Chapter 191: Cross-level Challenge
In the ultra-lightweight unification battle in professional boxing, Wang Ben knocked out Cassinun in three rounds and ended.
At this time, Wang Ben became the undisputed super boxing champion of the ultra-lightweight division, and his influence increased greatly.
Suffice it to say, he is now almost as popular as Tyson, attracting a large number of die-hard fans.
The King of KOs!
In the united battle, Wang Ben continued to maintain this title and became the focus of media reports.
Of course, after this game, Wang Ben became more determined in the use of combination punches, not only adding a nirvana in the future, but also making up for the shortcomings of his single attack routine.
In the future, in the ring, once you encounter a fighter with a full range of skills, it is a good choice to use a strong combination punch, and this style of play is very suitable for dealing with fighters who are weaker than you.
In the minds of fans, there is a lot of interest right now in whether Wang Ben will stay in the ultra-lightweight division or move on to welterweight.
If he moves to welterweight, then his title belt will have to be relinquished.
According to the rules of professional boxing, if you are upgraded, the title of the original level of boxing champion will be abandoned.
At home in Los Angeles, Wang Ben looked at the three gold belts in front of him, and his heart was very entangled.
If you give up the title of boxing champion and upgrade to welterweight, it is equivalent to starting to fight again, giving up all honors and rankings, and if you want to challenge the boxing champion, you have to brush up on the rankings.
But it's not okay to stay in the ultra-lightweight division to defend the title, because there is no opponent in the ultra-lightweight division, not to mention that his weight is about to be unbearable, and his bones are starting to grow thicker, and if he is forced to press the weight, it will not be good for the body.
However, there is a shortcut in professional boxing, which can challenge for the king without going through a ranked battle.
Cross-level challenge!
After all, professional boxing is purely commercial in nature, and the purpose is to attract the attention of fans.
Of course, there is a premise here, and the king must be willing to accept the challenge.
The current BC welterweight champion is named Pinaire Vitak.
Virtek, nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is 168cm tall and has an arm span of 175cm, and is a boxing genius born and raised in the United States.
Don't think that Virtek is short and despise him, this guy is not easy to mess with, he is a left-handed boxer, in the ring, often knocks out fighters taller than him, his punches are very threatening, his reaction is extremely fast, and his defensive counter-attacking ability is very scary.
What's even more interesting is that Virtek impressed all the fans by performing his fancy moves from time to time in the middle of the fight.
At Los Angeles 1984, Virtek won an Olympic gold medal before turning professional, and then he challenged BC champion Ramirez with 16 wins.
It's a pity that the first challenge was unsuccessful, not because Vitak was not strong, but because of the referee!
The challenge was voted one of the worst verdicts in boxing history, when everyone agreed that Virtek had won, but in the end, the referee let the water down, and in the end, Virtek lost to boxing champion Ramirez by points.
However, although Virtek was hacked by the referee, he did not give up, and then, he did not miss any opportunity, and when he challenged IBF boxing champion Craig Haugen, he won the IBF boxing championship belt without much effort.
He then challenged BC champion Ramirez again, and in the second challenge, Vitak did not make the same mistake again, did not give Ramirez the slightest chance to fight back, and the whole bout pressed him, and after 12 rounds of fierce exchanges, the judges finally unanimously decided that Vitrek won.
And for the past few years in a row, Vitak has been called the best fighter of the year, and his strength is quite strong!
What's more, Virtek fought from lightweight to welterweight, and won three levels of championships in the middle, of course, if Wang Ben was familiar with the professional boxing world in his previous life, he would know that in fact, Virtek won four divisions of championships together, and in the later stage, he also won the super welterweight boxing championship belt, and World Boxing magazine ranked the 80 greatest fighters in the world, and Virtek ranked 10th.
In conclusion, Vitak is a very amazing boxing champion who is very famous and popular in the professional boxing world.
And Vitak has a title, which is very awesome, known as "defensive expert".
Wang Ben asked Stewart to challenge Virtek across the divisions, and at the same time, he began to prepare for his upgrade.
Of course, he was a little reluctant to get the boxing championship belt, so he bought it from the boxing organization, and the gold belt was the same, but the honor and points had to be given up.
If you win the boxing championship, once you lose the boxing title, you can buy the same gold belt from the boxing organization as a souvenir, and you also need to buy it to upgrade and give up the title.
For some reason, Wang Ben likes the boxing championship gold belt very much, and at this time he can understand why Roy Jones Jr. has to collect so many boxing championship gold belts, because these gold belts are really beautiful and domineering!
The price of the boxing championship belt is about $2,000, which is exactly the same as the gold belt won in the competition.
Wang Ben plans to spend $12,000 once he upgrades, buying three gold belts of BC, BA, IBF, and even the other three belts of boxing organizations.
Thinking about retiring by then, if you can collect a full eight divisions from ultra-lightweight to heavyweight, and dozens of gold belts put together, it will be exciting to think about it.
Next, Wang Ben began to train hard, although the extreme training is not easy to carry out for a long time, but because the breathing method can adjust breathing and relieve fatigue, it has little effect on him.
As the bones in his body began to thicken, he had to strictly control his diet and control his weight gain, so it felt very hard.
This control time should not be too long, if it is too long, it will cause irreversible damage to the body.
Three months, Wang Ben set himself a time of three months, so he had to fight against Vitak within three months.
As long as he can defeat Vitak in cross-level challenges, then he is the welterweight boxing champion, and even after he is upgraded, he no longer needs to fight ranked battles, he only needs to defend his title, which will save a lot of trouble.
A week later, the results of Wang Ben's challenge came out!
Virtek refuses!
After hearing the news, Wang Ben almost blew up in his lungs.
Damn, how could this guy refuse? How could he refuse? Could it be that my brother's popularity is not enough? Could it be that he was intimidated by his brother?
Stewart understood why Wang Ben was unhappy, so he explained it in detail.
It turned out that since Wang Ben is now the ultra-lightweight champion, and Virtek plans to face IBF welterweight champion Hagen in two months, perhaps influenced by Wang Ben, he also wants to unify the welterweight division.
Therefore, he refused to fight with Wang Ben, to be honest, there was no honor in winning Wang Ben, the only thing was a little more appearance fee, and he was not interested.
If he loses to Wang Ben, it will be a big shame, not only will he have to hand over the boxing championship belt, but he will also be laughed at for a lifetime, so after thinking twice, Virtek chose to fight a unified battle with Hagen.
"Why don't you change your goal? As long as you defeat any of the three major organizations, you will always have a chance to challenge Vitak. Stewart suggested.
"That's the only way, what are the more powerful boxing champions in the welterweight division at the moment? Mr. Stewart, you help me pick an opponent, I'm going to challenge in the shortest possible time, I'm almost out of weight, and I'm going to level up. ”
Wang Ben nodded helplessly, it can only be like this, although he really wants to be in place at one time and challenge BC boxing champion Vitak, but people don't bother to fight, and he can't help it.
"Why don't you challenge IBF welterweight champion Hagen first? I believe that with your current popularity, Hagen will not refuse to fight you in advance. Stewart thought for a moment and said with a smile.
Of course, Hagen will not refuse, with Wang Ben's current popularity, he will receive a very high appearance fee, which is probably much higher than the appearance fee of the battle with Virtak, and Stewart knows that Hagen is very short of money.