Chapter 114: Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a famous city, it has the most comfortable living environment in the United States, many world celebrities choose to settle in Los Angeles, therefore, Los Angeles is also one of the most concentrated places in the world.
It has Hollywood, the world's movie mecca, the Los Angeles Lakers, a world-famous basketball club, and Disneyland, a children's paradise.
So, don't be surprised if you're walking down the street in Los Angeles and come across a celebrity you've always wanted, because it's the destination for celebrities.
Americans love boxing and power, and the boxing atmosphere in Los Angeles is even stronger, almost parallel to that of New York, and with the Los Angeles Olympics, sporting events are booming here.
Professional fighters love to fight in Los Angeles because of the nation's largest television station and celebrities from all walks of life.
Popularity is a key to the future development of professional fighters.
Celebrities watching the game have far-reaching significance for fame, and sometimes American dignitaries and even presidents will appear on the scene, in this case, it is difficult for the contestants to think of not being famous.
To be honest, Wang Ben was lucky to come to the United States to become a professional boxer.
Being able to join Stewart, become a member of the Kroenke Boxing Club, become the first Chinese to enter the American professional boxing scene, and more importantly, the first professional debut is scheduled in Los Angeles, and it is also a cushion match for the middleweight king fight, this kind of opportunity is not something ordinary people can have.
The main match between Leonard and Robert Duran attracted a large audience, and if you count the televised broadcast, there are at least 10 million fans around the world watching this matchup.
Therefore, Stewart's choice of this time for Wang Ben to play in the mat match will not only improve Wang Ben's fame, but also expand the influence of boxing in China.
If Wang Ben can play well in the mat match of this king fight, it will attract the attention of tens of millions of fans, and if he participates in the boxing match in the future, the appearance fee will have to be discussed.
Professional boxing is like this, the most important thing is to arouse the interest of the audience!
The level of the appearance fee depends entirely on the audience, and if the audience does not buy it, the appearance fee cannot be high.
Wang Ben's appearance fee is only $2,000, while his opponent Joss Crete has an appearance fee of $10,000.
Although Wang Ben is the Asian amateur boxing champion and the world champion, these honors are useless in the professional boxing world, everyone does not pay attention to amateur boxing honors, everyone pays money to buy tickets and hopes to see a fierce game of fist to the flesh, so it is normal for Wang Ben to get an appearance fee of 2,000 US dollars.
In fact, rookies who have just entered the professional boxing world usually only pay a few hundred dollars, and no more than five thousand dollars at most.
When they came to Los Angeles, Wang Ben and Yuan Zhengtu first went to the Los Angeles Boxing Center.
Professional boxing has a lot of influence in the United States, and any fighter needs to undergo a detailed medical examination before a fight.
Compared with amateur boxing, professional boxers have a more rigorous physical examination, including weight, urine tests, blood tests, heart, and more.
Doping, cholesterol-like and other prohibited drugs are strictly prohibited in any sport, and the Los Angeles Boxing Center takes this test very seriously for the sole purpose of fairness and justice.
Wang Ben had never touched those things, so the physical examination was very simple for him, and he passed the test smoothly.
Leonard vs Robert Duran This king fight has a very big impact, and the Kroenke Boxing Club has been waiting at the Hilton Hotel for a long time, Wang Ben and Stewart met and entered the hotel suite.
The Hilton Los Angeles Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Los Angeles, it can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators in the underground hall, and professional boxing is usually held in large hotels, which is very different from amateur boxing, which is usually the choice of gymnasium.
Professional boxing has a very strong commercial flavor, and the hosting of boxing matches in large hotels can not only promote consumption, but also enhance the reputation of the hotel, killing two birds with one stone.
Wang Ben has never been to the Hilton Hotel, but he has heard of this world-famous hotel brand, in China, the Hilton Hotel is not ordinarily famous, and it takes the high-end route.
But when he entered the Hilton, he was struck by its luxury and scale.
The Hilton Hotel is one of the largest entertainment venues in Los Angeles, with cabarets, nightclubs, swimming pools, bars, movie theaters, and even casinos and shopping malls.
Wang Ben really wanted to go around and see the prosperity of the American imperialists, there were many new things here that he had not yet seen.
However, Yuan Zhengtu has been following left and right, so it is not good for him to run and play alone.
With an old man by his side, it is a bit unrealistic to want to go to bars and nightclubs to see American girls.
Shopping in the mall, to be honest, only female compatriots are very interested, Wang Ben is not bored enough to run to the mall to pass the time, and he has nothing to buy.
Therefore, there are very few things to play, but there is a gym in the Hilton Hotel, which is very well equipped.
But Wang Ben doesn't want to go to the gym, he is tired enough to train every day, it is difficult to come out to play, he can relax a little, and he still runs to the gym at this time, isn't his head water?
Although you can meet that kind of foreign girl with a great body in the gym, the most are those fitness strong men with bulging muscles, and he is not interested in muscular hunks.
So lying in the hotel suite, he could only watch TV boringly.
In his previous life, he liked to watch Hollywood blockbusters, but now he lives near Hollywood, but he can't find any good TV, which makes him feel very puzzled.
With a wry smile, he remembered that he was in the early nineties, and many Hollywood blockbusters had not yet been filmed.
Hey? That's right, many Hollywood blockbusters haven't started filming now, if I get those classic blockbusters in my previous life out in advance, wouldn't it be profitable?
Thinking of this, Wang Ben's eyes lit up, his heart was hot, and he was a little ready to move.
But after thinking about it for a while, he found that he had thought too much, it is not so simple to make a movie, not only do you need a good director, but also a screenwriter, you need well-known actors, and it is impossible to make a good movie with just one idea.
So when he was bored and watched the TV for a while, he simply turned off the TV and began to practice the Breathing Mind Method to calm himself down.
I thought the next day would be boring, but Stewart, the big black man, surprised him.
This is a beautiful foreign girl in white clothes, with a super body and a smile on her face, named Ruth.
For some reason, the moment he saw Ruth, Wang Ben remembered Natasha who was far away in Moscow.
Of course, don't think crookedly, Ruth didn't come to accompany Wang Ben to pass the boredom, but the medical care that Stuart found for Wang Ben.
Professional fighters usually hire private medical nurses before fights, which are very professional and have a U.S. medical license to qualify.
Medical care is simple, in fact, it is similar to a masseuse, he is mainly responsible for the health of the boxer, helping the boxer massage the muscles, allowing the boxer to relax before the fight, and ensuring the state of the boxer.