Chapter 108: Roy Jones Jr.'s Challenge

The media in the United States had already reported that Wang Lei easily defeated "The Beast" Mugabi in four rounds at the Hung Hom Stadium in Xiangjiang, and when Wang Lei's passenger plane arrived at San Francisco International Airport, he was surrounded by dozens of media as soon as he walked out of the airport. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Lei also thought that these media reporters wanted to cover his trip to Xiangjiang, but these reporters did not mention his battle with Mugabi, but asked a question that was not related to him.

"Ray, what do you think of your brother Foreman's match with Tyson next year?"

"Ray, do you really think Foreman can beat Tyson?"

"Ray, it is said that Tyson's appearance fee for next year's battle with Foreman is as high as 23 million dollars, which is 5 million more than your appearance fee for next year's battle with Leonard, will you be red-eyed?"

"Ray, will you go to support your brother in the match between Tyson and Foreman next year?"

"Ray, may I ask ......?"

Wang Lei was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped the media reporter in front of him from continuing to ask questions, and said: "Everyone, please calm down, I don't know what you are talking about. I've been on the plane for the past 10 hours, and I was in Xiangjiang before I got on the plane, and I didn't hear from it. Can you please wait for me to ask before interviewing? ”

One of the reporters who obviously belonged to the New York Times changed the subject and said: "Ray, Roy Jones Jr. watched ESPN's broadcast of your match with Mugabi, said that you are not as good as Er, said that he can beat you, and challenged you to be his opponent in his first professional fight, will you accept it?" ”

Hearing this reporter's question, Wang Lei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Oh, Roy Jones Jr. said that I am not as strong as Erer, and he challenged me?" Are you sure? ”

The reporter nodded: "That's right, Roy Jones Jr. also said that when he was playing with you in his amateur period, he just caught a cold, so you were lucky to beat him, and he can definitely beat you if you fight again!" ”

Just caught a cold?

Wang Lei couldn't help but recall the competition area where he met Roy Jones Jr. when he participated in the All-American Golden Glove Competition in his spare time.

Nima, with the way Roy Jones Jr. played to the extreme, how could it be seen that he had a cold?

It's clearly overexcited, and it's good to burn out your brain!

You dare to say that you can defeat your brother, do you think that your brother will not dare to accept your challenge?

Thinking that his fight with Leonard will be in June next year, and Roy Jones Jr. is considered one of the most talented fighters in boxing history, not under Leonard.

So Wang Lei immediately asked the New York Times reporter: "Do you know when Tyson and my brother will compete next year?" ”

"February 25th."

"Okay, you go and tell Roy Jones Jr. that I'm willing to play a four-round cushion match with him on February 25 next year to warm up for my brother Foreman and Tyson's match, it's up to him to see if he dares to accept it, if he dares, let his agent go to my agent Arum to negotiate!"

After that, Wang Lei ignored these media reporters and squeezed out of the airport with the help of Cruise and Chekov.

After leaving the airport and catching a taxi, Sadler said dissatisfied to Wang Lei: "Lei, how can you casually agree to other people's challenges?" This is what Arum is worried about, and it is not right for you to casually agree to someone else's challenge without consulting him. Besides, you're going to play Leonard next year......"

Wang Lei interrupted Sadler's words and said, "Sadler, please rest assured, only this once." I'm mainly trying to build momentum for George, and I haven't taken Roy Jones Jr. into account yet, I'm just playing with him. The match against Leonard is in June next year, and Roy Jones Jr. and I have a mat match in February, and it will be over in one round at most, so it doesn't affect me at all! ”

After a pause, Wang Lei asked again: "By the way, when is the match between Sadler, George and Tyson decided, why don't I know?" ”

Sadler said: "This is something that Arum and Don King agreed on yesterday, we had just gotten on the plane at that time, and Arum didn't inform us. But I just called him. It took him a lot of words to get Don King's old fox to get Don King's old fox to agree to a game between George and Tyson! ”

"Don King has officially become Tyson's agent?"

"That's right, Tyson has fired his former agent Jimmy and coach Rooney, and now it's Don King's man!"

"Isn't Tyson divorcing his wife? Gone? ”

"It doesn't seem to be there yet, but it's said that it's going to be soon, and they're making a lot of trouble!"

"It's a pity, choose this time to play against George, Don King is really not afraid that he will kill Tyson, Tyson really shouldn't have agreed to this game!"

"Don King asked for Tyson's appearance fee of $23 million in this game, how could Tyson not agree? You must know that George's appearance fee is only eight million dollars! ”

"Why is Tyson's appearance fee so high?"

"It's not because you're stimulated by the appearance fee for your and Leonard's match next June, which is $18 million and $20 million, setting a new record in the history of professional boxing. How can Tyson not be irritated? You must know that he beat his opponent in just 91 seconds against Spincks on June 27 this year, and earned a record of $20 million in prize money alone. How can you be willing to pay as much as you or Leonard for next year's game against George? That's why Don King raised his appearance fee to $23 million, five million more than you, and three million more than Leonard! Tyson wants to prove to the world that he is the most popular boxing champion in the ring with the most appearance fees! ”

“……”

Knowing that Tyson's appearance fee rose to such a high level because he was stimulated by himself and Leonard, and didn't want to be pressed by himself and Leonard, Wang Lei was speechless.

Tyson is really a money-making machine, in his previous life, Tyson's appearance fee for the first game after being released from prison was said to be as high as 30 million US dollars, but he only took 89 seconds to defeat his opponent, earning an average of 330,000 US dollars per second, making money faster than a money printing machine.

Wang Lei also fantasized that his appearance fee would break Tyson's record, and now it seems unlikely that he will have a chance in a few years, unless he is promoted to the heavyweight division.

However, Tyson's agreement to play Foreman on February 25 next year was a surprise to him.

Obviously, this is the effect of my own reborn butterfly!

In his previous life, Foreman never fought with Tyson, even after Tyson was released from prison, the result still failed.

In his previous life, Foreman has been playing low-level matches in some clubs since his comeback, and the appearance fee is pitifully low, basically no one pays attention, and he has fought from '87 to '94 before he finally had the opportunity to challenge the boxing champion Muller, successfully defeated his opponent and became the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history, and has since become famous again.

In this life, because of the influence of his reborn butterfly, Foreman joined his first coach Sadler after his comeback, and caught up with Arum, one of the best agents and promoters in the history of professional boxing, and suffered much better than in his previous life.

After only playing 15 games in two years, he will have a chance to fight Tyson, and he will also get 8 million dollars in appearance fees.

If he can beat Tyson to become the new heavyweight champion, the appearance fee will probably double.

The problem is that although Tyson fired his former agent and coach at this time, and was in the trouble of divorce, his strength is still at his peak, and he is probably in much better shape than when he lost to Douglas in 90 in his previous life.

Will Foreman be able to challenge him so early?

Although Wang Lei once said in an interview with reporters that Foreman is Tyson's nemesis, Tyson is a copy of Fraser, Foreman can easily beat Fraser back then, and he can also beat Tyson. But this is just a theory I saw on the Internet in my previous life, and Wang Lei is actually not 100% sure that Foreman can beat Tyson.

But no matter what, Wang Lei still has to verbally express his support for Forman, and he can't admit it.