Chapter 319: The King of Blitzkrieg
After McClellan became the champion, he defended his title three times, all of which were one-round blitzkrieg knockouts, including a third rematch with Julian Jackson.
For a moment, the world exclaimed, and the middleweight "King of Blitzkrieg" was born, a nickname given to McClellan.
After knocking out Julian Jackson again in May 1994, McClellan decided to move up to the 168-pound super middleweight division, and McClellan waited nine months to challenge then-BC super middleweight champion Briton Nigelburn, the longest gap between two fights in his career.
Finally, on February 25, 1995, McClellan came to London in Ben's back garden to start the famous Anglo-American war.
McClellan launched a blitzkrieg offensive as usual in the opening stanza, forcing Ben to the edge of the rope at the beginning of the first round and wreaking havoc with combinations, Ben dodged left and right, but McClellan's three heavy punches still knocked Ben out of the ring.
At that time, the commentator at the scene exclaimed that the end of British boxing had come!
But the tenacious Ben got up outside the rope and re-entered the ring when the referee counted to nine.
After the game resumed, the battered Ben kept hugging McClellan, and each time he hugged the referee, the referee came up to separate the two sides and blocked McClellan to give Ben time to recover.
The British commentators at the scene couldn't stand it anymore and shouted "The referee is giving Ben a break!" What the hell is he doing! McClellan is fighting the referee! ”
Eventually, Ben survived the first round, and from the second round onwards, Ben realized that this was a fight to the death, and began to use his life's work to fight McClellan.
Ben's hand-to-hand grappling was brilliant and he struck McClellan in the back of the head when he took the opportunity, and McClellan protested to the referee several times, but the referee ignored it until round 7 and warned Ben once.
In the eighth round, McClellan knocked Ben down once, but by this time he himself had reached the end of his crossbow.
In round nine, McClellan's brain clot began to make him delirious, but he refused to give up the title that he saw his hands on.
In the tenth round, McClellan only had the consciousness to hug Ben, and in the end, without being hit, McClellan fell to the ground twice and was refereed for a few seconds, and after kneeling the second time, McClellan did not get up again. After the referee counted to ten, Ben excitedly celebrated loudly,
McClellan struggled back to the corner of his fist and quickly lay down in the corner and fell unconscious, after which McClellan was put on an oxygen mask and carried on a stretcher.
However, due to inadequate medical facilities, McClellan was taken to the hospital with delays in treatment, and eventually after two days in a coma, McClellan was blind in both eyes, almost deaf in both ears, and paralyzed in the lower half of his body.
In addition, he also lost almost all of his memories of the match against Ben, and he couldn't even remember who played against him.
McClellan ended his boxing career and was taken care of by one of his older sisters.
And in financial trouble, for many years, only one boxing champion, Roy Jones Jr., has personally visited the great Blitzkrieg and organized a fundraiser for him.
After this fight, he also suffered a heavy psychological blow, and then lost three of his five fights, and ended his boxing career in a hurry.
After retiring from the army, Ben often regretted what he had done to McClellan, became a Christian, and eventually became a devout pastor, and he also organized many fundraisers for McClellan.
In the early '90s, the middleweight division of professional boxing was extremely brutal.
Due to the lack of an invincible king who can truly unify the middleweight division, there is a melee situation in the middleweight division.
McClellan, Ben, Eubank, Michael Watson, and Julian Jackson are all famous middleweight champions, but their fates have been very tragic.
Wang Ben's purpose is clear, he wants to end this melee.
Defeat McClellan, take the BA Title from him, and he'll take down all the strong contenders in the middleweight division.
Ben, Eubank, Michael Watson, Julian Jackson, Horns and other powerful boxing champions who were very famous in their previous lives, Wang Ben wanted to break their thoughts.
The middleweight boxing champion can only be my Wang Ben!
I am the only boxing champion in the middleweight division, the gold belt of the three major organizations, Lao Tzu has all of them, see what you fight for.
"God, this wish of yours is so astonishing that I am sure no one would dare to think like that." Zong Liuhua was surprised.
"Others dare not think, but I dare! I'll reiterate it here, McClellan, if you're a man, fight me, and as long as you're willing to fight me, I'm willing to give up a part of the appearance fee, and you won't have anything to lose. In addition, the BC Championship belt on my body is also waiting for you to pick it up. Wang Ben said to the camera.
Obviously, Wang Ben declared war directly on McClellan on live TV!
"If you're a man, fight me!"
This sentence is very lethal, and if McClellan can even tolerate this, then he will not have to mix in the professional boxing world in the future, and the fans will not buy it.
It is worthy of being the king of China, domineering!
He had just finished defending his title, and shortly after he was promoted to middleweight, he began to make a bloody splash in the middleweight division.
McClellan was still struggling with the appearance fee, but when he saw Wang Ben's declaration of war on TV, his face suddenly changed.
If you shouldn't fight at this time, what kind of boxing champion should you be?
Soon, McClellan responded through the media, and he accepted Wang Ben's declaration of war, and fought Wang Ben three months later.
When the media and fans heard the news, they were thrilled.
Cool! Three months later, there is a big fight in the middleweight division of professional boxing!
Champion of Boxing VS Champion of Boxing!
This is the most classic fight, especially after the middleweight division, the boxing fight is usually very classic, exciting and exciting!
Although Wang Ben defeated Robert Duran and easily knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the title defense, many fans believe that Wang Ben will not have it so easy to defeat McClellan.
McClellan's quality is not below Robert Duran, the key is that he is young and has good physical strength.
In professional boxing, youth is capital, and McClellan has a strong capital.
In the middleweight division, McClellan is a shocking punch, and his bout is extremely impactful, averaging an efficient knockout rate of two rounds of knockouts, earning him the nickname "The King of Blitzkrieg."
With his strength, as long as he plays normally, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Ben to win easily.
Even if he can threaten Wang Ben's throne, even if he defeats Wang Ben, it is not particularly surprising.
Since Wang Ben was promoted to middleweight and knocked out challenger Roy Jones Jr. in 58 seconds after defending his title, many fans didn't get enough of it.
Everyone is looking forward to a fierce battle between McClellan and Wang Ben in three months.
Unfortunately, Stewart's talks with McClellan's agent didn't go very well.
Although McClellan agreed to Wang Ben's appointment, the issue of appearance fee is very nerve-wracking.
Appearance fees must be consistent!
McClellan's agent said that in this big battle between the two, they must have the same appearance fee, and no point is missing.
The professional boxing world is a place that pays attention to fame, and with McClellan's current fame, let alone tens of millions of dollars, it would be a sneak laugh to get an appearance fee of six million dollars.
But his agent seemed to have eaten Stewart, and Stewart gritted his teeth with anger.
The appearance fee of professional boxing mainly comes from ticket revenue and media broadcasting, which is a commercial activity, not a high strength, and the higher the appearance fee obtained.
A fighter's appearance fee is judged entirely based on commercial value, and if you want to have a high appearance fee, you must have a high popularity, otherwise you can only get a very low appearance fee.
Just like boxing champion Tyson, after coming out of prison, he got close to $30 million in appearance fees for his first boxing match, but his opponent only got $800,000.
Fame is directly linked to appearance fees, and not all of the appearance fees and broadcast revenue are owned by fighters.
Part of it is charged by the organizer, as well as boxing promotion, advertising, etc., and the boxer can only get a part, otherwise if there is no benefit, who wants to host a boxing match?
Wang Ben's appearance fee for this boxing match is 16 million US dollars, and if McClellan's appearance fee is the same as Wang Ben's, the appearance fee of the two will exceed 30 million US dollars.
If McClellan is the kind of boxing champion who has been famous for a long time and has a large number of fans in the professional boxing world, there is nothing to say about the appearance fee like Wang Ben.
However, he has only been the BA middleweight champion for a few months, and he wants to take the same appearance fee as Wang Ben, how can Stewart not be angry?
However, Wang Ben didn't care much about the appearance fee, and in order to reduce the pressure on the organizers, Wang Ben lowered the appearance fee to 12 million US dollars.
In this case, the total appearance fee of the two is 24 million US dollars, which is within the acceptable range of the organizers.