Chapter XXVIII

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Today is the last day of the World Amateur Boxing Championships, and all 12 participating divisions have reached the finals.

It was the under-63.5 kg final in the boxing ring.

Wang Lei faced a Cuban fighter named Juan Hernandez.

Cuba is recognized as a boxing power in the world, and in Wang Lei's previous life, Cuban boxers have always been proud of themselves in the Olympic Games and World Championships, winning gold and silver, and is considered to be the second strongest boxing power in the world. It is said that since the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, the status and prestige of the Cuban boxing team are equivalent to the "dream team" of American basketball after the 90s, and they are basically unbeatable.

However, this is only for amateur boxing.

There was no professional boxing in Cuba, and in 1962 it announced that it would cancel the professionalization of sports and prohibit boxers from turning into professional fighters for fear of losing talent.

As a result, Cuban boxers can only fight amateur boxing.

This ban was not lifted until more than fifty years later!

Wang Lei remembers that since the Munich Olympics in '72, Cuban boxers have won almost every Olympic boxing competition, except for the boycott of the Olympics in which the United States did not participate in the '84 and '88 Olympics.

Because they can only fight amateur boxing, Cuba's amateur boxers are of a very high level and are definitely among the best in the world.

Wang Lei remembers two Cuban boxers who have participated in the Olympics three times and won three Olympic gold medals. One seems to be Stevenson, and the other is a heavyweight boxer named Felix Savon, who also participated in this year's "World Amateur Boxing Championships", playing under 91kg, and has already reached the final, and will compete with American boxer Ray Mercer for gold in the afternoon.

Wang Lei felt a moment of silence for Ray Mercer because he remembered watching this Felix Savon boxing video in his previous life. It seems that the video introduces that Felix Savon is recognized as the "king of amateur boxing", not only won the gold medal in boxing at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, but also won the gold medal in the "World Amateur Boxing Championships" for a total of six times from 1986 to 1997.

This year is 1986, the year when Flick Savon won his first gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Ray Mercer is clearly lost!

As for Wang Lei's current opponent, Juan Hernandez, Wang Lei does not "know", but although he is the same age as Wang Lei, he is very skilled and has a super tenacious consciousness.

He has already finished three rounds with Wang Lei, and is currently playing the fourth round, although he was beaten by Wang Lei and stumbled, but he still insisted on not falling.

Wang Lei felt a little admired, and felt that this Hernandez was stronger than Ramar Craig and Roy Jones Jr.

Although he admires it, Wang Lei is still unhappy in his heart!

Brother has already told the blonde reporter that he wants to be the "KO King", and in the previous six games, Brother knocked out the opponent in one round, what are you doing with Brother if you insist on four rounds without falling, do you want to slap Brother in the face?

In a fit of rage, Wang Lei felt another surge of power from his body, and his attacks became more fierce and ferocious.

Finally, with twenty seconds left in the fourth round, Wang Lei seized a good opportunity and hit Hernandez's chin like a cannonball, causing Hernandez's head to rise high, and after taking two steps back, he finally lost his footing and fell backwards with a bang.

The referee stepped forward and looked at Hernandez's eyelids, saved the count, and directly announced the end of the game, calling the doctor to hurry up and carry Hernandez away.

Watching Wang Lei abuse his opponent for four rounds, bombarding at least more than 200 punches on the opponent's head, the referee's psychological pressure was huge, if it wasn't for the opponent's stubborn Cuban boxer, he was afraid of causing disputes after the game, he would have stopped the game and announced that Wang Lei had won.

I hope it won't happen a few years ago!

The referee glanced at Hernandez, who was carried out of the boxing ring, and then looked at Wang Lei, who was still energetic and did not breathe, and was depressed.

Could this Chinese kid be possessed by a wild beast, why is his fist so fierce? Hurry up and fight professional boxing, no one is your opponent in amateur boxing!

Not only the referee thought so, but also many media reporters and viewers in the audience.

Wang Lei didn't notice anything unusual about the referee, he was very excited.

With a win over Hernandez, the gold medal in the under-63.5kg category has already fallen into the hands, and when he returns to San Francisco, he can apply for a professional boxing license.

To be honest, although he has only been boxing for a year, Wang Lei is tired of playing amateur boxing matches with a helmet, protective gear and thick gloves, and can't wait to fight professional boxing with only shorts and thinner boxing gloves.

At least in professional boxing matches, you can meet opponents of equal strength, and you can also get a lot of appearance fees, unlike amateur boxing matches, where the opponent is not energetic, and there is no appearance fee.

Importantly, Wang Lei can't wait to move up to the heavyweight division and fight Tyson.

This kid went to prison in 91 years, leaving Wang Lei with only four years.

To go from 140 pounds to over 190 pounds in four years' time, it's a lot of pressure!

What's more, Tyson weighed about 220 pounds at his peak, and it was definitely not possible to fight Tyson with a weight of 190 pounds, and his weight was too light to resist his heavy punches, at least he had to gain weight to 200 pounds.

In four years, I gained weight from 140 pounds to 200 pounds, and I gained about 15 pounds per year.

Wang Lei thought about it, but he still felt a little pressured!

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After winning the final, Wang Lei did not leave the gymnasium, but stayed as a spectator.

He wanted to see Felix Savon vs. Ray Mercer and Lewis vs. Rydick Bowe in the heavyweight and superweight divisions.

After the finals of the four classes, from 67 kg to 81 kg, it was the turn of the sub-91 kg class.

Felix Savon and Ray Mercer are introduced.

As Wang Lei expected, although Ray Mercer is known as "Steel Chin" and is the future WBO professional boxing champion, he is not enough in front of Felix Savon, he has been pressed and beaten, and he has no power to fight back, and after holding on to the third round, he finally couldn't hold on, and was knocked to the ground by Felik Slovakia's hammer-like heavy punches, unable to get up.

Wang Lei was amazed.

The 1.96-meter-tall Cuban boxer, Felix Savon, who is only two years older than him, is a technical fighter with a ferocious style of play, as if he were a hybrid version of Ali and Foreman.

If Felix Savon fights professionally, he might be able to take on the likes of Tyson, Holyfield, and Lewis, and sooner or later become a heavyweight champion.

It's just a pity that Felix Savon can't be a professional boxer, so he can only fight amateur boxing.

Wang Lei felt sorry for Felix Savon in his heart.

With Felix Savon and Ray Mercer stepping down, it was the turn of Lewis and Rydick Bowe, who were over 91kg, to take the stage.

Wang Lei's spirit lifted again.

However, it didn't take long for me to feel disappointing.

Lewis at this time did not have the strength to beat Holyfield and Tyson more than a decade later, and the level was a bit of a dish. At least Wang Lei thinks that Lewis's level is much worse than Felix Saon. If Felix Savon had crossed over and played Lewis at this point, he would have won.

Unfortunately, Rydick Bou's level seems to have been born to Lewisque, and although he didn't play as inconsistently as he did at the Seoul Olympics two years later, when he was knocked out by Lewis in two rounds, he still lost on points after four rounds.

Wang Lei imagined that he had gained 200 pounds at this time, and his height had increased by 10 centimeters to compete with Lewis and Riddick Bowe.

He thinks he can beat Lewis and Riddick Bough 100 percent, and by knockout in four rounds.

However, if you fight Felix Savon, you are not so sure, and I am afraid that you will have to fight for more than ten rounds to defeat the opponent.

The premise is that your stamina does not decrease after ten rounds.

It doesn't seem to be difficult, because running and standing every day, your physical strength has always been your strength!

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(The amateur boxing match is coming to an end, and the next chapter is where it's time for the protagonist to enter professional boxing, and the plot has officially begun, and the previous chapters are just foreshadowing.) To be honest, I thought I knew a lot about boxing, but when I really wrote it, I found that I had a limited understanding of amateur boxing, and I had to constantly check the information, and I was annoyed. Professional boxing should be easier to write, I subscribed to a lot of "Boxing and Fighting" magazines back then, and I couldn't be more familiar with the heavyweights of the eighties and nineties, Tyson, Lao Huo, Lewis, Riddick Bow, and the four kings of the middleweight division, and I have also watched a lot of videos of them boxing. Please don't forget to vote and collect after reading, thank you for your support, and thank you for the rewards of the brothers such as Quan18, Miss Death, All Five Directions, See You and Scatter, thank you! )