Although no one thought Barkley would be Wang Lei's opponent, by July 16, many media outlets had gone to the Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City to buy tickets to watch Wang Lei and Barkley play. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of these media outlets hope that Barkley can cause another upset and beat Wang Lei like he defeated Hernes.

That way, they have a lot of news to write about!

Unfortunately, after the start of the game, Barkley's performance disappointed everyone.

It only took 65 seconds for Wang Lei to knock Barkley to the ground, which was easier than abusing a rookie.

This made almost all the spectators who paid for tickets to enter the stadium to watch the game scream that they were fooled, and some even shouted "refund" demands.

The game was too short, and many people were still chatting with their peers, who would have thought that the game would be over after chatting.

None of them have seen the game yet!

And the audience who kept staring at the ring didn't feel that it was enjoyable, and only Wang Lei was hitting Barkley in the whole process, although Barkley made a lot of punches, none of his punches hit Wang Lei.

It's not a level of fighting at all, it feels like a top-notch professional fighter fighting an amateur fighter who has just learned how to box.

How did Barkley, who has such a level, beat Hearns?

Not only are the media and the audience puzzled, but Wang Lei is also puzzled.

Although he was confident that he could beat Barkley in this game, he did not mess around, but fought Barkley cautiously, for fear that he would accidentally follow in the footsteps of Hearns and capsize in the gutter.

But after being careful for thirty seconds, Wang Lei felt that it was unnecessary, this Barkley's level was really not good, and it was not as good as him in his amateur.

As a result, Wang Lei began a stormy attack, and it only took 65 seconds in total to knock Barkley down.

In other words, if Wang Lei attacked at the beginning, he would be able to knock out Barkley in a maximum of thirty seconds.

Because the game was rushed too much, and Barkley was an opponent who deserved not to be well-known. The sale of tickets and broadcast rights did not go well, so Wang Lei did not get too much appearance fee in this game, only 16 million US dollars, which was 2 million less than the appearance fee of the game against Leonard.

Get $16 million in appearance fees. It only took him sixty-five seconds to defeat his opponent.

Many viewers calculated it and found that Wang Lei earned 246,000 US dollars per second in this game, which is not only faster than the money printing machine, but also broke last year's Tyson beat Spinx in 91 seconds.

In the media interview after the fight, Wang Lei, who won another gold belt, pretended to be "regretful" and said: "I thought Barkley could beat Thomas Hearns in three rounds. The strength must be amazing, but the result is so disappointing to me! ”

A media reporter asked: "Wang, why did you choose Barkley as an opponent, did you bring it for his WBO gold waist?" ”

Wang Lei replied, "Oh, no, I actually want to fight Hernes. Hearns is the same name as Leonard and Duran, and the first fighter in boxing history to win four and five divisional titles, and if you can fight him and beat him, I think you can really conquer the middleweight division. It's a pity. Hearns was bent on revenge for a rematch with Barkley because of his careless defeat to Barkley in March. Although he agreed to fight me, it would be until next year. You also know what I said in an interview with Sports Illustrated, that I want to keep upgrading and try to move up to heavyweight within three or five years. So I don't want to stay in the 160-pound middleweight division until next year, I'm going to move up to 168-pound super middleweight next year. That's why I asked my agent, Arum, to help me set up a match against Barkley. ”

After a pause, Wang Lei said again: "Now that Barkley has been defeated by me, and his WBO boxing championship belt has also been taken away by me, there is no point in Hearns looking for Barkley to rematch for revenge." If he wants his WBO belt back, he'll have to talk to his agent about it. Fight me before the end of the year. As long as he can beat me, not only will he get his WBO belt back, but he will also get another three! ”

This is a blatant challenge to Hernes!

This Chinese kid is really a militant, and he just finished a game. It's time to challenge the next opponent!

With Hernes's temper, it is impossible not to respond to such a public provocation as a Chinese boy.

Sure enough, Hearns quickly told the media in a phone interview that he was willing to accept Wang Lei's challenge to play a match with him before the end of the year.

The U.S. media and fans were suddenly excited again.

This means that there will be another classic boxing match in the second half of this year.

Although Hearns was unexpectedly defeated by Barkley, it took only 65 seconds for Wang Lei to defeat Barkley. But not many people think that Wang Lei will be able to defeat Hearns easily.

After all, Hearns is a boxing champion who is not under Leonard and Duran, and he once knocked out Duran in two rounds in a fight against Duran in '84, knocking Duran into shock. Considered to be comparable to heavyweight fighters, the terrifying backhand punch is the most fearsome weapon in the pan-middleweight division.

Thirteen years later, in The Ring magazine's list of the 100 heaviest boxers of all time, Hearns was ranked 18th for his terrifying backhand punches, ahead of Hagler and Duran, and behind middleweights like Jackson and McClellan, who only debuted in the mid-to-late '80s.

Arguably, throughout the '80s, Hearns' backhand punches were widely regarded as the most powerful in the pan-middleweight division!

And Hernes is still younger than Leonard and Duran, only 31 years old this year, which is the year of play.

Such an opponent, as long as there is no accident like the game with Barkley, can definitely be inseparable from Wang Lei, even if he beats Wang Lei, it is not an upset.

Fans who felt that they had lost money because Wang Lei and Barkley had been fighting for a short time couldn't help but look forward to the date of Wang Lei's and Hearn's fight soon.

When the time comes, they will definitely not be stingy with spending money to buy tickets to watch the game live.

It's a pity that Arum and Hearns' agent didn't go well.

Wang Lei, who received Arum's call again, sounded that Arum's tone was very unhappy, and he seemed to be angry.

After asking, I learned that Arum was angry with Hernes's agent, Stuward.

Hearns' agent, Stuward, is not just an agent, he's also Henes' boxing coach, and Hearns can be said to have cultivated it single-handedly.

As a boxing coach, Stuward is well known in the United States, and before coaching Hearns, he was a celebrity coach in his hometown of Detetsu, the Motor City.

In the 70s, Stuart coached many national amateur fighters at the Kroenke Club in Detroitzin, who won many Golden Glove and Olympic Youth Championships, and then Stuart trained a professional fighter. The fighter became the world champion of the lightweight division.

With experience training professional fighters, Stuward approached Hearns and trained him to become one of the most powerful and popular middleweight champions of the 80s, with six divisions of titles.

Except for Hernes. Stuward went on to coach some of the world's top fighters, including Lewis and Holyfield, and several of them became champions.

These accomplishments led to Stuart's induction into the Boxing Hall of Fame, making him the most prominent boxing coach and manager of the last two decades of the twentieth century.

Such a person is definitely not inferior to Arum and Don King, and he has enough ability to wrestle with Arum and Don Kim.

Arum was angry with him. Not surprising.

Stuward also agreed to allow Hearns to play a game against Wang Lei at the end of the year, but he opened his mouth for Hearns' appearance and asked for $20 million.

Arum was by Stuward's lion's mouth.

The appearance fee of a professional fighter comes from the tickets sold and the share of the TV broadcast, so the higher the popularity of the fighter, the more tickets and TV rights can be sold, and the higher the appearance fee can be obtained, and vice versa.

But these revenues cannot be taken away by the fighters, and the promoters of the boxing tournament and the organizers and boxing organizations also need to make a profit, otherwise they will not actively hold and promote professional boxing tournaments.

If a fighter gets too much appearance money, promoters like Arum and tournament organizers and boxing organizations will have less money to lose.

Arum is also Wang Lei's agent. A certain percentage of the agent's share will be taken from Wang Lei's appearance fee, but unlike Don King, an undisciplined vampire, he will not arbitrarily deduct the appearance fee that the boxer deserves.

Wang Lei fought sixteen professional boxing matches, and in addition to taking away the agent share he deserved, Arum gave Wang Lei a cent of the appearance fee that should be given to Wang Lei.

Therefore, Wang Lei was very satisfied with Arum and was willing to cooperate with him until he retired.

In the match with Hernes, because the attention is not lower than the match with Leonard, Wang Lei, as the boxing champion who defeated Leonard and has ten belts, the appearance fee must not be lowered.

Arum's appearance fee to Wang Lei is $20 million. It's exactly the same as Leonard's appearance fee.

Arum thinks that Wang Lei is worth this value.

But Hearns also asked for $20 million in appearance fees, and Arum couldn't bear it.

Although Hearns is not as famous as Leonard, and he is the first four- and five-division champion in boxing history, he is no longer a boxing champion. Because of the loss to Barkley, his WBO middleweight belt is gone.

And the belts he earned in other divisions have long been withdrawn with continuous promotion and relegation.

In other words, the current Hearns does not have a single gold belt on his body.

A former boxing champion without a belt and just lost once. I actually want to ask for the same amount of appearance fee as Wang Lei, how can this work!

Arum categorically disagrees.

If the two fighters were to split the $40 million, he, the promoter of the boxing tournament, would not have much money.

What's more, the benefits that the organizers of the boxing tournament and the boxing organization should not be missing!

Unwilling to give Earns $20 million in appearances, Arum negotiated with Burns' agent, Stuwart, over the next week, only to convince Stillwater to concede $2 million.

In other words, the appearance fee of the game between Hernes and Wang Lei is 18 million US dollars, and the two of them together have a total of 38 million US dollars, which is as much as the appearance fee of Wang Lei and Leonard.

At the Kroenke Boxing Club in Detroit, Hernes, who was training, asked Studward in confusion: "Coach, why do you have to ask for such a high appearance fee?" You should know that what I want more than the appearance fee is Wang Lei's four middleweight belts! ”

Stuward smiled and said, "Don't worry, Hearns, the Chinese kid is going to play you before the end of the year anyway." I've guessed that kid's intentions! ”

"Oh, what is his intention?"

"He wants to be the King of the Year P4P and Sports Illustrated's Athlete of the Year, that's why he chose you as his opponent and asked to play against you before the end of the year!"

"Hmph, if you want to use me as a stepping stone for him to win honor, I will let him fail!"

"Hehe, I'm sure you will!" (To be continued.) )