Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 6 Retired Middleweight Champion

Wang Lei was sore in his muscles when he ran to the Sadler boxing gym the next day. This soreness only happened a few days after he started to exercise after rebirth, but it disappeared. He had a lot of training when practicing boxing with Sadler again because of the increase in training volume, but it was milder and returned to normal in three days.

Unexpectedly, I stood for forty minutes under the supervision of my grandfather yesterday, and walked twenty minutes, and my muscle aches appeared again, which was even stronger than before.

This shows that the training intensity of the six-sided stake and locust steps that my grandfather taught him was much greater than the amount of practice in the Sadler Boxing Gym.

It seems that I will suffer in the future!

Wang Lei howled in his heart.

But he would not give up because of this. If he wanted to be a professional boxer and boxing, his parents would definitely oppose it. If he didn't have grandpa's support, he would never be able to enter the boxing ring.

So no matter how hard the training is, Wang Lei must persist.

Fortunately, although the muscle aches were strong, it did not affect his training in the boxing gym.

In the following days, Wang Lei ran back and forth in Sadler's boxing gym and grandpa's Chinese medicine shop every day, and the training time increased from four hours to five hours.

Sadler is four hours here and grandpa is one hour there, but compared with the training intensity, the training intensity is the highest in one hour at grandpa, which is even greater than the four hours of training volume in Sadler boxing gym.

Especially after a week later, when my grandfather taught Wang Lei to practice a dynamic stance that was very low and had never practiced before, Wang Lei almost couldn't walk the next day, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, which was heavy and sore.

His body was sore, but his spirit was very excited, which led to his concentration during actual combat practice with Cruise in the boxing gym in the afternoon.

After a week of practical exercises with Cruise, Sadler started to practice formal fighting between the two of them.

Wearing thick boxing gloves and a full set of protective gear, I first played two rounds a day, rested for two minutes between rounds, and then changed to five rounds the next day, and only rested for one minute between rounds.

In the first week, Wang Lei was basically abused by Cruise and was beaten to a mess. In the second week, Wang Lei was able to interact with Cruise and gradually became evenly matched. In the third week, it was not known whether Wang Lei's talent was high or his grandfather's mysterious training had effect. Wang Lei's fist became heavier and heavier, faster and faster, and his spirit and vision became more and more concentrated. Cruise's fist seemed to be slower and slower in front of him, making it easier for Wang Lei to defend or seize flaws to fight back.

As a result, Cruise was tortured by Wang Lei.

In the fourth week, Cruise and Wang Lei were only beaten by Wang Lei during actual combat. They would basically be knocked down two or three times in one round, and they almost couldn't get up before the five rounds were over.

In the fifth week, Sadler once again conducted a physical test for Wang Lei, and the results were as follows:

Height: 173,5cm

Arm-span: 176cm

Weight: 129 lbs

Fat ratio: 10%

Strength: 120 pounds and 45 times, extreme strength 245 pounds; 200 pounds and 30 pounds, extreme strength 405 pounds

Fist strength: 250 pounds for the left hand straight punch, 400 pounds for the right hand straight punch

Hundred meters speed: 10 seconds 65

Physical fitness: 4000 meters in 12 minutes

...

Compared with the previous physical test data, almost every item has made great progress, especially the strength of the fist. The right fist has reached the level of a professional middleweight boxer. In the 129-pound sub-lightweight level, he is definitely a super heavy gun boxer.

Sadler was very surprised by this, firmly believed that he had found a peerless seedling and believed that it was his credit.

In order to make Wang Lei stronger, Sadler decided to find a better sparring partner for Wang Lei.

To improve a boxer's strength, an excellent sparring training is the most important thing. It is best that the strength of both sides is not much different.

Cruise is no longer suitable.

Before the summer vacation was about to end, Wang Lei met the new sparring trainer that Sadler had found for him.

Emil Griffith!

A black man who looks bigger than Cruise and has a darker skin color.

But judging from his age, I'm afraid he's already forty years old.

Just as Europeans and Americans have "face blindness" towards Asians, they think they are the same, Wang Lei also has a slight "face blindness" towards Europeans and Americans, especially blacks, which are almost the same in his opinion.

Therefore, although he looked familiar with Emil Griffith, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

It was not until Sadler introduced that Wang Lei realized that he had seen this black man in the video clip with Sadler's house.

Sadler has collected many videotapes of classic boxing competitions, and often takes them to the boxing gym for Wang Lei to watch.

There are the early black heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and the most famous middleweight boxing champion in history, honored as "Fist Saint" Sugar Ray Robinson; there are the undefeated white heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Massiano and Sony Liston nicknamed "Demon King"; there are the strong rival Joe Fraser of Mohammed Ali and his former three-game battle.

Of course, there are also those of Sadler's former disciple George Foreman.

These are basically famous boxers that Wang Lei has heard of or seen online in his previous life. Of course, there are more boxers that Wang Lei has never heard of or seen online in his previous life.

Emil Griffith is one of them.

Although he was unknown in Wang Lei's previous life, Emil Griffith was not an ordinary person. He was a middleweight boxing champion. He debuted in 1958, won the first middleweight boxing title in 1961, won the first middleweight boxing champion in 1962, and won the middleweight boxing champion in 1966.

From 61 to 68, Emil Griffith was the dominant middleweight and middleweight, and the boxing champion's gold belt was always hung on him.

However, in 1977, Emil Griffith had retired.

And Wang Lei still remembers Sadler once told him about Emil Griffith's professional record.

85 wins, 24 losses, 2 draws, and 23 KOs.

It seems amazing to win 85 professional boxing games in more than a hundred games, but he only had twenty-three games to KO his opponent, less than one-third of his winning rate.

In other words, although Emil Griffith is a boxing champion, his fist is not good, and it is difficult to defeat his opponent. He can basically win by counting points.

You should know that in the 1960s and 1970s, professional boxing competitions usually had to be played for fifteen rounds, and it was not officially changed to 12 rounds until three years ago.

He can't defeat his opponent in fifteen rounds, which makes Wang Lei, who only likes KO wins, involuntarily despise Emil Griffith, the former middleweight champion.

Unexpectedly, Sadler actually asked him to be his own boxer.

Wang Lei was surprised by Sadler's ability.

Although he has retired for almost ten years, he is also a figure who has dominated the middleweight boxing world. Sadler can invite him to be a sparring training for himself, and it is "free". His ability is extraordinary.

"Oh, Sadler, this is your newly acquired disciple. Do you think the Chinese boy who can become the world boxing champion? You actually asked me to condescend to be a sparring training for him?"

Wang Lei looked down on Emil Griffith, and Emil Griffith obviously looked down on Wang Lei, and his expression became obvious with contempt as soon as he spoke.

Before Wang Lei could speak, Sadler said in a deep voice: "Emir, don't forget that you owe me a favor!"

"Damn, Sadler, you actually threatened me with this favor. Well, I agree to be a coach for this kid, but it can't take more than one month, and you can play ten rounds at most. I will break up with you afterwards!" Emil Griffith cursed.

"Thirty rounds!" Sadler bargained, ignoring Emil Griffith's last words.

"Fifteen rounds, no more, Sadler, I'm old!"

"Twenty rounds, Emil, you are not yet forty. Didn't you tell me last time that you can return to the boxing world? Are you bragging?"

"Okay, Sadler, you won. Twenty rounds are only twenty rounds, but I'm right in front of me, I won't let go of the water when I train. If this kid can't hold on, then I can't blame me!"

"Haha, don't worry, this kid is extremely resistant to punching and has a heavy fist. Just be careful not to be knocked down by him, otherwise it will be funny!"

"I was knocked down?" Emil Griffith couldn't help laughing to the sky, and after a long time, he said, "Sadler, don't you see that you are so humorous? If this kid can defeat me, it's okay to do thirty rounds for him to train for thirty rounds. And I can also introduce some professional boxers in service to be his trainers for free. When he plays professional boxing, I will come to support it!"

"Okay, that's all, don't go back on your word!" Sadler made a decisive decision.

Emil Griffith looked stunned: "Sadler, don't you really think this kid can defeat me, do you?"

Sadler smiled and said, "You can tell if you can try it, unless you are afraid?"

"Just, would I scold a Chinese boy who has not even grown all over his hair?"

Aroused by Sadler, Emil Griffith put on boxing gloves and mouthguards without saying a word and went to the boxing ring.

"Come on, Chinese boy, let's fight. Let me see how powerful you, a Chinese boy who Sadler thinks can become the world boxing champion?"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next