Chapter 223: Wang Ben VS Mengchai
Wang Ben VS Muay Thai Wang Mengchai
Wang Ben and Muay Thai king Mengchai are about to begin.
Although the one-month publicity time is a bit short, compared with the promotion time of the professional boxing championship for several months, this cross-border no-rules duel match is a bit tight and rushed.
However, because Wang Ben is now a professional boxing welterweight unified boxing champion, with super popularity, there are many fans around the world, and Mengchai is the Muay Thai king for several consecutive years, the strength is very strong, and he beat the opponent to death in the game a month ago, so the attention of this boxing match is very high, even European and American countries have also purchased the right to broadcast the whole process.
Not to mention in Asia, the number of people watching the match in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China is a record, more than any other sports competition.
Due to the lack of space at the Lisboa Hotel, after negotiation between the two parties, the venue was finally moved to the outdoor Nam Van Lake, and a solid ring was built at a distance of 10 meters from the shore of Nam Van Lake.
With more than 50,000 spectators, the bout was expensive, nearly double the price of a ticket to Wang Ben's reigning title.
But even so, tickets for this boxing match were sold out early, and the price of close-up tickets close to the shore exceeded 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Since Wang Ben is a professional boxing champion and Mengchai is a Muay Thai champion, this is a cross-border boxing match, although Stewart has obtained the permission of the three major boxing organizations of BC, BA and IBF through his relationship, but the bookmaker still has no bottom in his heart.
Boxing matches are usually full of betting.
The higher the attention, the bigger the bet and the more money will be involved.
According to later statistics from the American research company, the amount involved in this cross-border war exceeded one billion dollars.
With such a large amount of handicap, the most worrying thing is that there will be fake boxing in the game, as long as any side is bought by money, then all the bookmakers will not make any money.
Therefore, before the fight, an agreement was signed after negotiation between the two parties.
This agreement is for the winner and is a super package.
According to the odds of both sides, if Meng Chai wins, he will receive an excess reward of $10 million, while Wang Ben will receive an excess reward of $50 million if he wins.
So for the appearance fee, this one is the most attractive.
In other words, if Wang Ben can defeat Mengchai, he will receive a super gift package of $10 million sponsored by the Hong Kong Island Chamber of Commerce and a super gift package of $50 million from the gaming company, plus appearance fees, etc., his income will be as high as $70 million.
What's more, the super gift package and the $60 million sponsored by the Hong Kong Island Chamber of Commerce are exclusively enjoyed by Wang Ben, and there is no need to pay 25% of the Kroenke Club's share.
Conversely, if Wang Ben loses the game, he will only receive $3 million in appearance fees.
Although Wang Ben is not short of money now, he is still thrilled when he hears that he has a total income of nearly 70 million US dollars.
It's no wonder that boxing comes faster than money printing machines, and earning $70 million in a boxing match is too profitable!
Wang Ben sighed in his heart, but it is not easy to get this big income, and he must win.
Is winning enough?
Wang Ben snorted coldly in his heart, and there was a fierce murderous intent in his eyes.
In this boxing match, Mengchai's appearance fee is very low, and the appearance fee given by the organizer is only 200,000 US dollars, of course, this does not include the additional 1 million US dollars awarded by Myanmar Khun Sha.
So, when Monchai heard that he would have a $10 million mega package when he won the victory, his eyes lit up.
Although Wang Ben's winning super gift package is 50 million US dollars, which is much higher than Mengchai, Mengchai does not think that Wang Ben can get this income.
He got the super gift package of 10 million US dollars!
Not to mention 10 million US dollars, even the 1 million US dollars provided by Myanmar can make him desperate, with this money, even if he quits boxing, it is enough to retire.
That's a lot more money than all the prize money he has in the underground boxing world combined.
Unlike other underground boxing masters, Mengchai has only fought a few boxing matches in the high-level underground boxing arena, and after seeing the cruelty and strength of the high-level underground boxing arena, he has no confidence to continue fighting, although the underground boxing arena is higher in the later income, but it is too dangerous and it is easy to lose his life, so he withdrew from the high-level underground boxing arena and devoted himself to the Kham training camp as a junior instructor.
While serving as an instructor, for the sake of money, he went to participate in the Muay Thai Championship and swept the Muay Thai world for several years in a row, winning the title of heavyweight Muay Thai champion.
Therefore, for the sake of this huge amount of money, he will do everything in his power to knock down Wang Ben, or even kill him!
At the press conference of the game, Mengchai rarely spoke to the media, not saying much, but from the tone of his voice, he could feel a chill.
"Within five minutes, I will cripple the king of China, or even kill him!"
After this sentence was said, the bookmakers around the world breathed a sigh of relief, they were really worried that Mengchai would release the water, and if Wang Ben was allowed to persist until the fourth round, the bookmakers would lose a lot of money.
Before the game, according to the agreement between the two parties, it is necessary to weigh the difference, which is considered to be clear.
Wang Ben is 185cm tall and weighs 146.5 pounds, which is equivalent to 66.5kg, which is the standard for welterweight in professional boxing.
Monchai is 195cm tall and weighs 231 pounds, which is equivalent to 105kg, which is the standard above the heavyweight level if you follow the rules of professional boxing.
According to the rules of professional boxing, the two are seven levels apart, and they don't have to fight at all.
However, this is not a professional boxing match, but a collision without rules, although the gap is obvious, but it is not subject to the rules of boxing.
When Wang Ben stood with Mengchai and Mengchai, the physical gap was too obvious, like a person facing a brown bear.
As always, Wang Ben's appearance is very monotonous, and he did not engage in tricks in the appearance ceremony, although he is a super boxing champion in the professional boxing world, but in the face of Mengchai, he is just a challenger, so he appeared first.
"Wang Ben, come on!"
"Wang Ben, you will win!"
"Wang Ben, beat the Thai guys to cripple!"
"Wang Ben, kill him, come on!"
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The audience shouted loudly and cheered for Wang Ben, although everyone was not confident that Wang Ben could win, but at this time they did their best to cheer for Wang Ben.
Mengchai's appearance is also very bland, without any tricks.
I saw that he was wearing a bright red robe, as breathtaking as blood, with an expressionless face, with something like a tennis racket on his head and a circle of cloth rope tied around his arm.
In fact, before the fight, Thai fighters will have a prayer ceremony, and the thing they wear on their heads is called the "holy circle", which is called "Mongkong" according to Thai sayings. This thing is the mascot of Thai fighters, a ritual to show respect for Muay Thai, and is taken down and set aside before the fight begins.
In the Muay Thai system, a full Muay Thai fighter is required to wear four mascots, which are Mengkong, Wrapped in Gold, Bajie, and a red sleeveless tunic.
The gold wrap is a belt, which is said to have a charm written on it to ward off evil spirits, the eight precepts are tied to the arm like a rope, and the red sleeveless tunic is generally written with ancient Thai and Buddhist ciphers.
After Mengchai took the stage, he joined his hands and saluted the audience, because this boxing match was in Nam Van Lake in the Portuguese Gate, which is an open-air competition venue.
Pray to the heavens, bend your knees and bury your head still, and pray silently.
The prayer ceremony is very sacred, even if Monchai is the Muay Thai king, he takes it very seriously, and the purpose of praying to the heavens is to pray to the Muay Thai patriarch in order to win the match.
Wang Ben stood aside coldly, without making a sound to interfere with the other party, and the whole ceremony was very grand.