Chapter 40: George Foreman's Comeback Battle
When Wang returned to San Francisco from his fight against Michael Nunn in Los Angeles, he found a guest at Sadler's boxing gym. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
George Foreman!
Clearly, Foreman, who was planning to make a comeback, saw the San Francisco Chronicle's article "Rookie Ray King Talks About His Big Brother Foreman and Ali, Fraser, and Tyson."
This article upset many people, and the new heavyweight WBC boxing champion Tyson insisted on denying that he was the 2.0 version of Joe Fraser, and even denied that Foreman would be his nemesis, clamoring to wait until Foreman returned to give him a chance to challenge, when he would knock out Foreman and slap Wang Lei in the face.
Former boxing champion Joe Fraser also expressed dissatisfaction, believing that the two defeats to Foreman that year were just a relationship with his poor state, insisting on denying that Foreman's boxing style was comparable to him, saying that Wang Lei was just a hairy boy who didn't understand anything and was not qualified to comment on them, which was a sign of disrespect for his predecessors. and said that if Wang Lei is promoted to heavyweight one day, he will also consider making a comeback. But it's not to fight with Foreman again, but to teach Wang Lei a lesson, so that Wang Lei can taste his old fist, so that he can respect his predecessors and stop talking nonsense.
The only Ali expressed his appreciation for Wang Lei, thinking that Wang Lei was reasonable, and said with a smile that he was very optimistic about Wang Lei's future.
It's no wonder Ali said this, you must know that in that article, Wang Lei was saying good things about Ali, and he could even be called slapping Ali's sycophants, and Ali was not happy to hear it.
However, after reading that article, Foreman was deeply moved, and after thinking about it for a few days, he made a decision that was different from his previous life.
Seeing Foreman surprised Wang Lei, but more than that, he was shocked.
The Foreman in front of him was too obese. If it weren't for his shorter height, Wang Lei would have thought that what he saw was the NBA's super center "Big Shark" O'Neal.
O'Neill, of course, at the end of his career!
Although Foreman was a large man with a large body size after returning from his previous life, he seemed to be very powerful, like a grizzly bear waking up from hibernation.
But Wang Lei couldn't see it from Foreman at this time, he only saw a big stupid bear that had eaten too much and was too swollen, and it was full of fat and even a little difficult to move.
Could it be that in the ten years since Foreman retired, he has eaten and drunk intemperately all day long, and he has never exercised?
Wang Lei watched Foreman and Sadler go to the office to discuss for a long time, and then they came out with laughter.
Sadler immediately announced that Foreman would regroup his team and would train with Wang Lei at the Sadler Boxing Gym to prepare for his comeback.
Is it so simple to reconcile Sadler and Foreman?
Thinking of Sadler's unhappy expression when he heard Foreman's name before, and then looking at Sadler's smiling face at this time, Wang Lei felt incredible.
I've flapped the wings of a butterfly again, right?
I don't know if Foreman's fate is good or bad compared to his previous life after being changed by his little butterfly?
You must know that in his previous life, although Foreman's comeback road was hard, but fortunately, he knocked out Muller in 94 and won two boxing belts, becoming the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in boxing history.
Will he become a boxing champion before '94 or later? Or maybe never?
Shaking his head, Wang Lei felt that he was thinking too much.
Although Foreman was much fatter at this time, with Foreman's naturally excellent physical condition and strength, coupled with the training of Sadler, who knew him well, maybe he would be stronger than in his previous life and be able to become a boxing champion earlier.
Maybe when you meet Holyfield and that Tommy Morrison again, you won't lose again, and you may even have a chance to fight Tyson to prove whether the analysis in Wang Lei's San Francisco Chronicle is nonsense!
Anyway, Wang Lei is very happy to be able to train with Foreman.
Because it means that he has another very durable sparring partner, and it can also give him an early experience of the strength of the heavyweight fighter.
Although Chekov's height and weight are also heavyweight, his boxing skills are so poor that it is estimated that even third-rate fighters are far inferior. If it weren't for the fact that his body is very strong and durable, and his heavy punches are also very powerful. Coupled with the fact that he could be a man and trained hard enough, Sadler had already fired him.
As good as Chekov is, every time Wang Lei trains Chekov in actual combat, he feels like he is practicing with a big stupid bear who can't box, and he can't experience the thrill of fighting a real heavyweight.
Now that Foreman is here, it will feel different!
In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Lei had a practical practice with Foreman.
After only three rounds, Wang also put on thick armor and helmet at Sadler's insistence.
In the first two rounds, because Foreman, who had retired for ten years, was too obese, and his boxing skills had declined too much compared to before his retirement, almost equal to nothing, so he punched very slowly. Not to mention the clumsy movements, he also moves as slowly as an old cow. Such strength does not seem to be comparable even to Chekov.
Wang Lei was basically playing Foreman, and Foreman couldn't hit him with a single punch.
However, in the third round, Foreman's strength seemed to have recovered a little, and Wang Lei relaxed his vigilance, only to be careless, and was hit in the head by Foreman's sudden backhand hook that didn't seem to be too hard.
Wang Lei felt as if he had been hit by a ten-ton truck, and he fell down on the spot, lying on the ring for five minutes without coming back to his senses.
If it weren't for Ou Yangming's presence, after the inspection, he thought that Wang Lei was fine, and Sadler, who was so frightened that his face turned pale, would have called an ambulance in person.
Wang Lei was knocked unconscious for the first time, and when he regained consciousness, not only was he not intimidated, but he wanted to fight Foreman again.
Sadler, of course, insisted on the opposition!
However, Sadler was also pleased with Wang Lei's big heart, and he was beaten by Forman's heavy punch without psychological shadows, but with high morale, he was definitely a big heart. Only a person with such a big heart can withstand heavy pressure, and when he encounters a strong opponent in the ring, he will not be timid, but will become stronger when he encounters a strong opponent.
Such a person is a natural boxing champion!
Although relieved, Sadler would not let Wang Lei and Foreman fight again, he was afraid that Foreman would accidentally break Wang Lei.
Sadler asked Foreman to practice his technique first, and then consider practicing with Wang Lei once he can control the power of his punches again. For the time being, Wang Lei's actual combat sparring partners are Cruise, Chekov and Jeff Harrison, who was introduced by Arum.
With George Foreman in Sadler's boxing gym, Wang Lei has a goal to contrast and is more motivated to train.
Foreman, who has been retired for ten years, did the same physical skills test as Wang Lei did the same as Wang Lei on the second day after joining Sadler's boxing gym, and his physical test data are as follows:
"Height: 192cm
Arm span: 196cm
Weight: 278 lbs (equal to 126 kg)
Fat ratio: 35 percent
Strength: bench press 200 lbs 25 reps, ultimate strength 400 lbs; Squat 350 pounds 12 times, extreme strength 750 pounds
Punch power: 680 pounds straight left hand, 1895 pounds heavy punch right hand
100m speed: 12.45 seconds
Fitness: 2600 meters in 12 minutes
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The proportion of weight and fat is amazingly high, and the speed and physical fitness of 100 meters are so poor that they are far worse than Wang Lei.
But Foreman's power surprised Wang Lei.
Whether it is the bench press or squat, the ultimate strength is much stronger than Wang Lei, so strong that it is hard for Wang Lei to believe that this is the strength of a big fat man weighing 278 pounds.
Even more striking is Foreman's fist power.
is really worthy of being the person with the most single heavy punch in the history of boxing, he has retired for ten years and has not practiced boxing, and the strength of heavy punches is still so amazing.
The power of the straight fist of the left hand alone is heavier than Wang Lei's right fist, and the power of the right fist is more than three times heavier than Wang Lei's right fist.
It's no wonder that he didn't seem to have much force in the punch that hit him before, and knocked him unconscious.
I'm afraid that punch Foreman really didn't have any force!
After seeing Foreman's physical test data, not only Wang Lei, but even Chekov was convinced by Foreman!
Since Chekov came to the Sadler boxing gym, after a year and a half of training, his weight has grown to 98 kilograms, and his muscles are more developed and resistant, and his strength is stronger and stronger.
But the power of his right-hand punch is only about 1,200 pounds, which is not bad for a heavyweight professional boxer, but it is far worse than Foreman.
As a result, not only Wang Lei was stimulated, but Chekov was also stimulated, and he trained more and more fiercely one by one.
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Sadler was indeed the person who knew Foreman best, and he had a very strict and detailed training plan for Foreman.
Although the main goal of this training plan is to lose the fat of Foreman's body, the amount of training is even larger than the training plan for Wang Lei at the beginning.
Foreman clearly really wanted to rise again, and his willpower was tenacious enough to carry out Sadler's training plan seriously.
After Wang Lei's fourth professional fight, Foreman's weight had dropped to 245 pounds, losing 33 pounds and 28 percent fat in just three months.
When Wang Lei saw that Foreman was about the same size as he defeated Muller in his previous life to win the championship again, he felt that Sadler should go to a weight loss training class.
Foreman not only lost weight, but his boxing skills and physical fitness have also greatly improved, and the strength of his backhand punches has exceeded 2,000 pounds.
According to Sadler, Foreman has almost regained 60% of his strength from 10 years ago.
Although only 60 percent strong, Sadler thinks Foreman can come back for a boxing match.
Improving one's strength through real combat is the most important way for Sadler to train!
So on Sadler's recommendation, Foreman signed with Bob Arum and officially returned on March 15 to fight a 10-round fight with a fighter named Steve Ross.
As Foreman's junior brother, Wang Lei was naturally supported by the match, and at the same time supported his brother at the pre-match press conference, believing that Foreman could knock out his opponent in four rounds at most.
As Wang Lei expected, after only four rounds of the match, Foreman knocked Steve Rose, who had a 25-11-0 professional record, to the canvas with a heavy punch.
Although Steve Rose eventually stood up when the referee counted to eight, his expression was blank, his eyes were unfocused, and he clearly lost his fighting spirit.
Seeing this, the referee did not hesitate to declare the end of the match, and Foreman won the technical knockout.
Foreman's comeback was a success!
Wang Lei also became popular again because of his successful prediction of the result of the game!
After Foreman's comeback bout, the attention of the U.S. sports news media and fans shifted to Las Vegas on April 6. Another returning former champion, Shug Ray Leonard, will face the middleweight triple crown champion against Marvin Hagler in a middleweight title bout on this day.
And Wang Lei will also participate in the fifth game of his career on this day!
The opponent is Donnie Ladron, known as the "Golden Boy of Canada".
American media reporters all regarded the match between Leonard and Hagler as the "fight of the century", believing that this day's match will become a classic in boxing history!
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