned fighter, so Kosta Zu and his head coach were invited to attend tonight's boxing magazine annual meeting.
Seeing Costa Zu, Wang Hao also remembered that Costa Zu had just played an untitled match in Australia the past week, and the opponent was the opponent that Wang Hao defeated in the eleventh match, the famous American ultra-lightweight boxer Yodach.
Although Costa Zu was not as beautiful as Wang Hao in this game, he also defeated Yudah.
This has also caused a certain amount of anticipation among fans, many fans feel that Costa Zu has made significant progress since his fight with Wang Hao, and after the fight between Costa Zu and Yudah, there are already many fans looking forward to Costa Zu and Wang Hao fighting again.
After all, Wang Hao and Costa Zu's super lightweight champion unification fight was too exciting and too influential, and many fans were looking forward to Costa Zu and Wang Hao fighting in World War II, and now after Costa Zu successfully defeated Yudah, more fans began to look forward to the rematch between Costa Zu and Wang Hao.
In Wang Hao's thinking, this year's boxing magazine annual meeting officially began.
This year's host, like last year, invited HBO's famous golden voice host Michael Buffel to be the host of the scene.
The opening ceremony began with a performance by a well-known black American singer, and then began to present this year's awards.
The first award begins with the award of the best boxing match of the year.
The high-pitched and magnetic voice of the host Michael Buffel sounded, and Michael Buffel said: "The lightweight boxing champion of the Barcelona Olympic Games, after entering professional boxing, has won the world boxing championship belt in four categories in just a few years: welterweight, lightweight, super lightweight and welterweight. ”
"Dexterous as a swift and as sharp as a dagger, it's a big win if your opponent doesn't fall under his punches, and this year's Boxing Magazine Fight of the Year was awarded to De La Hoya "Golden Boy" Joya over Virtek "Sweet Pea" Virtek. ”
Michael Buffay continued.
It was also the fight in which de la Hoya won his fourth career divisional title. Let's welcome the 'Golden Boy' to the stage to receive the award. ”
In Michael Buffel's introduction, de la Hoya walked up to the podium with a smile on his face.
Immediately after, and in Michael Buffel's introduction, Hagler, the former middleweight legend, also stepped onto the podium, and he will be the guest of honor to present de la Hoya with this year's Boxing Magazine Fight of the Year award.
Hagler and de la Hoya stood face to face on the podium, and Hagler began to present de la Hoya with the trophy for his best boxing fight of the year.
It is a gold trophy, about thirty centimeters long, with the words "Best of the Year" printed on the front and "thering" from boxing magazines on the back.
In front of everyone's attention, Hagler smiled and presented the gold trophy of the year's boxing tournament to de la Hoya.
The latter, too, showed a sun-bright smile and took the trophy from Hagler.
"The middleweight four kings give awards to the middleweight four kings! Extremely precious for both parties! Michael Bufffield also lost no time in saying this time.
"I would like to invite you two to share your thoughts!" Michael Buffaffy continued.