On December 27, 86, Wang Lei, Sadler and others, who had just finished Christmas with their families, came to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Here, Wang Lei will face Michael Nunn in his second professional boxing bout.

In terms of fame, Michael Nunn, who has a 4-0 professional record and a 4-0 draw, is definitely a little bigger than Wang Lei's first professional opponent, Maurice Bloor, and seems to be a little stronger.

In terms of coaching, Michael Nunn's coach is Angel Dundee, a famous coach who has coached Muhammad Ali and Shug Ray Leonard, and is not much worse than Maurice Bloor's coach Eddie Fudch.

Importantly, it's been a month since Wang Lei's fight with Maurice Blore, and his fight with Michael Nunn was scheduled two months ago.

In other words, Michael Nunn and his coach had two months to study and find out Wang Lei's punching and fighting style.

With Angel Dundee's coaching ability and rich experience, after seeing the battle between Wang Lei and Maurice Bloor, he will definitely be able to train Michael Nunn in a targeted manner so that he can defeat ...... At least not to be KO by Wang Lei.

Of course, this is only speculation by a handful of media in the United States.

In fact, not many fans who have seen Wang Lei knock out Maurice Bloor in Las Vegas would think that Michael Nunn can beat Wang Lei.

Especially in California or San Francisco, after the San Francisco Chronicle continued to trumpet and report on Wang's record of 45 knockout wins in his amateur fights, more than 90 percent of California fans supported Wang Lei, believing that Wang Lei would once again knock out Michael Nunn as easily as Maurice Blore.

Especially the Chinese in California, almost all of them have become die-hard supporters of Wang Lei!

After all, Wang Lei is the first Chinese-American professional boxer in American history, and he is still the most likely to become a boxing champion!

In the history of professional boxing, only the Australian Chinese Chen Hanqiang in the twenties won the intercontinental boxing championship once, and not to mention the Chinese boxing champion in the following decades, it seems that there is not even a Chinese professional boxer.

It's just that the headlines of the sports pages of major newspapers and magazines in the United States in the past few days are not the upcoming match between Wang Lei and Michael Nunn, nor is it the report that Tyson has become the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, but the news that the two fighters are about to make a comeback.

The first is Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the four great middleweight kings with six titles in four divisions and nicknamed "Honey" and "Sugar II."

Sugar Ray Leonard is widely regarded as the most accomplished and popular upgraded fighter among the four kings of middleweight, and was the first to earn $100 million in appearance fees.

His popularity in the United States is as high as that of Oscar De La Hoya, the "golden boy" who only debuted in the 90s.

It is called "Sugar II" because Leonard's idol was Sugar Ray Robinson, who was considered the greatest middleweight champion in boxing history in the thirties and forties.

Leonard retired three years ago due to retinal problems, and after his eyes healed, he was unwilling to be lonely, and made a comeback again, and made a choice that made fans excited as soon as he came back - challenging the other of the four middleweight kings, with three middleweight WBA, WBC, and IBF titles, with a record of 66 fights, 62 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws, and 57 KOs, and was considered invincible by fans to be Marvin Hagler, nicknamed "The Bald Demon King".

The date of their fight is set for April 6 next year, and it was a controversial classic in his previous life, and Wang remembers that Leonard not only won the controversial points victory, but also received a $10 million appearance fee.

As for the loser, Hagler was a bit shabby, earning only $75 million, and chose to retire after this game.

In addition to Leonard, another fighter who is coming back is even more famous, and he has something to do with Wang Lei.

He's George Foreman!

Sadler, the former heavyweight champion he coached, was devastated by his defeat to Ali in the 1974 African Jungle Battle, and then retired to become a priest after losing to a fighter named Jimmy Young in '77. Unexpectedly, he chose to make a comeback at this time.

George Foreman also seems to have returned after a decade of retirement, and his first fight after his comeback seems to be in March next year. After his comeback, he fought more than 30 fights, won 25 straight fights, and scored 24 knockouts until he met Holyfield and Tommy Morrison, and then lost on points. However, except for two losses on this point, the rest of the games were won. Then he defeated left-handed champion Mitchell Muller in '94 and became the oldest boxing champion at the age of 45.

The reason for Foreman's comeback is simple: the church where he was pastor ran out of money.

Although Foreman has found many coaches later, his first coach was Sadler after all, which can be said to be cultivated by Sadler, and can be regarded as Wang Lei's senior brother. Although this comeback is not as sensational as Leonard's comeback to challenge Hagler, it has also attracted a lot of attention from the sports media.

Before Wang Lei went to Los Angeles to compete, he was interviewed by a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle for this matter.

The interviewer was Simon Neal, an "old acquaintance".

"Wang, have you heard the news that George Foreman is coming back?"

"Well, I just got it from the newspaper."

"What do you think of his comeback?"

"I'm looking forward to it, with him joining the heavyweight boxing world, it will definitely become colorful!"

"No, I mean, do you think he will be able to make a comeback this time?"

"If you mean success and regain the title, I'm sure he can do it!"

"Really, do you think Foreman can regain the boxing crown?"

"Yes, as long as he can recover eighty or ninety percent of his peak strength, he will have a chance to regain the boxing crown, of course, provided that he finds a good coach, preferably a coach who knows him well, and can train strictly according to the coach's arrangement!"

"Is this coach you are talking about Mr. Sadler?"

"That's right, after all, Sadler was Foreman's first coach, and he trained Foreman from scratch to become a boxing champion. If you want to say that the person who knows Foreman best in the world, it is none other than Sadler! ”

"Wang, even if Foreman can return to Sadler's arms, do you really think that Foreman will be able to regain the boxing crown as long as he recovers eighty or ninety percent of his strength? Do you think Foreman is stronger than the new heavyweight champion Mike Tyson? Many people are optimistic that Tyson can unify the heavyweight division and dominate the heavyweight boxing world for more than ten years like Joe Luiz back then! ”

"Hehe, it seems that someone predicted Foreman like this back then, right? As a result, he was defeated by Ali! ”

"Oh, do you think Foreman can beat Tyson?"

"How to say it, if Forman, who was still at the peak of his strength in the seventies, and fought against today's Tyson, Tyson would lose nine times out of ten."

"Really, on what basis did you conclude that?"

"Tyson's boxing style, I watched Tyson live last month. Tyson is very strong, yes, it is estimated that no one in today's heavyweight boxing world can be his opponent, and he also has the absolute strength to unify the heavyweight division and take the heavyweight belt of the three major boxing organizations of WBC, WBA and IBF in one. However, as long as you have seen Tyson's boxing, you will find that Tyson's style of play is very similar to a person, this person is Mr. Joe Fraser, Ali's old enemy and who also fought with Foreman twice. Tyson and Fraser are not only similar in height and size, but also very similar in style, and they are both swing forward fighters. The difference between the two is estimated to be that Tyson's body is stronger than Mr. Frazier's, with more explosive punches and faster punches. All in all, Tyson is like an enhanced version of Frazier. Tyson in this state will not fall behind no matter who he beats, even if he encounters Ali at his peak, he can fight with Ali like Fraser back then. However, if he meets Foreman in his prime, the result may be the same as when Fraser met Foreman...... Maybe he'll hold out a little longer, but he'll still lose in the end. It's not that Forman is stronger than him, and the two of them have the same style. Foreman's boxing style back then restrained Fraser, but he could also restrain Tyson! ”

"Oh, Wang, your analysis is amazing... Refreshing. What do you think of Mr. Ali, who defeated Foreman and Fraser in succession, and do you think there is anyone whose boxing style can restrain Ali? ”

"Ali is different, the law of style restraint cannot be applied to Ali because he is an intelligent fighter. Ali at his peak, in terms of boxing skills, physical fitness and heavy punch strength, may not be the top, but Ali's fighting wisdom and will were absolutely unmatched at that time, neither Foreman nor Fraser could compare. The reason why Ali was able to defeat Foreman and Fraser successively was not that Ali's strength was stronger than these two, but that his fighting wisdom and will were stronger than these two. Ali's eight-round victory over Foreman in the African bush battle relied on wit and tactics, and the fourteen-round victory over Fraser in Manila relied on tenacious willpower! ”

"Oh, that's a wonderful insight, and I think Mr. Ali will take you as a confidant after hearing it! By the way, Wang, what about you, what type of fighter are you? Is it Ali's type, or is it the Foreman and Fraser type? ”

"No, I'm a Chinese!"

"How?"

"Chinese martial arts or combat will basically be influenced by the Art of War, this book is known as the bible of soldiers for 5,000 years, and there is one sentence that best describes me - soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent!"

"What does it mean that soldiers are impermanent and water is impermanent?"

"It means that my boxing style is not fixed, it depends on the opponent. It's like water, and it can adapt to any shape! ”

"What do you mean...... You can emulate anyone's boxing style, sometimes Ali, sometimes Frazier, sometimes Foreman, what style depends on the opponent, right? ”

"Well, you're not wrong to understand that!"

"Okay, so what boxing style are you going to use to beat Michael Nunn when you go to Los Angeles to fight him?"

"You don't know until you fight, if you decide on the style of play in advance, you will fall into the trap, and you may not be able to win. All I can say is...... Adapt to your needs! ”

“……”

Simon Neil's interview was published on the front page of the sports section of the San Francisco Chronicle without missing a word or changing it.

The name is very straightforward, and it is called "Rookie Ray King Talks About His Senior Brothers Foreman and Ali, Fraser, and Tyson, the New Heavyweight Champion."

As soon as the report was published, it immediately caused an uproar and pushed Wang Lei to the forefront.

It's a pity that Wang Lei didn't know that he had come to Los Angeles with Sadler and others, and was concentrating on retreat training at a boxing gym in Los Angeles, ignoring what was going on outside the window.

(Note: The analysis of Foreman and Tyson was read from boxing magazines in the early years, and it is said that when Tyson was released from prison, he was supposed to fight Foreman, and both sides scolded before the fight, which made fans excited, thinking that they were really going to fight.) But as a result, the people in Tyson's camp and Don King were worried that Tyson would not be able to beat Foreman, so they chose a nobody for Tyson who only lasted 89 seconds under Tyson's fist, and the battle between Tyson and Foreman fell through, and the two did not fight until both sides retired. However, Tyson's boxing style is indeed very similar to that of Fraser back then, and his height is about the same. So referring to the two battles between Foreman and Fraser back then, many people believe that the peak Tyson can't beat the peak Foreman! ）