Chapter 109: Pre-Match Press Conference

After Wang Lei responded to Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge at the airport, Arum was annoyed and came to the door the same day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Lei apologized to Arum, once again said that he would not make an example, and then explained to Arum the reasons and benefits of doing so.

Arum frowned when he heard this, and said, "Aren't you cheating on little Roy Jones, you have a grudge against him?" ”

Wang Lei said: "No revenge, who let him be the first to jump out!" ”

"Are you sure he can keep you at bay from the challengers who come after?"

"Sure, this kid's strength is indeed very good, and he has a chance to become a boxing champion in the future!"

"Are you sure you can win him?"

"Hehe, do you think I'm losing to that kid?"

"Well, it's me thinking too much. In that case, I'll contact Roy Jones Jr.'s agent and arrange it for you! Still, Ray, I hope this is the last time, and you don't do it again next time! ”

"I promise!"

Soon after returning home, Arum contacted Roy Jones Jr.'s current agent, who is Roy Jones Jr.'s father, Roy Jones.

Roy Jones was surprised when he received Arum's call, he didn't expect Arum to actually call him to discuss the match between Wang Lei and Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr. shouted in front of media reporters to challenge Wang Lei, and he knew that he had actually arranged it.

Roy Jones thought it was a good way to increase his son's popularity.

Although Roy Jones Jr. is not a small name in the amateur boxing world, he is only a rookie in the professional boxing world without a fight, and it is too far from the popularity of a two-division triple crown champion like Wang Lei. That's why Roy Jones instigated his son to challenge Wang Lei in front of media reporters.

Roy Jones didn't expect Wang Lei to accept Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge.

This is not in accordance with the rules, Roy Jones Jr. has not played a professional fight, is not ranked in the three major boxing organizations, is a two-division triple champion, and Wang Lei, who has a frighteningly high appearance fee, will not accept his challenge anyway.

Not to mention that the benefits are too low, it will also affect Wang Lei's worth.

What's more, Wang Lei will compete with Leonard in June.

But the result was to Roy Jones's surprise, Wang Lei not only agreed to Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge in front of media reporters at the airport, but even his agent Arum called to negotiate.

Wang Lei is willing to lower his price and play Roy Jones Jr. in a four-round match-up match without a title fight to warm up for the match between Foreman and Tyson.

Roy Jones didn't feel like he was being hit by a pie from the sky at all, but felt like he had been hit in the foot by a big rock he moved.

He carefully studied Wang Lei's last few games, and found that the strength of this Chinese kid is extremely terrifying, although his son is amazingly talented, he is definitely not Wang Lei's opponent at present, even if he has fought with Wang Lei in his amateur years.

In Roy Jones' opinion, if his son fights Wang Lei now, he may only be able to hold out for three rounds, and no more than five rounds at most.

This is his son's first professional battle, and if he loses in the first battle, I am afraid that it will leave a psychological shadow and will have a very negative impact on his future career development.

Roy Jones's original career plan for his son was to select a few weaker opponents first, so that his son could accumulate a certain amount of victory and experience, and then challenge Wang Lei or other boxing champions after his strength improved, rather than fighting a boxing champion like Wang Lei as soon as he came.

Roy Jones wanted to refuse the game, but he didn't know how to speak, after all, it was his son who challenged Wang Lei in front of media reporters first.

So, when Roy Jones didn't know how to say no, the talkative Arum set the tone for the game in two or three clicks, and then hung up the phone without allowing Roy Jones to object.

Roy Jones held the phone that had become a busy tone for a long time, but he couldn't come back to his senses.

Arum was so efficient that after consulting with Roy Jones Jr.'s father, he told reporters to hold a press conference in San Francisco the next day.

The press conference attracted a lot of media reporters.

Wang Lei met Roy Jones Jr. and his father, Roy Jones.

Roy Jones and his son had to come, otherwise Roy Jones Jr.'s popularity would be completely ruined, and if he wanted to play in the future, he might not have an opponent willing to fight him.

After all, he challenged Wang Lei first, and in the end, he was cowardly and would only make everyone look down on him!

So even if he knew that he was losing, Roy Jones Jr. had to fight Wang Lei hard.

In addition to TV and newspapers, the last time Wang Lei saw Roy Jones Jr. was in Boston two years ago when he participated in the "All-American Golden Glove Competition".

At that time, Roy Jones Jr. was the same age as him, only sixteen years old, but Roy Jones Jr. looked much thinner than him at the time.

At that time, Roy Jones Jr. was 1.78 meters tall and weighed only 128 pounds, making him a second-lightweight fighter.

Of course, Wang Lei is too.

Today's little Roy Jones is two centimeters taller, about the same height as Wang Lei, but his weight has risen to 158 pounds, which is about two pounds heavier than Wang Lei's current weight, and he looks much stronger.

Although Roy Jones Jr. seems to be stronger than Wang Lei from the outside, none of the media reporters at the scene thought that Roy Jones Jr. could defeat Wang Lei.

The first to ask was Simon Bell, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, who didn't give Roy Jones Jr. any face, and asked Wang Lei as soon as he opened his mouth: "Ray, why did you agree to Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge, did you want to enjoy the pleasure of abusing vegetables?" ”

When the Roy Jones father and son heard this, their already black faces suddenly turned black as the bottom of a pot.

Wang Lei coughed dryly and replied: "That's the case, I'm an idle person, and I will feel itchy in my fists if I don't fight for too long." The first two years were fine, but after becoming a boxing champion, he could only fight two or three fights a year, and when he met an opponent like Leonard who likes to drag out the fight time indefinitely, he could only fight one fight a year. My fight with Leonard was in June next year, and there was a 10-month gap between me and Duran, and I didn't fight for 10 months, and I was afraid that my fists would rust, so I asked my agent, Mr. Arum, to pick another opponent for me, so I made the trip to Xiangjiang. Originally, I thought that Mugabi had fought Hagler for eleven rounds, and Mr. Hagler was hospitalized, and he must have been very strong, but Mugabi disappointed me. I was going to ask Mr. Arum to pick another opponent for me, but Mr. Arum thought that I had already set a date for Leonard's fight, and that it would be disrespectful for Leonard to fight him too often before that, and he was worried that if I accidentally got injured, it would affect my fight with Leonard. I think Arum has a point, but I don't want to be too idle, so I accepted Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge! ”

Wang Lei's answer was a little vague, and a reporter from the Los Angeles Times asked: "Lei, do you mean that Roy Jones Jr. is no threat to you, so you accept his challenge?" ”

Wang Lei said: "It's not all for this reason, the main reason is that I found that there are more boxers who have entered the professional circle this year, and these fighters are all like Roy Jones Jr., who is not good at playing ranking matches, and delusionally wants to directly challenge a boxing champion like me to climb to the sky." James Tony, Lamar Craig and Bernard Hopkins, I can ignore them, but listening to them bark like flies all day can affect my mood. That's why I accepted Roy Jones Jr.'s challenge, because I wanted him to be my shield and tell other rookie fighters who challenged me that if they want to challenge me, okay, let's beat Roy Jones Jr. first. Defeat Roy Jones Jr. to be eligible to challenge me, otherwise you might as well play your ranked match honestly! ”

As soon as Wang Lei's words came out, Roy Jones and his son couldn't help but look at him and secretly scolded this Chinese boy for being really insidious.

Roy Jones Jr. was even so angry that his eyes turned red.

Nima, why do you want me to be your shield? Did I provoke you?

Okay, I'm sure I'm messing with you, but you can't use me as a shield!

The media reporters in the audience also had questions, and a reporter from the Boston Chronicle asked: "Ray, why did you choose Roy Jones Jr. as your shield?" Is it because you think Roy Jones Jr. is the strongest among rookie fighters? ”

"Definitely!" Wang Lei replied: "Just because I want to win the match between Senior Brother Foreman and Tyson on February 25 next year, Roy Jones Jr. just jumped out, so I chose him!" ”

When the media reporters in the audience heard this, they couldn't help but glance at Roy Jones Jr. with silent and sympathetic eyes.

Almost blew up Roy Jones' stomach!

"Ray, what do you think of the Foreman vs. Tyson game next year? Do you still think Foreman can beat Tyson? ”

It was a New York Times reporter who asked the question, and he finally got the opportunity to ask a question, but the question had nothing to do with Roy Jones Jr.

Wang Lei replied: "Of course I support Senior Brother Foreman, if I used to think that the probability of Foreman being able to beat Tyson was sixty percent, now I think it is more than eighty percent." In addition to the reason I mentioned last time, it has to do with Tyson's firing of his former agent Jimmy and coach Rooney this year. I think the growth of a good boxer is inseparable from the training of his coach, especially to lead you into the road of professional boxing, from an ordinary person to a boxing champion coach step by step. Such a coach is often the person who knows and cares about you the most, he can really understand your strengths and weaknesses, and know how to keep you growing and improving, so that your strength does not stagnate or decline. Such a coach should accompany you throughout your career, just like Ali's coach Dundee, Fraser's coach Fudch, me and Foreman's coach Sadler. And the coach Tyson needs most is Kevon Rooney. I'm sure that if he fires Rooney, his strength will stagnate and his career will start to decline. In addition, I have heard that Tyson is currently plagued by personal matters, and it will be difficult to put 100 percent energy into next year's game against Foreman. Although Foreman will be forty years old next year, his strength is still extraordinary, since his comeback, almost all of the fifteen games have knocked out the opponent in one or two rounds, the efficiency is not lower than Tyson, it can be said that Tyson has faced the most powerful opponent since his debut, if he can't put 100% energy into the game, 100% will lose! ”

After Wang Lei finished speaking, he stood up and left the press conference venue, and the press officer of the press conference announced the end of today's press conference.

Seeing that the media reporters in the audience were either writing with a pen quickly, or getting up and leaving the venue, Roy Jones, who was still sitting on the stage, was stunned.

Actually...... No one asked him questions from beginning to end, and no one cared if he could defeat Wang Lei?

This... Is this looking down on him and not believing that he can defeat Wang Lei?

I'm Roy Jones Jr., last year's Golden Glove champion, this year's Olympic Gold... Silver Medalist!

Roy Jones Jr. was so angry that his face was black and his neck was thick, and he clenched his fists and was about to pound the table to vent, but his father's slap on the shoulder stopped his impulse.

"Calm down, son, you can't blame the media reporters for looking down on you, after all, you are a two-level triple crown champion, you are just a rookie who has just entered the professional boxing ring and has not yet fought a match. If you want them to look at you squarely, try to win the match against Wang Lei in February next year, this is your chance! ”