Chapter 81: World Amateur Boxing Championship
The 5th World Amateur Boxing Championship is the top boxing event in the amateur boxing world.
The venue of the competition was changed from Reno in the United States to Moscow in the Soviet Union, and the organizer was the International Amateur Boxing Federation.
Due to the shocking scandal caused by the Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea last year, which brought shame to the entire boxing world, the purpose of holding the World Amateur Boxing Championships this time is also to increase the popularity of boxing matches and correct the name of boxing.
Therefore, there are many fighters participating in this boxing world championship, and fans around the world are very concerned about this tournament.
The Soviet Union's Central Television, Voice of America Radio, Japan Television, Hong Kong Island International Radio, China Central Television, the British BBC Broadcasting Corporation, the American ABC Television, etc., the world's top ten well-known radio stations have gathered in Moscow, these stations have reached a broadcasting agreement with the International Amateur Boxing Federation and the Soviet Union, and the boxing competition is broadcast live around the world.
It can be said that the International Amateur Boxing Federation has put a lot of thought into this boxing competition.
In addition to the Olympic Games, the only thing that can achieve such attention in international sports competitions is the Football World Cup.
Under normal circumstances, China Central Television does not report much on the boxing scene, mainly because there are few viewers who pay attention to it, and there are no particularly prominent players in China, so it would rather broadcast table tennis matches than boxing matches.
However, this time the situation is a bit special, and more than 20 people were sent to participate in the World Boxing Championships.
The purpose is very simple, in order to fill the vacancy of domestic boxing world medals, the General Administration of Sports has fought hard this time.
Perhaps it was Wang Ben's victory in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships a few months ago that gave the leaders of the General Administration of Sports a taste of sweetness, so this time he sent boxers to Moscow with great fanfare.
Therefore, if Wang Ben can win the championship in the World Amateur Boxing Championships, not only will the national fans boil, but also go down in the history of Chinese boxing.
This is like Wang Ben's track and field in his previous life, no domestic athlete has ever entered the finals of the 100-meter sprint, if there is a sprinting genius who can win the sprint world championship in the World Championships or the Olympic Games, I believe it will go down in history.
If you want to become famous, it's too late!
For some reason, Wang Ben suddenly remembered this sentence, he didn't know who said it, but this sentence was very appropriate for him.
When he heard Yuan Zhengtu and Lu Biao introduce the grand occasion of this boxing competition, Wang Ben was extremely excited.
At the same time, he is also grateful to Stewart, if it weren't for the American black uncle's request, he wouldn't have wanted to participate in this boxing World Championship, once he missed, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.
On December 9, the 5th World Amateur Boxing Championship kicked off in Moscow, Soviet Union, and lasted for ten days, ending on December 19.
Needless to say, Moscow's position in the world, especially in the Soviet era, is the economic, political, cultural, and financial center of the whole of Russia, and it is also the largest comprehensive city in Russia.
Wang Ben had never been to Moscow, but he had the impression that Moscow was a beautiful city, built along the river, with a beautiful environment, and had the reputation of "the capital of the forest".
However, Wang Ben did not have much affection for Moscow, because the beauty of Moscow was only a façade, and gangsters were rife and criminal gangs were famous and notorious all over the world.
In Moscow, there are hundreds of criminal groups here, such as "Daddy Hassan", "Giant Elephant Gang", "Sun Gang" and so on, which are extremely influential. These criminal groups have a variety of methods, money laundering, drug trafficking, smuggling, arms reselling, all kinds of evil, and these groups have great energy, only you have needs, money is enough, hehe, they can meet all your needs.
Even, if you need nuclear weapons, they can find a way to get them for you.
In addition, Moscow is a haven for crime, where the collusion between officials and businessmen provides a fertile ground for criminals to survive, and these criminal groups have spread all over the world and established positions in many countries.
There is another reason why Wang Ben doesn't like Moscow, that is, this bird place is really too cold.
Walking on the street, if you spit on the ground, it can turn into ice slag, and if you don't pay attention to the protection of your ears, you may fall off completely if you knock it with your hand.
However, beautiful women come out of the ice and snow, and the beauties of Moscow have delicate and smooth skin, pure appearance, tall figures, and beautiful curves, and are famous all over the world.
Walking on the street, Wang Ben was wrapped in a thick wool coat, looked at the pedestrians around him, and couldn't help but scold.
"Who said that there are many beautiful women in Moscow? Damn, wrapped like a zongzi, walking on the street is like a ball, a beautiful yarn! ”
Suddenly, he had a feeling of being deceived, remembering that it was advertised on TV and magazines that Russia was a country rich in beautiful women, but he walked around and didn't see any beauties, but he saw a lot of bucket-waisted aunts.
In fact, Wang Ben only felt strange when he came here to see the beauties, and he didn't have any special ideas, but the result made him a little disappointed.
Joining the national boxing delegation, Wang Ben and Yuan Zhengtu stayed at the Moscow International Hotel together.
The boxing match was held at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, the largest stadium in the Soviet Union with more than 80,000 seats, but because the boxing match was held in a boxing arena within the venue, it could only accommodate more than 20,000 spectators.
Now Wang Ben is the first brother in the domestic boxing industry, and all the participating boxers greet him, and everyone respects him very much.
Even Xiong Chaofeng and Li Qiang, who had been defeated under him, sincerely admired that not everyone could win the Asian Boxing Championship.
However, unlike Wang Ben, all boxers need to participate in the previous qualifying tournament and win the qualifying tournament to enter the finals.
Unless, like Wang Ben, he can win the continental championship without playing the qualifying round and directly enter the finals, which have a total of 64 places, and there are more than 200 players at all levels around the world, so the competition is very fierce.
The 5th World Amateur Boxing Championship is divided into twelve classes, similar to the Asian Boxing Championships.
The scale of this boxing competition is unprecedented, the players are like masters, and all countries in the world have sent boxing elites, so to speak, under the professional boxing, the level of this session has reached the highest level.
Since the first three days were qualifiers, Wang Ben did not need to participate, so he sat in the audience as a spectator.
However, when he heard the names of the two two fighters, he was shocked.
Nima! I almost forgot that these bulls are about the same age as me now, and they haven't turned professional fighters yet, and some of them have played in this World Championships.
Roy Jones Jr.!
This was the first name that surprised Wang Ben when he heard it on the radio.
At this time, Roy Jones Jr. was 20 years old, 180cm tall, 188cm arm span, and weighed 63kg, he was the North American champion, and won the "American Golden Glove Boxing Championship" for two consecutive years, and last year, he represented the United States in the Seoul Olympics in South Korea, and finally won the 63.5kg runner-up. At the same time, it also leads to the most shameless face in South Korea.
In the Olympic arena, the scene was almost completely suppressed by Roy Jones Jr., but in the end it was killed by the referee, and in the end, the South Korean player Park Hee-hong, who was almost disabled by him, shamelessly won the championship.