Chapter 407: KO Hopkins
Lewis's big battle with Riddick Pow, to be honest, didn't have much impact.
The heavyweight challenge is not a heavyweight title fight, and fans certainly don't have much interest.
However, Wang Ben's arrogant "three rounds" at the press conference of this boxing match caused Wang Ben's popularity to rise again.
Spanning two tiers to challenge light heavyweight champion Hopkins and threatening to knock him out in three rounds, the matchup's attention skyrocketed.
With Wang Ben's current popularity in the professional boxing world, the ticket price and TV station rights are well bought.
The organizers are very happy to see such a situation, any boxing match by Wang Ben is very profitable, and this is the effect brought by superstars.
It can be said that at present, Wang Ben is the cash cow of professional boxing, and his ability to attract gold is much stronger than that of any boxing champion, even surpassing boxing champion Tyson.
During this time, Wang Ben was not idle, he asked Yuan Zhengtu to choose a very large place in Los Angeles, USA, where the martial arts hall was already under construction.
Iron Fist Kokushu Hall!
This is the name that Wang Ben chose for the gym.
When it all started to unfold steadily, the crossover championship was officially on the horizon.
Wang Ben VS Hopkins!
The match took place at the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas and was attended by more than 20,000 spectators.
As always, Wang Ben did not engage in tricks at the appearance ceremony, and for his current popularity, there is not much need to engage in these famous halls.
However, Wang Ben's lack of tricks does not mean that Hopkins is the same.
In this game, Wang Ben was the challenger, so he was the first to play, and when he took the stage, Hopkins began to take the stage.
This guy was very sassy, and he actually started to play magic.
Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Hopkins was followed by six beautiful women dressed as angels, and then fell from the sky and slowly landed in the ring.
Yes, like a fairy, the volley flew over the heads of all the spectators, and even sprinkled flowers below during the flight.
Then, when he stopped in the ring, he stretched out his hand and waved, and a combination punch went down, and the six angels were scattered by him with one punch, and disappeared in an instant.
The six angelic beauties who came alive disappeared in an instant, which made people feel incredible.
The audience didn't understand much at first, but when they saw Hopkins knock an angel away with a single punch, they couldn't help but jump up and exclaim.
"Oh God, how did he do that?"
A lot of viewers opened their eyes wide, it was a big magic trick, and it was very shocking.
Next, the entire audience began to applaud and began to cheer for Hopkins.
Wang Ben stood in the ring, looking at Hopkins opposite him with some impatience, feeling very unhappy.
But he could understand Hopkins' hard work.
Professional boxing is a commercial game, and it needs to be more entertaining, otherwise the monotonous game will look very boring.
Attracting an audience is the key to expanding your fame.
Although all the audience paid for tickets to see the excitement, if they could add some entertainment, the audience would definitely not object.
Wang Ben understands this truth, but he really doesn't have the heart to play tricks in the way he appears.
Because Hopkins tossed for more than three minutes at the appearance ceremony, the referee was also very addicted to watching, this kind of large-scale magic trick takes a lot of time to rehearse, it seems that Hopkins usually rehearses for a long time for tonight's appearance.
After the appearance ceremony, the referee called the two together and began to talk a bunch of nonsense.
Bite!
The game begins.
Hopkins jabs forward, and as soon as the bell rings, he strikes.
The jab is very fast, and the key is to be very accurate, just like a cobra attacking, vicious and vicious.
Obviously, although Hopkins did so many tricks in the appearance ceremony, his strength was very strong, especially his jab, which made it amazing and unguardable.
In the light heavyweight division, Hopkins' jab is extremely threatening, often tearing through his opponent's defenses and disrupting his opponent's striking rhythm to make a big difference for his next heavy punches.
However, will Wang Ben be disturbed by his jab?
Wang Ben's jab is not weak, because his jab has a punch force, so the speed and power are not inferior to Hopkins.
What's more, Wang Ben's momentum is very strong, and his sensory ability is very prominent.
So, ten seconds into the game, the two started a jab battle on the stage.
This kind of jab fight is a little different from heavy punch fighting, and it's all about reflexes and the ability to take chances.
The audience enjoyed watching it very much, and the two behaved very flexibly, especially Wang Ben, who showed everyone a master-level dodge level.
Turning his waist from side to side, using the flexible footwork of his feet, like walking among the flowers, he can accurately judge the direction of Hopkins' jab attack every time.
Moreover, taking advantage of the gap between Hopkins' punches, Wang Ben would counterattack with jabs, which made Hopkins very depressed.
So in less than half a minute, the corner of Hopkins' eye was swollen by Wang Ben's jab.
In fact, fighting with Wang Ben with jab, this offensive strategy was originally the wrong choice, Wang Ben's punching force is now almost as smooth as a fish in water, and anyone is trying to take advantage of his jab.
Perhaps feeling that it was a loss to fight with Wang Ben like this, Hopkins quickly adjusted his style of play.
He no longer used jab to harass, but directly began to attack with heavy punches, using his physical advantage to smash straight and uppercut punches at Wang Ben without any hesitation.
However, Wang Ben began to use guerrilla tactics.
The light heavyweight champion's strength is very strong, and Wang Ben is confident that he can resist his opponent's heavy punches, but it will hurt very much when he hits him.
Therefore, as soon as Hopkins broke out into a fierce attack, Wang Ben began to dodge, using fighting tactics, and constantly counterattacking with straight punches, waiting for the opportunity to bomb with heavy punches.
I have to say that Hopkins' strength is very strong, his defense is leaky, and in the first round, Wang Ben has been fighting, but he has not found a suitable offensive opportunity.
After the second round, Hopkins wanted Wang Ben to go head-to-head with him.
But it's a pity that Wang Ben was not fooled.
Of course, Wang Ben is not afraid of him, but there is no need for this at all, Hopkins is two levels higher than himself, and if he fights hard, Wang Ben suffers a little.
Although in the game, Hopkins was always attacking, Wang Ben seemed very passive.
However, the pace of the fight was always in Wang Ben's hands, and it was clear that Hopkins did not effectively land a punch against Wang, but was hit several times by Wang Ben's jab and straight punches.
Wang Ben controlled the rhythm of the game from the beginning, and no matter how fierce Hopkins' attack was, it was suppressed by Wang Ben.
If he continued to fight like this, Wang Ben would be able to exhaust his physical strength, and then easily knock him down.
Halfway through the second round, not only did Hopkins see that something was wrong, but even his coach was a little anxious.
"Could it be that the King of China is strong enough to knock me out easily?"
Hopkins began to be a little unconfident, whether it was speed or strength, he felt that the king of China was no worse than himself, and even surpassed him, and the only advantage he had may be his ability to resist hits.
However, he can't hit the king of China at all, and this advantage is equivalent to nothing.
When the second round ended, instead of hitting Wang, Hopkins was hit by a hook to his stomach, almost throwing up his overnight meal.
In the third round, Wang Ben was more relaxed, he had completely controlled the pace of the game, and it was impossible for Hopkins to turn the tables around.
Although Wang Ben has not yet exploded into a deadly punch, Hopkins' fighting spirit has been almost grinded.
He found himself a humanoid sandbag, and his counterattack was ineffective at all, at the hands of the King of China.
Bang!
At one minute and five seconds into the third round, Wang Ben began to explode with heavy punches.
A ferocious and domineering hook slammed into Hopkins' jaw and knocked him out completely.
The hook punch was full of punch power, and the penetration was extremely powerful, and the punch stunned Hopkins, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, lying on the ground with gold stars in his eyes.
When the referee counted to "8" on the field, Hopkins, who was lying on the ground, had wide eyes and stared blankly at the chandelier above.
The referee shook his head, sighed, turned to Wang Ben, and raised his right hand.
Wang Ben's cross-level challenge was successful.
In three rounds, knock out Hopkins!
Wang Ben did it, and in this fight, he won the Hopkins three-time boxing championship belt, unifying the professional boxing light heavyweight division.