Chapter 88: Cuban Fighters Who Lost Weight
The next day, the list of matchups for the round of 16 came out.
Wang Ben's opponent is a fighter from Brazil named Lorettas.
Brazil is a world sports powerhouse, especially football, and five-star Brazil is no joke.
In Wang Ben's previous life, Brazilian football was rated as a textbook of world football skills, and a large number of football superstars emerged, like Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, etc., winning the championship in the World Football Series is like playing, even if Brazilian football declines later, no one dares to underestimate the Brazilian team.
In addition, Brazil is a martial arts powerhouse, with striking martial arts ranked high in the world, and many of the best fighters in the world. In addition, like mixed martial arts, Brazil is famous all over the world, and for a time almost dominated the mixed martial arts world.
There is one sport that Brazil is famous for, and that is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!
Jiu-Jitsu originated in Japan, but after continuous optimization and improvement by the Gracie family in Brazil, it has become the most offensive technique in the world.
However, boxing in Brazil is not so good, there are no famous boxers.
This may have something to do with the enthusiasm of the population, as there are too many strong sports in Brazil, which has led to fewer people practicing boxing.
The game begins.
Wang Ben and Lorettas tested each other with jabs, and it soon became clear that the Brazilian fighter was not very good, and that he was far from the Mexican Jose Bassem he had met in the last fight.
At the end of the first round, Wang Ben didn't throw a heavy punch, although there were a few good chances, but Wang Ben endured it for a while, wanting to see if the opponent had a back move.
Since the battle of Jose, Mexico, Wang Ben has become more cautious.
Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles!
Since this is an amateur boxing tournament, the strength of the opponent is not known at all, so it is safer to be safe.
This is not the case if it is a professional boxing match, because professional boxers usually have a video of the fight, and if you want to know the opponent's boxing style, you only need to watch the video.
In the second round, Wang Ben did not continue to delay time, but attacked directly.
However, although the Brazilian's strength is not good, his ability to resist striking is still very good, and he was almost knocked to the ground by a combination punch by Wang Ben, but he just didn't fall.
Damn, it's quite resistant to beating, see how long you can carry it?
Wang Ben sneered in his heart, the speed of boxing began to slow down, and the power skills of the internal boxing method gradually merged into boxing.
Brother's goal is to be the champion, what do you mean? I said that you were beaten like this by my brother, do you still want to turn the tables? Do you still want to beat me?
Suddenly, Wang Ben felt that the other party was a little ignorant of current affairs, and he was a little unhappy.
The fist strength of the inner boxing method is integrated into boxing, the collapse fist is the most difficult to fuse, the cannon fist is second, followed by the drill fist, the easiest to integrate is the punch fist, similarly, in terms of power, the power of the collapse is also the largest.
Wang Ben took a deep breath and punched into the punch, becoming more powerful and attacking more ferocious.
Finally, at one minute and 26 seconds of the second round, Wang Ben threw a straight punch, like a flying hammer on the Brazilian's chin, causing the Brazilian to tilt his head back, take a few steps back, and fall to the ground with a thud, his hands protecting his chin, his expression extremely painful.
The referee on the field checked for a moment, asked softly, shook his head, and did not go on for a few seconds, but stepped forward and raised Wang Ben's right hand to announce the result of the game.
Wang Ben knocked out his opponent to win.
At this time, in the World Amateur Boxing Championships, Wang Ben won 3 fights and 3 KOs opponents.
The referee looked at Wang Ben, and then at the Brazilian Lorettas, who was being taken to the hospital, and found that Wang Ben was standing on the stage and saluting the audience around him, as if he had not consumed much physical strength at all.
Strange thing, how can the physical strength of the Chinese be so good? And the boxing style is fierce, and the heavy punches are extremely powerful, if this continues, this kid will win the championship!
In fact, not only the referee, but also the surrounding audience, many people think so.
In amateur boxing, there are knockouts, but definitely not many, and fighters who knock out opponents in three consecutive fights are rarely seen.
It's easy to understand that there are only four rounds in amateur boxing, and each round is only two minutes, and more importantly, in amateur boxing, the gloves are much thicker than those of professional fighters, and the fighters wear helmets on their heads, so the knockout is much more difficult than in professional boxing.
Wang Ben didn't know what the referee was thinking, he was in a good mood now.
Reaching the quarterfinals, he only needs two more games to reach the final, and he seems to see the championship medal beckoning to him.
Of course, he didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, there was still a fierce man to deal with, perhaps, Roy Jones Jr. will turn into a professional boxer after participating in this World Amateur Boxing Championship, and he will become a professional boxer, and he will definitely have the opportunity to fight again in the future.
To be honest, he really has no interest in amateur boxing, there are too many rules in amateur boxing, and the time is short, the most important thing is that his boxing is a fusion of internal boxing techniques, and he wears too much protection, which is very affected.
Also, there is no appearance fee for playing amateur boxing matches, at most it is a little bonus, and there is no taste at all.
Although he is now considered a rich man, the new generation of electrical companies is developing rapidly, with assets of hundreds of millions, but those are just assets, and they cannot be realized now.
"If only I could have an appearance fee of tens of millions of dollars a game now, it would be cool!" Wang Ben smiled bitterly and sighed.
At this time, in the American professional boxing world, the only boxers who can get tens of millions of dollars in appearance fees are heavyweight boxing champion Tyson and several other top boxing champions, but Wang Ben also knows that he cannot have the opportunity to fight Tyson at present.
Let's not say that the two have different weights, even if they are the same weight, they are not qualified to challenge Tyson.
By the way, Tyson, this guy, will make mistakes in two years, as if he has been in prison for a few years, but it's hard to say, Tyson even became a boxing champion at a different time than in his previous life, and I don't know if history repeats itself according to the previous trajectory.
Wang Ben smiled bitterly and shook his head, putting aside his chaotic thoughts.
The next two days went well, with fighters from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in Europe.
Coach Yuan is right that not everyone in the world amateur boxer can have the strength of Mexico's Jose.
Wang Ben wasted no time, finishing the fight in two rounds and reaching the final with a record of 5 fights and 5 wins and 5 KOs.
However, Wang Ben's desire to fight Roy Jones Jr. was disappointed.
Because, in the semifinals, Roy Jones Jr. lost and stopped in the semifinals by a slight point difference, which is really a pity.
The fighter who defeated Roy Jones Jr. was named Martinez and was from Cuba.
Cuba is a boxing powerhouse, however, limited to amateur boxing.
Normally, boxing is an individual sport in which you can win a match based on your individual strength, but in Cuba it is a team sport.
When you fight a Cuban fighter in the ring, you feel like you're not playing against one person, you're playing against a team.
Yes, you heard it right, whether it is the analysis of the opponent's weaknesses or the way the opponent attacks, the Cuban fighter knows everything about it, and there is a group of people standing behind him to provide him with various training and programs.
Therefore, it was very difficult for Cuban fighters to fight, and even Roy Jones Jr. could not bargain and finally lost on points.
The requirements for boxing coaches in Cuba are very perverted, requiring not only more than seven years of education, but also a degree to be qualified as a coach, not much different from the qualifications of a university professor in the country.
And in Cuba, fighters are not allowed to turn professional unless they change their nationality.
The phrase "national system" is a term for domestic sports, but it is not complete, but in Cuba, boxing is a real national system.
There is also a more important point, in order to win the match, Cuban fighters usually use a relegation strategy, that is, their own weight is 67kg, and before the competition, they lose weight and finally participate in the 63.5kg competition.
Cuban fighters have always been almost dominant in amateur boxing, but ironically, the world amateur champion who came out of Cuba after changing his nationality has been beaten in the professional world by a disappointing performance.