Chapter 67: KO King VS Knockout King
Robert Duran's agent is Don King?
The answer given by Arum was surprising to Wang Lei. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Don King, because he refused to meet him privately a few days ago, prevented Robert Duran from accepting his challenge and took revenge on himself?
Wang Lei frowned and asked Arum, "Is there no way?" ”
Arum sighed: "No way, Don King, a greedy vampire, has a strong control over his fighters, and he is a little cautious, you swept his face last time, he will definitely take revenge on you, even if Duran agrees to your challenge, it is useless...... Unless we offer a price that impresses this vampire! ”
Arum already knew what was going on, and was annoyed that Don King was openly digging into his corners, and at the same time, he was also moved by Wang Lei's "never abandoned" him. However, although he also wanted to promote Wang Lei's promotion to challenge Robert Duran, Don Kim disagreed, and he had nothing to do.
As two of the top agents and promoters in professional boxing, Arum has never fought against Don King, and knows the cunning and greed of Don King, an old fox and vampire, who can't help him unless he uses unconventional means.
Bribe?
Wang Lei quickly understood what Arum meant, this was to use his own money to smash Tang Jin and make him change his mind!
Wang Lei rejected the offer.
It's not that Wang Lei is reluctant to make money, it's that he "knows too well" people like Don King. There are two in everything, as long as you open your mouth, I am afraid that you will fall under the control of Don King in the future. Wang Lei didn't want to put his handle in the hands of Don King, so that his future professional boxing career would have a negative news that could not be washed away.
What's more, with Don King's greedy nature, how much money can be paid to satisfy him?
"Let's change the target, who are the current champions of the super welterweight WBA and IBF, and they can't be the fighters under Don King, right?" Wang Lei said.
"The WBA's super welterweight champion is Mike McCollum, a Jamaican who is not as well-known as Robert Duran, but he has a terrifying record with 29-0-26 KOs and no wins. He's not Don King's man! Arum replied.
Mike McCollum, this name is a little familiar, you should have heard it in your previous life or seen it on the Internet.
Oh, by the way, this guy seems to be one of the top 80 superstars and 100 heavy gunners selected by Boxing Magazine.
Although Wang Lei has seen a lot of boxing match videos and news in his previous life, it is difficult to remember the names of foreigners, and the only ones who are more familiar are Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis and other heavyweights and Leonard, Hagler and other middleweight kings in the 80s and the small four kings of the 90s such as Hoya and Trinidad and other famous boxing champions.
As for the rest, if it wasn't specifically mentioned, he basically wouldn't have remembered it.
However, he had read the list of the top 80 superstars and top 100 heavy gunners in boxing history selected by "Miscellaneous Stage" magazine, and he still had a little impression of the names of boxing champions on these two lists.
As far back as I can remember, Mike McCollum was the champion mentioned on both lists.
This is no ordinary honor, to be included in the list of the top 80 superstars and the top 100 heavy gunners in the "Ring" magazine at the same time, he is definitely a superstar among superstars in the history of professional boxing, and is at the same level as the four kings of middleweight such as Leonard and Hagler.
This shows that Mike McCollum's strength is definitely not below the four kings of the middleweight division such as Leonard and Hagler.
And this guy's fists are very heavy, the lethality is not low, and the knockout rate is high, otherwise he would not be included in the list of the top 100 heavy gunners.
You know, even Leonard, the most famous of the four kings of middleweight, failed to make this list.
With a 29-0-26 KO opponent, such a professional record sounds great, and if it weren't for the fame and far inferior to Robert Duran, Wang Lei would have chosen him as his opponent.
"Where's the IBF boxing champion?" Wang Lei asked again.
Arum glanced at Wang Lei a little strangely, obviously not understanding that since Wang Lei wants to upgrade to the 154-pound super welterweight division, how can he not know any fighters in the super welterweight division except Robert Duran, is it only Robert Duran in his eyes?
Seeing what Arum meant, Wang Lei was a little embarrassed.
I really can't blame my brother, my brother is very busy, he has to train and write scripts and read, how can he have time to find out what fighters are in the 154-pound super welterweight division, and the professional boxers that my brother knows are basically "known" in his previous life.
Fortunately, Arum didn't think much about it and replied: "The IBF super welterweight champion is Julian Jackson, he only became the IBF super welterweight champion in July this year, and he has only defended his title once, he is a Viking Islander, with a record of 34 wins and 1 loss and 32 KOs, he is a fighter under Charlie Jachetti, Don King once beat his idea, but in the end failed!" ”
Julian Jackson?
The famous "knockout king"?
Wang Lei was stunned for a moment, this boxer's reputation is not low, and he is also one of the top 100 heavy gunners selected by "Boxing" magazine, and the ranking is very high, it seems to be 25. Ranked above the four kings of the middleweight division, Hagler and Duran, behind Thomas "The Killer" Hearns.
This guy's physical fitness is not very strong, and his fighting and defensive skills are not strong, and the six losses in his professional boxing career have all been knocked out, but his heavy punches are very terrifying. Wang Lei has seen the highlights of his knockout opponent's fights in his previous life, and there are several fights in which he was clearly underdogged, but he ended the fight because he hit his opponent with a surprise punch, which caused his opponent to fall to the ground.
In his more than 10 years of professional boxing career, Julian Jackson has often staged this kind of boxing match that is the only one that can change the outcome of a fight.
It is precisely because of the terrifying lethality of heavy punches and super high knockout rate that Julian Jackson is known as the "knockout king".
But for some reason, Julian Jackson is one of the most famous heavy gunners in boxing history, and he has also had a brilliant record, and has also faced and won many of the top contemporaries of his time, but boxing experts are habitually forgetting about him.
Not only did he not be included in the list of the top 80 superstars of "The Ring" magazine, but he also did not be selected as the best fighter of the year once, and it seems that his only honor is to be selected as one of the top 100 heavy gunners.
Wang Lei feels that Julian Jackson is like Xiao Li in his previous life, obviously with excellent acting skills, he has acted in so many blockbuster films, and he is nominated for an Oscar every year, but he is not favored by the judges, and he is not selected every year.
Although not favored by boxing experts, Wang Lei had the impression that Julian Jackson was much more famous than Mike McCollum, who was selected as one of the top 80 superstars in "The Ring" magazine.
So Wang Lei said to Arum, "Let's choose Julian Jackson." Arum, talk to his agent and see if you can get him to accept my challenge? ”
Brother has long been determined to be the "knockout king", and Julian Jackson was recognized as the "knockout king" in his previous life.
KO King VS Knockout King!
That's a good headline!
saw Arum look at him with a strange expression and asked, "Are you sure you choose Julian Jackson?" ”
Wang Lei asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" Does he have a problem too? ”
Arum shook his head and said, "He doesn't have a big problem, it shouldn't be difficult to convince him to accept your challenge, I'm just strange that you would choose Julian Jackson over Mike McCollum!" ”
"Why do you think so, you think Mike McCaulum's fame is greater than that of Junley Jackson?"
"Don't you know that Mike had a fight with Julian last year, and Mike knocked out Julian in just two rounds?"
"Huh?"
Wang Lei now understood why Arum was strange about his choice.
Julian Jackson was once a defeated player under Mike McCollum, and Julian Jackson's only current defeat has been to Mike McCullum, and he was knocked out in two rounds.
I guess Arum mistakenly thought that he picked a soft pinch of persimmons, right?
What a misunderstanding!
I really didn't know that Julian Jackson had fought Mike McCollum and was knocked out in two rounds. Brother just compared the "memory" of his previous life, and subconsciously thought that Julian Jackson was more famous and should be a better opponent.
Now it seems that it is clearly the wrong choice!
After thinking about it, Wang Lei changed his words and said, "Arum, why don't you both talk about it, if anyone chooses to accept my challenge, they will fight him first." The other one is set for the next fight, anyway, I want to unify the super welterweight division, it doesn't matter who I fight first! ”
Arum asked, "Unified super welterweight, what about Duran?" If he doesn't fight you, will you wait until he retires or relinquishes his title? ”
Wang Lei smiled: "Of course not, when I win the WBA and IBF super welterweight belts, Duran has to fight if he doesn't want to, I will let him accept my challenge!" ”
“……”
Arum did not disappoint Wang Lei, and only a week later, he brought good news to Wang Lei.
It was Julian Jackson who first agreed to fight Wang Lei, but Mike McChole's agent agreed.
Mike McClayham's agent agreed to play the winner of the battle between Wang Lei and Julian Jackson.
Julian Jackson has wanted revenge since losing to Mike McCollum last year, but has been rejected by Mike McClaylum's agent, and when Julian Jackson gets the IBF belt that was waived because Thomas Hearns was promoted to super middleweight this year, it will be a bit difficult for Mike McCollum to refuse Julian Jackson's challenge.
It just so happened that Wang Lei's agent Arum came to talk to him about Wang Lei's challenge to Mike McCollum.
Mike McCollum's agent learned that Wang Lei intended to unify the super welterweight division, and secretly scolded the Chinese kid for being ambitious, and agreed to come up with an idea, letting Wang Lei fight Julian Jackson first, and the winner between the two would play Mike McCollum again.
The offer was to Arlum's liking, and Arum quickly negotiated with Julian Jackson's agent.
It's really thanks to Julian Jackson's agent who is not well-known and incapable, but he can't compete with a giant like Arum, and he quickly succumbed under the attack of Arum's carrot and stick.
Wang Lei's match with Julian Juxon is scheduled for February 6 next year.
It is more than three and a half months before Wang Lei's match with Donald Currie on October 15, and there are four months left nine days away.
The reason why the competition was scheduled for February next year is because Wang Lei needs time to gain weight to 154 pounds.
Secondly, Americans want Christmas, and Chinese want to celebrate the Spring Festival. Next year's Spring Festival in '88 is February 17, and Wang Lei is arranged to play on February 6, and after the game, he will celebrate the holiday with his family.