Chapter 123: On the eve of the heavyweight unification war
Half a month later, Wang Ben, Yuan Zhengtu and the people of the Kroenke Boxing Club, who were immersed in hard training every day, came to Los Angeles again.
Because, Wang Ben's second professional boxing match was also held here.
Joe Briva.
Wang Ben's opponent in his second professional boxing match. Brevis has a 6-0 record of 4 KOs in his career, and is much stronger than Wang Ben's opponent in the first fight, Jos Crete.
Although Briva is only 178cm tall, he looks strong, he punches ferociously and has a tough style of play, so after six victories, he has made some name for himself in the professional boxing world.
Wang Ben watched his fight video and found that this guy's boxing style is a bit Leonard's feeling, and his skills are very comprehensive and difficult to deal with.
Of course, if you study others yourself, others will surely study you as well.
Wang Ben believes in his boxing style, and Briva must have spent a lot of time studying it.
Briva's background is very big, his coach is called Romulo, and he is the coach of the current ultra-lightweight champion Chavez, that is to say, after this half a month, Briva must have studied a set of ways to deal with Wang Ben.
Most media outlets, as well as boxing magazines, have said that Wang Ben could not be a match for Briva.
But in Los Angeles, few people thought Wang would lose.
No way, his first professional fight was also in Los Angeles, where Wang Ben's clean knockout won the support of many fans, especially the Chinese in Los Angeles.
There are a lot of Chinese in Los Angeles, with the reform and opening up of the country, from the former gold diggers, to those studying abroad, overseas immigration has become a craze, and there are Chinese areas in many places in Los Angeles, which is commonly known as Chinatown.
From the live TV, many Chinese people have seen Wang Ben KO Joss Crete in the ring, and the host even said that Wang Ben is the amateur boxing world champion, and he is proud of all the opponents knocked out in the amateur competition, so the Chinese seem to see hope, and everyone unanimously supports Wang Ben.
In the past, there were no Chinese fighting professional boxing tournaments, and everyone had boxers who liked and supported them, but now, there is a compatriot of their own in the professional boxing world, will they still support foreigners?
So invisibly, Wang Ben has a large number of supporters.
Compatriot! These two words, only when you leave your hometown and leave the motherland can you realize its preciousness.
However, TV stations and boxing magazines, as well as major newspapers across the United States, did not pay much attention to Wang Ben's report, no way, Wang Ben's reputation is too low, and the major media still can't look at it.
The media was overwhelmingly hyped about another bout, and it caught the attention of fans around the world.
Tyson vs Tony Tucker.
Tony Tucker is the IBF International Boxing Federation's heavyweight champion, while Tyson won the WBC belt after beating Burbick in two rounds, and defeated Smith to claim the WBA heavyweight belt a few months ago.
If Tyson wins, he will become the first heavyweight champion in history to unify the three major organizations in the world.
The appearance fee of this game exceeded 10 million US dollars, and it attracted global attention.
Tony Tucker's coach is Wang Ben's agent Stewart, so Wang Ben and Tucker are considered to be the same door.
Tucker is tall and has long arms, like a tank, in the ring, Tucker's fists are very heavy, in the world professional boxing arena, he has always been known for his ferocity, black hands, and his offense has a very strong lethality, and his fighting spirit is tenacious.
In the first few months, Tucker and Douglas fought for the IBF Championship belt, and Tucker was on the back for the first nine rounds, but he refused to admit defeat and finally won the IBF Championship in the 10th round by knocking Douglas down with a one-hit right hand.
And this time, Tucker will face Mike Tyson, the youngest boxing champion in heavyweight boxing.
This is a unified battle that will change history, and anyone who wins will get three championship belts from the three major organizations of world boxing, and since Tyson has two heavyweight belts on his body and Tucker only has one, most people think that Tyson can win the match.
Perhaps because of Tucker's light, Wang Ben's second professional boxing match was a mat match between Tyson and Tony Tucker.
Although Wang Ben and Tucker are both fighters in the Kroenke Club, the two have never met, and Wang Ben does not know Tucker.
Such an important match has attracted a lot of media, and everyone wants to witness the miracle of professional boxing.
In the world of professional boxing, since the boxing champion Ali, the heroes have risen together, and the princes have competed for hegemony! The world's three major boxing organizations are in chaos, at this time, there is an outlier like Tyson, not only won the WBC, WBA two major boxing organizations boxing champion belt, at this time is to the IBF boxing championship belt, the global fans are very concerned about the result of this fight.
Because Wang Ben is a fighter at the Kroenke Boxing Club and is from the same club as Tucker, the media can't interview Tucker, so they all start to interview Wang Ben.
I saw a middle-aged reporter, followed by a small team, holding a camera around Wang Ben.
What are these reporters doing around me? You should interview Tyson, interview Tucker, right? Brother is just a nobody, and besides, I don't know Tucker, doesn't that make me embarrassed?
However, surrounded by a group of reporters, it is difficult for him to refuse, because he does not have such fame and confidence now.
"Hello Wang, I'm John Pitt from Los Angeles Sports Radio, can I ask you a few questions?" The middle-aged reporter asked.
Wang Ben was a little speechless, isn't this nonsense? The camera is pointed at me, how can my brother refuse?
"Wang, I heard that you are a member of the Kroenke Club, are you usually familiar with Tucker?"
"I've heard of him, he's a very good fighter, and I admire him!" Wang Ben nodded and said.
Dealing with reporters, he won't tell the truth now, Coach Yuan is right, reporters are all masters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, if he says that he doesn't know Tucker, then tomorrow's TV and newspapers are probably all negative news about Wang Ben.
"What do you think of Tucker's strength?"
"It's strong, Tucker is the IBF heavyweight champion, and he's a mountain for me right now."
"I'm sorry, what I want to ask is, do you think he has a good chance of winning against Tyson this time?"
"No one can say whether they will win or lose in the ring, both of them are very strong, and it depends on luck to win or lose, but I believe Tucker will win." As a member of the Kroenke Boxing Club, no matter what the result is, you need to support your own people, which Wang Ben is still very clear.
"Oh? You mean Tucker can unify the world heavyweight boxing world? Three belts at the same time? ”
"Of course, Tucker has a good chance of winning if he plays to his strengths, because his coach is Stewart, the best boxing coach in the world."
In fact, the result of the game, Wang Ben knows in his heart, I remember that he watched the video of this game in his previous life, although I don't know if the result will change, but Tyson and Tucker fought for twelve rounds, in the middle Tyson was almost knocked out by Tucker, and finally Tyson won the game with points and unified the world professional boxing heavyweight.
To be honest, luck does take place in the game, and Tucker is slightly less lucky in this unification battle.
This is also a rare game in which Tyson played the whole game and won by points in his prime, which shows that Tucker's strength is very strong, which Wang Ben is not talking nonsense.