After the two famous boxing agents, Arum and Stuward, negotiated the appearance fees of the fighters on both sides, and then the time and place of the fight were discussed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because of Wang Lei's request, Arum set the time for November 30.

Welterweight triple crown champion Holyfield has been promoted to challenge heavyweight triple crown champion Foreman on November 5.

Only twenty-five days were between the two games.

Stuward was well aware of Wang Lei's intentions, and did not expose or oppose it, but only disagreed with the venue of the game.

Arum's favorite venue for boxing is the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, followed by the Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. He has always worked happily with the owners behind the two hotels, arranging the boxing match at the two hotels, and if he makes enough money on the night of the fight, Arum will basically get a percentage of the commission.

But Stuward refused to let Hearns race in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, demanding that the race be held in Detroit, Michigan's motor city, where Hearns and his home city were arranged.

Stuward said he has a relationship with William Ford, the owner of the NFL Lions in Detroit and the grandson of the founder of Ford Motor Company, and could use the Detroit Lions' home stadium as a venue for the boxing match between Ray and Hearns.

The home stadium of the NFL Detroit Lions, title-sponsored by Ford Motor Company, is the largest stadium in Detroit City and the entire state of Michigan, with 80,000 spectator seats.

With the allure of Wang Lei's Chinese-American status and Hernes' super popularity in his home city, if the two of them played at Ford Stadium with proper publicity, they might be able to sell all 80,000 seats of tickets at Ford Stadium, setting a record for the largest number of spectators.

Arum was touched by what Stuward said.

In addition to the cost of cable pay TV broadcasts, the profits of today's professional boxing matches are still the main profit income for viewers to buy tickets to watch the match.

If it is true that 80,000 tickets are sold as Stuward said, the total of Wang Lei and Hearns will be as high as $38 million, and even if it is doubled, he will receive much more benefits as a boxing promoter than before.

You must know that whether it is the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas or the Caesars Hotel at the Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, the capacity of the boxing scene is very limited, and 20,000 spectators is already the limit.

And Ford's Stadium has more than double the 80,000 seats of the Caesars Hotel in the two casinos combined.

Arum wasn't worried about running out of 80,000 tickets, as he remembers the heavyweight championship between boxing champion Ali and Leon Spinks at the Superstadium in New Orleans in '78 with a crowd of more than 63,000, the highest number of spectators indoors.

Now, eleven years later, more fans are attracted to professional boxing and are willing to pay for tickets to watch the fight.

Moreover, with a total of ten belts in three divisions, Wang Lei, who is also the first Chinese-American boxing champion in boxing history, and Hearns, the first boxing champion in boxing history, who won four divisions and five divisions, were no less popular than Ali and Leon Spinks at that time.

If you have four months to hype it up, 80,000 tickets will definitely sell out.

The only thing that made Arum hesitate was the environment in Detroit.

Detroit, as the most famous motor city and music capital in the United States, is also one of the cities with the highest crime rate in the United States, and is known as the "crime capital".

In the later generations of the FBI Crime Investigation Center, the crime rate survey data of major cities in the United States released every few years, Detroit has always been ranked among the top three.

Before Wang Lei's rebirth, data released by a private research institute in the United States showed that Detroit's crime rate had surpassed St. Louis, the largest city in Missouri, to become the most dangerous city in the United States.

Since the seventies, Detroit has experienced an economic recession and rising unemployment, which has led to an increase in crime every year, with tens of thousands of violent crimes occurring almost every year.

In addition to gang strife, theft, and drug abuse, Detroit has the sixth-highest murder rate, the fifth-highest robbery rate, and the first-highest violent assault crime rate.

Asking Wang Lei to go to Detroit to fight with Hernes, Arum was very worried about Wang Lei's personal safety.

Just as Robert Durán was a hero of Panama, Thomas Hernes, who was born and raised in the black ghetto of Deruut, was also a hero of Deruut.

Black criminals and gangsters in Detroit admired Hernes, because before he met Stuward and embarked on the road of professional boxing, Hernes was also a gangster who mixed black gangs, and he had the tyrannical gene of "killer" in his blood since he was a child, and he often got into fights and brawls, and he was famous among black gangs in Detroit.

Detroit's black criminals and gangsters aren't comparable to the residents of Panama City, and if Wang Lei defeats Hearns in front of them, the devil knows what will happen!

Last year, when Wang Lei defeated Duran in Panama City, it happened to be raining heavily, drenching 50,000 Panama City fans into soup, and Wang Lei was able to get out safely.

But this coincidence can't happen a second time!

What's more, although Ford Stadium is not an indoor stadium, it is not an open-air stadium like Panama City, and there are membrane tents on the spectator seats, and the audience will not be drenched when it suddenly rains.

Seeing what Arum was worried about, Stuward patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, the **** of the game will contact the police in Detroit and ask them to arrange for people to mix in the audience seats at Ford Stadium to prevent fans from making trouble and ensure that Wang Lei can leave the stadium safely." What's more, Wang Lei may not have an accident, if Hernes defeats him, Detroit fans have no reason to embarrass him! ”

The police in Detroit?

If they were reliable, Detroit wouldn't be the "crime capital" with the highest crime rate in the United States!

As for Stuward's last words, Arum didn't hear them.

After pondering for a long time, Arum finally did not immediately agree to Stuwald's proposal, but said: "I have to go to San Francisco to discuss with Wang Lei in person, and if he agrees, then I will call you!" ”

"Please!" Stuward was in no hurry, apparently thinking his idea would succeed.

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Arum then flew to San Francisco, found Wang Lei in training at the Sadler Boxing Gym, and told him how he negotiated with Stuwald.

Wang Lei, who was wiping his sweat with a towel, looked surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Ford's Stadium has 80,000 spectator seats, can it sell 80,000 tickets?" ”

Arum replied, "With your and Hearns' popularity and four months of hype, it should be fine!" ”

After a pause, Arum added, "But I flew here to discuss with you personally, and I didn't come here for this issue. Now that you know the environment in the city of Detroit, do you agree to go to the city of Detroit and play against Hernes? ”

Wang Lei did not answer immediately, but seriously considered it.

To be honest, in his previous life, his understanding of Detroit in the United States came from the starting point of the basketball competition novel, knowing that Detroit was the home city of the NBA Pistons, and also knowing the "Auburn Hills Palace Mass Assault Incident" that broke out on the home court of the Pistons more than ten years later.

Because of the style of the Pistons players and the madness of the fans, people in Detroit give Wang Lei the impression of being violent and aggressive.

The fans are crazy, and if the fans go crazy, it will definitely be more violent.

What's more, they are still fans of the "crime capital" where gangs are rampant and the violent crime rate is super high.

Wang Lei didn't want to go to Detroit City to compete, but he didn't want people to think that he was timid, so he asked Neeson, the bodyguard standing aside, "Neeson, if I beat Hearns at Ford's Field in Detroit and am besieged by 80,000 fans, can you protect me and leave safely?" ”

"Can't!" Neeson vetoed it without thinking about it.

Nonsense, besieged by 80,000 crazy fans, who has the ability to protect him from leaving, even Rambo can't do it.

Unless you ask Superman from the comics to be a bodyguard!

After a pause, Neeson said, "But if you give me a few mates, and bring two guns and enough ammunition, I can guarantee that you leave safe and sound!" ”

"Partner?"

"That's right, I know a few friends who have retired from the U.S. Marine Corps, and if you're willing to contribute, I can bring them over and team up to keep you safe. With our protection, even if all the 80,000 spectators at Ford Stadium go crazy, we'll be able to take you out of the stadium safe and sound, and take you out of Detroit and back to San Francisco. Provided, of course, that we all have to bring weapons! ”

Arum listened with black lines on his head, and secretly wondered if there was a riot among the fans in Detroit, would you dare to shoot and kill people indiscriminately?

If that were the case, it would not just be the 80,000 fans at Ford Stadium who would riot, but the entire city of Detroit!

Arum was about to oppose Nissen's proposal, but when he saw Wang Lei's eyes light up, he asked, "How many friends do you have who have retired from the Marine Corps?" ”

"Three."

"Are they all as good as Rambo?"

"Uh... Almost! ”

"Do you want me to get you the weapon you are talking about, or do you want to get it yourself?"

"We have the weapons ourselves!"

"Alright, go and gather your three friends. As long as I am sent to Detroit safe and sound and brought back unscathed, I will give as much as I want! ”

"Okay, I'll contact them!"

Neeson immediately turned and left the room, and Arum was a little too slow to stop him.

Wang Lei looked very excited and said to Arum: "Arum, you don't have to worry about my personal safety now." With four Marines and my uncle protecting me, I don't think the Detroit fans can hurt me. Besides, they don't necessarily go crazy or attack me! ”

Arum couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, and secretly scolded this kid for being really unreliable.

If the 80,000 fans at Ford Stadium on the day of the fight had rioted over Wang's defeat of Hearns, and four retired Marine bodyguards opened fire on the rioting fans, resulting in deaths, the consequences would have been dire.

Not only will Wang Lei be unlucky, but he, the agent and boxing promoter, will also be unlucky, and it will be unlucky!

It's still a trivial matter to bury your career, and maybe you will have to go to jail and put the bottom of the prison through.

And Arum doesn't think that Detroit fans will necessarily go crazy and riot, as long as Wang Lei really defeats Hearns, this kind of riot is still very probable. (To be continued.) )