Chapter 391 Press Conference (1)
The scene of the press conference was very lively. The reporters and the audience who bought tickets for the press conference came to the scene early before the fighters entered the venue.
When the protagonists of today's press conference, the four boxers and their coaches from the Madison Square Garden match a week later, entered the arena, the on-site press conference came to a climax and the conference officially began.
The famous American boxing agent Don King and Nevada Boxing Athletic Association official Mark Ratner also came to the press conference.
Since both Lewis and Holyfield are active heavyweight champions, Lewis owns the WBC heavyweight champion gold belt, and Holyfield owns the IBF and WBA heavyweight champion gold belt, and the two of them are fighting champions again. United war, so neither of them is a challenger.
It becomes a question of who enters first and who enters later.
Both Lewis and Holyfield hope that they will enter the field later, because in a boxing match, only the lower challenger side will enter the field first and wait for the defending champion, while the higher-status defending champion will enter the field later. of.
In the game a week later, as Lewis and Holyfield are both active champions, they naturally would not accept their entry first.
There must be a solution, which is also a problem that needs to be solved in today's press conference.
Due to Wang Hao's excellent performance after entering professional boxing, Lewis and Holyfield naturally knew Wang Hao, and Wang Hao also played Holyfield and Tyson in previous matches, as well as Lewis and McCall. The two of them were very impressed by Wang Hao's performance on the field.
When Wang Hao participated in the boxing magazine annual meeting and won the newcomer of the year, he had exchanges with Lewis and Holyfield. At that time, he and Holyfield were waiting to receive the award.
Therefore, Wang Hao, Lewis and Holyfield can be said to be familiar.
Lewis and Holyfield were also very happy to see Wang Hao, embraced Wang Hao enthusiastically, and wished Wang Hao a smooth game.
Wang Hao also greeted the two enthusiastically, and said that he was looking forward to their exciting game.
"Your Klitschko brothers from the Rhine Boxing Club have performed very well these two years!" In the conversation with Wang Hao, Lewis also patted Wang Hao on the back and mentioned Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitsch. Ke two brothers.
The two brothers are both good friends of Wang Hao, and they are also boxers of the Rhine Boxing Club. Among them, Vitali Klitschko also occupies the only one of the four heavyweight boxing organizations in the world that is not in the hands of Lewis and Holyfield. Organized the WBO heavyweight champion gold belt, and it has been maintained for more than two years, successfully defending the title many times.
Vladimir Klitschko has only entered professional boxing for a year. He has not played many matches, but his performance is also very eye-catching. As the Atlanta Olympic boxing champion, he has quickly ended his opponents in the matches so far. , Becoming a champion challenger is also in sight.
The rise of the Klitschko brothers has given active heavyweight champions like Holyfield and Lewis a great sense of crisis, especially Lewis.
As the current heavyweight boxing champion with the strongest overall strength, Lewis is not afraid of Tyson and Holyfield, whose height and arm span are significantly worse than him.
Because Lewis is skilled and extremely fast, with a sophisticated jab, he can control the distance. Tyson and Holyfield, who are obviously inferior in wingspan and height, are helpless. Even if they can get close, Lewis can rely on it. The huge body pressed or hugged Tyson and Holyfield.
So, Lewis has a natural advantage against Tyson and Holyfield, but when Lewis faces the Klitschko brothers, the situation is completely different.
The height, wingspan and technique of the Klitschko brothers are not worse than Lewis, and their strength is not bad. Vitali Klitschko's ability to resist is far superior to Lewis.
So, with the gradual rise of Klitschko and his reputation, the boxing class is waiting for Lewis to face Vitali Klitschko with higher and higher voices, which makes Lewis also feel a lot of pressure.
Lewis specifically mentioned the Klitschko brothers in front of Wang Hao. Wang Hao could clearly feel Lewis' pressure and concerns, and Wang Hao, who had experienced the previous life, knew that Lewis only fought Vitali Klitschko once and won. Did not convince the audience, and then retreated bravely.
Wang Hao smiled and joked, and said: "They are all staring at your WBC heavyweight title, you have to be careful!"
In the exchange, Holyfield also gave Wang Hao a thumbs up and said: "I heard that in your first WBA super lightweight title defense, you sold more than half of the tickets for WernerMarch Stadium! It's amazing!"
WernerMarch Stadium is a super stadium that can accommodate nearly 100,000 people. It sold more than half of the tickets, which is at least 50,000 tickets. On that day, Wang Hao actually sold 60,000 tickets. This is a market that only world-class boxing stars have. Charisma, and Wang Hao has just made his professional boxing debut for more than a year, and he has such an ability. It is not simple, and both Holyfield and Lewis are amazed.
The commercial value of professional boxing, due to the rise of Tyson in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was once concentrated in the heavyweight class. However, the appearance of De La Hoya, Trinidad and Wang Hao made Huo Heavyweight champions such as Leefield and Lewis felt that the pan-welterweight boxing market is no worse than the heavyweights. The market appeal of the top pan-welterweight champions even exceeds that of the top heavyweight champions.
Wang Hao talked briefly with Lewis and Holyfield, and the press conference officially began.
First, two heavyweight champions accepted questions.
The first question of the live media was for Lewis.
A CNN reporter asked: "Mr. Lewis! I heard that you have been waiting for the game against Holyfield for a long time, isn't it? What is the reason that the game has to wait so long? ?"
Lewis replied: "Actually, after Holyfield won the game against Mueller two years ago, my agent and I formally invited Holyfield and his agent to play a game. We also made big concessions at the time, but the game still didn't make it! As for the reason, I think you should ask the guy over there!"
"The guy over there" naturally refers to Holyfield and his team.
But because each media only has one opportunity to ask a question, Lewis did not answer, so he could only give it up.
Followed the questions from Showtime reporters. The question was for Holyfield. The reporter asked: "Has your recent training go well? How sure are you in the game a week later?"
Holyfield replied: "Frankly speaking, we encountered a little trouble in training this time. We started training more than three months ago, but my shoulder injury recurred once in the middle, which caused the training to be interrupted! As for the competition. Sure, you know that Lewis is the strongest and fastest fighter in the heavyweight boxing world. I just want to play my game well!"
"I can also answer the question from the CNN reporter just now!" Holyfield continued after answering the Showtime reporter's question, "After the game with Mueller, I did receive an invitation from the Lewis team. , But the main reason why I was not reached was that the appearance fee did not satisfy me. The appearance fee for that game was even lower than the appearance fee for the game between me and Mueller, so I did not agree."
Showtime reporter, after listening to Holyfield's answer, he nodded and sat down.
Wang Hao listened to Holyfield's speech on the stage, and he also secretly said that Holyfield was a scheming man, and he did not miss any opportunity to make the game develop in his own favor. Holyfield knew that he was at a disadvantage in the game against Lewis, so he deliberately Showing weakness, saying that he was not trained enough and that his old injuries had relapsed, came to paralyze Lewis and his team, and tried to make them careless.
But Wang Hao knew that Holyfield's strategy would ultimately fail, because Lewis was obviously not an ordinary boxer. When Lewis fought a fighter like Raman, he might relax his vigilance after a fight, but facing a fighter like Holyfield, It will never be careless.
A few more reporters asked some questions, and then the interview with the two heavyweight champions was over, and then it was Wang Hao and the challenger Srku to be interviewed.
(End of this chapter)
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