By the time Wang Lei and his entourage returned to San Francisco, the media had already fully reported the results of the battle between Wang Lei and Duran. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of the media celebrated Wang's victory, celebrating him taking away another boxing belt and unifying the 154-pound super welterweight division, while marveling at Wang's accomplishments.

The headline in the sports section of the Washington Post read, "Whose belt will be confiscated next time by Chinese kid?" ”

The sports headline in the Los Angeles Times read, "With an unprecedented two-division triple crown, can the Chinese kid unify the 160-pound middleweight division and become a three-class triple crown next?" ”

While celebrating Wang Lei's defeat of Duran, the Chicago Tribune said that Wang Lei's popularity and status in the pan-middleweight division are no weaker than Leonard's, and he can be called a superstar.

The headline in the Boston Times was "Beware, Leonard, Chinese Kid Comes to Grab Your Belt!" ”

Of course, there are also contradictory ones.

The New York Times had the same attitude as the Panamanian media, saying that Wang Lei's defeat to Duran was just luck, and if it weren't for the sudden rain, Wang Lei would have lost.

The article published in the "New York Times" is naturally Wang Lei's "lifelong black" Ben Wasseson.

Ben Whistleson swore in the article that he watched the game tape carefully several times, and by the tenth round of the game, Wang Lei had not only fallen behind, but also showed a state of heat stroke. If it weren't for the sudden change in the weather and rain at the beginning of the eleventh round, Wang Lei would definitely suffer from heat stroke, and even if Duran didn't make a move, he would have fallen.

Because in this game, Wang Lei was able to knock down Duran just luck, not strength, God helped him!

Ben Whistleson also said again: If Wang Lei and Duran have another match, they will definitely lose to Duran!

Simon Neal, a sports correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, firmly refuted Ben Wheatson's article.

Simon Neill borrowed Wang Lei's speech at Panama City Airport: "Aren't Wang Lei and Duran in the same ring, in the same environment? The venue of the game was selected by Duran, Duran's agent Don King insisted on it, and Panama City was Duran's home stadium. No matter the time and place, it is completely Wang Lei who suffers. You must know that Wang Lei grew up in San Francisco and has never been to the tropics. This was his first time competing in an outdoor plaza, his first time in the scorching sun, 40 degrees of heat, and his first time in a torrential rain. On the other hand, Panamanian-born Duran is fully adapted to tropical climate change. How can it be said that it is luck to defeat Duran in such a disadvantaged environment and climate? What's more, even if there are no eleven rounds, Wang Lei did not fall behind in the first ten rounds of the game, in terms of point statistics, Wang Lei's score is ahead of Duran, even if there is no sudden rainstorm, Wang Lei can still win. ”

At the end of the article, Simon Neill also sarcastically said to Ben Whisson: "Mr. Whisson's ability to reverse black and white nonsense is comparable to that of the reporter in Panama, and I also give Mr. Whisson what Wang Lei said to the reporter: 'People can't be shameless to this point!'" ’”

Ben Whistleson was naturally furious when he read Simon Neal's article, and wrote another article that night scolding Simon Neal, saying that Simon Neal was Wang Lei's sycophant and was born to praise Wang Lei.

It's just that he couldn't publish this article because a heavyweight spoke for Wang Lei, and the editor-in-chief of the sports section of the New York Times abandoned Ben Whyson's article after seeing this person's speech.

The heavyweight who spoke for Wang Lei was boxing champion Ali.

Ali, the boxing champion who has retired at home, watched the match between Wang Lei and Duran through CNN, and told the reporter who interviewed him: "Wang Lei's strength in this game is indeed stronger than Duran, he won indisputably, and Duran lost unjustly!" ”

Ali's remarks led to the controversy over whether Wang Lei was lucky enough to defeat Duran soon stopped.

In addition, Duran, who has been hospitalized, has never raised any objections to this game, let alone asked for a rematch with Wang Lei, and gradually no one has brought up this topic anymore.

With the Seoul Olympics just around the corner, the media attention has shifted to the Seoul Olympics.

Wang Lei, who had been recuperating at home for half a month, had fully recovered from his physical injuries, and with his grandfather's secret ointment, the bruises on his waist, abdomen and ribs quickly dissipated, and the black green was gone, and he couldn't see the appearance of being injured at all.

Arum came to the Sadler Boxing Gym again to meet Wang Lei and Sadler and discuss with them about Wang Lei's next fight.

Arum first apologized to Wang Lei, saying that he was a little inconsiderate in the last game, and was anxious to let Wang Lei and Duran's match date be determined, so he entered Don King's set and set the game venue in the open-air stadium in Panama City, so that Wang Lei suffered from the scorching sun.

Arum said that there will be no next time for this kind of thing, and Wang Lei's competition can only be held indoors in the future, and the venue of the competition will be selected by Wang Lei.

Wang Lei immediately asked, "Can you arrange for me to play a game in Xiangjiang?" ”

The reason why I say Xiangjiang instead of inland is because Wang Lei knows that it is impossible to hold professional boxing matches in inland in the past few years.

"Xiangjiang?" Arum was stunned for a moment and replied: "It's not a big problem to fight a title defense fight with other fighters in Xiangjiang, but it is impossible to arrange a fight with Leonard in Xiangjiang, your match is too high, and the location can only be in the United States, in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, otherwise the commercial value is not high, you have to understand!" ”

Wang Lei nodded and said, "Does Leonard agree to fight with me, how did you talk to his agent?" ”

But I heard Arum say: "I have negotiated with Leonard's agent, but Leonard's request for the game time is June next year!" ”

Wang Lei was stunned when he heard this: "Next June, you have to wait for ten months?" ”

Arum smiled bitterly: "That's right! ”

Wang Lei frowned and said, "He can really delay, does he plan to play one game a year?" But I'm willing to wait that long, can you arrange another match for me before then? ”

After fighting with Duran, Wang Lei realized that his strength still needed to be improved, he won too riskily, and he did not have an overwhelming advantage in the face of Duran.

If it hadn't been for that sudden rain, the fight would have dragged on until the end of twelve rounds, at which point his "KO" record would have been shattered by Duran.

Leonard's strength is not below Duran, and coupled with his physical advantage and game intelligence, it is estimated that it will be more difficult to play than Duran.

You must know that Leonard is recognized as the middleweight Ali, and his skills, wisdom and fighting spirit are the same as Ali back then.

If his strength does not improve, Wang Lei is not sure that he will be able to defeat Leonard.

At least there is no certainty of knocking out Leonard, and if Leonard is allowed to drag the fight until the end of the twelfth round, with Leonard's unparalleled jab ability, Leonard will win by points.

So Wang Lei can't let himself be idle, he has to go one step further before playing against Leonard.

The problem is that the strength has reached the point of Wang Lei, unless you find an opponent of equal strength to play a good game, it is very difficult to improve by training alone.

Fortunately, Arum had already guessed Wang Lei's thoughts, took out three documents and put them on the table, and said: "I have already selected three opponents for you, all of them are super welterweight division, you can fight a defense of the super welterweight division, as long as you don't weigh more than 160 pounds." In addition, the location of the title defense can be arranged in Hong Kong as you request. However, if you are playing in Xiangjiang, your appearance fee cannot be so high, and if you can't sell tickets, we will lose money! ”

Wang Lei picked up the documents on the table and flipped through them and said: "Don't worry, there is a Hung Hom Stadium in Xiangjiang, which can accommodate 13,000 spectators, plus the cost of TV broadcasting, you may not lose money." What's more, I am Chinese, not only the first Chinese-American world boxing champion in boxing history, but also a double triple crown champion, a novelist and a Hollywood screenwriter. As long as you publicize my deeds in Hong Kong, no matter how expensive the tickets are, the Hung Hom Coliseum will be overcrowded! Xiangjiang belongs to China, which is my home turf, and there is no reason why the people of Xiangjiang will not support me! ”

Arum nodded and said, "You are confident, have you chosen a defending opponent?" ”

Wang Lei was silent, looking at the three documents in his hand and frowning slightly, a little entangled.

These three documents are the identity files of the three fighters.

The first, Darling Van Horn, was a white fighter who debuted before he was sixteen.

This guy was unknown in Wang Lei's previous life, and he was a long-forgotten boxer, but now he is very famous.

Entering the professional world five days before his sixteenth birthday with a 45-5 amateur record, he was sought after by white fans for his skin color and handsome appearance, and his early career bouts were played in small, commercial bouts outside the core of professional boxing in Louisiana and Kentucky, where mostly unknown fighters were played.

However, in the January issue of "The Ring" magazine, this guy was put on the cover, and the welterweight double champion Holyfield could only make a small foil for this guy in the upper right corner of the cover. Wang Lei, last year's best fighter of the year, don't talk about the cover, not even the back cover.

Strength is generally so sought after purely because he is white.