Chapter 558: Three Cushion Matches
At the match site between Fernando Vargas and Quartet, before the official start of the game, Wang Hao, as a hot person who came to watch the game today, was interviewed by supporters at the scene.
During the interview, Wang Hao vowed to knock Fernando Vargas out of the ring in the fight.
Wang Hao's answer instantly ignited the scene, and the fans at the scene were enthusiastic, and many people stood up and couldn't help but applaud warmly.
Although for boxing matches, it is common for both fighters to speak harshly before the fight, to defeat and knock down their opponents in the fight, or even kill their opponents.
But for the match between Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas at this level, because it has received great attention from the fans, when these words came out of Wang Hao's mouth, the fans on the scene instantly felt their blood boiling, and they couldn't wait to watch the match between Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas.
"Looking forward to the match between Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas at the end of the year!"
"I'll definitely be there to watch this game!"
"The match between Wang Hao and Fernando Vargas should be the biggest fight in professional boxing this year!"
The applause and discussion at the scene were bursting out, and the audience was extremely emotional.
"Thank you! Mr. Wang Hao! Thank you for your answer! The host at the scene also expressed his gratitude after listening to Wang Hao's answer, and then left.
Tonight's game has officially begun.
The first eight-round heavyweight exhibition bout was between a Greek fighter in yellow shorts, a white man, and an American fighter in blue shorts.
After the two fighters took the stage, the audience noticed that the physical gap between the two fighters was very large.
Because the weight class is the highest level of professional boxing, the bottom limit is 190 pounds, which is 86 kilograms, but there is no upper limit.
Therefore, the physique of heavyweight fighters may vary greatly, and in the professional ring, there is a possibility of a duel between a giant who is more than two meters tall and an ordinary heavyweight fighter who is only one meter eight tall.
This was the case in tonight's first match, the white boxer from Greece was unusually tall, reaching 2.03 meters and weighing as much as 223 pounds, while the black boxer from the United States was only 1.85 meters tall and weighed just over 90 kilograms.
It was a game of great physique.
At the start of the contest, the tall, white Greek fighter took advantage of his height and reach, throwing a lot of jabs, controlling distance and striking black fighters in blue shorts.
This is also a common strategy adopted by tall fighters in matches, using jabs to control their opponents and keep them from being approached by opponents with inferior height and reach, so that they can create the effect of hitting their opponents without being hit by their opponents' punches.
And fighters with inferior body and arm span, at this time, can only try to get close to the opponent, hit close range, and give full play to their advantages.
At this time, the movement and speed of the fighters on both sides will be tested.
In the first and second rounds, the tall white fighters had a relatively appropriate strategy, leaving the black fighters with few chances to get close, and the white fighters relied on more jabs to gain points and have a clear point advantage in the first two rounds.
By the time the third round began, though, the tall white fighter seemed to have some fitness issues, and he didn't throw jabs as often as the first two rounds.
It's impossible for a fighter to punch all the time in a fight, and it's impossible for even a mid-to-mid division fighter to consistently uninterrupted jab over many rounds.
And for the white Greek boxer who is up to 2.03 meters tall in today's fight, this is even more difficult, so by the third round, the Greek boxer can no longer maintain a high jab frequency, and many times can only put his front hand down.
Due to the reduced frequency of jabs by the Greek fighters, the black fighters were given a lot of close opportunities, and in this round, the black fighters landed significantly more melee strikes than in the first two rounds, and many of the punches were to hit the Greek fighters in the body.
In the third round, the two were almost the same in terms of points, and whoever was awarded the points to take the lead.
By the fourth and fifth rounds, this continued, and the Greek fighters' form was slowly declining, but the form of the black American fighters was little changed, and in the fourth and fifth rounds, the black fighters took a small lead in points.
By the sixth round of the bout, the tall Greek warrior's fitness seemed to be past the toughest of times and he was starting to recover.
In the sixth and seventh rounds, the Greek began to land more jabs and controlled the distance a lot better than the first two rounds, and the two fighters were once again evenly matched.
The bout entered the final round, and the two fighters, who knew that the gap between the two fighters in the previous bout, did not retain their strength in this round, but struggled to move and land heavy punches.
At the beginning of the eighth round, the Greek fighter first hit the black fighter with a front jab and a heavy back hand, although the black fighter was staggered for a while, but he was unable to knock out the black fighter, and the Greek fighter's own physical strength was quickly depleted.
After several attempts to defeat the black fighter, the exhausted Greek fighter began to turn to the defense, and at this time, the fast recovery black fighter began to exert his strength, frequently hitting the Greek fighter in the body and head, and knocking out the Greek fighter once more than two minutes into the eighth round.
The Greek fighter stood up after the referee counted the seconds in the ring and continued to finish the fight, but because of this fall in the last round, the Greek fighter lost the last round, and in the final match, it was also two judges who awarded the victory to the black fighter, and one referee ruled that the tie was over, and the black fighter won the match.
The second bout that started was an eight-round super middleweight cushion match.
If the heavyweight game, the audience is more interested in the boxer's huge physique and heavy punch strength, then for the super middleweight division, a level of fighters weighing in the weight range of 76 kg to 79 kg, although there is no burly physique like the heavyweight, but the boxers' physique is not bad, at least the physique level of ordinary people, and the strength of the heavy punches is not bad, and the fighters' movements and punches are better than the heavyweight, which is a relatively unprominent attraction. But it's not a weak level in any way.
Bite!
As the bell rings, the eight-round super middleweight exhibition bout begins.
The bout was between two black American fighters, both newcomers with no more than ten fights, one slightly taller and wearing black shorts, and the other slightly shorter and wearing red shorts.
The intensity of the bout was noticeably more intense than the eight-round heavyweight exhibition bout of the previous one, and from the first round, the two fighters were throwing punches at a high frequency, attacking and defending each other, and unleashing a lot of combinations.
Tall boxers, jabs and forehand small hooks are a little better, and they can often hit short fighters with jabs, and sharp forehand small hooks can also make short fighters difficult to parry.
And the short super middleweight boxer also has his own technical characteristics, the short boxer fights both left and right straight punches very well, often hitting the tall boxer in consecutive combination straight punches, and even in the fifth and sixth rounds, relying on three sharp combination straight punches, almost knocking down the tall boxer.
The tall and short fighters ended up fighting for eight rounds, with neither knocking out the other.
When the fight ended, both fighters were covered with injuries, the short boxer's two eye sockets were high and swollen, and the tall boxer's face was also all bruised, and the two fighters looked more embarrassed, showing that the two fighters tried their best to win the game, but in the end they couldn't finish their opponents.
Wang Hao is under the ring, and he also watched the matches of these two fighters, these two boxers are very young, they have fought very few professional fights, and even the first time they have met a professional boxer like the other party who can bring challenges to themselves.
Because there are few games and less damage to the body, although in this game, both fighters have received a lot of heavy punches from each other, but they still persevered, if they are replaced by old fighters who are experienced in the game and have certain physical injuries, they may not be able to withstand so many heavy punches, or they will play more slippery, and they will not fight hard with their opponents like this, this is Wang Hao's thoughts after watching this eight-round game.
After eight rounds, it was time for the off-court judges to decide that the three off-court judges had a unanimous score of 77-75, and the tall black fighter won one more round than the short black fighter and won the match.
Soon the third bout of the evening, and the final mat bout before the start of the main event between Fernando Vargas and Kwartet, was a battle for the IBF Featherweight Americas Continental Title, also between the two American fighters.
A white American fighter from Nevada defends his IBF featherweight Intercontinental Championship in the Americas against a black fighter from New York.
The reigning IBF Featherweight Intercontinental Champion of the Americas, a white American boxer, currently has a professional record of 21 fights, with 17 wins and four losses, with nine of those victories coming by knockout.
Judging from the professional record of white fighters, although they surpass most professional fighters, they can only be at an average level, and if there is no great improvement, winning the Intercontinental Boxing Championship may be his limit.
Tonight's challenger, a black fighter from New York State, is a newcomer but an undefeated fighter with a current professional record of nine wins and nine knockouts.
Judging from the professional record of the young black fighters, although there are not many fights, they have a 100% win and knockdown rate, which should be said to be good.
However, given that young black fighters may have been average opponents in the past, tonight's match will be a test of the strength of black fighters.
If the black boxer can successfully defeat the defending Intercontinental boxing champion and win the belt, the young black boxer is still likely to continue to take a few steps forward, which is Wang Hao's thoughts after listening to the introduction of the two fighters by the on-site judges in the audience next to the ring.
Bite!
As the bell rang, the first round began.
After the start of the first round, both fighters were more cautious and more tentative at first.
In the process, the challenger of the young black fighter showed a sophistication and composure that did not match his age, and he did not rush to attack at the beginning of the fight, like most young fighters, but tested his opponent's strategy and rhythm, intending to find out the reality of his opponent and implement his own strategy step by step.
For the first two minutes of the first round, both fighters tested each other, and by the last minute of the first round, the defending white boxer, as if he had been tempted enough, first attacked the black boxer, increasing the frequency and aggression of his jab, and throwing quick combinations.
The young black fighter doesn't seem to be in a hurry, he is not in a hurry to start a fierce fight with his opponent when the white fighter is the first to attack, but mainly through his own defensive skills, he is in a good position to adapt to the opponent's technique and rhythm of the game.
Bite!
Soon, the first round of the fight was over, and the first round of the two fighters was a bit dull for most of the time, with the white fighters who defended the Intercontinental Champion testing each other most of the time, and the black fighters who were challengers didn't play a coherent attack throughout the first round, just adapting to the technique and rhythm of the defending Intercontinental Champion.
However, relying on excellent defensive counterattacks, the black fighter did not lag behind in points in this round.
Soon, the second round began.
At the beginning of the second round, the defending Intercontinental Champion threw more and faster attacks to the challenger black boxer, while the black boxer initially used his skills and reflexes to maneuver with the defending Intercontinental Champion, and after dodging a right hook from the opponent, he hit a heavy right back hand defensive counterattack that hit the defending Intercontinental Champion hard, and the black boxer hit the defending Intercontinental Champion hard, although it was not a direct knockout, but it traumatized the defending Intercontinental Champion.
And after this time the heavy blow was successful, the black boxer had already discovered that the opponent's ability to resist the blow, the strength of the heavy punch and the speed of reaction were not too much of a threat to him, so the black boxer began to enter his own rhythm and frequently hit sharp attacks.
The reigning Intercontinental Champion was hit by a lot of heavy punches from the black boxer, and soon had nothing to defend himself, and finally at the end of the second round, the black fighter knocked out the defending Intercontinental Champion with a series of boxing combinations.
When the defending continental boxing champion stood up after the referee finished counting the seconds on the court, the referee on the court, who observed the state of the defender, felt that the defender could not continue the game, and directly waved his hand to stop the game.
Tonight's third mat bout, which was also the final bout before the start of the main event between Fernando Vargas and Kwartet, ended with the young black challenger comfortably knocking out the reigning Intercontinental Champion in the second round.
The young challenger proved his strength, and the audience also gave the challenger warm applause.