Chapter 254: Oceania Boxing Champion Qualifiers
254, Oceania Boxing Championship Qualifiers
Before Dongfang Sheng returned to the gym, Wang Xueming had already gathered his team, and as soon as Dongfang Sheng arrived, he began to train intensively. www.biquge.info Three days later, they will participate in the Oceania Champion Qualifiers, which will be a bit more high-end than the previous rookie tournaments.
The so-called boxing championship qualifiers are the vacancy of the boxing champion, and a new boxing champion is chosen among the challengers below. The Oceania Champion is the Intercontinental Champion, and those who win the Intercontinental Champion are automatically ranked in the top 15.
If Dongfang Sheng wins the first place in the qualifiers, he will be able to compete with the top challenger for the Oceania Intercontinental Champion belt.
A total of 80 fighters participated in the WBC Middleweight Oceania Intercontinental Boxing Championship Qualifiers, and they were required to be ranked within 100.
There are too many opponents, and when the time comes, it is impossible for Dongfang Sheng to study the opponent's tactics, so he can only rely on his own strength. Within three days, Dongfang Sheng carried out proper training under the guidance of Wang Xueming, which was also regarded as a pre-game relaxation, and the training volume was halved.
After that, Dongfang Sheng and his team came to Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Oriental Victory came once, and it was during the peak battle of the Chinese New Year in "Heroes". Coincidentally, the venue of this competition is the same as that of "Heroes", and Dongfang Sheng has an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Still staying in the hotel on the upper floor, due to the number of people, it was almost impossible to stay, and the whole hotel was surrounded by the teams of all the participating fighters. This time, Zhang Da didn't clamoring to go down to play, and occasionally went out to find out the news.
The day passed peacefully, and the next morning everyone packed up their things and set off. The weighing ceremony was terrifying and unprecedented, and journalists from various countries flocked to make it lively.
All the fighters sat down like a crowd eating melons, and above it was the leaders of the WBC who were giving a tirade. When the leader finished speaking, he began to peel his skin, and one by one men wearing only shorts walked up to the instrument under the flash of the media.
There are ten in total, and there are two staff members standing in front of each instrument, one responsible for recording and the other responsible for measuring. After all the fighters have been weighed, the press conference begins.
There was still no Dongfang Sheng at the press conference, he just sat below, but two boxer representatives came to the stage to say a few words. It can be seen that they are already well known to the media and are relatively high in the rankings.
I dozed off bored, and woke up that the press conference was over.
Back at the hotel, Wang Xueming hurried everyone to his room and said to a few people: "This competition is very important, if you can win the first place, Mr. Arum will be able to arrange Dongfang Sheng to challenge the Oceania Boxing Champion in one month at the latest." In other words, if it goes well, you will be able to win the Oceania boxing title in a month. The importance is self-evident, and I hope that everyone will raise the spirit and prepare carefully. ”
Dongfang Sheng nodded and said, "Don't worry, coach, I have been preparing for a long time, and I have been looking forward to this day for a long time." ”
Zhang Da also said: "Yes, if you win the Oceania boxing champion, you will have the opportunity to challenge the boxing champion, but I don't know if it will be smooth or not, if it is earlier, Dongfang Sheng will be able to become the first middleweight boxing champion in China." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Da rubbed his hands with some excitement.
Joey didn't say much, just nodded cautiously. This competition is similar to the rookie competition, it is also back-to-back, the frequency is very high, there is a game a day, such a high frequency is not only a challenge for Dongfang Sheng, but also a big challenge for the doctors who accompany the team, if there are some minor injuries and illnesses, he must be properly solved to avoid affecting the future games.
Wang Xueming said: "The frequency of the competition is very high, and there have been such competitions before, and there is an important problem that many people who had good results in the early stage had to give up the competition in the end because they were injured and could not continue. So this time you have to protect yourself, it doesn't matter if you drag the game down in time, if you have to give up after an injury, then ......"
Needless to say, Dongfang Sheng also knew the seriousness of the matter.
In short, it's a word, be safe, give priority to protecting yourself, the kind of boxing for boxing is less done, and people's fists are not vegetarian, if you are injured, it is likely that the medical superintendent will not let you participate in the competition directly the next day, then it will be sad.
Several people discussed in the room for more than two hours, and Dongfang Sheng returned to the hotel to rest.
I got up early the next morning and went for more than half an hour before having breakfast. The first round of matches has come out, and Dongfang won at eleven o'clock in the morning, and there was still little time, so he didn't panic at all.
After eating breakfast and taking a little rest, Dongfang Sheng and the others came to the place of the competition, where there were training equipment, and began to train. At the end of the training, Alice gave a massage for a while, then rested, and waited until half past ten to start a simple warm-up exercise.
Dongfang Sheng's first opponent is named Rowan Yates, ranking lower than Dongfang Sheng, only ninety-three, Dongfang Sheng has to sigh his luck. It would be depressing to meet the top 10 players in the first game.
Rowan Yates is a black man, 178 centimeters tall, weighing 160 pounds, and is 21 years old, only slightly older than Dongfang Sheng. Born in Africa, he was terrifyingly dark, Dongfang Sheng was the first time he had met such a black person, standing in the corner of the warm-up room, if it weren't for the sound of bumping, he would definitely not notice that there was another person.
Just glanced at him, Dongfang Sheng didn't pay attention anymore, this is just the first opponent, if he can't solve it, what else to say.
Dongfang Sheng's ranking is higher, so in this competition, Rowan Yates played first, and soon called his name, Dongfang Sheng walked in front, Wang Xueming, Zhang Da, and Joy followed.
Walking up the passage, Dongfang Sheng raised his hands up, bouncing, and observed some surroundings. The stadium, which was originally able to accommodate more than 40,000 people, is estimated to have two or three thousand people at this time, and this is because the casino under the hotel where you stay will give away tickets, otherwise you may not be able to see a single hair.
Turning over and getting into the ring, Wang Xueming gave him one last check on his gloves, and then waited for the game to begin. The referee beckoned the two to come forward, and said a few words casually to announce the start of the game directly, and the feeling that everything was hastily seemed to be not so important.
At first, Dongfang Sheng was also ready to seek stability and protect himself first, but unfortunately the opportunity came too quickly, and he just hit his opponent's forehead with a casual jab.
How could he let go of the opportunity, Dongfang Sheng's back hand directly bombarded with a powerful straight punch, drilled through the crook of the opponent's defensive hand, and hit his head again. The simple two punches had already made the opponent shake a little, Dongfang Sheng did not hesitate, and stepped forward directly with a stormy uppercut combination punch, directly knocking Rowan to the ground.
said a lot, but in fact, the time was very short, that is, seven or eight seconds of effort, and the game was over.
(To be continued.) )