At four o'clock in the afternoon of September 17, at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Bob Arum and Don King held a press conference, inviting more than 80 large mainstream and professional media from around the world.

Witnessed by the president of the WBC organization, Ross Hogg, Zhou Quan and Oliver McCall officially signed a contract and announced that they will defend the WBC World Heavyweight Championship on October 1.

"Click, click, click......"

Even as he stood in the corner, his eyes were dazzled by the flash of the media lens.

At this time, her psychological pressure is particularly great, because her boyfriend is too good, but she is too ordinary, and she came together suddenly, and she has no emotional foundation, so she is particularly unconfident.

When she saw Zhou Quan standing with that opponent, she was also very worried, because this opponent was stronger than the previous opponent, the opponent the day before yesterday was one circle stronger than Zhou Quan, and this opponent was two or three times stronger than Zhou Quan, which looked very scary.

"Whew!"

Waving his fists vigorously, Oliver McCall roared and burst out with the most powerful momentum towards Zhou Quan, wanting to put psychological pressure on Zhou Quan.

He even hit Zhou Quan with his chest, wanting to create a physical conflict and further form a psychological suppression of Zhou Quan.

Unfortunately, his mobility was not as good as that of Michael Mueller, and Zhou Quan slid to the right first, and after dodging the impact, he swung his left arm and landed a left flat hook on McCall's nose.

"Oh!"

With a cry of pain, McCall covered his nose.

He has an iron chin, but not an iron nose, and tears come out of the pain, but fortunately, Zhou Quan didn't use too much strength, otherwise the bridge of his nose would definitely be discounted.

A group of security personnel immediately rushed up and separated the two.

Zhou Quan stared at McCall with a smile on his face and shouted, "Hey, bull, I'm always very energetic in beating bulls, if you can't wait, I can also you right here." ”

"Haha......"

The hall of the press conference burst into laughter.

"You bastard!"

McCall glared at Zhou Quan fiercely, and he couldn't rush under the blocking of the security, so he could only swallow this breath first.

"Iron Fist, how sure are you about this World Champion Challenge?" A reporter from the New York Times asked.

"Victory!"

The boxing match is just around the corner, at this time, Zhou Quan can't have any modesty, otherwise it will be self-destruction and self-hypnosis, which will stimulate his morale.

"Iron Fist, I'm Reuters reporter Rex Luke......"

"Iron Fist, I'm a BBC journalist......"

"Iron Fist, I'm an Associated Press reporter......"

"Iron Fist, I'm an AFP reporter......"

"Iron Fist, I'm a Google News reporter......"

Zhou Quan sighed with emotion, a boxing match is from the world's top big media, and the grade is much higher than that of the NBA!

"Iron Fist, I'm Saburo Mizui, a reporter for the Tokyo Daily in Japan, why did you launch a mandatory challenge to McCall in such a short period of time?"

"Because I'm a crossover athlete, I'm in a hurry."

"Poof!"

I don't know which one it is, but I burst out laughing.

Mizui Sanro was also a little embarrassed, and asked a nonsense, he was about to ask again, but the host had already asked people to take away his microphone.

The host took a look and saw that there was a Chinese in the pile of reporters holding his right hand high, and thought that Zhou Quan was also Chinese, so he ordered the Chinese reporter.

Zhang Lu was very happy, and after taking the microphone, he hurriedly asked: "Zhou Quan, I am Zhang Lu, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, and I wish you a victory." ”

"Thank you! I hope it will be as good as you say. Zhou Quan nodded and smiled.

Next, the host flipped the CCTV reporter's card again.

After the press conference, Bob Arum said: "Iron Fist, Oliver McCall's belt has been handed in, I suggest you copy one immediately, it's only tens of thousands of dollars, and after winning him, you will award the one you copied, and after you lose the belt, you can keep it forever without turning it in." ”

“OK。”

Zhou Quan agreed.

After the press conference, he threw himself into training.

Bob Arum has compiled all the materials for Oliver McCall, from the written materials to the game videos, and even a few boxes of McCall's training videos.

Zhou Quan was also very surprised by the training video, and he didn't know how Arum got it, could it be that he sent a commercial spy to steal it? Connections are really strong.

Oliver McCall, a native of Chicago, USA, 30 years old, entered the professional boxing world in 85, 188 cm tall, 110 kg, 190 cm reach, nickname, Atomic Bull, or Bull.

At the beginning of his career, he was the sparring partner of Michael Tyson and the British boxing champion Bruno, who had knocked out Tyson in internal combat training, and his style had both Tyson's ferocity and Bruno's composure.

As Tyson's sparring partner, his ability to resist striking even surpassed Tyson's, he has a steel chin, and is the only sparring partner who can withstand Tyson's heavy punches, and so far, he has never been knocked down in his career, not once, and is known as the champion of boxing.

Lewis once commented that Oliver McCall is the only fighter in the world who does not have pain nerves.

He has a large body weight and is relatively clumsy in his movements, but he is very capable of hitting hard.

……

After Zhou Quan read some written materials, coach Hans said to him: "Iron fist, beat McCall, your patience should be better, gnaw him slowly."

He is a strong bull, and you are the fastest cougar, you have to accumulate damage on his body little by little, no matter how strong he is, no matter how strong he is, no matter how strong he is, he will be worn to death by you.

But you have to be careful, his heavy punching ability is stronger than Michael Muller and David Tua, and even stronger than Tyson's heavy punching ability, don't eat his heavy punches, don't be hit hard by him.

Fly a kite, lead him to fight, you are the hunter, he is the bull that you hunt.

Win him and you'll be the greatest professional crossover athlete you can be, and you're sure to be one of the greatest professional athletes on the planet. ”

British boxing champion Bruno gave an interview to the BBC in London, saying: "McCall, the champion of boxing who weighs 110 kilograms, has been Tyson's sparring partner six times in addition to being a sparring partner, so I know him very well.

His ability to resist striking is so strong that he can fully withstand Tyson's heavy punches, and he should be the best boxer in the world, and he can be called a real iron man.

With a tonnage difference of 18 kilograms, I don't think the iron fist can beat him at all, and the iron fist will not be able to knock him down at all, and I am optimistic that McCall will successfully defend his title in this boxing match, and I will bet on him. ”

As a British boxing champion, Frank Bruno's words have certainly been recognized by many media,

But some media thought he was saying sour things, because WBC was ready to directly arrange him to become McCall's second mandatory challenger, and he didn't even have to play in the qualifying round, but in the end, WBC chose the more popular Zhou Quan.

Hans Wellington, the world's most famous and authoritative professional boxing media and editor-in-chief of the boxing aircraft carrier, talked about Bruno's statement in an interview with the German media.

He said: "Although Bruno is a British boxing champion, his highest achievement is only to win the title of European heavyweight boxing champion, and he has not won the world championship title of the four major boxing organizations and the IBO organization, so strictly speaking, he is not a real world boxing champion.

And he is 34 years old, and losing the opportunity to challenge McCall this time is a major loss and blow for him, and at his current age, he may not have a chance to challenge for the world championship title in the future, so I sympathize with him. ”

Michael Tyson, who had not yet left Las Vegas, reached out to a New York Times reporter to comment on the fight.

He said with an affirmative face: "I will bet on Iron Fist, he hits McCall like a leopard hunts a clumsy alpaca, and sooner or later the leopard will tear the alpaca apart."

McCall is indeed very capable of carrying and punching hard, but his weakness is too obvious, that is, in front of the iron fist, he is too slow!

In fact, with a weight of only 92 kilograms, Tekken is probably one of the fastest-moving and most agile in the professional boxing heavyweight class. ”

"Than you?"

"Of course it's not as good as me, I'm ten centimeters shorter than him, I can beat him."

McCall has been Tyson's sparring partner six times, so his words are still valuable and have received a lot of media recognition.

Boxing champion Ali was preparing to leave Las Vegas and gave an interview to the media at the airport.

"Ali, aren't you going to watch this title defense fight live?"

"No, I'll come back in a few days."

"Who do you think has the upper hand, Iron Fist or McCall?"

Ali rubbed his somewhat stiff face and smiled as much as he could: "They all have advantages, look at their performance on the field." If McCall can land a heavy iron fist, then he will successfully defend his title.

But if Iron Fist can avoid being hit hard, then he could become one of the greatest athletes in the world, a crossover king, and he will truly make a name for himself. ”

"Which of them do you want to win?"

"I don't have a tendency to this."

……

From the 18th, Bob Arum and Don King began to exert their efforts, and through the promotion of large sums of money, the media around the world were promoting this World Champion Challenge to defend their titles.

Even the domestic media has been affected, and the overwhelming news of the boxing match has made the heat and attention of this boxing match occupy the attention of the world.

"The champion of boxing will face the king of crossovers, and the bull is destined to successfully defend his title for the second time." New york times.

"The greatest crossover king is about to be born!" Tokyo Daily.

"Iron Fist, the lightest heavyweight fighter in the world, can he create another crossover miracle?" German Die Welt.

"Zhou Quan, a famous basketball player in China, will hit the first professional heavyweight WBC world boxing title in Las Vegas, USA on National Day." Xinhua reported.

"On October 1st, a black bear will take on a brown bear, and it will be a battle of Waterloo for Iron Fist, the king of crossovers." AFP reports.

"Iron Fist is not capable of challenging the bull McCall, which is equivalent to a frigate challenging a cruiser, and it will be an inclined battle." Reuters reports.

"The WBC should give Bruno an explanation, give an explanation to the British Empire, and they gave up the opportunity that should have belonged to the British King of Fighters to a Chinese." BBC reports.

"One blow! It only takes one heavy blow to knock out the undefeated champion McCall to knock out Tekken and complete his second title defense. "Russian newspaper.

Zhou Quan didn't have time to pay attention to these media reports, but his agent Philip was paying attention every day, and he told Zhou Quan that most of the media were still more optimistic about McCall.

"The issue of skin color identity is the main reason, and strength is not the basis for these media to make judgments." He comforted Zhou Quan.

"Let them go."

Michael Jackson has been hacked into a pervert, Zhou Quan doesn't care about these media reports at all, and the full level of willpower is no joke.

……

On September 20, the world's major gambling companies launched handicaps for this boxing match.

This time, no gambling company dared to set Zhouquan's stakes above 1.2, and McCall was no different.

The major gambling companies have almost the same payouts for the two, and the gamblers who place the bets must make their own judgments.

Jordan stayed in Las Vegas and was working on the odds.

He was distressed because he was optimistic about the bull who would not defeat the boxing champion Oliver McCall, the bull was so strong that he thought that the iron fist would not bite McCall at all, so he wanted to bet heavily, and most of the world's media supported his opinion.

However, this time, the world's gambling companies have a vague attitude, five to five, which makes him very hesitant.

He just signed a three-year, 72 million contract, but because of the failure to defend the title, his sneaker sales have stagnated a little, and he has been robbed of part of the market by Iron Fist's sneakers, and some of the sponsorship endorsements are also missing, so he does not dare to bet indiscriminately.

And I just ordered a luxury yacht of more than four million, which is deliberately a little bigger than Zhou Quan, and I want to suppress Zhou Quan, but I have spent a bit of money recently, and I dare not mess around.

After thinking about it for a few days, after losing more than 300,000 yuan in the casino in Las Vegas, he finally decided to put two million dollars on the bull, and if he won, he could get back the money he lost in the casino.

As for losing, gambling is not for losing, this is his greatest hobby, and it is not okay not to gamble, so life will lose the greatest joy.

Besides, snatching the championship back next season, selling more shoes, engaging in a few more endorsements and sponsorships, and casually making an extra two or three million dollars a year is not a problem for him.

On this day, I lost in the casino with a black head and a black face, and when I came out to breathe, I was discovered by a reporter.

"Oh, Michael? Hey Michael, can you give an interview? The reporter exclaimed.

"Okay, okay, three questions, you ask." As soon as he came out, Jordan didn't want to go back right away, and said a little impatiently.

"First question, Iron Fist said that he will fight the Bulls, do you think he means your team, or does he mean Oliver McCall?" The bull asked excitedly.

"I don't know, you go and ask him." He said angrily.

"Second question, how much bet did you bet on this fight? Who's down? Although Jordan's attitude was not good, the reporter asked undiscouragedly.

"Bulls, of course. I won't tell you how much it went down, you can guess. "Jordan is quite mysterious.

"The third question, your eyes are already red, so how many days and nights have you been at the table in a row? Can you tell us how much you lost? The reporter finally asked.

"Who said I lost? I won two or three hundred thousand dollars. Jordan dropped a sentence unhappily, turned around and walked towards the door of the VIP room.

"Michael, ask one more question, if Iron Fist becomes the world champion, do you think his status in the world sports world will surpass yours?" The reporter chased after him and asked.

"How did he win against Bull McCall? Hold and nibble? Even if he hits McCall ten times, he can't hurt McCall, and it doesn't matter if he hits him in the jaw, but McCall only needs to take the opportunity to give him a heavy blow to knock him out. Jordan said dismissively.

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(End of chapter)