Chapter Ninety-Three: Mugabi the Beast

Wang Lei's goal is to pick an opponent of equal strength to improve his strength, and he has no interest in Horn, a pseudo-boxing champion who has been praised by white American boxing fans and whose fame is far greater than his strength. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

So after just one glance, Wang Lei put down Horn's file.

He struggled with the latter two fighters.

Terry Norris!

John Mugabi!

Both of these are black fighters, and their strength and fame in later generations are far more comparable than Horn, a white fighter.

Terry Norris is a future boxing Hall of Fame figure and the 154-pound super-welterweight ruler.

Only two years older than Wang, he entered professional boxing at the age of 19 and had an astonishing 291-4 amateur record. After becoming a professional fighter, he didn't play well in a few fights, losing two, and since then he has won consecutive fights, and now has become the second challenger in the WBA super welterweight division with a professional record of 17-2. In front of him is former boxing champion Julian Jackson, who was knocked out by Wang Lei last year.

Wang remembers that after winning the WBC Super Welterweight Championship in '90, Norris fought a full 26 titles, half of his career total, and won 20 fights.

Since the 90s, the super-welterweight super-welterweight title has basically been Terry Norris.

The bottom line is that Terry Norris's opponents are mostly unknown. Wang Lei remembers that he once played a game with Leonard and defeated Leonard, causing Leonard to retire again, and did not return again until six years later, but only played one defeat and retired permanently.

To be able to beat Leonard to retirement for six years, Terry Norris's strength is definitely superb, and such an opponent is worth fighting.

The problem is that Norris didn't become famous until 90 years later, and although he has a good record and is still the No. 2 challenger in the WBA super welterweight division, he has defeated unknown opponents, plus he has lost two fights, so not many fans or media think Norris is strong at this time.

If Wang Lei chooses Norris as his opponent, nine times out of ten he will be considered by the media to be picking soft persimmons.

John Mugabi, the black fighter with a darker complexion than Norris, is very good.

The Uganda-born fighter won a silver medal in boxing at the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow. His nickname was "The Beast," a nickname that was in place before Tyson's debut.

Mugabi's punches are heavy, his style of play is brutal and ferocious, and he now has a 32-2 professional record, all of which have come by knockout. His two losses were to Marvin Hagler and a fighter named Doon Thomarn.

The defeat to Thomas can be said to be a surprise, but the fight with Hagler was extremely miserable, and the style of play and style of Mugabi, nicknamed "The Beast", is very similar to that of Hagler, nicknamed "The Demon King", and the strength of his heavy punches is not weaker than Hagler. From the beginning to the end of the game between the two, it was a non-stop, non-retreating hard-hitting attack, and the whole game was very bloody and primitive, and the intensity was not inferior to the crazy battle between Wang Lei and McCollum.

It took eleven rounds for the match to end, and Hagler "The Demon King" had the last laugh.

However, after the game, Hagler was hospitalized for a month with blood in his urine and suffered a serious back injury.

In the career of "Demon King" Hagler, Mugabi is the only one who can beat him so miserably, and neither Leonard nor Duran has done it.

Wang Lei originally regretted that Hagler retired too early and did not have the opportunity to fight him. However, it would be nice to have a fight with a "beast" Mugabi whose boxing style and ferocity are not much like Hagler's.

The important thing is that the three fighters given by Arum are the most famous and powerful of Mugabi at the moment, and a fight with him to defend the title will not only not be perceived by the media as picking soft persimmons, but may also achieve the purpose of improving his strength. After defeating Mugabi, it will be more certain to fight Leonard.

So, Wang Lei put Mugabi's file in front of Arum and said, "It's confirmed, let's choose him!" ”

Arum glanced at the file, with an expression that he had already expected, and nodded: "Okay, since you chose Mugabi, then I'll talk to his agent." But Ray, I have to warn you, don't fail. If you lose to Mugabi, Leonard has an excuse to refuse to fight you. I can already see that Leonard doesn't want to fight you at all! ”

Wang Lei nodded and said, "I understand, but don't worry, that Leonard guy can't escape!" ”

After Arum left, Sadler picked up Mugabi's file on the table and looked at it, frowned and said, "Ray, why did you choose to defend your title with him, this guy is not easy to fight?" ”

Wang Lei smiled: "Sadler, there will be progress only if there is a challenge!" ”

Sadler shook his head and said, "I understand this, but don't you think it's a bit rushed?" Mugabi was still middleweight last year, and he was relegated to a super welterweight division, probably because of the three golden belts you just obtained! ”

Wang Lei said: "Then he has to have the ability to take it!" ”

Ou Yangming on the side curiously glanced at the photo of Mugabi on the file and asked, "Is this black charcoal head very powerful?" Comparable to Duran? ”

Sadler said: "It should be more than that, although Duran fought Hagler for fifteen rounds, he didn't beat Hagler to the point of bleeding and was hospitalized for a month. If it weren't for Mugabi's stupid choice to fight Hagler with hard-hitting punches, he wouldn't have been knocked out of Hagler for eleven rounds......"

Wang Lei interrupted Sadler's words and said: "I don't think so, Sadler, in my opinion, Mugabi's fighting style with Hagler is his best style of play, if he doesn't fight like that, I'm afraid he will be knocked out by Hagler in advance!" ”

Sadler asked, "Then are you going to fight Mugabi with a hard punch?" ”

Wang Lei smiled: "Of course I'm not that stupid, my goal is Leonard, against a super-first-class fighter like Leonard, it is not enough to bombard with heavy punches, there must be suitable tactics." In the title defense match with Mugabi, I plan to practice my tactics well, and it will be a real combat exercise! ”

Sadler asked, "Neither Cruise, Chekov, nor Harrison can satisfy you?" ”

Wang Lei said: "Unless you can find a sparring partner with the same strength as me!" ”

Sadler stopped talking.

How can it be so easy to find a sparring partner with the same strength as Wang Lei.

A boxer with such strength as Wang Lei who is willing to be a sparring partner has long gone to a professional boxing match or was signed by a discerning boxing agent.

And it is impossible for a recently retired boxing champion like Hagler to deign to be a sparring partner for Wang Lei.

It is not easy to find a retired boxing champion like Al Balado, who has financial problems after retiring and has to accept a salary of $10,000 a week in order to make a living.

What's more, Balado's strength may not be on par with Wang Lei, the first two weeks were fine, and the last three weeks were basically one-sided by Wang Lei. If it weren't for the fact that he urgently needed money and signed a contract, he would have quit long ago.

Sadler thought again of Emile Griffiths, with whom he had worked before, and quickly gave up on the idea.

Griffiths has the strength, but the motives are not pure, and he actually wants to dig into his corner. And although this guy has been retired for many years, he is not short of money, and it is estimated that he may not be willing to deign to be a sparring partner for Wang Lei again.

It's a pity that the two guys, Cruise and Chekov, are too uncompetitive, and they haven't grown up after teaching for so long, but the distance between them and Wang Lei is getting farther and farther.

Thinking of the way the two guys, Cruise and Chekov, cringe every time they practiced with Wang Lei, Sadler couldn't help but want to cover his head and sigh.

Sadler really didn't think about it when he trained Wang Lei on the first day, and finding a sparring partner for Wang Lei would be the biggest problem in the future!

Luckily for George Foreman!

It seems that heavyweight big sparring partners are easier to find than middleweight and lightweight sparring, and Foreman now has four sparring partners, and their strength is still very good.

In particular, a sparring partner named Mark Hogan, who is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 260 pounds, is born in underground illegal boxing, not only is he very large and very strong to resist, but he is also very flexible, and can hold on for three to four rounds under Foreman's full attack.

This is a very remarkable strength, you must know that Wang Lei's strongest sparring partner is Harrison, but he can't hold out for a round under Wang Lei's full attack.

Wang Lei's actual combat practice is basically Cruise, Chekov and Harrison in turn.

Sadler thinks that if the Mark Hogan fights professionally for a few years, he will definitely have a chance to become a heavyweight champion.

It's a pity that Mark Hogan is thirty-two years old, and it is too late to transform into a professional fighter.