Chapter 235: Challenge Hagler
After Tyson's match with Holmes, Wang Ben returned to his home in Los Angeles.
The next day, almost all the media reported on Tyson's title defense, not only congratulating Tyson, but also affirming Tyson's status in the current professional boxing world.
Of course, the report also gave encouragement and support to Holmes, the veteran boxing champion who challenged Tyson.
Not everyone has the courage to challenge Tyson, let alone Holmes, who is over forty years old.
After this boxing match, all the fans could see that Holmes was in much worse shape than he was at his peak, especially his stamina, and after the fourth round, his physical strength dropped so much that he was almost only beaten.
On the contrary, Tyson's condition is getting better and better, full of physical strength, amazing explosiveness, a veritable "beast", and the power of the combination punch is becoming more and more ferocious.
Perhaps it is the respect for the old boxing champion Holmes, no one laughs at him, but many people admire him, at least he has the courage.
Holmes is forty-one years old, while Tyson is twenty-four years old, usually professional boxing, and his form declines significantly after the age of thirty-five, and he usually chooses to retire at this age.
Of course, there are many super champions in professional boxing, and there is a spirit of not admitting defeat, even if he is still active in the ring in his forties, the most obvious is the super heavy artillery - George Foreman, this guy has been fighting until the age of forty-eight, which is really amazing.
Another one is the Panamanian legend Robert Duran, who is even stronger, fighting until he is in his fifties and never admitting defeat.
With the progress of medicine and other aspects, after the 21st century, the retirement age of professional boxers will gradually be extended, and the forties are still at the peak of their careers, just like the "pretty boy" Mayweather, who is in his forties, is still the king and hegemon in the professional boxing world, enjoying the supreme honor of the boxing champion, holding the highest appearance fee in the world, and reluctant to retire.
Holmes is very strong, but the years are not forgiving, and after being knocked out by Tyson in a strong fight, he was disheartened and felt that it was more difficult to get the boxing championship belt again than to ascend to the sky, so he quickly announced his retirement.
When Wang Ben saw the news of Holmes' retirement in the newspaper, he couldn't help but nod and smile.
There are too many light fighters who have been retired by Tyson, this guy can beat people into doubts, and many people are beaten out of the shadows in their hearts.
Wang Ben doesn't pay much attention to the heavyweight division, he is now focusing on the middleweight division.
In my memory, Hagler has retired in 90, but he has not retired until now, is it really so seriously misplaced?
Hopefully this guy can stay a little longer, my brother will soon challenge for middleweight.
The four kings of the middleweight division!
Lao Tzu wants to take all the four heavenly kings down! Not even one less.
In order to fear Hagler's early retirement, Wang Ben hurriedly asked Stewart to contact Hagler's agent to see if he could arrange a fight with Hagler.
As for the other three of the four kings of the middleweight division, they are currently in the welterweight division, and in a few months, they will be able to upgrade to the super welterweight, of course, the premise is to defeat Ike Quatai and then unify the super welterweight, so that they can upgrade themselves and play less qualifying.
The four kings of the middleweight division, except for Mavi Hagler, who retired relatively early, the other three are all old fritters in professional boxing, and they are reluctant to retire, the oldest is Duran, who had to retire until he was fifty-one years old.
Since you want to dominate the professional boxing world, if you don't take down the four kings of the middleweight division, you have a pity when you think about it.
The news that Wang Ben had launched a cross-level challenge to Mavi Hagler quickly caused a sensation in the American magazine "Boxing".
Major mainstream media in the United States rushed to report on the incident, and since Wang Ben was followed by a cross-division challenge with super welterweight BA champion Ike Kquatai, according to Wang Ben's style of acting, this was not taking Ike Karthai into account at all.
Of course, there are some fans who are very surprised, Wang Ben crossed the division to unify welterweight in the super lightweight division, and now he has moved up to welterweight and is about to challenge the super welterweight unified cause.
Isn't he satisfied?
He wants to cross three levels in a row and unify welterweight, super welterweight, and middleweight at the same time!
Oh my God, if that's the case, he'll become a legend in professional boxing!
At the same time, some people in the newspaper wondered why Wang Ben challenged Mavi Hagler? And not to challenge the other three Heavenly Kings first?
This matter is indeed difficult to understand, but some experts in the newspaper began to explain, which roughly means that among the four heavenly kings, Hagler's strength is the weakest.
There is an old Chinese saying that persimmons are pinched softly!
Wang Ben wants to challenge the middleweight division across two levels, and of course he will challenge the weakest king first!
At the end of the analysis of the article, the experts compared a large number of data, saying that Hagler's strength is the worst among the four heavenly kings, which is beyond doubt.
After Wang Ben saw this expert's analysis, he couldn't help laughing.
Damn, whether it's in a past life or in this life, it seems that the words of "experts" really can't be believed too much!
Others may just smile when they see it, but one person has a green face when he sees this report!
This man is Mavi Hagler!
Known as the "bald demon king", Hagler is left-handed by nature.
Through the high-intensity training of the devil, Hagler has obtained the terrifying lethality of a humanoid murder weapon, and at the same time, he has also honed his striking skills with both fists, whether he takes a left or right stance, his heavy punches are enough to end the whole match with one blow and send his opponent to "sleepland".
A hallmark of Hagler's technique is the jump-and-dash forehand punch.
This killer move also showed Hagler's amazing body control, flexibility, and coordination.
Standing only 1.77 meters tall, Hagler's middleweight stature is barely average, but his arm span is an astonishing 1.91 meters.
No one since him has used this trick so forcefully and effectively.
Before the battle with Hagler, Nigeria's peerless fierce beast John Mugabi held a terrifying record of 25 wins and knockouts, and his talent and prowess convinced countless boxing critics before the fight that he would end the myth of Hagler's dominance.
However, when the two battled it out in the ring, fans were surprised to find that Hagler could not only withstand the heavy artillery bombardment from Mugabi, but could retaliate with more ferocious punches.
And with the absolute superiority of technology, Mugabi was completely defeated. After the fight, fans really realized why Mugabi was nicknamed "The Beast" and Hagler's nickname was "The Bald Devil"!
The stunning three-round match with "Detroit Assassin" Hearns was the pinnacle of Hagler's career.
During the match, Hagler's forehead was punched with a long punch from Hearns's knife-like iron fist, and the referee stopped the match for a while.
However, Hagler, who had a fierce and tenacious personality, was not afraid of his injuries and did not accept the advice of the medical overseer and forcibly continued to fight.
What happened next is enough to become one of the most classic shots of the entire era of professional boxing.
With Hagler's forward punch, Hearns collapsed and fainted.
The real demon king can not only reign in the world in good times, but also be reborn in the face of adversity when encountering strong enemies, and the hegemony is in his hands!
However, those so-called experts in the newspaper actually said that he was the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings, how could he bear it?
Originally, when Hagler received Wang Ben's challenge, he felt that Wang Ben was not qualified enough, and he had to be promoted to middleweight before he accepted Wang Ben's challenge.
However, the newspaper said so, with his fiery temper, he exploded on the spot.
It is said that Hagler tore the newspaper to shreds at that time, and even smashed the TV at home, with a murderous aura in his eyes, which made people feel terrifying and scared!
"The king of China is really beyond his strength, and after he unifies the super welterweight division, I will make him understand the horror of middleweight!"
Hagler didn't talk nonsense, and readily agreed to Wang Benlian's challenge of crossing two levels, but his face was ugly, and it could be seen that Hagler was very angry in his heart!