Chapter 217: Foreman vs. Lewis defends their title
Knocked out by Wang Lei three times in a row, Hearns' career may be over!
Sure enough, just days after the post-match press release, Hearns announced his retirement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
So far, three of the famous pan-middleweight "Four Heavenly Kings" have retired, and only Robert Duran is still fighting.
And the three retired kings except Marvin Hagler, Leonard and Hernes all chose to retire because they were defeated by Wang Lei in a row!
Wang Lei is sorry for this.
He remembers that Hearns was active in boxing until he was forty years old, and he chose to retire until 2006, but he didn't expect to meet himself in this timeline and retired more than ten years early.
But Leonard, who retired in 91 years in the original timeline, and then came back to play a game six years later, I don't know if he will come back again in this timeline?
Both Hernes and Leonard have changed their fates by themselves, and the only one who has not been changed is Duran, who is still active in the boxing world, and it is estimated that he will fight until he is almost 50 years old before choosing to retire like in the original timeline.
After defeating Hearns to become the welterweight champion again, Wang Lei took only a few days off before rushing to Atlantic City to watch Foreman and Lennox Lewis fight as spectators.
Foreman on the original timeline did not play against Lewis, and it is difficult for Wang Lei to judge who will win and who will lose the game between the two.
Despite Foreman's formidable formidability, Lewis is also remarkable in the original timeline, and although he was knocked out twice by second-rate fighters, he was able to defeat the likes of Rydick Boaugh, Ray Mercer, Holyfield, David Tua, Tyson, and Dake, showing that he is definitely a top performer.
The reason why Lewis has not been popular in the original timeline is that he is not as popular as boxing champions such as Holyfield and Tyson, because his style of play is too traditional and has no passion, which makes people look extremely dull.
When he was in the locker room, Wang Lei thought of Lewis's "glass chin" and couldn't help but remind Foreman, who was warming up: "George, I heard that Lewis's jaw seems to be very fragile, if you have the opportunity, punch him in the chin, maybe you will knock him out directly!" ”
Foreman glanced at Wang Lei in surprise, then nodded and thanked him.
Whether it is Foreman or Lewis, they are all "honest people", and to put it bluntly, they have no personality.
Since Wang Lei created the "full of tricks" appearance ceremony, many boxers have learned and learned, resulting in professional boxing matches becoming more and more exciting and more and more ratings. Many fans even think that even if the fight is not exciting or even if they don't see it, as long as they can see a wonderful performance of the ceremony, it will be worth the ticket price.
It's a pity that the two "honest people" Foreman and Lewis will not do tricks at the appearance ceremony, and honestly wear shirts and follow the coach out of the court, and the whole process has been expressionless, and they don't even greet and interact with the fans on both sides of the tunnel.
Such an expression made the audience and media reporters feel very depressed.
However, when a media reporter saw Wang Lei, who also came out of Foreman's locker room and finally sat in the audience, his eyes couldn't help but light up, ignoring Lewis and Foreman, who had been in the ring one after another, and squeezed directly in front of Wang Lei, ignoring the expressions of the audience sitting on both sides of Wang Lei, and asked directly: "Wang, can you interview?" Are you here to cheer for Foreman? ”
I'm not cheering for Foreman, can I still cheer for Lewis?
Wang Lei despised the level of this reporter in his heart, and replied: "I'm sorry, I'm here to watch the game today, and I don't accept interviews!" ”
"No, king, let's talk a few words!" The reporter didn't leave, and asked again: "Wang, do you know that the song you sang at the last appearance ceremony against Hernes has been on Billboard and has become the number one single?" ”
Six days ago, Wang Lei and Hearns not only smashed Steward's pre-match "Kyogen" in the trilogy, but also knocked out Hearns in less than three rounds again, which did not cause much of a stir afterwards, but the song "what\'sup" he sang at the appearance ceremony became popular.
After this alt-rock English single was broadcast on TV without cutting for a second, it immediately caused a frenzy among music lovers across the United States, and it directly became the number one single on the National Music Billboard on the same day, and was appreciated by many celebrities in the American music industry.
There are even many singers who directly contacted Wang Lei by phone after listening to this song, wanting to cover or even buy his song.
Wang Lei naturally did not agree, although he had no plans to enter the music industry, he already planned to give this song to Lin Linglong.
Wang Lei has already discovered that Lin Linglong, a little junior sister, is not only good at dancing, but also very talented in singing. Wang Lei is planning to wait until she finishes filming "Life and Death Fight" to cheer her up as a singer like "Britney" Britney.
Of course, as long as her life style doesn't learn from Britney, Wang Lei doesn't want to be angrily approached by the master one day, accusing him of bringing his daughter badly.
Faced with the reporter's question, Wang Lei could only nod.
"Wang, is this song original to you?"
"Of course!"
"I didn't expect you to be so talented in music creation, so do you plan to enter the music industry in the future?"
"No plans!"
"Ah, do you still write songs?"
"Maybe, maybe not, it depends on the mood!"
"What kind of mood do you have to be in to make a song?"
"I'm not going to make songs when I'm in the right mood, I'm just going to beat people!"
"Uh, okay, I see. Ask one more question, and I won't bother you if you ask! ”
"Just ask, just one!"
"Wang, who do you think will win this game?"
"Forman, of course!"
"Why are you so sure?"
"A question is over!"
“……”
It can be seen that Wang Lei is in a very bad mood, and if he continues to ask, he may really be beaten, and the reporter has to retire in embarrassment.
The match between Foreman and Lewis had already begun.
The game was as dull as Wang Lei expected.
Foreman threw hooks to knock Lewis down, but Lewis kept using his long arm jabs to keep Foreman out of reach.
The match between the two was like a chase, and Lewis played too carefully.
Not only did he snipe with his jab, but he also kept moving his pace, even though he stayed away from Foreman, insisting on not letting him get close.
Foreman swung his fist for a whole round, but he couldn't effectively punch Lewis, and although Lewis hit Foreman many times, it was all jabs, and his right hand basically didn't move.
And even if it was a jab, Lewis hit very lightly, and a few jabs seemed to Wang Lei to be lightly touched on Foreman's face and then retracted, and the force was so light that it was estimated that even ants could not be killed.
However, this style of play allowed Lewis to beat Foreman on points at the end of the first round.
At the beginning of the second round, the two played in the same way as the first round, and many viewers in the audience were drowsy, and many began to regret buying tickets to watch the game.
Spectators thought the second round would end like the first, but after two and a half minutes, the situation suddenly changed.
Probably the approach of successfully sniping Foreman made Lewis let his guard down, and Lewis, who thought that Foreman was nothing great, didn't want the game to go on like this, and after hitting Foreman with a jab again, he suddenly stepped forward and hit his right hand.
Foreman, who seemed to be playing in a mess, seized the opportunity at this moment and landed a heavy left jab to break through the defense and hit Lewis in the chin.
It was just a simple jab, but Lewis was stunned, and then fell down with a bang.
The spectators, who were drowsy watching the game, were stunned when they saw this, and before they could react to what was going on, they saw that the referee had stepped forward to count the seconds for Lewis.
"One, two, three, four......"
I don't know if Lewis is really a "glass chin", but he was hit by a jab from Foreman, but as if he was hit by a heavy punch from the backhand, he struggled on the ground for a long time, and finally couldn't get up.
Seeing this, the referee immediately waved his arm to announce the end of the game, and Foreman successfully defended his title!
Wang Lei was speechless.
It seems that he overestimated Lewis, compared with Lewis, who fought Holyfield twice in the original timeline and defeated Tyson in eight rounds, Lewis's strength has not yet reached its peak, and it is a lot weaker.
Wang Lei even felt that if he was on stage now, he would have a chance to defeat Lewis and even knock him out!
At the post-match press conference, the media first celebrated Foreman's successful title defense, and then suddenly asked him: "Foreman, Wang also came to see you play today." He said he'd move up to heavyweight next year to challenge you, would you accept his challenge? ”
Foreman quietly glanced at Wang Lei in the audience, and replied with a "hehe": "Of course, I am a boxing champion, so I will naturally accept the challenge!" ”
"Do you have the confidence to defeat the king?"
"Hehe" smiled again: "Although Wang's talent is very high and his strength is very strong, I am confident that I can defeat any opponent!" ”
"I heard that you have fought Wang a few times in the Sadler Boxing Gym, have you ever won against Wang?"
Foreman thought for a moment before replying: "It's just actual combat practice, and it's not a real competition, how can you win or lose?" What's more, I was always wearing super heavy gloves during actual combat practice, and Wang was wearing a hood and protective gear, so we didn't fully exert our strength. But there's no denying that Wang is a strong man who deserves to challenge me or any other heavyweight. Actually, I've been looking forward to him moving up to heavyweight to challenge me, because then we can get rid of the shackles and have a real fight, and then you will know who is stronger and weaker between me and him! ”
After Foreman finished speaking, he stopped giving interviews and left with Sadler.
However, what Foreman said made the media reporters at the scene very excited, and when they recorded Foreman's words in the notebook, they thought that Wang Lei was also at the scene, and when they wanted to interview Wang Lei, they found that Wang Lei had already slipped away quietly. (To be continued.) )