Chapter 153: A Year of Honor
Wang Lei had a very pleasant New Year in Boston. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It is probably that he and Zhou Yuwei are both twenty-one years old, and they have performed well in the two years they have been with the Zhou sisters, and there is no lace and bad news. What's even more rare is that he never broke through the bottom line when he got along with Zhou Yuwei, allowing Zhou Yuwei to keep his innocence.
The future mother-in-law, Sun Yuting, was very satisfied with Wang Lei after secretly inquiring about her two daughters that night, and her eyes softened a lot when she looked at him.
And finally there is a kind of mother-in-law who likes her son-in-law more and more, which makes Wang Lei feel a little flattered.
After spending the New Year in Boston, Wang Lei had to go back to San Francisco.
No way, his rematch with Hearns is on March 6, and before that he has to go to the gym to train hard and stay in top shape.
Grandpa's 80th birthday was at the end of March, and although it was still early, Mr. Zhou agreed to go to San Francisco with his two granddaughters and Wang Lei.
The Zhou sisters' parents had to deal with their Boston business and had to go half a month late.
Back in San Francisco, Wang Lei and the Zhou sisters sent Mr. Zhou to his grandfather's house, and after the two of them got together, Wang Lei went to the boxing gym and started a new round of training.
On 16 February, the match between Tyson and Ray Mercer went ahead as scheduled.
Wang Lei did not go to the scene, but watched the game on a pay TV channel.
The result of this match did not come as a surprise to him, as Tyson, who had been sulking since the defeat to Foreman, played extraordinarily to knock out Ray Mercer in just five rounds and shatter Ray Mercer's "steel jaw".
Wang Leidu, who was in front of the TV, seemed to hear the sound of Ray Mercer's jaw shattering.
After a year, Tyson is once again the heavyweight champion, regaining the three belts he lost a year ago.
When Tyson knelt in the ring after the referee declared him victorious, raising his arms in celebration of his victory, the 20,000 spectators in the audience involuntarily stood up and applauded.
The applause was thunderous, and it lasted for a long time!
It seems that fans would still prefer to see Tyson dominate the heavyweight division and show off in the ring than Ray Mercer, Holyfield or even Foreman. He also prefers to buy tickets to watch his games.
After Tyson regained the three belts in the heavyweight division, he eagerly announced to the media that he was going to take revenge in the next fight, knocking out Foreman, and even made a throat-slitting gesture to the camera.
Tyson's proclamation and throat-slitting made the reporters excited. Soon someone ran to Sadler's boxing gym to find Foreman in training and asked him for his opinion on Tyson's manifesto and the cut-throat maneuver.
Foreman, who had already been instructed by Arum, snorted and replied, "If he wants to fight, I can defeat him once, and I can defeat him twice." Those three belts will still be back in my hands! ”
Forman's tough response made the media reporters who interviewed him as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the pen in his hand kept writing, and he didn't need to look at it to imagine what Forman's words were distorted and exaggerated by him!
Foreman's agent, Arlum, and Tyson's agent, Don King, reacted quickly, and less than a week after Tyson regained the title, the two held a press conference to announce that a rematch between Foreman and Tyson had been agreed.
The rematch between Foreman and Tyson is scheduled for June 12 in Tokyo, Japan.
The media called this battle and the rematch between Wang Lei and Hernes on March 6 the two most anticipated revenge battles of the 90s!
Wang Lei didn't have much idea about the timing of the rematch between Foreman and Tyson, but the location was a little weird to him.
In his previous life, Tyson was knocked out by Douglas on February 11, and he avoided it in this life, but why did the match move to Tokyo, Japan?
In the end, Tyson or Don Kim likes Tokyo, Japan. Arrange to play there at every turn?
If memory serves, it seems that Tyson had four professional fights in Tokyo, Japan, including his last two boxing fights before he was imprisoned.
It seems that after playing a few games in Tokyo, Japan, Tyson is very popular in Japan and is regarded as an idol by many Japanese people. There's even a cartoonist who drew Tyson into a fight comic and had him fight a Japanese thug for half a day before he could decide the winner.
Wang Lei thought that if he also went to Tokyo, Japan to have a boxing match, would Japanese cartoonists also draw him into fighting comics? If he did, how would he define his character?
Will he be drawn as a villain or the ultimate boss who can take out Yujiro Vama?
As soon as the match between Foreman and Tyson was confirmed, someone jumped out to express dissatisfaction, shouting that he was the legitimate challenger to the boxing title and that Tyson should fight him.
This person is the one who originally finalized the game agreement with Foreman last year. However, due to an injury in a fight, the fight had to be canceled, and the white fighter Tommy Morrison was replaced by Holyfield.
Tommy Morrison, who has recovered from his injuries and is out of the trouble of fighting, naturally wants to be a heavyweight champion, so he fearlessly clamored for a fight with Tyson first.
Only this time, neither Arum nor Don King ignored him.
In addition, the three major organizations of boxing did not speak up for Tommy Morrison. Tommy Morrison yelled like a clown.
The rematch between Foreman and Tyson did not affect Wang Lei's mood, and he put all his energy into training, preparing to convince the opponent in the rematch with Hearns.
Before the rematch between Wang Lei and Hearns began, a new issue of The Ring magazine was finally released.
The honor of the best boxing match, fighter and year-end P4P king of the eight-year professional boxing world has been announced!
Wang Lei successfully defended his Fighter of the Year title for the third time!
Second, Wang Lei's match against Leonard in June last year beat Foreman's victory over Tyson earlier last year and was voted the second-best game of the year.
That's right, it's the second best race of the year. Not the best!
The boxing fight of the year was Holyfield's victory over Foreman last October.
"Boxing" magazine believes that this is the most classic boxing match with small victories and skillful breaking power, and the degree of classicism can be ranked in the top ten in the history of professional boxing.
If it weren't for Holyfield's unexpected defeat to Ray Mercer at the end of the year and his hospitalization for heart problems, maybe he would have been the best fighter of the year!
It was precisely because of Holyfield's unexpected failure and hospitalization that the year-end P4P king selection was also missed by him, and finally fell on Wang Lei.
This is the first time that Wang Lei has been elected as the king of year-end P4P!
The first Chinese boxer in the history of boxing is estimated to be the only Chinese boxer elected as the king of the year-end P4P!
"Boxing" magazine can't help it, although the professional boxing scene of the eight years is wonderful and colorful, but there is really no fighter whose performance and honors can compare to Wang Lei.
Holyfield, the only threat to Wang, was hospitalized with heart problems, and Tyson hasn't played a game since losing to Foreman at the start of the year.
Other standout fighters in the division are Mexico's Caesar "God of War" Chavez and "Sweet Pea" Penel Vitak.
One of these two is ultra-lightweight and the other is lightweight. The former is the WBC super lightweight champion, and the latter is the WBC and IBF lightweight double champion.
However, compared to Wang Lei's four-class and ten-belt boxing titles, Chaviz's and Vitake's accolades combined are not comparable.
What's more, the opponents Wang Lei defeated last year, except for Roy Jones Jr., were all famous "kings". And then there is the one who defeated the "Heavenly King".
In this case, if "Boxing" magazine does not award the year-end P4P king to Wang Lei, the fairness and authority will be greatly questioned, and maybe it will be considered racist and discriminatory against yellow people.
"The Ring" magazine can't do such a self-defeating thing. So the king of P4P at the end of the year fell on Wang Lei.
In addition to Wang Lei's reigning Fighter of the Year title as the year-end P4P king, Sadler and Arum also received honors.
Sadler was named Boxing Coach of the Year, while Arum beat Don King to win the Agent and Promoter of the Year.
Because of the honor won by Wang Lei, "Boxing Ring" magazine decided to award Wang Lei a boxing gold belt.
It's just that the title won't be awarded to him until he successfully defeats Hearns again on March 6, and if he fails, it will be revoked.
Don't think that only the four major boxing organizations – WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO – will award champions with the belt. In fact, since its inception in 1922, Boxing magazine has been awarding boxing belts to the recognized world champions of the time.
Before the advent of the WBC and WBA, the two oldest world's most qualified boxing organizations, the World Champion's boxing belt was awarded by The Ring magazine.
The first boxing championship belt was awarded to then-heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey!
In the 70s, the world boxing champion in the classic movie "Rocky" in the 70s wore the gold belt that was awarded by "The Ring" magazine.
Therefore, even if the four major boxing organizations of WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO have appeared successively, the boxing championship belt awarded by "Boxing" magazine is still considered the most authoritative and qualified boxing championship belt. It is also the gold belt that all professional fighters want the most.
Wang Lei is naturally no exception!
What makes Wang Lei a little unhappy is that when he unified the three major boxing organizations at 147 pounds, he was eligible for "Boxing" magazine to award him a boxing championship belt.
But at the time, "The Ring" magazine ignored him, and when he unified the 154-pound super welterweight division, "The Ring" magazine still ignored him and awarded the boxing championship gold to Tyson, who unified the heavyweight class.
He then defeated Leonard to take away three belts in the 160-pound middleweight division and Barkley in the WBO middleweight belt and defeated Hearns to defend his title, while Tyson and Holyfield, who had high hopes for Tyson and Holyfield, failed to ignore the magazine.
But Ring magazine apparently wasn't willing to award the gold to Wang Lei, asking him to award him after defeating Hearns on March 6.
It's clear that Ring magazine is hoping that Hearns will get his revenge by then. There is no need to award the boxing championship belt to Wang Lei.
Wang Lei is well aware of the calculations of "Boxing Circle" magazine, but he will definitely not go his way.
That boxing champion belt, he got it!
And he wants not only the boxing championship belt from "The Ring" magazine, but also the "Athlete of the Year" promised to him by Sports Illustrated in an interview last year.
Ninety years. It will be a year of great harvest for Wang Lei! (To be continued.) )
PS: Tears flowed, one place fell from the monthly pass list, brothers, ask for a monthly pass!