Chapter 6 The Retired Middleweight Champion
Wang Lei ran to Sadler's boxing gym the next day when his muscles ached, which had only been experienced in the first few days after his rebirth, and then disappeared. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info appeared again when practicing boxing with Sadler because of the increase in training, but it was relatively mild, and it returned to normal in three days.
Unexpectedly, after standing on the pile for 40 minutes under the supervision of my grandfather yesterday and walking for 20 minutes, the muscle soreness appeared again, and it was stronger than before.
This shows that the training intensity of the six-sided piercing pile gong and the locust worm step taught by his grandfather is much greater than the amount of practice in the Sadler boxing gym.
Looks like we're going to have to suffer in the future!
Wang Lei howled in his heart.
But he will not give up because of this, if he wants to be a professional boxer and fight boxing, his parents will definitely oppose it, and if he does not have the support of his grandfather, he will not be able to enter the boxing ring.
So no matter how hard the training is, Wang Lei must persevere.
Fortunately, although the muscle soreness was strong, it did not affect his training in the boxing gym.
In the days that followed, Wang Lei ran back and forth between Sadler's boxing gym and his grandfather's Chinese medicine store every day, increasing his training time from four hours to five hours.
Sadler is four hours here and Grandpa is an hour, but compared to the training intensity, the one-hour training intensity is the highest in Grandpa's place, which is greater than the intensity of the four-hour training volume in Sadler's boxing gym combined.
Especially when a week later, when his grandfather taught Wang Lei to practice a dynamic pile skill that was very low and had never been practiced before, Wang Lei almost couldn't walk the next day, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead as heavy and sore.
His muscles were sore, but his spirits were very high, which caused him to concentrate very much during the afternoon practice with Cruise in the boxing gym.
After a week of combat practice with Cruise, where they attacked each other and defended against each other, Sadler had the two begin formal combat practice.
Wearing thick boxing gloves and a full set of protective gear, he first fought two rounds a day with a two-minute break between rounds, then changed to five rounds every other day with only one minute of rest between rounds.
In the first week, Wang Lei was basically abused by Cruise and beaten to the ground. In the second week, Wang Lei was able to have contacts with Cruise, and gradually became evenly matched. By the third week, I don't know if Wang Lei's talent was high enough or his grandfather's mysterious training had an effect, Wang Lei's fists became heavier and heavier, faster and faster, and his spirit and vision became more and more concentrated, and Cruise's fists seemed to be getting slower and slower in front of his eyes, making it easier and easier for Wang Lei to defend or seize the flaws to fight back.
As a result, Cruise was abused by Wang Lei.
In the fourth week, when Cruise and Wang Lei fought, they were only beaten by Wang Lei, and they were basically knocked down two or three times in one round, and they almost couldn't get up before the five rounds were over.
In the fifth week, Sadler once again gave Wang Lei a physical test, and the results were as follows:
Height: 173, 5cm
Arm span: 176cm
Weight: 129 lbs
Fat percentage: 10 percent
Strength: Bench press 120 lbs 45 reps, ultimate strength 245 lbs; Squat 200 pounds 30 times, ultimate strength 405 pounds
Punch power: 250 pounds straight left hand, 400 pounds straight right hand
100 meters speed: 10.65 seconds
Fitness: 4000 meters in 12 minutes
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Compared to the previous physical test data, almost every item has improved a lot, especially the power of the fist, the right hand has reached the level of a professional middleweight fighter, and in the 129-pound wellightweight division, he is definitely a super heavy fighter.
Sadler was pleasantly surprised by this, convinced that he had found a peerless seedling, and believed that it was his credit.
In order to make Wang Lei stronger, Sadler decided to find a better sparring partner for Wang Lei.
To improve the strength of a fighter, an excellent sparring partner is the most important, and the strength of the two sides should not be much different.
Cruise is no longer suitable.
Towards the end of the summer vacation, Wang Lei met the new sparring partner that Sadler had brought him.
Emile Griffith!
A black man who looked bigger and darker than Cruise.
But judging by his age, I'm afraid he's already forty years old.
Just as Europeans and Americans have "face blindness" for Asians and think they are all the same, Wang Lei also has a slight "face blindness" for Europeans and Americans, especially blacks, who are almost the same in his opinion.
So though he was familiar with Emile Griffith, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
It wasn't until Sadler's introduction that Wang Lei thought that he had seen this black man on video and in the photo album of Sadler's house.
Sadler has collected a lot of videos of classic boxing matches, and often takes them to the boxing gym and releases them for Wang Lei to watch.
There are early black heavyweight champion Joe Lewis and the most famous middleweight champion of all time, known as the "Saint of Fighters" Shuge Ray Robinson; There are undefeated white heavyweight champion Rocky Massiano and Sonny "The Devil" Liston; There is Muhammad Ali and his former trilogy rival Joe Fraser.
Of course, there are also those of George Foreman, a former disciple of Sadler.
These are basically famous boxers that Wang Lei had heard of or seen on the Internet in his previous life, and of course there were many more boxers that Wang Lei had not heard of or seen on the Internet at all in his previous life.
Emile Griffith is one of them.
Although unknown in Wang Lei's previous life, this Emile Griffith is not an ordinary person, he is a middleweight champion. He debuted in 1958 and won his first welterweight title in '61, the light middleweight title in '62, and the middleweight title in '66.
From '61 to '68, Emile Griffiths arguably dominated the welterweight and middleweight divisions, and the gold belt of the boxing champion has always hung on him.
However, in '77, Emile Griffith had already retired.
And Wang Lei still remembers that Sadler once told him about Emile Griffith's professional record.
85-24-2 draws, 23 knockouts.
Winning 85 of his 100-plus professional fights may seem remarkable, but he's knocked out only 23 of his opponents, less than a third of his win rate.
In other words, although this Emile Griffith is a boxing champion, his fists are not heavy, it is difficult to knock down his opponent, and he can basically only win by points.
You know, in the sixties and seventies, professional boxing matches generally had to be fought for fifteen rounds, and it was not until three years ago that it was officially changed to twelve rounds.
Unable to knock out his opponent for fifteen rounds, Wang Lei, who only likes to win by knockout, can't help but despise Emile Griffiths, the former middleweight champion.
Unexpectedly, Sadler actually hired him to be his sparring boxer.
Wang Lei was amazed at Sadler's ability.
Although he is a middleweight boxing champion who has retired for almost ten years, after all, he is also a figure who has dominated the middleweight boxing world, and Sadler can invite him to be a sparring partner for him, and it is "free", which is not ordinary.
"Oh, Sadler, this is your new disciple, the Chinese kid you think can become the world boxing champion? You actually asked me to deign to be a sparring partner for him? ”
Wang Lei didn't look down on Emile Griffiths, and Emile Griffith obviously didn't look down on Wang Lei either, and his expression was obviously contemptuous as soon as he opened his mouth.
Before Wang Lei could speak, Sadler said in a deep voice: "Amir, don't forget that you owe me a great favor!" ”
"Damn, Sadler, you're blackmailing me with this favor. Well, I agreed to be the kid's sparring partner, but not for more than a month, and at most ten rounds with him. I'm going to break up with you afterwards! Emile Griffith scolded.
"Thirty rounds!" Sadler haggled and ignored Emile Griffith's last words.
"Fifteen rounds, no more, Sadler, I'm old!"
"Twenty rounds, Amir, you're not forty yet, didn't you tell me last time you could get back in boxing? Is it bragging? ”
"Well, Sadler, you win. Twenty rounds is twenty rounds, but I said that in the front, I won't release water during sparring, and if this kid can't hold on, then you can't blame me! ”
"Hehe, don't worry, this kid is super durable, and his fists are very heavy, you just need to be careful not to be knocked down by him, otherwise it will be funny!"
"Am I defeated?" Emile Griffith couldn't help but look up to the sky and laughed, and laughed for a long time before saying, "Sadler, don't you see that you are so humorous? If this kid can beat me, let alone twenty rounds, it's no problem to give him thirty rounds of sparring, and I can also introduce some active professional fighters to be his sparring partner for free, and when he fights professionally, I will be there to support! ”
"Okay, that's it, don't break your word!" Sadler said decisively.
Emile Griffith was stunned: "Sadler, don't you really think this kid can defeat me, do you?" ”
Sadler smiled and said, "Can you try it, unless you're afraid?" ”
"Joke, I'll scold a Chinese kid who hasn't grown any hair?"
Provoked by Sadler, Emile Griffith put on boxing gloves and mouth guards and went to the ring without saying a word.
"Come on, Chinese boy, let's fight. Let me see how powerful you are as a Chinese kid who Sadler thinks can become a world boxing champion? ”
In the face of Emile Griffith's provocation, Wang Lei asked calmly, "Senior Griffith, don't you warm up first?" ”
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