Chapter XXIV: Negotiations with Arum

"The Chinese kid is amazing, and Roy Jones Jr. is defeated"

"Little Roy Jones Encounters a Chinese Kid and Was Beaten Miserably"

An amateur boxing match comparable to the Battle of Manila

"The Chinese kid has locked the Golden Glove Lightweight Championship"

"Five fights and five KOs, who can stop the Chinese kid from winning the championship"

"Famous Boxing promoter Bob Arum has a private meeting with a Chinese kid after the game"

The day after the defeat of Roy Jones Jr., the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the sports pages of local Boston newspapers all reported on Wang's match with Roy Jones Jr. yesterday. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

And the photo of Wang Lei knocking down Roy Jones Jr. was captured by a photographer and published in these newspapers.

Wang Lei is famous again!

Unlike when he won the championship in the "San Francisco Junior Boxing Tournament", Wang Lei became famous in the whole United States this time.

After the photo of Bob Arum, a well-known promoter in the professional boxing world, meeting Wang Lei and Sadler in private after the match, was secretly photographed and published in the newspaper, many people realized that the amateur boxing competition could no longer satisfy Wang Lei, and the first Chinese-American boxer was about to appear in the professional boxing world in the United States.

American media reporters have always been superb, and it only took one night to dig out Wang Lei's identity and life experience in San Francisco.

When they found out the identity of Wang Lei's boxing enlightenment coach Sadler, they were shocked again.

Dick Sadler, George "The Devil" Foreman's first coach and agent, was awarded the Outstanding Agent Award by the Boxing Writers Association in the '70s. Prior to that, Sadler also trained and coached another Devil boxing champion, Sonny Liston, nicknamed "The Demon King".

In addition, the WBA and WBC super welterweight champion Freddie Rithiel in the late sixties and the more famous welterweight fighter Charlie Sputt were also trained and mentored by Sadler.

Freddie Rithiel and Charlie Spoon may not be remembered by many people, but when it comes to Sonny "The Devil" Liston, there are probably not many fans who don't know.

Sonny Liston was the most terrifying and impressive boxing champion in the world heavyweight division before Ali came along.

The heavy punches are staggeringly lethal, with a pair of fists measuring up to 37 centimeters, and 39 of the 50 victories in his professional boxing career have come by knockout. And this person never smiles, no matter whether he wins or loses, he is expressionless, his eyes are indifferent, and he is intimidating, so he got the nickname "Demon King".

Since defeating Tyson's brother in '62 and Patterson, the youngest heavyweight champion before that, Liston has been unbeatable and terrifying, until the emergence of a generation of legendary Muhammad Ali defeated him, ending the era of the Demon King.

Although Ali defeated Liston, he did not scare his opponent like Liston, and it was not until the emergence of George Foreman in the 70s that there was another "devil" in the heavyweight boxing world.

These media reporters summarized Wang Lei's playing style and characteristics, coupled with Wang Lei's amateur results of 12 wins and 12 KOs, and couldn't help but exclaim: Is Sadler going to cultivate a boxing demon again?

A Chinese from Chinatown, a small-level demon king?

Wang Lei didn't expect that Sadler was once the coach of the "Demon King" Sonny Liston, and he was surprised after reading the newspaper the next day.

How many secrets does this old man Sadler hide?

In the next two games, as expected by Sadler and media reporters, Wang Lei easily knocked out his opponent and won the victory, and the opponent in the final was even beaten by Wang Lei so that the coach threw a towel directly and conceded defeat.

Roy Jones Jr. was eliminated, and Wang Lei had already locked up the lightweight title of the Golden Glove tournament.

After winning the lightweight title at the American Golden Glove Championship, Bob Arum paid an official visit the day before yesterday after his fight with Roy Jones Jr. and Sadler.

Wang Lei invited his grandfather and Sadler to have a good talk with Arum in the Zhou family's Cuiyuan Restaurant.

Because he learned that Arum had studied law at Harvard University, Wang Lei invited Zhou Yuqiang, who was also studying at Harvard University's law department, to come over, so as not to accidentally fall into Arum's legal trap.

The United States is a country that attaches importance to the supremacy of interests, and no matter how good the relationship is, it may go to court due to economic disputes, and it has to be guarded against.

Arum first expressed his appreciation for Wang Lei, and then bluntly said that he wanted to sign Wang Lei as his agent and professional boxing promoter.

As for the profit sharing, Arum asked for 50 percent as soon as he opened his mouth.

In other words, when Wang Lei fights professional boxing, half of the appearance fee and other income will have to be shared with Arum.

Wang Lei almost wanted to punch the other party in the face!

Nima, isn't this guy sitting across from me from Arum, but Don King's super-greedy and liar disguise?

Oh, by the way, this old man is Jewish. The Jews have always been unprofitable, how can they forget.

But I want to take 50% of the profit share from my brother, and dream about it!

Wang Lei was annoyed in his heart, and he didn't want to talk to Arum anymore.

Sadler shut up, Grandpa Wang Lei simply closed his eyes to recuperate, fortunately there was Zhou Yuqiang. Zhou Yuqiang spoke for Wang Lei.

The price is full of prices, and the money is paid on the spot!

Zhou Yuqiang didn't look like a quiet appearance, but he was eloquent, his tone was fierce and compelling, and he was also proficient in the law.

At the end, Zhou Yuqiang concluded: "Mr. Arum, don't think that the 15% share is very small, you have watched Wang Lei's match, and you should know that when Wang Lei enters the profession, he is destined to be the world boxing champion." He is a Chinese, and it seems that there has never been a Chinese boxer in the professional boxing world in the United States, right? After Bruce Lee conquered Hollywood more than a decade ago, Chinese kung fu has become the most curious and desirable term of the American people, and if another Bruce Lee-like hero appears in the Chinese, it will definitely cause a great sensation. What's more, Wang Lei has also practiced Chinese kung fu, this old man is Wang Lei's grandfather, he is the most famous kung fu master in San Francisco's Chinatown, you can find someone to go to San Francisco's Chinatown to investigate. A Chinese teenager who has practiced Chinese kung fu since he was a child fights in the boxing ring, which is a very attractive news topic in itself, and when the time comes, as long as it is hyped and promoted, it can attract many boxing enthusiasts and viewers who are interested in Chinese kung fu to buy tickets to watch Wang Lei box. If done correctly, it may be possible to set a record for the largest number of viewers. More importantly, Wang Lei is Chinese, China has a population of more than one billion, as far as I know, after Mr. Ali visited China on behalf of the United States a few years ago, China is actively resuming boxing that has been interrupted for decades, maybe this year or next year, China's boxing will resume, when the Chinese people know that there is a professional boxer in the United States who is Chinese, and if he may become a boxing champion, he will definitely be regarded as a national idol. When the time comes, if Wang Lei goes to China to fight a boxing championship, he may break the audience record for a trilogy fight between Mr. Ali and Mr. Joe Frazier. If you add the TV broadcast fee, how much appearance fee should Wang Lei get? 10 million dollars or 20 million dollars, 30 million dollars is possible, right? Fifteen percent is a lot for you. What's more, Wang Lei still has to pay taxes and pay coaches and sparring fees! ā€

Arum smiled bitterly when he heard this, and sighed for a while: "Miss Zhou really deserves to be a student of the law department of Harvard University, and this eloquence makes me have to bow down!" By the way, Ms. Zhou plans to work in that law firm after graduation, how about coming to my promotion company? I promise to give you the best salary! ā€

Wang Lei's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this, and he glared at Arus very dissatisfied.

Aren't you talking about my brokerage contract, why are you poaching people in front of me?

Fortunately, Zhou Yuqiang was not moved at all, and said indifferently: "Thank you Mr. Arum for your kindness, but I am only a sophomore this year, so I didn't think about it so far." Let's move on to the matter of sharing, Mr. Arum, what do you think of the fifteen percent of the profits? ā€

Arum didn't answer, but looked at Wang Lei and asked curiously, "Do you really know Chinese kung fu?" ā€

Wang Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Of course! ā€

"Like Bruce Lee's?"

"I've practiced Jeet Kune Do with Bruce Lee, but I've mostly practiced Xingyiquan. Xingyi Boxing is one of China's three major internal boxing, one of the strongest and most practical boxing techniques in China, it is said that before the Republic of China, there were several top masters whose strength was no less than that of Bruce Lee, and also beat many Western boxers and strong men who ran to China at that time to show off their might......"

Before Wang Lei's words were finished, he saw his grandfather, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes and looked at him strangely, his expression seemed to be a little ...... Excuse me?

Uh, am I wrong?

Arum didn't notice Wang Lei's abnormality, and nodded: "Your Chinese identity and knowledge of Chinese kung fu can indeed increase your popularity, but if you want to get more than 10 million US dollars in appearance fees, it is not possible until you become a heavyweight boxing champion." ā€

Wang Lei said: "My ultimate goal is to be a heavyweight boxing champion, I am only 16 years old this year, I am still growing my body, I will gain about 20 pounds every year, and I will be promoted to the heavyweight division before I am 20 years old!" ā€

Arum said: "It's good to have this confidence, but 15 percent is impossible, even if the agent who has just entered the industry can't get such a low share, you must know that what I do is not only to arrange a boxing match for you to choose the opponent and the competition venue, I also have to give you packaging, hype, and promote the boxing match, in case you have trouble, I have to solve the trouble for you, deal with the news media, the effort is not something you can imagine." Fifteen percent is absolutely impossible! ā€

Wang Lei asked: "Then how much do you want, don't tell me fifty percent!" ā€

Arum said: "The minimum is 20 percent, this is my bottom line!" ā€

Wang Lei asked again: "Can you arrange for me to challenge the boxing champion within two years?" ā€

"Uh, in such a hurry?" Arum thought for a moment and replied, "As long as you can maintain a winning record and have a knockout rate of more than 90, it is not impossible for you to challenge the boxing title within two years!" ā€

More than 90% KO rate?

Brother is pursuing a 100% KO rate, and he also has the honor of being the youngest boxing champion in history.

It seems that next year, at the age of 20, Mike Tyson will become the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history after defeating Trevor Burbeck to win the WBC boxing title.

However, Tyson is the youngest heavyweight world champion, and Wang Lei does not know who the youngest lightweight and middleweight world champion is.

Let my brother set this record!

After thinking for a while, Wang Lei said: "Okay, as long as you can arrange for me to challenge the boxing champion within two years, it is nothing to give you a 20% profit share!" ā€

Arum stood up and said, "That's it, when you apply for a professional license next year, we will sign the contract!" By the way, before that, I suggest that you try to increase your popularity and popularity, such as going to the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno next May, as long as you can win the gold medal, it will be easy to apply for a professional license, and I can arrange your first professional boxing match and ask for a higher appearance fee for you! ā€

With that, Arum took his leave and left.

Wang Lei was a little surprised and asked Sadler: "He wants to wait until next year to sign a contract with me, isn't he afraid that someone else will take the lead?" ā€

Sadler shook his head and said: "You can't cooperate with anyone else except him, if you change to a new agent who has just entered the industry, the share can be low, but he definitely doesn't have the ability to let you challenge the boxing champion within two years, I'm afraid it won't be possible in five years." If you change someone as capable as Arum, such as Don King, don't say 20 percent, I'm afraid 50 percent won't be able to satisfy him! ā€

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