Chapter 478: Light Night Boxing (1)
Wang Hao won Boxing Magazine's New Fighter of the Year award last year, and this year Wang Hao has fought two title defenses and a unified fight between the four major ultra-lightweight boxing organizations, the two title defenses are against the American fighter, the WBO super lightweight top challenger Srcu, and the fight against the strongest fighter of the younger generation of Mexican fighters Morales, both of which are Wang Hao's title defenses, and Wang Hao won by knocking out his opponent.
The other was the world-influential unification fight with Costa Zu's four major ultra-lightweight organizations held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia in the middle of the year, and with the long hook technique that caught Costa Zu off guard, Wang Hao knocked out the undefeated "Aussie Thunder" Kosta Zu four times in six rounds, shocking the world.
The fight against Srku had limited impact, and the fight against Morales had some impact, but because Morales was fighting in the super-lightweight division for the first time, it wasn't particularly influential.
At that time, Wang Hao was the champion of the ultra-lightweight WBA and WBO, while Costa Zu was the champion of the ultra-lightweight WBC and IBF, which was not only the most important match that Wang Hao fought this year and even in his career, but also one of the rare unification battles in professional boxing this year that attracted the attention of world fans.
Coupled with the gamble of the two Middle Eastern tycoons, the influence of this boxing match has increased exponentially, and many sports fans who don't watch boxing have also become boxing fans because of this match.
And Wang Hao won this bout so heartily, knocking out Costa Zu four times in six rounds, which was unimaginable before the fight, neither fans nor industry insiders.
This is also one of the few major fights in this year's boxing tournament that is both influential and exciting.
Therefore, when Wang Hao, Paul and Sanchez heard William say that the match between Wang Hao and Costa Zu is likely to be the best boxing match or the best knockout of the year, although the three of them were happy, but not surprised.
Wang Hao and Costa Zu had a wonderful fight, and it was indeed enough to participate in the best boxing fight of the year or the best knockout from any angle.
Of course, Wang Hao also knows that it will not be easy to finally win this honor, as William said, this year, in the pan-middleweight division alone, there are two very exciting fights between the two popular fighters of De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas.
Among them, de la Hoya defeated a famous American fighter "Sweet Pea" Vitak after being promoted to welterweight, Virtak is strong, once the Olympic lightweight boxing champion, and when he fought de la Hoya, his professional record was 40 fights, only one loss, which can be said to be very strong.
Although Vytak "Sweet Pea" Vytak's knockout rate is not high compared to knockout experts like de la Hoya and Fernando Vargas, he has fought 40 fights and lost only one, and he is also an Olympic boxing champion, which at least shows that Vytak's boxing skills are top-notch.
Moreover, Virtak "Sweet Pea" Vytak was still the WBC welterweight world professional champion when he fought de la Hoya, and de la Hoya showed his confidence in himself by challenging a top welterweight fighter like "Sweet Pea" Virtek shortly after he was promoted to welterweight.
And it was a great fight, with both fighters showcasing their skills, and while de la Hoya wasn't able to knock "Sweet Pea" Vitak out of the ring, after twelve rendezvous, de la Hoya relied on a unanimous point decision to win the bout, arguably a great victory.
The match between De La Hoya and "Sweet Pea" Virtek has received a lot of attention because it is the first time De La Hoya has challenged for the welterweight title since he was promoted, and the opponent is also a top fighter like "Sweet Pea" Vytak, so the match has received a lot of attention, and it is one of the most influential fights in professional boxing this year.
And another American idol boxer who entered the professional boxing field after the Atlanta Olympics, known as "Brave" Fernando Vargas, also played a very exciting boxing championship challenge this year.
This year, Fernando Vargas challenged IBF super welterweight champion "York Boy" Camppass and slammed his opponent with back-to-back onslaught that allowed him to give up the bout during the seventh-round break.
It was a great victory for Fernando Vargas, who earned the IBF Super Welterweight title and continued his 100 percent knockout rate since his professional boxing debut, with the vast majority of knockout victories coming in the first two rounds.
With this brilliant victory, Vargas's already very high popularity in the United States has become even more unparalleled, and this fight has become a very influential match in professional boxing this year.
After hearing what William said, Wang Hao knew that although his match with Costa Zu was very promising for Boxing Magazine's fight of the year or the best knockout, some other famous fighters in boxing this year also played some big fights, such as de la Hoya and Vitak "Sweet Pea" and Fernando Vargas and "York Boy" Camppass.
Wang Hao's victory over Costa Zu is a promising victory, but not absolutely.
Hearing what William said, Sanchez said: "This year, Wang Hao won the best boxing match or the best knockout, which is the second consecutive year to win the annual award of boxing magazine, and it is extremely rare for a boxer in the entire professional boxing world to win such an honor." ”
Paul said with a smile: "I think the fight between Wang Hao and Costa Zu is more exciting and influential than other important fights this year, and it deserves to win the best fight of the year and the best knockout at the same time." ”
William also smiled, nodded and said: "I also expect Wang Hao to win the best boxing fight of the year and the best knockout at the same time in the fight against Costa Zu, but this is too difficult, and it is rare for boxing magazines to consider various factors and award two annual honors for a single fight at the same time." But I think we can get at least one of them. ”
Wang Hao listened to the discussion of William, Paul, and Sanchez and nodded, indeed, after all, boxing magazines are the bible of world boxing, with a boxing match, it is indeed very difficult to win two boxing magazines of the year, boxing magazines generally do not give multiple honors to the same game.
For Wang Hao, if he can't win Boxing Magazine's Boxing Fight of the Year and Best Knockout honors at the same time with that fight with Costa Zu, as long as he gets at least one honor, it is acceptable, and Wang Hao will play more exciting matches in the future, after all, Wang Hao will have a lot of major fights to fight after he is promoted to welterweight and super welterweight in the future.
If Wang Hao can make a strong knockout in these bouts, he will likely win multiple honors in the Boxing Chronicles of the Year award at once with an overwhelming excitement that surpasses the rest of the competition.
While boxing magazines don't typically award multiple Honor of the Year to the same fight, it's still possible for Wang Hao to win more than any other tournament of the year and win multiple Honor of the Year honors at the same time.
After the exchange, William also left, Wang Hao's next opponent is Yodah, the game will be held in the UK in about two or three months, although the specific time of the game and the choice of which venue these details have not yet been determined, but as long as the opponent is determined, Wang Hao can let Paul and Sanchez make a detailed preparation plan, can devote themselves to training.
Time passed quickly, and Wang Hao's life at the Rhine Boxing Club soon passed in more than a week in intense preparations.
Then, Wang Hao said goodbye to Huang Yueying and flew to the United States with Sanchez.
Wang Hao and Sanchez first went to New York, HBO's headquarters, where they participated in a special show of HBO's Night Boxing.
After the show, Wang Hao will go to Big Bear Mountain in Southern California to train in the beautiful natural environment of Big Bear Mountain at high altitude for nearly two months, mainly to enhance the technique of pressing and attacking play, as well as the power of heavy punches, and at the same time, for Sanchez and Paul to give some technical details of the improvement of Yodah, Wang Hao will also be completed in Big Bear Mountain.
Moreover, Sanchez has already helped Wang Hao find two ultra-lightweight fighters with good speed in the United States as Wang Hao's actual combat training helpers, in order to enhance Wang Hao's ability to face high-speed fighters, after all, speed and excellent physical flexibility are the biggest advantages of fighters like Yudah, and they are also what Wang Hao needs to pay special attention to.
On the afternoon of two days after Wang Hao's arrival in New York, and also on a Saturday, the recording of HBO's Night Boxing special began.
The show was hosted by HBO's famous boxing host Catherman, and the four middleweight kings of de la Hoya, Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, and Moseley were all present, in addition to IBF welterweight champion "Viper" Forrester and WBA super welterweight champion David "American Dream" Red, IBF and WBC middleweight champion "Executioner" Hopkins, and super lightweight boxing champion "Dragon Fist" Wang Hao.
Wang Hao is also the only boxing champion in this special show who holds the titles of all four major boxing organizations at the same time.
This show can almost be said to bring together all the boxing champions from the first middleweight, that is, ultra-lightweight to middleweight, almost all levels of pan-middleweight, HBO spent a lot of money to hold this show, and because it brought together all the most influential fighters in the pan-middleweight division, HBO believes that this special program will also get a sensational effect after it is broadcast.
The special is also very long, expected to air for two hours, and the recording time is more than four hours, during which the champions will introduce some unknown events in their careers, as well as the interaction between the champions.
After all, the eight champions on today's show are all in the ultra-lightweight to middleweight division, and it's fair to say that any of them could meet in the ring in the future.
Even the ultra-lightweight Wang Hao and the middleweight Hopkins, although there is a three-level difference between the two, it is not completely impossible for them to meet.
In fact, Wang Hao, who aims to become a pan-middleweight hegemon, will one day be upgraded to middleweight to fight, and then the match between Wang Hao and Hopkins will almost inevitably happen, and this time will not be too long, Wang Hao predicts that if he develops smoothly in the welterweight and super middleweight division, it will take three or four years to rise to the middleweight division, and at most it will not exceed five years, Wang Hao will log in to the middleweight division, but before that, Wang Hao will first defeat the Four Little Kings and all the other welterweight and super-welterweight divisions, unify the two divisions, and earn all the championship belts in the welterweight and super-welterweight divisions.
HBO scheduled the recording of the show to begin at 5 p.m. and asked the eight champions to arrive at the studio by 4:30 p.m.
Wang Hao, accompanied by Sanchez, arrived on time.
Because today's interview is only for the eight pan-middleweight champions and does not include interviews with coaches, Sanchez sat in the audience, while Wang Hao naturally sat on the podium, waiting for the interview to begin.
Wang Hao is also wearing a very formal today, wearing a gray suit with a black and white pattern tie, and a pair of black leather shoes from Yves Saint Laurent.
In fact, Wang Hao usually wears more casually, likes to wear casual clothes and sportswear, Adidas and Li Ning are Wang Hao's favorite brands, but today is a very formal occasion after all, Wang Hao naturally has to follow the local customs and dress very formally.
Before Wang Hao, de la Hoya, Moseley, Trinidad and the current WBA super welterweight champion, as well as the Atlanta Olympics super welterweight gold medalist, David "American Dream" Reid, have all been on the scene.
All four boxing champions wore suits and leather shoes, ties, and even bow ties, all dressed very formally, and de la Joya even wore a very bright red suit to set off his boxing icon.
These people were also accompanied by assistants or coaches, and their assistants and coaches also sat in the audience below chatting and waiting for the official start of the program recording.
De la Hoya and Moseley were chatting warmly, and when they saw Wang Hao coming, they all took the initiative to greet Wang Hao, especially De La Hoya and Trinidad were extremely enthusiastic and took the initiative to get up and shake hands with Wang Hao.
Eight tall stools were arranged in an arc, and the first four arrivals, de la Hoya, Moseley, Trinidad and David Red, were already seated in the middle four, next to each other, with Moseley and Trinidad sitting in the middle, with de la Hoya on Moseley's left hand and David Rader on Trinidad's right.
De la Hoya's left hand side and David Red's right hand side are empty.
Wang Hao walked over, greeted a few people, and shook hands with de la Hoya and Trinidade, Wang Hao sat down on de la Hoya's left hand side.
A few minutes later, it was already half-past four, and after the time agreed with HBO, IBF welterweight champion Forrester "The Viper" Forrester had just arrived, and he sat down on David Red's right-hand side.
Another ten minutes had passed, and by this time, Fernando Vargas, the current IBF super welterweight champion and one of the four kings of the middleweight division, and Hopkins, the current IBF and WBC middleweight champion, had not yet arrived.