What happened to the defending champion of Zou Shiming?

Zou Shiming, 198 1, 18 was born in Suiyang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province in May. He is an Olympic champion and a 48kg boxer of China Men's Boxing Team. /kloc-joined the Guizhou boxing team at the age of 0/6 and became a national player in 2000. In the national team, Zou Shiming won 20 national championships in the 48kg category. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he won the gold medal in the boxing 48kg class. 20 12, 12 On August 2nd, he won the 49kg men's boxing championship in London Olympic Games and successfully defended his title. 20 13 The first professional battle was easily won on April 7th. 2013165438+1October 24th, my career won three consecutive victories. From April 38, 2065 to February, he participated in Transformers 4, which was released worldwide on April 27, 2065. 2014165438+1October 23rd, Zou Shiming won the compulsory challenge right of WBO lightweight world gold belt. 20 14 12 16 Zou Shiming was awarded the "International Outstanding Boxer Award" by the Pan-Pacific Intercontinental Organization of WBO. 2016 65438+1On October 30th, Zou Shiming defeated South American champion Natan Santana and won the WBO international lightweight special gold belt. 201June 06 12, Zou Shiming defeated 100-89 19-year-old Hungarian boxer Itali to defend the WBO international heavyweight champion's gold belt. On October 6th, 2065438+0165438/kloc-0, China's professional boxer Zou Shiming fought hard in Las Vegas 12, and defeated Thailand's Kun Biqi by 120- 108 to become a WBO (World Boxing Organization). On 20 16 12 15, Zou Shiming won the "Best Non-Olympic Mobilization Award" from China. 20 17 1 month, won the best non-Olympic athlete award of CCTV Sports Man of the Year on 20 16.

Recently, Zou Shiming, a 36-year-old two-time Olympic champion and the second world professional boxer in China, was invited to participate in the "Sports Night -20 17 Boao Forum for Asia Sports Times Forum". During this period, he said that he would continue to add strength to the sports cause in China, and let more young people with dreams in China go to the world and the highest stage of boxing through this platform.

As for his boxing career, he said that "as long as my physical condition allows me to play, my career will continue", which made the rumors of retirement fall apart. Regarding the first defending battle that people are most concerned about, Zou Shiming said: "In August, there may be a world champion defending battle in Shanghai."

Zou Shiming used the word "possible", which means uncertainty-uncertainty of time, place, opponent and preparation. So, how to understand and treat Zou Shiming's defense war?

Long overdue.

2016165438+16, China boxing ushered in a historical moment, or the most historic moment of China boxing was born. Zou Shiming, winner of two gold medals in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 20 12 London Olympic Games, made history in Las Vegas, USA. He won the vacant WBO112 pound world gold belt by beating his opponent in the match with Thai boxing champion Kun Biqi, and officially became the world professional boxing champion.

Winning the gold belt of the boxing champion is only a new beginning, and to prove that your victory is not accidental, you must win the defending battle.

According to the WBO rules, Zou Shiming can defend his title freely within 180 days. If his title of freedom fails, he must make a compulsory defense within 9 months. The so-called free defending means that among the top 15 players in the WBO world, you can negotiate to accept the challenge of a boxer. What is the concept of 180 days? Calculated from the time node, the latest is May 6th this year.

In fact, it is reported that arum, a famous boxing promoter, said, "We plan to let Zou Shiming compete in April 1 at the Venetian Macao Hotel."

Now it seems that April 1 is completely impossible. As for May 6th, Zou Shiming's statement also denied this date.

So, what about August? It should still be operating.

About position

Zou Shiming's first six matches have been arranged in the Golden Variety Hall of the Venetian Macao Hotel since he was transferred to the professional boxing ring on April 6th, 20 13. In the first four rounds of professional competition, Zou Shiming beat Mexican Valensula by 10, and won the first victory of his professional boxing career.

In the first six games, Macau Golden Light Variety Hall witnessed Zou Shiming's gradual maturity from a "rookie" professional boxer. There is joy of victory, joy of TKO, and bitterness of failure.

20 16, Zou Shiming moved to the United States, new york played a game, and Las Vegas played a game. In Madison Square Garden, new york, he declared that China professional boxers can also win in this temple. In Las Vegas, he became a super grand slam of "Olympic champion+world champion+Asian Games champion+National Games champion+world professional boxing champion", achieving a feat that even the great boxing champion Mayweather, who lost 49 battles in his career, did not complete.

If you can play your first defending champion in Shanghai, it will be Zou Shiming's second professional competition in the mainland. On October 30th, 2065438+ 16/kloc-0, Zou Shiming won the vacant WBO international lightweight special belt in Santana-Coutinho, Brazil. There is no doubt that Shanghai is also a blessed place for Zou Shiming.

The reason why Zou Shiming loves Shanghai, the largest city in China, may be because his career focuses on it. 20 13 Zou Shiming established Guizhou mingran sports culture development co., ltd after three years of observation and consideration, Hao Ying (Shanghai) sports culture development co., ltd and Zou Xuan (Shanghai) sports culture development co., ltd were established on 20 16.

It is foreseeable that Shanghai will remain his home after retirement.

About opponents

In fact, the time and place are only the second, and the most important thing is the opponent. As a promotion company, what it needs to do is not only to find a strong opponent for Zou Shiming, but also to protect Zou Shiming's successful defending as much as possible, which is a great test for the operation ability of the promotion company.

Since Zou Shiming defeated Kun Biqi to win this WBO lightweight gold belt, the controversy has never stopped. Some media broke the news that Zou Shiming's appearance fee was only $5,000, pointing out that his opponent Kun was only a third-rate player. Obviously, he is questioning the gold content of Zou Shiming's gold belt. Before the competition, in the ranking system of BoxRec, the most authoritative comprehensive ranking website in the world, Zou Shiming ranked 54th in the world and 57th in Kunming, which is the basis for the outside world to question the strength of its opponents.

In addition, Kun Biqi was once defeated by Zou Shiming. 20 1 165438+20041October 23rd, this competition named "Battle of Gold 2" in Macau was Zou Shiming's sixth competition since he turned to professional boxing, and it was also his first time to participate in the 12 round. His opponent was Kun Biqi. In the competition, Zou Shiming took advantage of his height and wingspan to control the distance well and knocked down his opponent three times. Being knocked down by a "pirate" guerrilla like Zou Shiming also shows that the opponent's ability to fight is not very strong.

Choosing such an unknown and defeated opponent may be the key to being questioned.

Regarding the statement of $5,000 appearance fee, Li Sheng, the boss of Zou Shiming promotion company Shengli Shi Jia, told reporters at that time: "The appearance fee in Zou Shiming has been in the order of millions of RMB. Just for this boxing match, the media, including CCTV, will pay for copyright and have a share of rights and interests. There are also many sponsorships, and the market behind it is very large. "

With the previous disputes and doubts, the choice of defensive opponents is more cautious. Once the opponent's strength is weak, it will inevitably lead to another round of controversy. It is better not to fight. In the eyes of the media and boxing fans who "don't think it's a big deal to watch the fun", the ideal opponent should be Japanese WBA World Boxing Champion Igaokiyoshi. His opponent has repeatedly shouted from a distance, but Zou Shiming has never responded.

This battle can't be delayed any longer, and then it's time to enter a substantive stage.

About preparing for war

If the time, place and opponent are determined, Zou Shiming must get out of the current mode of "hipster+businessman+show love" as soon as possible and make full preparations. Although professional boxing is commercial boxing, no matter what the situation, top boxers will prepare for the war with 100% of all their strength. If they are not fully prepared, they may give up all their efforts.

In this regard, Zou Shiming also has personal experience.

On March 7th, 20 15, the first boxing championship was lost to Thai boxing champion Lun Long. Although he went to the United States to prepare for the war almost two months in advance, objectively speaking, the preparation was flawed. 65438+ 10/5, he took his wife Ran Yingying, two children Xuan Hao and his mother-in-law to prepare for the war in Los Angeles. This preparation seems to be more like a long journey+preparation. During the Spring Festival in China, he also took Ran Yingying to watch the game at the home of the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA. Wait a minute.

Drawing on this experience, last year, he took a "closed door" way to prepare for the war and went to Los Angeles alone. The competition will be held in 165438+ from August 24th to June 6th. In the past two and a half months, under the guidance of famous coach Roach and mentor Zhang Chuanliang, he made great efforts and finally gained the joy of success.

In any case, Zou Shiming's contribution to boxing in China is beyond doubt. Even if he didn't win the WBO lightweight championship, two and a half months of hard preparation was enough to win respect.

I hope this competition can give the audience a wonderful confrontation and challenge themselves to a new height. I hope all the contestants can prove themselves with their real strength, and I hope that the contestants will become stronger and better. Our friends can't wait, so let's wait and see!

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