Tyson put his arm on Zhou Quan's shoulder and said, "Iron Fist boy, why are you called Iron Fist?" ”

Zhou Quan raised his fist and said: "The bones of my hands are very hard, and when I played ice hockey in the NCAA, naked punches often broke other people's bones, including the skull. ”

"Good guys!"

Tyson's cheek twitched.

"Michael, is there anything wrong with you?" Zhou Quan asked.

Tyson said embarrassedly: "If Oliver McCall doesn't play with you, and the NBA season is over next year, I'll play with you?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "If Mr. Don King refuses Oliver McCall to fight me, do you think I will fight you?"

I can tell you in no uncertain terms, Michael, if he refuses and I can't fight a World Title Challenge, I'm not going to work with any of his fighters for the rest of my life. ”

That's Tyson's embarrassment, he thought for a moment and said, "Okay, old guy, damn vampire, my contract is almost over, I'm leaving him." ”

Zhou Quan asked: "According to my information, Michael, Oliver McCall is your former sparring partner, right?" I've heard that only he can hold your punches.

It is said that he beat Lewis to cause a big upset, what is his strength, if it is good, he should not refuse to fight me, right? ”

Tyson said: "It's okay, that kid, who is a little like me, can't control himself." ”

Zhou Quan was stunned, self-discipline, this thing really hurt Tyson, can't Oliver McCall care about his crotch?

Not far away, Philip was discussing with Bob Arum and WBC President Ross Hogg.

"Mr. Philip, I just contacted that old fellow Donkin, and his attitude is quite tough, and he can't overdue." Arum said with a bit of a headache.

"What then?" Philip looked at Chairman Hogg.

Chairman Hogg said with some reluctance: "McCall has three months left to defend his title, and I hope that Iron Fist can complete the challenge with him, and even allow it to be postponed until June or July next year."

But if he himself is not willing to fight Iron Fist, then the WBC has no choice but to arrange a forced title defense for him within three months and re-appoint him with a mandatory challenger. ”

Arum shook his head and said: "I think Don Kim is just an excuse to ask for a price, he wants to take more benefits from Iron Fist, he wants to take the lion's share, not really refuse to fight with Iron Fist."

Otherwise, the WBC will designate Michael Tyson or Holyfield for him, and McCall's belt will probably not be kept. ”

Hogg said: "Appoint Michael Tyson, he should be willing, it's all his fighters, he can earn both." As for McCall's interests, it should not be his first consideration. ”

"This old fellow is so cunning, he won't just want you to appoint Michael Tyson for him, right?" Arum asked, staring at Hogg.

Hogg was embarrassed: "I also have to consider the impact of the forced title defense, Michael Tyson is still very popular, he is one of my main candidates.

Bob, like you said, Don King is in it for the money, or you give up the lion's share and let this fight be postponed, and the WBC is also in favor of the postponement, and there is no problem with postponing it until next year.

But if you don't want to give up the big head, then challenge him within three months, otherwise we will officially re-appoint the mandatory challenger. ”

"Damn it!"

Arum muttered, thought for a while, looked at Philip and said, "Mr. Philip, you also heard, the easiest way to deal with it is to let Iron Fist challenge McCall within three months, so that he has no chance to refuse."

At the same time, this is also very beneficial to the interests of Iron Fist, we have the initiative, Don Kim has no qualifications to bargain at all, suffocate him. ”

"Iron Fist didn't do a lot of damage tonight, I think he should be able to fight another fight in the short term, and another fight in the short term, and his form can be continued," Hogg said. ”

Philip moved a little, thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Then I'll go over and discuss it with Iron Fist again." ”

He then went to Zhou Quan's side, Tyson had already left, sat down and said to Zhou Quan: "Zhou, Tyson's strength is still there, look at his size, he is in good shape, don't promise him easily." ”

"Let's see what happens." Zhou Quan nodded.

Philip said: "In terms of time, after Oliver McCall won the WBC belt, it is almost time to defend the title, and there are three months left.

Now the WBC can give him an extension in order to wait for you, otherwise he will have to give up the WBC throne if he does not have a mandatory title defense when it expires. ”

"What do you want to say?" Zhou Quan asked.

Philip said: "I just talked to Arum and WBC Chairman Mr. Hogg, and what they mean is that McCall is actually not as strong as Lewis and Tyson, and they want you to complete the mandatory challenge with McCall. ”

Zhou Quan's brows furrowed, he somewhat understood what Philip meant, and asked, "Do you want me to complete the mandatory challenge with McCall as soon as possible?" ”

Nodding, Philip said, "Yes, don't give him a chance to refuse." Zhou, once it is overdue, such as Michael Tyson, such as Lewis, Holfield, they are all staring at McCall's gold belt, and they snatched it, it will be a huge loss for you, snatching the gold belt from them, of course, it is better to fight McCall. ”

Zhou Quan began to think about it, anyway, he didn't really get hit hard tonight, and the number of effective hits was quite small, and there was no accumulation of damage, so he could have a second boxing match in a short period of time.

Philip added: "And during the restriction challenge, we don't have to give them benefits. ”

After some consideration, Zhou Quan finally nodded and said, "Then you can arrange it, and I will also arrange for continued boxing training." ”

"Okay, then I'll talk to Arum and WBC right away." Philip was in good spirits.

Soon, the matter was decided, and the challenge will be held on October 1st.

WBC Chairman Ross Hogg immediately informed Donkin on the phone, asking Oliver McCall to prepare to accept the mandatory challenge, and the official will issue a formal mandatory challenge order tomorrow, not refusal, if refused, the WBC will immediately forcibly strip Oliver McCall of his title.

Tang Jin was very disappointed when he heard this, he originally wanted to use this opportunity to suck a mouthful of blood from Zhou Quan's body, but now he can only passively accept the forced challenge.

The news of the boxing match then spread around the party, and the partygoers came to his side to ask about the situation.

"Tekken, is it true that you are going to play the Title Challenge so soon?" Stallone asked excitedly.

"What do you think?" Zhou Quan nodded and looked at the others.

"I think it's good, you're in good shape right now, otherwise you'll have to go through a long training session next year to find your form."

It was Ali who spoke, he looked at Zhou Quan with admiration, and said: "Young man, your dodging skills are really the top of the best, even stronger than me before, when I was your age, I had to eat a lot of punches in every boxing match, and I ate more during training." ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "I have a very good sense of space, and my nerves are very fast, which is my fundamental ability in boxing. ”

Holyfield said, "Iron Fist boy, if you win against Oliver McCall, you'll have a fight with me next year."

The mandatory title defense period is half a year, and it happens that after the end of your NBA season, it will be June, and you will train for another three months, and it is also at this time, nine months, presumably the WBC will also be willing to give you an additional three months to postpone the mandatory title defense. ”

"If WBC agrees, I'm fine." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"You two bastards robbed me of my chance, I just came out, you have to give me some chance, right?" Michael Tyson said exasperatedly.

"You made tens of millions of dollars just after you came out, what else do you want? After the Iron Fist defeated McCall, he should fight me. Lewis said suddenly.

"Why?" Tyson was really angry.

"Because the belt on McCall was his." Riddick Bau said nonchalantly.

"Poof!"

I don't know who laughed.

"Dick Bow, it's kind of a fight with me, you don't have to give me the belt." Lewis said angrily and dismissively.

Although Zhou Quan can't understand the grievances between these world boxing champions, but the four major boxing organizations plus the second-half level of the IBO organization, the whole world is these five gold belts of sufficient weight, so many boxing champions are fighting for each other, either you rob me, or I rob you, and the relationship between everyone is definitely not good, which he knows very well.

Three rounds of knockout of Michael Muller, his status in the heavyweight boxing world soared, if he defeated Oliver McCall to win the WBC world title half a month later, and became the crossover world boxing champion, then his status in the world of sports will definitely be at the forefront, even surpassing Lewis and other boxing champions, reaching the status of Ali.

At that time, his box office appeal, appearance fee, and PPV sales will definitely soar.

And at that time, it was very cost-effective to fight him to defend the world boxing title, PPV and box office sharing would make them full, and if they won him again, they could also snatch his gold belt.

That's why now these guys are so eager, hoping that he will fight McCall after he wins, because at that time, a fight with him will be a double harvest of honor + money.

And if he loses to McCall, presumably these guys won't be so eager.

At this time, he laughed and said, "It's just talking, and I have to talk about it with agents and promoters." Besides, Michael, I suggest you change agents, it's good for you. ”

Lewis nodded and said, "I agree with Iron Fist's words, although Donkin is good, but Michael, look at the opponent he arranged for you a few years ago?" Half of it is garbage.

Michael, I'm not trying to scare you, the quality of your boxing is much lower than that of us, and your status in the boxing world will definitely be affected in the future. ”

At this time, Philip called Zhou Quan aside and said: "Zhou, these boxing champions are not good at stubble, a few years ago, Dick Pow defeated Holyfield and grabbed the WBC belt, and then Lewis wanted to challenge him, but Riddick Pow refused many times, and finally the WBC issued a mandatory order, Ridick Pow had to give up the title, Lewis won without a fight, and inherited the position of head of WBC." ”

"It turns out that they have this vendetta." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Philip smiled again and said: "Later, Oliver McCall defeated Lewis again and snatched the belt, so if you win McCall, Lewis and Riddick Bow, Holfield, the former heads of the WBC, want to fight you the most." ”

"That's all for later, I can't win against McCall, it's all empty talk." Zhou Quan said.

"Of course."

Philip nodded, and said: "But after winning Muller today, your status in the professional boxing world has reached a status that is only half a grade lower than these world boxing champions, and you are cross-border, and you are already on a level with them in terms of popularity, influence and popularity." ”

The next day, Bob Arum and Don King negotiated.

This is a forced challenge match, that is, McCall's mandatory title defense, there is no choice, unless McCall gives up the title, he must play, so Don King has nothing to refuse, but he wants to become the promoter of this title defense and share the benefits with Bob Arlum.

Time is too tight, the opponent is Don Jin again, and Bob Arum has no ability to monopolize the benefits, and finally the two reached an agreement that a total of 80 million promotion funds, Bob Arum accounts for 60%, and Don Kim accounts for 40%.

The main use of this money is the appearance fee of the two fighters, the second is the publicity fee, and the third is the venue rental fee.

In terms of boxing status, McCall is the world boxing champion, but in terms of popularity, PPV, and box office appeal, Zhou Quan is stronger.

But this is the world boxing title defense, and Zhou Quan is only a challenger, so even if his popularity is greater, in terms of appearance fee, McCall is higher.

In order to make up for Zhou Quan's loss, Bob Arum helped him win more in terms of PPV's box office share.

Zhou Quan received an appearance fee of 22 million US dollars, which was only 2 million US dollars more than the boxing match just completed, not the 25 million promised before.

Oliver McCall, on the other hand, received $23 million, and he only had $8 million for the fight he won over Lewis last year to claim the belt.

In April this year, McCall's first title defense rose to 12 million, and this second title defense with Zhou Quan skyrocketed by 11 million at one time, the main reason is, of course, because the opponent is the popular fighter Zhou Quan, otherwise according to his popularity and box office appeal, it will rise by another two or three million dollars at most.

In terms of PPV revenue sharing, the rich TV station first took 50%, and then the boxing promoter took 15%, and the remaining 3.5%, Zhou Quan shared 65% of it, that is, 2.275% of the total PPV revenue, and McCall shared 35% and 1.225%.

Don Kim can't help it, he also wants to get more PPV shares, but McCall is not a popular boxing champion, and PPV sales have not been high.

McCaul's first title defense in April only sold 550,000 units, which is the worst grade among the world's heavyweight champions, but that is already his highest PPV sales, so he has no confidence to fight with Zhou Quan, and he can't fight.

In terms of box office and sponsorship revenue, Zhou Quan shares 4%, and McCall shares 1%.

In addition to the PPV's share of revenue, this box office revenue is the most important income for promoters to return to their original costs and make money, and the box office revenue of the last boxing match between Zhou Quan and Michael Muller was as high as $50 million, which basically fell into the promoter's pocket.

(End of chapter)