"Zhang Guan KOs David Haye in three rounds"
This headline grabbed the headlines of the evening newspaper that day. After all, David Haye is a well-known heavyweight boxing champion in the world, but he lost to a layman. This news is indeed enough to attract the attention of ordinary people. Even people outside the UK and Europe will be surprised by this news.
The British are obviously not willing to discuss this matter. David Haye's challenge has been regarded by the British as a revenge battle and a must-win battle. David Haye will let Zhang Guan know that British boxing This is not about playing house. However, the final result was that David Haye was technically knocked down.
But people from other countries obviously did not take this into consideration, and they regarded this matter as a fun thing to talk about.
In the Internet age, a piece of news can spread all over the world in less than a second, and the United States on the other side of the Atlantic also learned the result of the game immediately.
The HBO television network is headquartered in New York, USA. It was launched in 1972 and broadcasts entertainment programs such as movies, music, documentaries and sports events around the clock. Unlike most TV channels, HBO does not sell advertising, but relies entirely on Americans to pay for it. Watch. And they account for 90% of the US pay TV channel market, which means that at least 9 out of 10 paying users of US TV channels regularly watch HBO.
As a TV channel that does not sell advertising, HBO of course relies on the quality of its programs to win. HBO has a first-class program production team and a first-class program broadcast team in the entire United States.
Jim Lampley is one of them. He is a boxing commentator for HBO and a commentator on boxing matches. He is deeply loved by the audience. The matches he explains have also become the signature of HBO boxing programs. It can be said that Many people watch boxing matches broadcast on HBO because of Jim Lampley.
Boxing in the United States is very developed and popular, with a huge audience base. Especially heavyweight boxing is even more popular among Americans than the four major leagues. If it were not broadcast on a pay channel, it would not be impossible for a match between top heavyweight boxing champions to exceed the ratings of the Super Bowl. Therefore, when Americans select the top 100 athletes, Jordan can only be ranked second, and the first one must be Ali.
The more popular the audience is, the more relevant practitioners there will be. There are quite a few media people in the United States who rely on boxing to make a living. Jim Lampley can stand out among them, relying not only on his witty commentary and accurate judgment of the game situation. , the most important thing is the extremely high professional level. In terms of boxing, Jim Lampley's theoretical knowledge is definitely not weaker than those of well-known boxing champions.
The weekend is a rest day for many people, but for Jim Lampley, this day is a working day. Because most boxing matches are held on weekends.
"It was still very early before the live broadcast of the match in the evening. At this time, the boxing match in Europe should have ended. Remember, there should be no battles between famous players today. By the way, I remembered something Interesting thing, David Haye is going to challenge Zhang Guan. The game will be held today. The result of the game should be out now. I wonder if Zhang Guan has been beaten and admitted to the hospital. The appearance fee is 20 million pounds. If converted into U.S. dollars, it would be more than 25 million, and it would be worth living as a member for a month!" Jim Lampley thought as he opened the webpage to find the results of this game.
"Zhang Guan KOs David Haye in three rounds? Zhang Guan can last three rounds, which is already pretty good... Wait a minute, is this title upside down? It looks like Zhang Guan knocked out David Haye. Oh. These British people are really careless." Jim Lampley thought as he opened the news, and the picture accompanying the news showed Zhang Guan punching David Haye. .
"Huh?" Jim Lampley was stunned for a moment. He subconsciously clicked on the picture and wanted to enlarge it for a closer look, but he ended up entering the mode of playing a slideshow of pictures.
Breakthroughs appeared in front of Jim Lampley's eyes one after another. Each picture was different, but the content was roughly the same, that is, David Haye was knocked down by Zhang Guan, in various fancy ways. .
Jim Lampley could tell at a glance that this was not the same attack, which meant that David Haye was knocked down by Zhang Guan in different ways.
"How is this possible? They are all pictures of David Haye being beaten!" Jim Lampley finally browsed the last picture, which showed the referee raising his crowned hand, swearing that he was The winner, while David Haye lay on the ground, reduced to the background.
"Did Zhang Guan really win? How could this happen? An outsider defeated David Haye! It's a fantasy, it's a fantasy! This picture shouldn't be Photoshopped, or maybe it's David -Haye let it slip? That must be the case. Zhang Guan can afford an F1 team. He has a lot of money. Maybe he paid David Haye to cheat the race!" Jim Lampley immediately closed the picture and looked at it. The text of the following report.
"In the first round, David Haye was hit by Zhang Guan; in the second round, David Haye was knocked down twice by Zhang Guan; in the third round, David Haye was knocked down four times, and was finally judged to be a technical knockout! One I was knocked down six times in one game. How can this be a competition? Is it all about abuse? Even amateurs on stage can’t be tortured so badly! Is this really David Haye?”
Jim Lampley suddenly felt that his head was "frozen". He had just speculated that David Haye had received money to fix the game, but the current game experience made him completely give up this possibility. If David Haye really accepted the money, he would not have fallen down again and again like this, then gotten up again and again, and then been killed again and again. Knocked down. He could have just lied on the ground and pretended to be dead after being knocked down for the first time, or he could have surrendered after being knocked down a third time. After being knocked down three times in a row and admitting defeat, I believe no one will have any gossip.
But David Haye did not make this choice, so he lost in the end in an ugly and humiliating way. It can even be said that he lost the face of the boxer. If David Haye really paid money to lose the game on purpose, he would never have chosen such an ugly and embarrassing way to lose the game. After all, he is a heavyweight boxing champion. Of course, a boxing champion must have the dignity of a boxing champion. .
"It's not that David Haye took the money, but how could he lose so miserably? With his strength, he should be ranked among the top five in the world in heavyweight boxing. Even any boxing champion in the past can't. Maybe he was beaten so badly! Knocked down four times in one round? This is no longer in line with the common sense of boxing. Moreover, David Haye also lost a technical knockout and was unable to participate in the competition for thirty days. . Could it be said that Zhang Guan drugged him?"
This conspiracy theory appeared in Jim Lampley's mind. If he were a Chinese, he might think of the story of Fearless now, and he would regard David Haye as the Huo Yuanjia in the 21st century. Yuan Jia.
"I want to watch the video of the game. As long as I see the video, I can always understand what happened. If David Haye was really drugged, it would not only be a scandal, but a criminal case. , maybe I will create a huge piece of news, and then won’t the ratings of my show skyrocket?”
Jim Lampley thought about it again, but felt that this possibility was not high, because David Haye was declared by the doctor that he could not continue to play, and he would definitely go to the hospital for various physical examinations afterwards. This is not the case now In Fearless's era, poison could not be detected even after drinking a cup. With the current level of medical technology, if David Haye is really poisoned, as long as the person is sent to the hospital, it will definitely be the result of a fire that cannot be contained. .
"It can't be that Zhang Guan defeated David Haye with his skills, right? This idea is ridiculous enough." Jim Lampley shook his head, and then he started looking for videos of the game without hesitation.
As a professional, it is easy for Jim Lampley to find a video of a match. Even the boxing match videos from the 1970s and 1980s can be found by Jim Lampley, let alone those from the Internet era. The game is videotaped.
Ten minutes later, the video of the game appeared on Jim Lampley's computer.
"Only ten minutes? But a three-round game will definitely not be too long." Jim Lampley began to watch the video of the game carefully.
The first round of the game seemed boring. Neither boxer launched an attack, but just circled around the ring.
"Zhang Guan's movements are very wide. It looks like he is jumping around in the boxing ring. This consumes a lot of energy. Sure enough, he is not a professional boxer!" Jim Lampley sighed, video The picture in the video made him feel a little bored. At this time, neither of the two people in the video went to attack, and even the temptation was just a taste. This obviously failed to attract Jim Lampley.
"Neither of them attacked rashly. It was a boring game. Let's fast forward a little!" Jim Lampley dragged the mouse to fast forward a large section of the video.
The "small circle" of the buffer was turned to 100%. When the screen turned, I saw that David Haye was already lying on the ground. This was exactly what David Haye was doing in the second half of the second round because he continuously triggered The screen when being knocked down due to the heavy hit effect.
"What's going on? David Haye has fallen down. Did he fast forward too much?" As Jim Lampley was thinking, in the video, David Haye suddenly stood up from the ground again. .
Curiosity suddenly filled Jim Lampley's heart, and he slowly dragged the mouse to rewind the video to the previous situation.
In the picture, Zhang Guan launched an attack, and David Haye also punched Zhang Guan, showing that he was preparing to attack with attack. However, Zhang Guan punched David Haye in the face first, and then quickly dodged. Opened a shot from David Haye. David Haye's body was violently beaten at this time, and he was hit by Zhang Guan again. Then Zhang Guan punched David Haye to the ground with all his strength.
But what Jim Lampley noticed was not Zhang Guan's punches, but his footsteps.
"Is this... am I dazzled? Did I see it wrong?" Jim Lampley rewinded the video again to confirm everything he saw.
"Butterfly!" The word came to Jim Lampley's mind.
"Impossible!" This word also appeared in Jim Lampley's mind at the same time.
"Ali's butterfly step is really similar to Ali's butterfly step! It's already the 21st century, how can we still see the butterfly step? This is impossible! It's a coincidence, yes, it must be a coincidence! Zhang Guan must be The blind cat encountered a dead mouse and used a footwork similar to the butterfly walk. It just looks similar, how could it really be Ali's butterfly walk?"
Jim Lampley felt a little confused. He drank the coffee on the table in one gulp, so he continued to stare at the computer screen. However, in his mind, the footwork Zhang Guan used in that attack just now was It’s been lingering.
"Speaking of which, the frequency of Ali's butterfly steps is relatively fast, and the range of movement of the steps is also very large. Isn't that what Zhang Guan is like now? Can Zhang Guan really use the butterfly steps?"
This idea just came out of Jim Lampley's mind. Zhang Guan on the video launched another attack and successfully hit David Haye.
Jim Lampley's eyes widened. He was sure that the footwork used by Zhang Guan was the same as before. It was simply a replica of the butterfly step.
"It's not a coincidence. This is the second time Zhang Guan has used this kind of footwork, which means Zhang Guan didn't use it by chance! It just so happens that such a difficult technique can't be used twice in a row!" Jim - Lampley felt that his mind suddenly became confused. A butterfly step that had disappeared for forty years and only existed in videos, and was regarded as a stunt by Muhammad Ali, unexpectedly appeared in front of him again, and the user was not even an amateur boxer!
Jim Lampley certainly knows what this means. Before Muhammad Ali retired, there were countless boxers trying to learn the butterfly step. For forty years, this has never stopped, but there has never been a single person. success. The status of the butterfly step in the boxing world is like the "Sunflower Manual" in Swordsman and the "Nine Yin Manual" in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Everyone desires it, but cannot get it.
"Zhang Guan used the butterfly step!" Jim Lampley knew that if his conclusion was announced, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire boxing world and would inevitably lead to countless controversies. The butterfly step that had disappeared for forty years reappeared, and it still appeared on Zhang Guan. Boxing fans could drown Jim Lampley in their saliva.
However, as a media person, Jim Lampley is not afraid of saliva. He even hopes that the more saliva from the audience, the better. The greater the controversy, the more people will discuss it, and the more people will discuss it, Jim Lampley The more popular he becomes, the more he wishes that more than six billion people in the world would discuss this topic, so that he could become well-known.
Jim Lampley took a deep breath, tried hard to calm down, then opened a document on the computer and typed this title
"Boxing King Ali's stunt "butterfly step" reappears in the boxing world! 》
(End of chapter)