Chapter 65: Wang Lei's First Title Defense
Wang Lei's welterweight unification fight with Benitez ended with Wang Lei's seventh round knockout of Benitez. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Lei became the second Triple Crown champion in welterweight history, and his popularity is directly ahead of heavyweight triple crown champion Mike Tyson.
This game not only proved Wang Lei's strong strength again, but also refuted the doubts about his "lack of physical strength" in the media in the past two months.
Ben Wharson, the senior sports reporter for The New York Times, who first made the argument, was slapped in the face.
Ben Whyson originally justifiably determined that Wang Lei was "not strong enough" in the article, believing that Wang Lei could only play three rounds at most, and that his physical strength would drop after three rounds, and that he would definitely lose after five rounds, and asserted that Wang Lei was not Benitez's opponent.
Because of his analysis, Atlantic Bookmakers have adjusted the odds for both Wang Lei and Benitez.
Wang Lei beats Benitez at odds of 2 to 1. 8. Although the majority of fans in the United States are optimistic about Benitez's victory, there are also many fans who are optimistic that Wang Lei will buy him to win.
As a result, Wang Lei knocked out Benitez in seven rounds, which made Atlantic Betting lose a lot of money. It is estimated that Atlantic City Gaming hated Ben Wesson, the initiator.
In seven rounds of the game, Wang Lei proved his physical strength, not to mention three or five rounds, even if he played twelve rounds, it would be no problem.
Secondly, Wang Lei practiced his left hook extremely well, not to mention one more killer feature, and also plugged the weakness of the left side.
The fighters who fought Wang Lei later wanted to learn the tactics that Eddie Fudge had designed for Marlon Starling, and attacking Wang Lei's left side would not work.
If Wang's first seven professional fights were just a surprise to the average fan, then beating Benitez in seven rounds made Wang Lei truly in the eyes of insiders.
In the eyes of these insiders, a seven-round defeat to Rae Benitez is a true testament to his mettle and ability to compete with the best middleweights in the world, including Leonard Hagler, Hearns, and Duran.
Of course, who is high and who is low, you have to fight to know!
Although Wang's strength has been acknowledged by fans, there are still some who disagree.
That man was Ben Waskson, a veteran reporter for the sports section of The New York Times.
After being slapped in the face by Wang Lei, Ben Whistleson was silent for a day before publishing another article in the New York Times.
In this article, Ben Whisson doesn't mention Wang's stamina again, but says that Wang's defeat to Benitez doesn't prove that he's at the top of the welterweight division, unless he defends his title against a true welterweight powerhouse to prove his strength.
Ben Whyson's argument for questioning Wang's strength is that Benitez has dropped in strength in this game.
Ben Whyson said: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Benitez's level of strength in this fight is not half as good as when he fought Leonard, Duran and Hoenes, and almost half of the strength he had when he fought against the three kings of the middleweight division.
It's clear that Rafa Benitez has been severely weakened after last year's injury and the drop from 160 pounds to 147 pounds in just half a year. Wang Lei knocked down a "veteran" whose strength was seriously weakened, and it really didn't matter.
If Wang wants to prove that he is at the top of the welterweight division, he must fight a real welterweight powerhouse to defend his title, rather than rushing to upgrade to 154 pounds to challenge Robert Duran, who does not have the strength and qualifications to challenge Duran, even if he is a welterweight triple crown!
I don't know if it was negotiated, but as soon as Ben Westson's article was published, some people immediately shouted to the media to challenge Wang Lei and regain the three belts that originally belonged to him. and said that Wang Lei's real strength is vulnerable, if he fights him, he can KO Wang Lei in three rounds, exposing Wang Lei's true level, unless Wang Lei is afraid of him and dare not fight him!
The guy who is clamoring for a three-round knockout of Wang Lei in the media is called Donald Currie.
Donald Currie is no ordinary man, he's a former welterweight champion and a triple crown. And before he became the welterweight triple crown, he was red and purple.
Before entering the professional boxing world, he fought 404 amateur fights, which is almost ten times higher than Wang Lei's 45 amateur fights. And the record is still 400 wins and 4 losses, and the winning rate is frighteningly high. He won the All-American Golden Glove Championship four times, a World Cup championship, and could have won the Olympic boxing gold medal, but at that time, the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics, and as a result, although he got the right to participate, he did not participate in the competition, and chose to enter the professional boxing world.
After entering the professional boxing world, Donald Currie went smoothly, winning the WBA welterweight title in '83, then merging the IBF welterweight title the following year, and defeating WBC welterweight champion Mike Rory at the end of '85, when Wang Lei first entered the professional boxing world, unifying the 147-pound welterweight division and winning the welterweight WBC, WBA and IBF belts.
He is the second triple crown champion in boxing history after Marvin Hagler, and the first super boxing champion in history to unify the WBC, WBA and IBF welterweight divisions.
However, Donald Currie began to run out of luck after becoming a triple crown winner, and in his first title defense, he met Benitez, who had returned from relegation, only to be defeated by points and lose the three belts he had just received.
If it weren't for Benitez, Donald Currie would have a chance to become a superstar like Leonard and Hagler. It's a pity that he owes a bit of luck.
After Benitez became the welterweight triple crown champion, he was stripped of the belt by the WBC and WBA organizations because he wanted to upgrade to 154 pounds to challenge Robert Duran, first refused a rematch with Donald Currie and then refused to defend his title with Mark Brieland, and was stripped of the belt by the WBC and WBA organizations, leaving only the IBF belt.
The WBC and WBA welterweight belts were won by Mark Briland and Marlon Starling, and the two fought, and Mark Briland, who was originally favored by everyone before the game, was unexpectedly knocked down by Marlon Starling, resulting in Marlon Starling becoming the WBC and WBA welterweight double champion, and then the double champion crown was taken away by Wang Lei.
Wang Lei knocked out Benitez to unify the welterweight division and become the second Triple Crown champion in welterweight history.
Wang Lei had planned to upgrade to 154 pounds to challenge super welterweight WBC champion Robert Duran after defeating Rafael Benitez, but Donald Currie disagreed.
After the defeat to Benitez, Donald Currie was hell-bent on regaining the belt, and although Benitez rejected the rematch request, he became the top welterweight challenger in the WBC, WBA and IBF boxing organizations through three fights, and if nothing else, he could directly challenge the boxing champion in the next fight.
Benitez could refuse to rematch him and flee to the 154-pound super-welterweight division, but two-sport WBC and WBA champion Marlon Starling can't avoid him.
But unexpectedly, Donald Currie's dream of regaining the welterweight triple crown was ruined by the sudden rise of Chinese kid Wang Lei.
The Chinese-American kid, who had only played six professional fights, qualified to challenge Marlon Starling with the help of his agent Arum and then miraculously knocked out Starling for both WBC and WBA gold.
Donald Currie was maddened by the "good luck" of the Chinese kid, but what made him even more mad was that he didn't know what the Chinese kid or his agent had used, and Benitez, who had never been bird, actually gave up the upgrade to the 154-pound super welterweight division and accepted to fight the welterweight unification fight with the Chinese kid.
What's even more amazing is that the Chinese kid also knocked out Benitez in seven rounds, taking all three belts that originally belonged to him.
Donald Currie was upset, but thought that he was already the number one challenger in the welterweight divisions of the WBC, WBA and IBF, and that the Chinese kid had dominated the middleweight division once, and he would have to defend his title with him, and those three belts would still be back in his hands.
However, Donald Currie soon got the news from his agent that the Chinese kid had no intention of defending his title, and that he, like the Benitez guy, wanted to move up to the 154-pound super welterweight division and challenge Robert Duran.
Donald Currie is going crazy!
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