Chapter 14: The Opponent of the Semifinals
Wang Lei came to the Sadler Boxing Gym the next day, and saw a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle at the door. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The San Francisco Chronicle, also known as the San Francisco News, is the largest-circulation newspaper in northern California and one of the most widely circulated in the entire United States.
I picked up the San Francisco Chronicle and flipped to the sports section, and I was surprised to see that there was a news interview with him written by the reporter yesterday.
"The Chinese kid who is about to participate in the National Golden Glove Contest says he doesn't know Roy Jones Jr."
"Yesterday at the San Francisco Junior Boxing Tournament, a 16-year-old Chinese teenager named Lei Wong performed amazingly, knocking out six opponents in six fights, and the average knockout time of each opponent was only 30 seconds, and he even knocked his opponent vomit with one punch in the fifth match, which shows the ferocity of his punches. In an interview after the match, he not only said that he was confident that he would reach the final of tomorrow's tournament and win the lightweight championship, but also threatened to participate in the All-American Golden Glove Championship in October and win the lightweight championship again. When asked by reporters about Roy Jones Jr., who is in his class and won the All-American Youth Olympic Boxing Championship last year and will compete in the All-American Golden Glove Tournament this year, Ray was very dismissive......
Nima, how could I be so dismissive?
I'm just saying "I don't know" Roy Jones Jr. in a flat tone, okay?
Mr. Reporter, do your mother know that you are scribbling like this?
Wang Lei was very annoyed by the reporter who interviewed him yesterday for such an obvious way of drawing hatred.
Reborn in the United States for so long, I finally saw the discipline of American journalists, and there is really no lower limit!
Simon Neal, brother remembers you!
It just so happened that Sadler also came over at this time, and when he saw Wang Lei's annoyed look, he couldn't help but ask: "Lei, what's wrong, who made you angry?" ”
"A very undisciplined journalist!"
Wang Lei handed the San Francisco Chronicle to Sadler and recounted what had been interviewed yesterday.
After reading the news, Sadler laughed and said, "Ray, this is a good thing, at least you are famous!" ”
Wang Lei said: "I don't want to be famous like this!" ”
Sadler said: "Since you have chosen boxing, sooner or later there will be such a day." Journalists in the United States are like this, and when you become a professional boxer, you become a boxing champion, and you will find that news reports like this are just pediatrics. As soon as you have a problem, these journalists will turn into bloodthirsty sharks, tearing you apart and not resting. So you'd better be mentally prepared to have something for you to suffer in the future! ”
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Because of the competition, the amount of training arranged by Sadler for Wang Lei today was not heavy, not much different from the warm-up, and after the training, Cruise and Ou Yangming also arrived.
The four of them set off together again for the Bay Arena.
When he came to the Bay Gymnasium, Wang Lei was surprised to find that not only were the audience more than three times larger than yesterday, but even a few of Bill's classmates who had a good conversation with the school also came to cheer.
I only saved after asking, today is the weekend, and the school is not classed.
There are weekends off, so there will be so many more spectators coming to the Bay Stadium.
Bill and a few classmates came to the locker room to say hello to Wang Lei, and after encouraging him to "come on", they returned to the audience, not daring to stay longer, for fear of affecting Wang Lei's preparations.
Wang Lei waited in the locker room for almost half an hour, not waiting for the notice to enter the game, but waiting for the doctor and two checkers of the boxing organization to weigh Wang Lei again and check whether the hand bandages, boxing gloves, head guards, crotch guards and other protective gear meet the requirements.
Wang Lei was tossed for a long time, and only after the doctor filled in all the data on a card was he announced that he could enter the game.
After briefly moving his body, Wang Lei followed Cruise and Ou Yangming into the field.
Because today's match is a semi-final, there are only four fighters left in the three divisions, so only three are arranged in the boxing ring.
Wang Lei arrived in the 130-pound lightweight division, and his semifinal opponent today was a black teenager named James Hamm.
is one year older than Wang Lei, weighs just 130 pounds, is 1.76 meters tall, has an arm span of 1.85 meters, and the record of six fights in the first two days is six fights and six wins and two knockouts.
Only two knockouts in six fights, and the remaining four were points wins, indicating that the black teenager named James Hamm doesn't have a lot of punches and is good at scoring points.
Although such an opponent is not a big threat, it will be very troublesome if it is not done well.
Because if you can't knock him down and are dragged by him until the end of the game, it's hard to say whether the winner will be lost.
After all, this is an amateur boxing match, and the rules are a bit different from professional boxing matches, not only are there only three rounds, each round is only two minutes, and even if it is lightly touched by the non-lethal boxing gloves, it counts as a score.
According to the news from Ou Yangming and Cruise, this black teenager Hamm has very solid basic skills, agile footwork, flexible body skills, outstanding fighting resistance and willpower, and jab boxing also makes him superb, and he is good at the "butterfly dance steps" of boxing champion Ali, and his style in the ring is very like that of boxing champion Ali, and he is nicknamed "Little Ali".
It is said that many reporters and spectators present were optimistic that Hamm could fight Wang Lei for three rounds and finally won by points.
Wang Lei scoffed at this, but Sadler did not dare to be careless, and repeatedly told Wang Lei to strengthen the rhythm of his punches, and not to be controlled by Hamm. If Hamm controls the pace of the match and drags it out until the end of three rounds, it will be a sure defeat.
Therefore, as soon as the bell rang for the game, Wang Lei launched an attack first, directly punching with a heavy stab with his left hand, and at the same time swinging his right hand was also picked up.
Three rounds, brother will knock you out in half a round!
Wang Lei, who had this thought, punched very fiercely, and the heavy stab punch once again hit the collapse of the shape and meaning of the fist.
However, with a swing of his head and a deft footwork sliding backwards, Hamm dodged Wang's heavy jab. Then without waiting for Wang Lei's backhand swing fist, his long left arm stretched out, and his fist stabbed Wang Lei's face like a cobra, preventing Wang Lei's backhand swing punch.
What a fast punch!
Wang Lei was taken aback in his heart, and was about to step forward to strike again, but saw Hamm slide backwards again, then to the left, and then forward, and at the same time hit another jab.
This footwork is really light and elegant, like a butterfly flying.
In addition, Hamm's upper body and head kept shaking, and the long arm of his front hand continued to stab Wang Lei, and he stabbed Wang Lei seven or eight punches in just ten seconds, and his style of play was really similar to Ali.
If it weren't for the weight of his fist being too light, I'm afraid Wang Lei's face would have been stabbed and swollen.
Damn, good footwork, style like Ali is amazing, isn't it? Brother's footwork is not bad, although the jab and arm length are not as good as yours, but Brother's fist is heavy enough.
You learn from Ali, brother from Tyson, but let's see if you can hold on to three rounds under my heavy punches!
What is Tyson's style of play?
There's a very vivid adjective -- peek-a-boo.
Peek-a-boo is not just dodging, but relying on the body method of diving and constant shaking, avoiding the opponent's long arm to block the attack while breaking in, and using heavy punches to bombard the opponent in close quarters, knocking the opponent down with one blow.
This style of play is the best way for a short, short-armed, short-armed fighter to deal with a tall, long-armed.
At his peak, Tyson used this "hide and seek" style of play to defeat countless opponents with height and arms, which was miserable.
It's a pity that this style of play requires flexible skills and quick reflexes, otherwise you won't be able to break through.
In the later period, Tyson was not as good as he was at his peak because of his weight gain, flexibility and reaction speed, and his "hide and seek" style of play was not as good as at his peak, but he was cracked and defeated by Lao Huo and Lewis successively, and the more he mixed up, the more miserable he became.
Wang Lei had seen a lot of boxing videos of Tyson at his peak on the Internet in his previous life, and he was very familiar with Tyson's "hide and seek". And he also used this style of fighting several times in the boxing gym with John Ramon and Bobby Lee and others, and beat John Ramon and Bobby Lee to the embarrassment.
Sadler said his style of play is similar to that of former heavyweight champion Joe Fraser, nicknamed "Joe the Smoker."
Speaking of which, Joe Fraser's boxing style is indeed somewhat similar to Tyson's, but Tyson is much more ferocious than Joe Fraser's.
Wang Lei's body is four centimeters lower than Hamm's, plus his body and footwork are also very flexible, and the weight of hook and hook is very heavy, so it is no problem to imitate Tyson's style of play.
So, when Wang Lei bent his body down, bent his knees, and his upper body was almost parallel to the ground, shaking from side to side and rushing forward, Hamm suddenly felt bad.
Four jabs were thrown in a row, either missing or grazing past Wang Lei's head, failing to stop Wang Lei's advance.
When Hamm threw his fifth jab, Wang Lei sneaked in and opened Hamm's long arm with his shoulder, and his body had already rushed in front of Hamm, and his fists, which were already full of strength, bombarded Hamm's face left and right.
With a "bang", Hamm dodged the first punch and failed to avoid the second punch, and was hit the left side of his face by Wang Lei's right hook, almost dislocating Hamm's jaw.
Hamm felt bad, and slid backwards with a hurried foot, intending to distance himself from Wang Lei.
But how could Wang Lei do what he wanted, his footsteps were linked, and he kept moving forward.
Thanks to his grandfather, who forced him to practice his footwork for at least half an hour every night, the straight footwork of Xingyi Fist made Wang Lei rush forward so fast, like an arrow from a string.
As a result, Hamm slid backwards and not only did not get rid of Wang Lei, but was forced to the edge of the rope and was blocked and beaten by Wang Lei.
Hamm, who was hit by Wang Lei's two heavy punches, was anxious, stretched out his arms and pounced forward, and actually hugged Wang Lei to death.
Damn, how could you come to this trick, learn from Lao Huo!
Wang Lei was very depressed, he was hugged to death, he could no longer punch and attack, and had to wait until the referee came to separate them, and then beat them again.
Once again, using the "hide and seek" style of play, Wang Lei once again broke through Hamm's long arm and bombarded at close range.
However, Hamm, who had already learned to be obedient, stretched out his arms and threw himself forward, hugging Wang Lei again.
Wang Lei felt like he was going crazy.
This Hamm's sweat glands seem to be very developed, his body is full of sweat, and the smell is still very strong, although he is wearing a vest, his bare arms still stick a lot of sweat to Wang Lei's body, making Wang Lei disgusting.
Wang Lei felt that he had finally experienced Tyson's feelings, no wonder Tyson bit Lao Huo's ear in anger.
The dare was not annoyed, but was spoiled by Lao Huo's sweat.
Thinking that Lao Huo seemed to hug Tyson and at the same time smashed the corner of Tyson's eyebrows with his iron head skill, Wang Lei instinctively raised his head, but found that Hamm actually raised his head and bumped into him.