Chapter 577: The First Battle of the Four Little Heavenly Kings (7)
Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas fought the battle of the century, the thrilling second round ended, in this round, Wang Hao relied on the suddenness and explosiveness of his left hand flat hook to knock out Fernando Vargas twice, shocked the audience, amazed the MGM Grand Hotel, and gave Fernando Vargas his first taste of kissing the ring.
Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas each walked back to their corners for a one-minute break to wait for the start of the third round.
Although Wang Hao did not take advantage of the opportunity to knock down Fernando Vargas twice to finish Fernando Vargas and win this match, Wang Hao did not feel regretful.
Wang Hao's mentality is very peaceful, he feels good, and he is very satisfied with his performance in the second round, Wang Hao does not think that in the face of a fighter like Fernando Vargas, and the opponent still has a weight advantage, he can easily win in two rounds.
If there is a chance, Wang Hao will seize it, but although he knocked out Fernando Vargas twice, in the last minute of the second round, Wang Hao knew that the moment to end Fernando Vargas did not come, although Fernando Vargas fell to the ground twice and suffered a certain amount of trauma, but his form did not decline significantly, and he was still far from losing his ability to play.
Therefore, at the end of the second round, Wang Hao also accepted it when he saw it, and first defended the result of the second round.
Like Wang Hao, Sanchez and Paul's mentality is also relatively stable, and they are happy, they do not regret that Wang Hao was not able to further expand the results of the fight to end Fernando Vargas, they have enough trust in Wang Hao, knowing that only the fighters in the ring can really feel all the situations in the ring, and they believe that Wang Hao did not let go to try to finish Fernando Vargas, there is a reason, because it is not yet time.
Sanchez said: "Good! This round was played so beautifully! I expect that in the third round, Fernando Vargas may tweak some of his style of play to avoid repeating the mistakes of the second round. You have to pay attention, if your opponent is more conservative in the third round, or if you defend your head more tightly, you can try to use your reach, keep your distance, and do more jabs! ”
Paul also said, "Also watch out for position!" ”
Wang Hao nodded, sat on the chair, and rested while replenishing water.
On the other side of the ring, Fernando Vargas also sat back in his fist as soon as the second round was over, seizing the time to rest.
The second round was a nightmare for Fernando Vargas, who had never suffered such a humiliation, from amateur boxing to professional boxing.
In his boxing career, Fernando Vargas has fought fights, almost always he knocks down opponents to win, even in the face of top fighters like Quartet and Wright, Fernando Vargas has never been knocked down by the opponent, in the amateur boxing era, although Fernando Vargas has lost a few fights, but they have all lost by points, and he has never been knocked down in the ring by his opponent like today, and he has knocked out twice in one round.
This made Fernando Vargas feel extremely humiliated, followed by anger, Fernando Vargas gritted his teeth, and anger began to gradually climb his face.
Fernando Vargas' head coach Smith stood in front of Fernando Vargas and fanned Fernando Vargas to cool down.
The second round almost scared Smith's soul, and if Fernando Vargas was directly knocked out by Wang Hao in the second round and ended the match, it would be a catastrophic defeat for both Fernando Vargas and Smith.
Fernando Vargas' commercial value and reputation will suffer, but there will still be many fans who will love Fernando Vargas, but for Smith, it's different.
Smith's career as a professional boxing coach will take a heavy hit, and many fans of Fernando Vargas, disappointed by the result, will blame Smith for the loss, and Smith will likely take full responsibility for Fernando Vargas' defeat and leave Fernando Vargas' team.
Fortunately, Fernando Vargas made it through the second round, much to the relief of a nervous Smith.
Smith stood in front of Fernando Vargas, cooling down Fernando Vargas while fanning Fernando Vargas, while observing Fernando Vargas's expression, he could see that although during the game just now, Fernando Vargas felt great humiliation when he fell to the ground twice, but because of the pressure of Wang Hao's attack, Fernando Vargas didn't have time to think too much, so there was no drastic change in mentality.
But now that it's time for the round break, it's different, and Fernando Vargas, who has relaxed, has momentarily taken over the main place in his heart.
Smith looked at Fernando Vargas's fierce expression and knew that Fernando Vargas's mentality had been greatly affected.
Smith said to Fernando Vargas: "There is no fighter in the history of boxing who has not experienced adversity, Ali was knocked down by Frazier, and Frazier was brutally knocked out by Foreman, but the value of a great fighter is that he can face up to his own problems in the game and deal with them with a good attitude. ”
"The reason why Ali is great is that although he lost to Fraser, he didn't lose his self-confidence and didn't let the loss affect his mentality, so he can beat Fraser in World War II and knock out Foreman."
Smith continued: "What happened in the second round just now, you can see him as an accident, but you must not let him affect your mentality, otherwise Wang Hao will take advantage." ”
"You have to calm down now. Then let me tell you, the reason why you were hit by Wang Hao's left hand flat uppercut many times just now is because your boxing is too high and too forward, although this is conducive to improving the speed of punching and conforming to your power habits, but it gives Wang Hao's left hand flat uppercut a chance to hit. ”
Smith continued.
"Next, what you have to do is to first stabilize your emotions, and then from the third round, hold the box, especially the right-hand boxer, tightly, defend Wang Hao's left flat uppercut, and then pay attention to your position, if you can stand a little further to the right, you can control Wang Hao, so that Wang Hao can't hit the left flat uppercut smoothly."
"If you are close enough to Wang Hao, you have to punch without any scruples! I just observed Wang Hao's left-handed flat hook technique, and when the distance was too close, Wang Hao couldn't play such a threatening left-handed flat hook. ”
After listening to Smith's advice, Fernando Vargas also nodded.
Despite the worst adversity of his career in the second round, Fernando Vargas did not blame Smith, who still has a lot of trust in him based on the trust he has built over a long period of time.
At the same time, Fernando Vargas, whose boxing skills are also first-class or even super-first-class, can also immediately understand Smith's guidance, which is very valuable, and in the third round, Fernando Vargas will try his best to implement Smith's strategy.
When the head coaches of the two fighters were nervously guiding the two during the round break, the fans at the scene were also boiling and discussing, and Wang Hao's fans were overjoyed, looking forward to Wang Hao's better performance in the third round.
Fernando Vargas's fans, on the other hand, are still skeptical about the second round that has just passed, and some don't even believe that the second round is real, and some fans even think that Fernando Vargas is playing fake punches.
At this time, the host of the commentary seat also spoke, and he said to Trinidad, who was not good at talking: "Mr. Tito! The amazing second round is over, can you give us some feedback and predict the rest of the match? ”
Trinidad nodded and said, "The second round was really shocking, and it was the first time I've seen Fernando Vargas in such a mess. Wang Hao played very well, which shows that Wang Hao and his head coach did a lot of homework before the game, but for Wang Hao, it is a pity that they did not seize the opportunity to end the game in the second round. ”
"Fernando Vargas and his head coach Smith are very experienced, I think they will immediately sum up the lessons of the second round and defend Wang Hao's left hand flat hook, I believe in Fernando Vargas's ability, the next game will be more exciting, but Wang Hao wants to play a climax like the second round, it may not be too easy!"
After listening to Trinidad's comments, the host nodded, and then took out a piece of A4 paper that he had just gotten, on which was a set of handwritten data.
The host said: "Let's take a look at HBO's statistics on the punching data of Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas in the first two rounds. ”
"In the first round, Wang Hao threw 73 punches, including 35 heavy punches, 38 jab punches, 11 heavy punches, and 17 jab punches, with a hit rate of 31 percent and a jab hit rate of 45 percent!"
"This data performance can be said to be quite good, and it is a decent performance."
In the first round, Fernando Vargas threw 88 punches, significantly more than Wang Hao, including 51 heavy punches, 37 jabs, 16 heavy punches, and 11 jabs. The hit rate is also 31 percent for heavy punches and 30 percent for jab punches. ”
"Judging from the data of the first round, Fernando Vargas has significantly more punches than Wang Hao, and the number of heavy punches is obviously more than Wang Hao, but the hitting efficiency of the jab is not as good as Wang Hao, it should be said that Fernando Vargas has no problem winning the first round, HBO gave the score of the first round to 10-9, and Fernando Vargas got 10 points."
The moderator continued.
"Next, let's look at the match data of the second round, and the match data of this round has changed a lot."
In the second round, Wang Hao's number of punches increased significantly, hitting one hundred and five punches, including 56 heavy punches and 49 jab punches, including 26 heavy punches and 23 jab punches, with a heavy punch hit rate of more than 45 percent and a jab hit rate of more than 45 percent. It can be said that Wang Hao is fully powerful in this round! ”
In the second round, Fernando Vargas threw a total of 67 punches, which was not only far less than Wang Hao's punches in the second round, but even a lot less than Fernando Vargas's own punches in the first round.
In that round, Fernando Vargas landed 37 heavy punches, 30 jabs, 13 heavy punches and nine jabs. The hit rate of heavy punches and jabs is only 30%, and the hit rate is about the same as in the first round, but the number of hits is significantly less, and far less than the number of heavy punches and jabs that Wang Hao hit Fernando Vargas in this round. ”
"HBO gave the second round a score of 7-10, Wang Hao scored 10 points in this round, and Fernando Vargas could only score 7 points because of two downs, which was a huge score difference." The host went on to talk about the punch stats for the first two rounds.
After Trinidad listened, he also nodded and said: "Wang Hao did hit Fernando Vargas enough heavy punches in the second round, although he knocked out Fernando Vargas twice, but it was not able to make Fernando Vargas lose his ability to play and have a serious decline in form, which can be seen from the situation in the last minute of the second round." Fernando Vargas has a strong recovery ability, and it will be very difficult for Wang Hao to completely knock Fernando Vargas out of the ring, and there will be variables in the following matches, so let's see how the two fighters perform in the third round. “
Bite!
At this time, the bell rang for the start of the third round.
Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas, who were already ready, quickly hugged the boxing and quickly walked to the center of the ring to approach each other.
At the start of the round, Fernando Vargas's grappling was noticeably more rigorous than the previous two rounds, with both fights, especially the right-hand fight, firmly protecting the left side of his head and denying Wang room to strike uppercuts.
Boom!
The two looked at each other, and Wang Hao first hit a forehand jab.
Seeing Wang Hao's punch, Fernando Vargas immediately made a backward movement, dodged Wang Hao's jab, and walked to his left side, Wang Hao's right side.
Boom!
At this time, Wang Hao's second jab also hit, but due to Fernando Vargas's movement, it hit Fernando Vargas's right hand and did not hit Fernando Vargas.
Boom! Boom!
Fernando Vargas countered with a straight punch on his left and right hand.