Chapter 345: KO McClellan (Part I)
May 5, 1991, Madison Square Garden, New York, USA.
7:45 p.m.
Middleweight BC champion Wang Ben and BA champion McClellan, this boxing title battle officially kicked off.
The two are not much different in age and size, which can be regarded as the pinnacle battle of the middleweight division.
The bout attracted a lot of attention around the world, with tickets sold out a month ago, and many fans who booked tickets in advance did not get tickets and could only watch them in front of the TV.
In addition, the TV rights were sold at a high price, and according to the data, the bout surpassed Tyson's title defense and was only a little short of Wang Ben's crossover challenge to Robert Duran.
In order to match the popularity of this boxing match, the organizers invited many Hollywood big-name movie stars and singers to help, including many sports celebrities to watch the scene.
Of course, the most striking thing is that the "Queen of the Century" Madonna Siccone also came to the scene to cheer and sing.
Before the game started, the atmosphere of the scene was completely ignited.
After the supporting stars finished their performances, the host began to introduce the fighters from both sides of tonight's fight, including the fighters in the three cushion matches.
It is every new fighter's dream to be able to play in the mat match at Wang Ben's boxing championship!
Perhaps the new fighter took this rare opportunity very seriously, so he played very well, with two knockouts in three cushion matches.
When the mat was over, there was a feeling of unhappiness in the crowd, but it was time for tonight's main event, and the fans were all on their feet in anticipation of the pinnacle fight.
"Gentlemen and ladies, let us move forward!"
Baffle's voice rang out, bringing the atmosphere of the entire arena to its peak.
In this game, McClellan played first, and Wang Ben played later.
McClellan originally had a lot of opinions about his early appearance, but there was no way, who made Wang Ben more famous than him? And Wang Ben is also the boxing champion of BC, and his weight is much higher than himself.
So, at Stewart's strong insistence, although McClellan is also a boxing champion, he is the first to appear as a challenger in this match.
McClellan didn't make tricks at the appearance ceremony, and he appeared on stage in a proper manner.
The fans at the scene were very face-saving, and everyone applauded and cheered for McClellan, making the atmosphere very lively.
Next, it was Wang Ben's turn to play.
Wow......
The atmosphere exploded all at once, and the shouts and applause almost collapsed the entire Madison Garden Plaza, which was much more enthusiastic than when McClellan appeared.
That's popularity!
Compared with McClellan, Wang Ben's popularity is much greater, and many fans came to watch this boxing championship on the spot, completely because Wang Ben appeared, otherwise with such an expensive ticket price, who would come to join in the fun?
McClellan's face turned pale.
Standing in the ring, McClellan squinted at Wang Ben, eager to run up and punch Wang Ben's nose.
But fortunately, McClellan is still sane, and he does not lose his cool impulsively.
Then the old rules, the referee on the field began to explain nonsense, and after routinely checking the gloves and protection, he waved his hand.
Bite!
The first round begins!
As soon as the bell rang, Wang Ben attacked, only to see his feet slip forward and a jab punch was struck.
Wang Ben's jab is notoriously fast in the professional boxing world, and it is very powerful, which is difficult to guard.
McClellan shook his head, dodging Wang Ben's jab, and also hit a jab with the same color.
Not to mention, McClellan is known as the "King of Blitzkrieg", his jab has a fight with Wang Ben, and is even more tricky and weird than Wang Ben, and a little faster.
However, Wang Ben's senses are very sensitive and his reflexes are very strong, and he dodged McClellan's jab attack on one side.
McClellan slid half a step forward on his feet, bowed slightly, and struck a quick punch.
Heavy straight punch!
The power was very heavy, and the key was very sudden, and it smashed hard at Wang Ben's chest.
The muscles in this part of the chest are very strong, and they are just between the hands and arms, and in general, this part is rarely defended.
Let's not talk about whether you can be hit by the opponent, even if you are hit, you can carry it.
Although it didn't hurt, Wang Ben was confident that he could carry this heavy straight punch, but no one wanted to be beaten, and Wang Ben was even more unhappy.
So Wang Ben continued to sideways and responded with a jab.
Suddenly, McClellan began to explode, throwing ferocious and quick punches, quick footwork on his feet, and very nimble.
Wang Ben swayed from side to side, his fists close to his chin, constantly looking for opportunities to punch back.
Maybe it was the first round, McClellan had a lot of stamina, so once he attacked, McClellan immediately formed a stormy chain of punches.
Under such a dense attack, no one could punch back, and neither could Wang Ben, so he could only keep dodging.
For more than a minute, McClellan attacked frantically, without worrying about the consumption of physical strength, and this opening made Wang Ben extremely depressed.
Your uncle, don't you know to stop?
It's a waste of energy, and then you don't give it to me to play?
No wonder this guy is called the "King of Blitzkrieg", and his attack is so ferocious after the opening that ordinary fighters really can't stop it.
However, Wang Ben is not an ordinary boxer, he is a boxing champion, and he is a super boxing champion.
It's not like he's never encountered this kind of fighter with extremely fast attack speed, and Robert Duran was also in this style at the beginning.
The safest way to deal with this kind of fighter is to wait for the opponent's stamina to drop, and then explode a heavy punch to knock him out.
Wang Ben remembered that when Ben fought against McClellan in his previous life, he used up his physical strength, and almost hung up McClellan with the yin trick of hitting the back of the head.
However, Wang Ben didn't want to do this, it was difficult to subdue the opponent when he used up the opponent's physical strength.
Wang Ben not only wants to defeat McClellan, but also convinces him!
Therefore, Wang Ben adopted the second method.
Hit hard! See whose fist is harder and harder.
Wang Ben took advantage of the moment when McClellan's fist paused, and seized the opportunity to start a counterattack.
When the game was one minute and twenty seconds into the game, a battle broke out on the court.
Wang Ben ignored the defense and desperately bombarded McClellan, and for a while, McClellan was beaten straight to the ground.
Bang! Bang!
The fist slammed into McClellan's sides, arms, ribs, chest......
Soon, McClellan couldn't stand it anymore, and was constantly beaten back by Wang Ben's strong attack, and the rhythm was suddenly controlled by Wang Ben.
To be honest, he is not Wang Ben's opponent compared to the speed of punching, and he is not Wang Ben's opponent compared to the power of his fist!
Therefore, McClellan was soon at a disadvantage, and the attacking ferocious "King of Blitzkrieg" suddenly turned off and became the king of "turtle tactics".
He could only keep using his fists to protect his head from being knocked down by Wang Ben's heavy punches.
Bang, bang......
Once Wang Ben launched a fierce attack, the scene looked extremely amazing, like a tank pressing the realm and sweeping thousands of troops! It smashed McClellan in agony.
All of a sudden, the audience stood up, and everyone kept exclamating.
"The king of China is too fierce!"
"If you continue to fight like this, McClellan will definitely lose."
"Who else in the middleweight division can stop the king of China? There is no suspense in this game. ”
"The Chinese king has no weaknesses, he has no opponent in the middleweight division, and the only person who can beat him is a high-level fighter."
"Forget it, let's end it, it's not that McClellan is weak, it's that the king of China is too strong!"
Anyone can see that McClellan's strength is not enough in front of Wang Ben!
However, what is surprising is that McClellan was not knocked down by Wang Ben, although he has been pressed and beaten by Wang Ben, but in the first round, there was no danger, and after the end, he just looked more embarrassed, but his state was not affected much.
"Damn, this guy is very resistant to beating! Compared to Robert Duran, it's no wonder that he can take Horns down, Horns' punches are not light, damn, see how many rounds you can hold? ”
After Wang Ben returned to the corner, he couldn't help but admire McClellan.
Since moving up to middleweight, Wang Ben has been very confident in his heavy punch power, just like Roy Jones Jr. and Nigel Benn who can't resist their punches in the next round.
But in the first round just now, McClellan took a lot of heavy blows from himself, and this guy didn't have anything.
To be honest, Wang Ben does not doubt his heavy punch strength, the only thing that can be explained is that McClellan's resistance to beatings is outstanding, his attacks are ferocious, his heavy punches are strong, his body is flexible and agile, and more importantly, his defensive ability is very perverted.
If it weren't for his own appearance, I believe in McClellan's strength, and he would definitely be able to unify the middleweight division and become a super boxing champion!
It's a pity that this guy is out of luck!
Thinking of this, Wang Ben couldn't help but feel sorry for McClellan.