Chapter 180: An Unprecedented Achievement (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Because of Wang Lei's "big words" again, the attention of his rematch with Leonard rose by a few percentage points again, and foreign TV stations that were originally still thinking about whether to buy the broadcast rights of this game saw Wang Lei's "big words" in the newspaper, and immediately bought the broadcast rights out of their pockets. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As a result, the rematch between Wang Lei and Leonard once again set a broadcast record, and it is expected that the total revenue of the official game will also set a record, whether it is attention, broadcast rights and revenue records, it has surpassed the rematch between Tyson and Foreman.
The super middleweight championship is not only more popular than the heavyweight boxing championship, but also more profitable, which is a rare occurrence in the history of boxing.
Of course, this can't all be the credit of Wang Lei, and the influence of "Shuge II" Leonard is not trivial!
If it weren't for the fact that the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas and the Caesars Gambling Hotel in Atlantic City had similar audience seats, it is estimated that the ticket revenue would be much higher than that of Tyson and Foreman's rematch.
On December 30, the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas packed out with more than 20,000 fans, including nearly 400 reporters from major media outlets across the United States, buying tickets to watch the rematch between Wang Lei and Leonard.
Wang Lei still plans to show his tricks at the appearance ceremony of this game, but Leonard, who played before him, has also learned and is full of creativity.
Leonard, this guy actually invited a well-known magic master in Las Vegas to design an appearance magic trick for him.
Under the watchful eyes of 20,000 spectators, Leonard drove out of the locker room on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and suddenly accelerated as he drove to the ring.
Under the exclamation of 20,000 spectators, Leonard, who was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, actually soared into the air, as if there was a transparent ramp in front of the boxing ring.
Leonard slowly lifted off on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and stopped in the ring.
Then, Leonard took off his long, wide robe, put it over the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and after pressing it twice, he slammed the robe. The Harley-Davidson motorcycle has magically disappeared.
The 20,000 spectators in the audience were first stunned, and then they couldn't help but applaud vigorously, and the applause was like thunder.
Many viewers began to think that even if they didn't watch the boxing match between Wang Lei and Leonard. Just watching Leonard's magic show is worth the ticket price.
Wang Lei, who was still in the locker room, saw Leonard's appearance ceremony and felt a little unhappy.
However, he didn't pay too much attention to it, because he prepared a better appearance ceremony, and he was confident that it would be more exciting and attractive than Leonard's appearance ceremony.
The United States is a country that pays attention to "entertainment to death". If commercial sports want to attract popularity, it is not enough to rely on competition alone, and it is necessary to make the audience cheer and scream under the appropriate entertainment during the competition.
Because only in this way can we attract the box office and maximize the benefits of the game.
Like wrestling, American football, and later the NBA, they are basically bought with entertainment, and the players who will entertain the audience are basically very popular, and there are countless fans, even if the game will fail, it can still attract countless fans to buy tickets and cheer.
Since Wang Lei took the lead in "entertaining" at the appearance ceremony of boxing matches, more and more fighters and the four major boxing organizations of WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO have discovered the benefits of doing so. As a result, more and more fighters began to learn from each other.
In addition to the excitement of professional boxing in the past two years, the professional boxing match has also been a lot more entertaining!
Wang Lei can be said to have brought a trend!
Even Leonard, the "old boxing champion" who has debuted for more than ten years, is no exception, and as soon as he appears, he will take the lead at the appearance ceremony.
However, Wang Lei, as the "initiator", naturally couldn't let Leonard steal his limelight at the appearance ceremony.
Wang Lei plans to sing an "original" song at the appearance ceremony of this game.
In order to sing this "original" song well, Wang Lei not only practiced for several days, but also invited a very professional accompaniment band for this purpose.
When the light of the searchlight shone in front of the locker room where Wang Lei would appear, a rhythmic dance song that the audience had never heard before.
With the dance music, Wang Lei, who was still wearing a golden robe, appeared.
He had a microphone in his hand and came out with it. The body dances slowly, dancing a kind of mechanical dance that looks a little weird, but is very beautiful.
As the dance steps moved forward step by step, Wang Lei sang a song.
“Mylifewillneverbethesame
\'Causegirl。 youcameandchanged
ThewayIwalk
ThewayItalk
IcannotexplainthethingsIfeelforyou
Butgirl,youknowit\'strue
……”
That's right, this is a song by the pop king MJ, the dance music of MJ's last album, the Chinese name "The Sky Spins and the Earth", of course, it was not created at this time.
In his previous life, although Wang Lei liked to watch Hollywood movies and American dramas. But I rarely listen to European and American songs, except for MJ.
Wang Lei likes Michael Jackson only because he likes MJ's space steps and mechanical dance, and he also studied space steps and mechanical dance with several classmates when he was in junior high school, but he didn't learn them well.
Later, after becoming an otaku, Wang Lei downloaded a lot of MJ's music videos on the Internet, and continued to learn dance while listening to songs, but he didn't learn space steps and mechanical dance well, but memorized several of MJ's classic songs.
MJ debuted very early, many classic works have been created, and Wang Lei, who has not yet created it, still remembers the tune and is impressed by the only thing left with this song "The World Spins", so he decisively took it out and used it.
Anyway, with MJ's musical talent, he can still compose a better song without this song "The World Spins and the Earth Turns".
Although Wang Lei's voice is not very good, this rhythmic and energetic dance music shocked the 20,000 audience at the scene as soon as it appeared.
Wang Lei deliberately walked very slowly while dancing the mechanical dance, and walked for three minutes before walking from the door of the locker room to the boxing ring.
After getting into the boxing ring, Wang Lei danced and sang for a minute before he finished singing the song "The Turning of the World", which was originally more than five minutes long, but had been reduced by him to four minutes.
When Wang Lei bowed to the 20,000 spectators in the boxing ring, the audience immediately erupted in louder applause than before.
The applause lasted a full half a minute before stopping!
Wang Lei's performance was clearly a success, overpowering the magic of Leonard's performance.
Leonard was very upset about this, but there was nothing he could do, and the game was about to begin. He couldn't help but perform again.
Leonard warmed up again in the ring.
Wang Lei's appearance ceremony tossed for four minutes, which made his body cool down a little.
On the contrary, Wang Lei sang and danced on the stage, and moved all his body.
Because the appearance ceremony of Leonard and Wang Lei took too long. The referee, who was already standing in the ring, was obviously not happy, and didn't even give Leonard much time to warm up, and after bringing the two together, he emphasized the important rules of the fight as quickly as he could, and then let the two separate. Get ready to start playing.
Seeing this, the timekeeper sitting under the stage had to ring the bell.
It's game on!
Leonard quickly approached Wang Lei and struck with a jab in his forehand!
The javelin-like jab, fast and ruthless, is like the sting of a poisonous bee!
Obviously, for this revenge battle, Leonard has worked hard to hone his already supernatural jab into a better and more powerful one!
Many die-hard Leonard fans even feel that Leonard can defeat more than 85 percent of his division's opponents with this jab alone.
However, Wang Lei is definitely not included among these people!
Wang Lei's jab is just as good, and it's on par with Leonard. Wang Lei's jab is a little heavier, which is a heavy jab.
What's more, Wang Lei's reaction speed and dodge ability are superb!
In the first round of the match, Wang Lei and Leonard played a jab fight!
Of course, it's not just the kind of jab attack where you punch me and I punch you, Wang Lei mainly shows the audience his further reaction speed and dodge ability.
His footwork swooped forward and backward, swaying left and right, as if like willows blown by the wind, but he avoided Leonard's jab attacks just right every time.
When encountering a jab that can't be avoided, Wang Lei will decisively return his heavy jab and exchange punches for punches. No loss.
After a round, the two are evenly matched in points, but depending on the lethality effect, Leonard is definitely more seriously injured.
After all, Wang Lei's jab weighs about 50 to 100 pounds heavier than Leonard. It's not good to hit it in the face.
probably found that it was not possible to fight like this, and in the second round, Leonard changed his style of play.
He no longer repeatedly threw jabs, but began to combine left and right hooks with straight hooks, and he fought very decisively.
In contrast, Wang Lei was obviously unusually calm.
He basically used only jabs and left hooks in his second round. However, once Leonard reveals a flaw in his defense, he can instantly seize the opportunity to land straight backhand and hook punches, or combine heavy punches.
In the second round, Leonard failed to gain the upper hand, but let Wang Lei control the pace of the game.
In the third round, Leonard tried to disrupt Wang Lei's rhythm, but he never succeeded, and the rhythm of the match was still firmly in Wang's control.
Once Leonard is about to unleash a powerful combination punch, he is interrupted by a sharp left hook or straight back hand from Wang Lei, forcing Leonard to step back.
The third round wasn't over yet, and both Leonard and his coach Angelo Dundee were horrified to discover a fact.
Wang Lei's strength has become stronger than in June last year!
It's so strong that Leonard can't defeat it!
In a fight with Wang Lei in June last year, although Leonard was finally knocked out by Wang Lei's combination of heavy punches, he basically fought with Wang Lei in the previous rounds, and even had the upper hand in several rounds.
In the battle with Wang Lei, Leonard was defeated in physical strength, heavy punch lethality and physical strength were not as good as Wang Lei. But in terms of boxing technique and game experience, Leonard is better than Wang Lei.
Even Wang Lei himself admitted this after the game!
But with only three rounds going on today, Leonard found that he couldn't outperform Wang Lei in boxing technique and experience.
Wang Lei controlled the rhythm of the game from beginning to end, suppressing him to the core, so that he couldn't disrupt the rhythm.
If he continues to fight like this, even if Leonard is not knocked out by Wang Lei in the end, he will definitely lose by indisputable points.
Obviously, although Leonard has worked hard for this revenge fight, Wang Lei's improvement is even more obvious, and he has also caught up with Leonard in boxing skills and game experience.
After all, Leonard has only played one game since losing to Wang Lei in June last year. Wang Lei played five games.
What's more, Wang Lei is only 21 years old this year and still has potential for development, while Leonard has already begun to decline. No matter how hard he practiced, he would not be stronger than he was at his peak.
It's no wonder that Wang Lei will release "big words" before the fight, saying that he will knock out Leonard within ten rounds.
In the fifth round of the match, many spectators in the audience could also see that Leonard was in a bad situation.
Wang Lei controlled the reins like a dog, controlling the rhythm of the game, and Leonard struggled no matter how hard he was. can't break free from Wang Lei's control.
At the beginning of the sixth round, Leonard's defeat was obvious, and he was basically pressed and beaten by Wang Lei, and he had no power to fight back.
But Leonard, who was arrogant in his heart, obviously didn't want to admit defeat like this, and was still desperately persevering, trying to find a way out.
It's a pity that there is no way out, all that awaits him is more and heavier punches, which hit him all over his body.
In the seventh round, some viewers in the audience couldn't bear to watch Leonard being ravaged by Wang Lei and left the arena early.
By the eighth round. At least a tenth of the 20,000 spectators in the audience have left.
And Leonard was completely powerless at this time, but he just stood firm and refused to fall.
Wang Lei knew that Leonard's coach might throw a towel and admit defeat if he continued to fight, so he no longer suppressed the rhythm of the game, but instantly burst out with powerful energy.
After a barrage of combo punches sent Leonard back and forth, Wang Lei seized the opportunity and landed a straight punch to Leonard's chin.
Leonard fell with a bang!
Seeing this, the referee, who had already wanted to stop the game in the sixth round, immediately stepped forward to block Wang Lei and waved his hand to signal the end of the game.
Wang Lei wins!
He lived up to his tournament manifesto and knocked out Leonard in under 10 rounds!
Wang Lei confiscated another belt and unified the 168-pound super middleweight division.
So far. Wang Lei is already a triple champion in four divisions, one of which is a quadruple champion, and has won a total of 14 boxing titles.
The achievement is not only unprecedented, but it is estimated that it will be unprecedented!
was beaten miserably by Wang Lei. Leonard, who was injured all over the body, spoke to media reporters after the game.
Leonard's mood was depressed, and he said in a gloomy tone: "The king is stronger, and I am no match for him at all." I lost this game so convincingly that I have to admit that I am outdated. From now on, the professional boxing world will belong to young people like Wang Lei and Abraham, and I don't plan to continue fighting. I've decided to retire, and I'm not going to come back after this retirement! ”
The media reporter asked: "Leonard, you and Abraham trained under Coach Angelo Dundee and played two games with Wang, based on your understanding of King and Abraham, do you think King is stronger than Abraham?" ”
Leonard was silent for a long time before shaking his head and said, "I don't know, although Abraham and I both train in Angelo's boxing gym, I have never trained with Abraham in actual combat, so I really don't know if Wang is stronger than Abraham." But I can be sure that the king's strength will definitely not be weaker than that of Abraham. Next year's match between him and Tammy Abraham will be the most exciting and suspenseful match in the history of professional boxing! ”
The media reporter said: "But Wang said he could knock out Abraham in three rounds at most? ”
Leonard smiled and said, "This is absolutely impossible, unless the king has practiced some secret trick that he has not used, or has really discovered Abraham's flaws or flaws...... But this is impossible, if Abraham really wants to have a flaw or a flaw, Angelo and Abraham's father, Mr. Ali, will not find out! (To be continued.) )
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