Chapter 8: The Dragon Bends and the Snake Stretches Out (4)
After the start of school in September, Tang Long continued to run back and forth between the classroom, the dormitory, and the Pengqiang Fight Club, and since he knew that he was a boxer in the Pengqiang Fight Club, his roommate Fang Fei stuck to him even tighter, and almost had nothing to say to him. He often talked about his girlfriend Li Fei'er in front of him, intentionally or unintentionally, but Tang Long felt sorry for him, he didn't know whether to tell Fang Feiyun about him seeing Li Fei'er and Dongfang Zhou together, Bai Sumei also saw Dongfang Zhou's WeChat circle of friends on Dongfang Zhou's WeChat circle of friends that Dongfang Zhou had posted several photos with Li Fei'er a few times, this was not chasing after the wind, he was afraid that Fang Feiyun would not be able to bear this cruel truth. But knowing that his girlfriend was empathetic and didn't fall in love, and let Fang Feiyun live in a false love all the time, Tang Long felt that this was an injustice to his friend.
So, one night, while there were only the two of them in the dormitory, Tang Long finally opened up.
"Feiyun, there's one thing, I think I have to tell you."
"What's the matter?"
"It's about your girlfriend Li Fei'er."
"Phil? What's wrong with her? ”
"Hmmm......"
"You mean, Tang Long, don't be a fuss."
"Actually, I saw her one night in June."
"Where?"
"Guess the Train Bar."
"Alone?"
"It's not."
"Who else?"
……
"Say, who is she with?" Fang Feiyun was anxious.
"The name you've heard of - Dongfang Zhou."
"Dongfang Zhou, who had a holiday with you?"
"Yes."
"They—are they happy?"
"I think so." Tang Long looked at Fang Feiyun, and then looked out the window.
"Perhaps...... I just happened to meet at a bar......" Fang Feiyun lowered his head and muttered.
"Maybe!" Tang Long said.
Tang Long couldn't bear to say anything more, he got up from his desk and walked into the bathroom. Soon, when he came out of the bathroom, he saw Fang Feiyun staring motionlessly at his toes, his eyes overflowing with tears. Tang Long took out two tissues from the tissue bag on the table and handed them to Fang Feiyun, who took the tissue and kept wiping his eyes. Tang Long wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to open the door and walk out.
From then on, Fang Feiyun no longer looked at Li Fei'er in front of Tang Long, and he quickly caught up with another girl. After officially breaking up with Fang Feiyun, Li Feier also openly went to and from the campus in pairs with Dongfang Zhou.
In mid-September, under the arrangement of the club, Tang Long participated in the "Heroes • King Alliance" Global Boxing Championship held at Guangzhou Tianhe Gymnasium, which is a quasi-A-level event with a great impact in the Pearl River Delta. A total of five Chinese fighters and five foreign champions were invited to face off in this competition. The five Chinese boxers are Tang Long, FF Yongwu Oriental Gold Belt winner Wan Xiaodong, Emei Legend newcomer Wang Lin Liguo, Kunlun decisive general "Night Hurricane" Yue Shaoshan, Hero Legend Gold Belt winner "Furious Pioneer" Fu Wendong and other masters. The five international boxing champions are Dutch National Boxing Champion Mudario, MaxMuayThai (MAX Muay Thai) Champion Mathichai, Canadian National Kickboxing Champion Galenon, Ukrainian All-Fight Champion Sada, and former Japanese K-I Champion Kato Yamamoto.
Tang Long's opponent is Mathichai, and this is Tang Long's first time participating in a quasi-A-level event, and it is also the first time that Tang Long has faced a strong Muay Thai king. Pengqiang Fight Club attaches great importance to this competition, led by Coach Zhang personally, in addition to Tang Long, accompanied by Bai Sumei and the club's best relationship with him "Thunder" Sun Dalei and "Police" Wang Gang.
That night, the 60,000-seat Tianhe Stadium reached 50 percent occupancy, and more than 30,000 spectators surrounded a small ring, adding tension to the match, and at the same time making Chinese and foreign fighters extremely excited.
However, this round of Sino-foreign confrontation was a big surprise, before Tang Long came on the court, all four Chinese fighters were defeated, Wan Xiaodong was knocked out in the first round, Yue Shaoshan barely supported until the second round, but in the last minute of the second round, he was hit the chin by a right upper hook from the opponent and fell to the ground. The other two Chinese players, Lin Liguo and Fu Wendong, were both defeated on points. All the pressure was shifted to Tang Long, who was the Chinese fighter's last hope in this round, and he was as excited, expectant and nervous as he was in his first fight.
Coach Zhang kept encouraging him, cheering him up, channeling his nervousness, and calming him down. When Tang Long heard the host say the opening remarks of the fifth match in the locker room, he knew that he was about to play, he raised his fist, bumped fists with everyone one by one, walked to the sidelines, and when the host shouted his name, he slowly walked towards the ring, waved his fist, and landed several combination punches in the air. Coach Zhang behind him held a five-star red flag in both hands, followed him, and walked to the ring.
The crowd below kept cheering for him and staring at him as they turned their disappointment at the four fighters in front of them into high expectations for him. When Tang Long stretched his body in the ring, he saw his opponent Mattichi on the sidelines staring at him in the ring from afar.
Coach Zhang, who was standing outside the corner, attached to Tang Long's ear, telling him not to be anxious, not to be in a hurry to attack, to rush and fight, to reasonably distribute physical strength, to do a good job of defense in the first game, to play a little bit of falsehood, to find out the opponent's path, find out the opponent's flaws and carry out precise strikes.
Matti guessed the stage and began to bow to the music of Thailand, and after the salute, the two sides listened to the referee explain the rules, and after touching fists, they immediately started fighting.
In the first round, Tang Long took the initiative to attack and probe, while Mathichai mainly defended and counterattacked. Mathichai, like most Muay Thai fighters, has a slower pace, but punches and legs, and has a lot of hardness. After a brief temptation, Tang Long launched a quick attack, and he immediately forgot Coach Zhang's advice. It's mostly due to the fact that the dozens of fights he's fought have been too smooth, all of which have come in clean, quick knockouts, with few opponents surviving the second round under his punches. So, he thought about this fight too simply, he thought he was going to win by knockout like he had done in the past, and he forgot that the level and strength of his opponent in this fight had changed a lot compared to his previous fights and opponents. Coupled with the pressure of maintaining the dignity of Chinese martial arts and Chinese fighters after the defeat of the previous four Chinese fighters, he can't wait to get the win in this match.