Chapter 17 Boston Chinatown
The Russian boxer named Chekov joined the Sadler boxing gym after Wang Lei won the lightweight championship of the "San Francisco Youth Boxing Competition". To be precise, he was attracted by the report interviewed by Wang Lei in the San Francisco Chronicle.
At that time, Chekov's idea was that a Chinese boy could become a champion even when he was boxing, but there was no reason he could not. With his strong physique, he might become a world boxing champion after entering the profession in the future!
So Chekov came to Sadler's boxing gym.
At that time, Sadler and Wang Lei were both shocked by Chekov. Chekov, who was only seventeen years old this year, was too tall and strong.
He was nearly two meters tall, weighed about 90 kilograms, and his muscles were as strong as monsters. If he hadn't seen his face still tender, he would probably not have believed that he was only seventeen years old.
When Wang Lei saw Chekov for the first time, he thought of another Russian boxer in his previous life, Varuyev, nicknamed the "Oriental Monster", was said to be seven feet tall, equivalent to two meters and thirteen centimeters, with an arm span of three centimeters, and a weight of 144 kilograms.
With such an amazing physique, the timid opponent's legs are weak when he goes to the ring.
It’s a pity that although Varuev is tall and has heavy fists, his boxing skills are relatively rough, not as good as Lewis and his compatriots, Brothers, Da Ke. He only won the heavyweight belt of the WBA once until he was 39 years old, and he lost again not long after.
Although Chekov in front of him is a little shorter than Varuev, he is only seventeen years old after all. It is hard to say whether he can increase his height again in a few years.
Although his weight was not equal, Wang Lei still took the initiative to ask to go to the ring with Chekov to have a boxing match.
Unfortunately, although Chekov was almost one and a half head taller than Wang Lei and weighed more than 30 kilograms, he only got beaten in the boxing ring. He could not box at all, and his fists could not hit Wang Lei. In the end, he was already hitting randomly, and even used the wrestling slamming action.
Unfortunately, he failed to knock down Wang Lei in the end, but instead fainted by Wang Lei's punch in the chin.
After Sadler tested Chekov's physical fitness data, he immediately accepted Chekov.
Because Chekov's physical fitness is too strong, comparable to a first-class basketball player in the NBA, Sadler thinks that if he is good, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself in the heavyweight ring. After entering the profession, he may become a heavyweight champion.
So Sadler accepted Chekov. Unlike other students who studied boxing, Sadler treated Chekov as an important disciple and was treated almost the same as Wang Lei.
Of course, in order to improve Chekov's strength, Sadler arranged for Wang Lei and Chekov to have a practical battle every day.
Chekov was abused by Wang Lei almost every day, and I don’t know if he was abused from Stockholm syndrome. Chekov was extremely intimate towards Wang Lei. Regardless of the fact that he was one year older than Wang Lei, he called Wang Lei "Boss" when he saw Wang Lei, and acted like a dog-legged person in front of others.
Although Wang Lei felt a little chilled about Chekov's attitude, this guy is indeed a very good sparring practice. His boxing skills have improved quickly and are very resistant to fighting. Since two professional boxers, John Ramon and Bobby Lee, did not often come to the Sadler boxing gym, Chekov has been the best sparring practice.
So Wang Lei took good care of Chekov. This time Chekov asked to come to Boston to see him do boxing, but Wang Lei agreed and paid for him to buy him a plane ticket out of his own pocket.
Chekov's family was very poor and could not afford to buy air tickets.
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The distance between San Francisco and Boston is about 5,000 kilometers. Wang Lei and others took a six-hour flight before arriving in Boston.
After leaving the airport, Sadler originally wanted to take everyone to a hotel near the Garden Arena in Boston to book a room, and then take Wang Lei to the boxing organization that held the "American Ballon Gloves Competition" to report. But Wang Lei's grandfather said something and everyone took a taxi to Boston Chinatown.
Boston Chinatown is known as the third most famous Chinatown in the United States, second only to Chinatowns in New York and San Francisco, but it is much smaller than Chinatowns in New York and San Francisco. It has only five acres of land, three main streets, nearly a hundred stores, and only thousands of Chinese people.
Moreover, most Chinese in Boston Chinatown speak Cantonese, and not many Chinese speak Mandarin.
On the way, Wang Lei asked and found out that his grandfather had a junior brother living in Boston Chinatown and opened a hotel.
Wang Lei was a little speechless. Before, my grandfather had a sworn brother from Xiangjiang, and now my grandfather has a junior brother in Boston.
Grandpa is really a "brother" all over the world!
I don’t know if he has any “brothers” in New York, Los Angeles or Chinatown in Vancouver?
Thinking of this, Wang Lei couldn't help asking: "Grandpa, do you have any acquaintances in Chinatowns in the United States or other countries?"
Grandpa replied: "You are in Chinatown, New York. One day you go to New York to do boxing, don't forget to visit him!"
"Master?" Wang Lei looked suspicious, and he didn't remember who this was for a moment.
Ouyang Ming, who was sitting in the deputy seat in front, said when he saw this: "It's Master's eldest disciple, my senior brother!"
Grandpa’s eldest disciple, can’t remember who it is?
Speaking of which, although Wang Lei's grandfather accepted more than ten disciples, Wang Lei only saw three in Chinatown, San Francisco. One was Ouyang Ming, the youngest, and the other was Du Ping'an, the second disciple of his grandfather, who completely inherited his grandfather's medical skills and is currently in the traditional Chinese medicine clinic for his grandfather. As for the third one, Huang Ben, grandfather's fourth disciple, Wang Lei only met him during the Chinese New Year or Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and he always came and went in a hurry. According to Ouyang Ming, his fourth senior brother is a detective at the San Francisco Police Department and is very busy at work.
Apart from these three, Grandpa, Wang Lei, had never seen any other disciples, and he didn't even know his name.
At this time, when I heard that my grandfather's eldest disciple was in Chinatown, New York, I couldn't help but be curious and asked quickly: "Grandpa, great... Master, what is he doing in Chinatown, New York?"
Grandpa did not answer, Ouyang Ming replied: "The eldest brother opened a martial arts school in Chinatown, New York, and it is said that he had taken hundreds of students. Among all his disciples, the eldest brother and the third brother inherited the master's true martial arts teachings and were very capable of fighting. None of us junior brothers are the opponents!"
Wang Lei asked curiously again: "Who is Grandpa's third disciple and where is he?"
As soon as this said, my grandfather's face became stern, and Ouyang Ming looked at him with a strange look.
Seeing this, Wang Lei couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Could it be that this person has something wrong with it? Can't we tell me?"
"Of course not!" Ouyang Ming held back his laughter and said for a long time: "The third senior brother is the master's son, your father, why don't you know?"
"Ah?" Wang Lei didn't expect it would be his father. He couldn't help but look embarrassed and said strangely: "No, is my father very good at fighting? Why didn't I see that, I thought he didn't practice martial arts?"
After hearing what Wang Lei said, grandpa's face suddenly became even worse, and Ouyang Ming's expression on his face became even more strange.
Seeing this, Wang Lei couldn't help feeling guilty, afraid that the fact that he was a reborn person was revealed, so he seriously "recalled" his past memories, but he never remembered when he had seen his father practice boxing or engaged in attacks with others.
Fortunately, Ouyang Ming replied at this time: "The Third Senior Brother was the most warlike among our brothers. Before you were born, some people ran to the restaurant run by the Third Senior Brother to collect protection fees and injured the waiter in the restaurant. That night, the Third Senior Brother ran to settle the score with them, and did not tell the master, nor did they call us brothers..."
"What then?" Wang Lei asked anxiously.
My dad was the most wary when he was young, and it was really unexpected that it was very different from my dad in his previous life!
But Ouyang Ming said: "Then... the group of those who collected protection fees disappeared from San Francisco and never appeared again!"
Wang Lei: "…"
This answer is too omitted!
However, after looking at the grandfather's stern face, Wang Lei did not continue to ask questions. He thought that he would wait until he returned to San Francisco to ask his mother quietly.
I believe my mother will definitely know my dad’s “feat” back then, and she will also know why my dad has stopped practicing boxing over the years, and his relationship with his grandfather seems to be not very good.
"Cough!" But grandpa coughed dryly and finally said, "Xiao Lei, the person grandpa took you to see this time was the junior brother who had the best relationship with grandpa back then. Remember to call Grandpa Zhou when you see him, don't be rude."
"Don't worry, grandpa, I won't be rude!" Wang Lei promised.
"Yeah!" Grandpa nodded and said, "It's a coincidence that my junior brother has a granddaughter, who was born in the same year and month as you, and is only three days younger than you. When I was 60th birthday, he brought his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter who was just one year old to celebrate my birthday. At that time, you two looked very compatible and had a lot of fun together. Seeing this, my junior brother and I..."
Wang Lei heard the cold sweat and instantly broke out, and he quickly interrupted, "Stop, grandpa, you are saying that I have kidnapped your junior brother's granddaughter?"
Grandpa laughed and said, "Yes, your birthdays and horoscopes are very good, and they are excellent matches, so we booked a baby wedding for you on the spot. Today I will take you to see your future wife!"
Do you want it to be so bloody?
Wang Lei almost squirted out a mouthful of blood and couldn't help but shout, "Driver, please stop, I'm going to get off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his grandfather slapped in the head: "Don't be rude, you dare to get out of the car for me, see if I won't break your legs!"
Wang Lei: "…"
Chapter completed!