Yahoo Sports, senior sports commentator Douglas is browsing the browser page.
"Boxing champion Ali's stunt 'Butterfly Walk' is back in the world? Another sensational headline! Ali has been lying in bed for more than ten years, how can there be a butterfly walk in this world! These sports commentators, in order to attract attention, But you dare to say anything." Douglas was about to close the web page when he discovered that the author of this report was Jim Lampley.
"It was written by Jim Lampley." Douglas frowned, but his expression became serious.
After all, Jim Lampley is a senior boxing commentator, and his professionalism is recognized by people in the circle. Douglas knows that Jim Lampley will never make false claims. Since he dares to say so, there must be some basis.
Thinking of this, Douglas clicked on this review article.
"Zhang Guan defeated the British boxing champion David Haye? He also used the butterfly step in the game? Haha, what a joke! Isn't Zhang Guan the 100-meter world record holder? Can he beat David Haye? Yeah, I guess David Haye was playing blindfolded. He also used the butterfly step. Does Zhang Guan know what the butterfly step is? How could Jim Lampley write such an irresponsible article? Who is probably fake? His name!" Douglas curled his lips disdainfully, but he still clicked on a link attached at the back, which was a highlight of the game video.
After more than ten seconds, Douglas's expression became solemn.
"Butterfly step! This really looks like a butterfly step. Jim Lampley really didn't lie, but why did Zhang Guan use the butterfly step?"
With doubts in his mind, Douglas finally reposted the report to Yahoo Sports.
Jim Lampley is indeed well-known in the American boxing circle, and his professional level has been recognized by everyone, so one of his articles immediately attracted the attention of the entire American boxing circle. Zhang Guan and David Hai In the game with Ali, what people are curious about is not actually the process or the result of the game, but Zhang Guan used the "butterfly step", which is Ali's unique skill.
The video of the game between Zhang Guan and David Haye instantly became popular across the United States. Countless people saw this video through the Internet. Today is the weekend, and the number of clicks on the video has increased rapidly.
"The butterfly step is really similar to Ali's butterfly step back then!"
"No! I think it's almost the same! I remember I had just turned eighteen at that time, and the first boxing match I saw was Ali's match!"
"Since Ali retired, I thought the butterfly step would never appear in boxing again. I didn't expect to see someone using the butterfly step again today!"
For those Americans over forty years old, Ali was a legend of their time. Those around fifty years old and even many people had watched Ali's games with their own eyes and seen the legendary butterfly step with their own eyes, and today they saw it Zhang Guan also brought back the memories of this generation.
The vast majority of young people have never seen Ali boxing. Most young people have an impression of professional boxing as heavy punches like Tyson's, the kind of boxing that knocks out the opponent with one punch. The butterfly step before them was something that existed in legend.
"Is this the butterfly step? It looks really different from the footwork of today's boxers."
"Ali relied on this to dominate the boxing world back then. It turns out that this is what the butterfly step looks like."
"I've always heard how powerful the butterfly step is, but now it doesn't seem to be anything special. It's just that the range of movement of the steps is a bit wider and the frequency of movement is a bit faster."
For those young people who have not experienced the Ali era, they are still more curious about the butterfly step, and many of them have also raised doubts.
"Butterfly step? It must be fake. I think it is most likely a hype. Since Ali, every boxer in the world hopes to learn the butterfly step, but no one can learn it. Suddenly a Zhang Guan is not a boxer yet, how can he possibly learn it?"
"It's definitely not the real butterfly step, it just looks similar. Butterfly step? Even if Zhang Guan wants to learn it, no one will teach him. The only one in the world who can use the butterfly step is Muhammad Ali. The only one who can teach others the butterfly step is The only person who has stepped forward is boxing champion Ali, but everyone should know what Ali looks like now. At the Atlanta Olympics more than ten years ago, Ali was already tremblingly lighting the torch, but now he may not even be able to get out of bed! How can a patient who can't even get out of bed teach others the butterfly step?"
Ali suffered from Parkinson's disease in the 1980s. This disease is an occupational disease among boxers. Frequent hits to the boxer's head can cause damage to the cerebral blood vessels and arteries, leading to sclerosis, which can easily lead to sclerosis. Developing Parkinson's disease later in life. Ali suffered more than 20,000 blows to the head during his career, so he developed the disease after he retired.
After decades of fighting against the disease, Ali is now seriously ill. If Ali were not very rich, he would have passed away long ago. But it is obviously impossible for Ali, a patient who is trembling even when moving, to teach others the butterfly step.
There are many voices of doubt, and through the continuous fermentation of the Internet, the media will of course like this type of controversial topic. The reporters also interviewed some boxing practitioners, but no one could give a clear answer. Some said yes, some said no, but most people gave a vague answer of "very similar".
It has been almost 30 years since Ali retired, and the butterfly step has not appeared for nearly 40 years. To put it bluntly, those who saw Ali use the butterfly step in person back then, the youngest one is now 60 years old. Many years ago, there are more people in their 70s and 80s. It is obviously very difficult to expect some old people who are blind and deaf to recall the gorgeous butterfly steps of the past.
"Zhang Guan used butterfly steps from time to time? Perhaps only boxing champion Ali himself can give a clear answer." The reporter gave such an answer.
Going to interview Ali? I'm afraid it will be much more difficult than interviewing the person involved, Zhang Guan. Ali has completely disappeared from people's sight in recent years. For a person who suffers from severe Parkinson's disease and even begins to have difficulty breathing on his own, how can he accept an interview from a reporter
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U.K.
David Haye is still lying in the hospital. He was severely beaten by Zhang Guan, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were broken to varying degrees. More importantly, the concussion made him feel dizzy. After various examinations, the doctor still recommended that he stay in the hospital for observation.
Apart from his body, what was really hurt was his heart. No matter how you say it, David Haye is still the world's top boxing champion. The three gold belts of WBC, WBA and WBO are full of gold content. Recently, he has been in the limelight and is known as the most promising challenger to Xiao Ke. Lichenko, a boxer who stands at the top of the world, was defeated by an outsider. This kind of blow to David Haye is hard to describe. It is really difficult to describe in words.
Before the game, David Haye once vowed to regain the glory of British boxing, and boxing fans across the UK also had high hopes for him. However, the result of the game was that he was defeated miserably, without any suspense. That feeling of humiliation was even more unbearable for David Haye.
At this time, David Haye felt even more regretful. He felt that he should not have gotten up again and again. After he was knocked down for the first time, he should have pretended to be dead and fell to the ground. In that case, he might still Better, he can still retain some self-esteem. But when he got up again and again, he did not feel that he was brave and unyielding, but that he was being played like an ignorant clown.
David Haye looked out the window, sighed, and said to himself: "Everyone in Britain is laughing and cursing me now! And the Boxing Council, will they revoke my qualifications as a professional boxer? What? Just like when they revoked Tyson Fury's qualifications. Will you force me to retire? After losing to Zhang Guan, maybe I really should retire!"
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the agent hurriedly walked in.
David Haye looked at his agent's expression and said, "Tell me, is there any bad news?"
"Someone complained to the Boxing Council that you were match-fixing," the manager said.
"Are they the gamblers who lost money? This is not surprising. In every boxing match, there will always be people who lost money to complain." David Haye said with a dull look.
"In addition, there is an initiative within the Boxing Council to revoke your qualification as a professional boxer." The agent continued.
"Sure enough, it's here. I had already guessed that this would happen." David Haye still looked empty and was not surprised by this.
The agent continued: "I have inquired about the news and it is not very likely that you will be revoked as a professional boxer. After all, you hold three gold belts, which is enough to prove your former strength. But you may face a one-and-a-half-year The above suspension period.”
"Half a year? Half a year, just half a year!" David Haye lowered his head, as if he didn't hear it.
"But I found a way to make those damn guys on the Boxing Council change their minds." The manager showed a cheerful expression, but the lifeless look of David Haye opposite him seemed to have poured water on him. A basin of cold water.
The agent reluctantly took out his laptop, opened it, clicked a few times, put it in front of David Haye, and said: "Look, this is a report from the Americans. They said Zhang Guan was using Butterfly step!”
"Oh, butterfly step..." David Haye repeated the word, and it took him three seconds to react: "You mean butterfly step? Ali's butterfly step?"
"Yes, Ali's butterfly step! We can take advantage of this. We simply determined that Zhang Guan used Ali's butterfly step. You know, the butterfly step is Ali's unique skill, so you lost to the 'butterfly step', It's not a shame." The agent paused and then said: "Although I don't know why you lost that damn game, but if you lose, you lose. I have to deal with the aftermath for you. This kind of crisis public relations It’s historically difficult to do that and we have to take advantage of every opportunity, so instead of emphasizing your why, emphasize your opponent’s reason.”
"Are you going to tell them that I lost the game because Zhang Guan was too strong?" David Haye asked.
"That's right, it's not that you are weak, but that Zhang Guan is too strong! Didn't everyone say that Zhang Guan is a layman? But how can a layman know how to use the butterfly step? How can someone who knows how to use the butterfly step be a layman? We must make everyone Everyone knows that Zhang Guan is not only not a layman, but also a guy who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger. He is a strong man. He understands Ali's special skill 'butterfly step', and you didn't lose to Zhang Guan, you lost to the 'butterfly'. Step'! We're going to make those old guys at the Boxing Council decide that you're not responsible for losing the fight!"
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The British media quickly reprinted Jim Lampley's article - "Boxing Champion Ali's stunt "Butterfly Walk" returns to the boxing world!" 》.
What Americans say still has a lot of credibility in the UK, so after seeing this report or similar reports, many British people believed that Zhang Guan used the butterfly step.
"It turns out that Zhang Guan used the butterfly step. No wonder David Haye lost the game."
"The butterfly step is a unique skill of Muhammad Ali. It is the most legendary technique in the boxing world. If he didn't know how to use the butterfly step, how could a layman like Zhang Guan defeat David Haye?"
"Just a butterfly step is enough to make an ordinary boxer become a boxing champion, so it is not surprising that Zhang Guan defeated David Haye. It seems that in that game, it was not that David Haye was too weak, but Zhang Guan is too strong!"
"Zhang Guan obviously has extremely high boxing skills, but he deliberately pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger. It's really insidious!"
"Zhang Guan is already a boxing master, he has the level of a professional boxing champion."
As the story spread, Zhang Guan became known as the world's top boxing champion who was passed down by Ali. But David Haye lost the game, but it became a matter of course.
Another person has also benefited from this rumor, and that is Tyson Fury.
Even David Haye, the boxing champion, lost to Zhang Guan, so it is normal for Tyson Fury, the "newcomer in boxing", to lose to Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan still used the legendary " "Butterfly Walk", so it was strange that Tyson Fury could win. Tyson Fury immediately appealed to the Boxing Council for this reason, asking the Boxing Council not to revoke his qualifications as a professional boxer.
After a hearing, the result made Tyson Fury very satisfied. The Boxing Council temporarily reinstated Tyson Fury's qualifications as a professional boxer, and also gave him a one-year observation period, requiring him not to do anything that goes against his status as a professional boxer during the observation period. This observation period is actually It is equivalent to a reprieve, and the symbolic significance is greater than the practical significance.
Tyson Fury hummed a tune and walked out of the boxing council building. Although he will have to be careful with his tail between his legs in the next year, it is better than losing his qualifications as a boxer.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of Tyson Fury. It was an Indian.
This Indian's name is Gaikwood, he is Omi's follower, and he is also the subordinate who helped Omi to commit murder and hurt people before. It's just that Tyson Fury not only lost to Zhang Guan, but also refused to refund the deposit, causing Omi to lose his wife and lose his army. Omi naturally focused his efforts on Gaikwood. He asked Gaikwood to get the deposit back, otherwise Gaikwood would be fired.
Although Gaikwood knew that asking for money from a heavyweight boxer was a very unwise act. It was basically impossible to get the money back, and he might suffer physical harm, but in order not to be fired by Omi , Gaikwood still bit the bullet and approached Tyson Fury.
(End of chapter)