Chapter Eighty-Three: The Mad Tiger's McCollum

After two full months of non-stop training, Wang Lei once again felt that his strength had improved. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Whether it's a left hook or a sudden progression, it's a lot faster and sharper than before.

The practice of the left hook basically relies on hitting the moving target and sandbag, plus the air strike practice, like sharpening the knife little by little, and slowly sharpening the left hook as sharp as a knife.

Salad believes that Wang's left hook is on par with Pipino Cuevas, enough to knock out any opponent.

As for the sudden progression method, after Wang Lei learned to integrate the locust insect steps that his grandfather supervised him to practice every night into the boxing sliding step, the speed of the breakthrough accelerated a lot.

The footwork of Guoshu generally pays attention to the retrograde of the rear drive, especially the three major internal fists of Guoshu, Xingyi, Tai Chi and Bagua, and the steps of Baji and Wing Chun.

Rear-drive retrograde is the essence of Guoshu footwork, and if practiced well, it can not only speed up the movement, but also increase the impact of the force.

The so-called rear-drive retrograde refers to the force of the rear legs when starting, and the front legs are shot out, just like holding a boat, the hind legs are the poles, and the front legs are the boats.

The advantage of this footwork over boxing footwork where the front leg drags the back leg forward is that the start is sudden and quick, and it also increases the impact.

The more proficient you are, the faster your dash will be and the more powerful your impact will be.

After Wang Lei harmonized this point of rear-drive retrograde with the footwork of boxing, he felt that it was not only much faster than before, but also a lot easier.

During the actual combat training with Chekov, Wang Lei tried to make a surprise attack on Chekov at a distance of two meters, and rushed to Chekov in the blink of an eye, so fast that Chekov didn't have time to react.

Of course, Chekov's reaction was relatively slow, and it was normal that he could not cope with Wang Lei's sudden advance method. It was different with Cruise and Harrison, the former barely able to react, and the latter still had time to raise his arms to defend.

McCollum and Duran's reflexes are definitely much stronger than Cruise and Harrison, indicating that Wang Lei's sudden progress method needs to be faster!

Not only should it be fast, but it should also be fused with the left hook. You have to land a left hook the moment you burst in front of your opponent and catch your opponent off guard to be considered successful.

This sudden method of Xingyi Quan was originally combined with Collapse Fist, but Wang Lei always felt that it was not suitable to wear thick gloves to fight Crash Fist in the boxing ring, so he changed it to a left hook under Sadler's repeated emphasis.

Of course, Wang Lei's footwork cannot only be the assault footwork of moving in a straight line, but also the left and right side sliding steps and the wrapping step, which can be integrated with the essence of the national art footwork of the rear drive retrograde.

After two months of hard practice, Wang Lei's footwork may not be as chic and elegant as Ali and Leonard, but it was very sudden.

According to Cruise and Chekov, Wang Lei's footwork was as sudden as an assassin when his footwork was activated.

Before the match against Mike McCollum on May 11, Wang Lei did another physical test.

"HEIGHT: 179CM

REACH: 180CM

Weight: 155 lbs

Fat percentage: 6 percent

Strength: bench press 240 lbs 25 reps, ultimate strength 400 lbs; Squat 365 pounds 25 times, extreme strength 700 pounds.

Punch power: 420 pounds straight left hand, 600 pounds left hook, 760 pounds straight right hand.

100 meters speed: 10.30 seconds

Fitness: 4785 meters in 12 minutes"

Judging from the physical measurement data, Wang Lei's weight has increased but the proportion of fat has not changed, which is still 6%, which shows that all he has gained is muscle.

After gaining weight, my strength and explosiveness have increased a lot.

Because the focus of honing the left hook has been added, the strength test of the left hook has also been added to the test.

A 600-pound left hook is already on the level of a 168-pound super-middleweight top-class fighter, while a 760-pound straight right hand is even at the level of a 190-pound welterweight top-class fighter.

However, Sadler thinks Wang's most surprising stats are speed and fitness.

The 100-meter speed of 10.30 seconds has reached the level of professional sprinters at the international level. Sadler thinks that if Wang Lei specializes in the 100-meter sprint, he may be able to run in less than 10 seconds and break the 100-meter sprint record of the yellow race.

As for Wang Lei's physical fitness, he is definitely the strongest among all professional boxers.

Sadler had already investigated the results of the men's 5,000 meters and knew that the 5,000 meter men's race winner at the Los Angeles '84 Olympics was a Moroccan named Oita who clocked 13:05.59. The following year, Oita broke the record again, improving her time to 13:00.4.

This is already the fastest record for the men's 5,000-meter run.

But Wang Lei was able to break this record.

Sadler secretly tested Wang Lei for a 5,000-meter run, and found that Wang Lei's time was 12 minutes and 38 seconds.

Although it is only a hand-tested result, which is not too accurate, Sadler is sure that Wang Lei's 5,000-meter score will definitely run within 13 points.

The 5,000-meter run is not a test of speed but physical fitness, and Wang Lei's physical strength is obviously close to the limit of human beings.

Sadler wondered why Wang Lei was so strong because he was obviously a yellow race?

Wang Lei's explanation is that he stands every night under the supervision of his grandfather in a low posture of pile work, which is very strong and can best exercise physical fitness.

Sadler saw the low-posture dynamic pile standing on Wang Lei, and was stunned to see the mystery, but felt that this practice method was very unscientific.

It's a pity that Wang Lei used the excuse that this kind of exercise is the core secret of Xingyi Boxing, and his grandfather didn't allow him to pass it on, otherwise Sadler would definitely let Wang Lei teach the pile gong to the students of the boxing gym and do experiments to compare the effects.

Thinking of Ben Justson's analysis published in the New York Times last year that Wang Lei "lacks physical strength and can only fight three rounds, but cannot fight twelve rounds", Sadler can't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

With Wang Lei's perverted physical fitness, let alone twelve rounds, I'm afraid he will have no problem playing twenty-four rounds.

Maybe he'll still have stamina after twenty-four rounds!

After testing Wang, Sadler asserted that it would be absolutely fine for Wang to defeat McCollum, and that he would be able to knock out McCollum in at least three rounds and at most five rounds.

Fu Cai's company and Wang Lei's fans obviously think the same way!

However, on May 11, the result of the competition was a surprise to everyone.

Of course, Wang Lei didn't lose, but the game was extremely hard and intense!

McCollum behaved crazy and angry in this game, as if Wang Lei had destroyed his enemies of life and death, fighting very hard and not afraid of death.

Shi Xiu, the "desperate Saburo" of "Water Margin", probably didn't fight as hard as him!

Wang Lei was very inexplicable, and he didn't understand where McCollum's resentment came from? But he was not afraid and decisively went head-to-head with McCollum.

In the first three rounds, the two of them fought fiercely like a needle against Maimang, and no one on either side could help anyone!

Wang Lei was a little surprised by McCollum's strength, and felt that McCollum's strength seemed to be much stronger than Julian Jackson.

It's no wonder that McCollum was named one of the top 80 superstars by The Ring magazine a dozen years later.

No better than Julian Jackson, or even better than Benitez, known as the Fifth Heavenly King!

And this guy's fists are also very heavy, and he was selected as one of the top 100 heavy gunners in boxing history by "Boxing" magazine at the same time as Julian Jackson, and his current record is 29-0-26 KOs.

However, unlike Julian Jackson's penetrating punches, McCollum's punches were simply heavy, and Wang Lei could withstand them.

After the fourth round, Wang Lei practiced hard for two months and finally made a meritorious service, hitting the corner of McCollum's right eyebrow by surprise, smashing the corner of McCollum's right eyebrow into a long hole, the skin and flesh turned outward, and the blood flowed.

The referee called a timeout and told McCollum to stop the bleeding.

After stopping the bleeding, McCollum launched a frantic attack on Wang Lei again, and the wound at the corner of his eyebrows and his distorted expression looked extremely hideous.

Wang Lei couldn't help but guess again when he saw him like this, whether he had inadvertently offended him before? And offended him to death?

It's a pity that I can't remember such a thing!

No matter how crazy McCollum is, Wang Lei will not back down, he still fights hard, and fights against him every step of the way.

The more than 15,000 spectators in the audience were dumbfounded, unable to take their eyes off the sparkling attack battle in the ring, and did not even dare to blink.

No one expected this fight to be so exciting, and just three rounds alone could apply for the best boxing match of the year!

Fans who watched the fight on TV regretted it, and they basically thought that the fight would be a one-sided fight, and that Wang Lei would be able to knock out McCollum in about three rounds, so they didn't plan to buy tickets to watch the fight live in Las Vegas, but planned to save their money until August to go to Panama City to see Wang Lei and Duran fight.

Duran is as strong and popular as Leonard and Hagler, so these fans are looking forward to the Wang Lei and Duran bout in August, believing that it may be as exciting as Leonard's and Hagler's rematch.

Because of the match between Wang Lei and Duran in August, these fans have little expectation for the fight between Wang Lei and McCollum. Even if McCollum is a boxing champion with a high knockout rate, these fans don't think that his fight with Wang Lei will be very exciting, but this match is a warm-up match for Wang Lei against Duran.

However, after seeing the bout broadcast on TV, these fans regretted it.

is so fierce and hot, comparable to the fierce and wonderful battle of Ali and Fraser's "Manila Tremor" back then, but I didn't go to watch it live?

What a mistake!

Wang Lei and McCollum's battle is still going on, McCollum is still acting crazy, like a wounded beast to fight Wang Lei endlessly, and Wang Lei did not show weakness, and responded with the same attitude.

Unlike McCollum's pure madness, Wang Lei still remained calm, bombarding McCollum mercilessly with both fists, while trying to avoid or defend McCollum's fists with superb footwork and quick reflexes.

After competing against McCollum, Wang Lei had to go back to school to take the SAT test and try to get accepted into the university. This is what he promised his mother.

Even if he continues to play professional boxing after he goes to college and does not enroll, his mother requires him to get a good score in the exam.

Wang Lei didn't want to go back to school with a hurt face!

It's just that in the face of McCollum, who is like a mad tiger and has strong strength and superb skills, no matter how strong Wang Lei's reaction and defense ability is, he can't avoid being punched.

In the seventh round, Wang Lei had already received more than ten punches in the face, and his face was swollen.

Of course, McCollum is even worse!

Under the bombardment of Wang Lei's left hook and right straight hook, McCollum's face was already bloody and unhuman!

But this guy is still holding on, and he is still frantically fighting against Wang Lei.

McCollum's crazy performance not only puzzled Wang Lei, but even his coaches and referees were a little intimidated by him.

McCollum's coach clenched the towel in his right hand, hesitating whether to throw it away and throw in the towel, he couldn't continue to watch McCollum go on like this.

As for the referee's expression, he was more serious than ever, staring at McCollum's bloody face, as if he was considering whether to forcibly stop the game.

He didn't want to see McCollum beaten to death in the ring by Wang Lei!

Fortunately, McCollum's madness can't go on forever.

At a normal pace of the game, McCollum could have played the full twelve rounds, but it's remarkable that he can last for seven rounds with a frantic attack like today's.

McCollum didn't have Wang Lei's perverted physical strength, and after the start of the eighth round, his offensive slowed down. Although his eyes were still crazy, the momentum of the desperate attack had weakened, and the speed of his punches had slowed down, and Wang Lei could even hear his panting.

This inexplicably crazy guy is finally tired!

Wang Lei, who came to this conclusion, continued to attack, although he also fought against McCollum for seven rounds, but his physical strength was still sufficient, and he could still continue to "attack".

It's a pity that McCollum can't do it!

So, the eighth round was basically Wang Lei's violent beating of McCollum, which made McCollum almost powerless, his movements became more and more sluggish, and his crazy eyes became more and more dim.

Finally, two and a half minutes into the eighth round, Wang Lei, who had already forced McCollum into the corner of the rope, threw another left hook to McCollum's face, and then followed with a right hand that hit McCollum in the jaw.

McCollum's bloody face was raised in the air, and his legs shook, and his body finally fell down.

When he fell to the ground, McCollum still stared at Wang Lei with unwilling eyes, and only slowly closed his eyes after he completely fell to the ground.

Wang Lei was taken aback by McCollum's performance, and wondered if he should beat him to death, right?

The referee's performance was even more unbearable, and after stepping forward to separate Wang Lei and McCollum, he didn't even bother to count a few seconds, and directly waved his arm to indicate that the game was over.

Then, McCollum's coach and doctor immediately climbed into the ring and rushed towards McCollum, who was lying on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Wang Lei was uneasy in his heart, and he didn't even have the mood to congratulate Sadler and Ou Yangming on the victory.

The fifteen thousand spectators in the audience also forgot to applaud and stared at McCollum, who was surrounded by doctors in the ring, and many people couldn't help but stand up.

Thankfully, McCollum didn't die!

After the on-site doctor examined McCollum for two minutes, McCollum woke up.

After asking McCollum a few words, the doctor said that there was no big problem, and McCollum was only a superficial injury.

After McCollum was carried down on a stretcher, the audience finally thought of applauding.

First there were one or two applause, then it grew to a dozen, dozens or hundreds, and finally almost all the 15,000 spectators applauded.

The applause was like thunder, and Wang Lei's ears were almost deaf!

These applause were given to the victor Wang Lei and the loser McCollum.

For no other reason, these eight rounds of competition were too exciting and hot, and they completely conquered these audiences.

Nearly all of the audience agreed that the eight rounds were definitely more exciting than the rematch between Leonard and Hagler in February.

If nothing else, the best boxing tournament of the year can't be run!

Unless the game between Wang Lei and Duran is more exciting and hot in August!