When the three words "Vikings" were shouted out with a broken voice, the three players who were watching the battle on the rope net immediately focused their attention.
Two seconds later, a tall 1.9-meter-high, burly, bald man walked out of the crowd and came to the boxing ring.
A few minutes ago, when the audience was still betting, the "defending champion" had already taken off his shirt, tied his gloves, and was ready for battle.
"Come on! Vikings!"
"You can definitely win—"
"Vikings, we support you!"
And the champion's supporters...or, the gamblers who bet on him...can't wait to start cheering him on.
"Gentlemen..." the broken voice strikes while the iron is hot, and after a moment of pause, he continued, "Next... we have invited this week's challenger... who is also the winner of last week's warm-up match, and the one who has won every battle so far...'Mirror shield'!"
Before the words were finished, another man who was slightly thinner than the Vikings, but still quite tall, entered the arena.
And when this one stepped onto the ring, there was not much support, on the contrary, there were some boos.
Obviously, this mirror shield man is not very popular, and not many people bet money on him.
"You two, come here..." Unlike the atmosphere before the first fight, the two boxers in the "main match" seemed quite calm and did not provoke each other at all; Call the two of them to the middle of the ring, and then preach, "You know the rules..."
That's what he said, but he still repeated the five rules tirelessly, not for anything else... just because it is really important.
After finishing speaking, he continued in a broken voice: "You two... Is there anything you don't understand?"
"Heh... I've heard this forty-five times, what do you think?" Viking's voice matched his image very well, sounding deep and powerful.
"No." Mirror Dun replied with just these two words, and his voice was the same as his answer - nothing special.
"OK..." continued with a broken voice, "then... I announce... the second matchup today..." Having said that, he retreated to the outside of the ring, "From the 'Vikings', against the 'mirror The Shield' title race...begins now!"
creak—
Almost at the moment the announcement was made, both contestants moved.
Of course, none of them moved forward, on the contrary... they all took two steps back at the same time.
"So that's how...these two guys in the second round are at a completely different level from the boxers in the first round." Feng Bujue read without thinking when he saw this scene.
"Because they are more cautious?" Honghu continued.
"No...it's not prudence." At this moment, Snow replied before Brother Jue, "It's not some 'master's intuition', but pure 'tactics'."
"Yulong... your reaction is still slow." Feng Bujue said to Honghu immediately, "Didn't you hear it just now? That 'Viking' has defended his title dozens of times, that is to say... he has already Dozens of deck boxing matches have been fought in front of everyone; and that 'Mirror Shield'... is the winner of the warm-up match of the last deck boxing match, which shows that he also punched 'one' in public at least."
"Oh~" After being reminded by the other party, Honghu understood, "Both of them...have watched each other's games, so they made the decision that they should 'keep their distance' at the beginning of the game based on the information they knew. judgment."
"!" Snow snapped his fingers, and continued, "This alone is enough to show that their level is far behind the previous two." He paused, "Do you still remember... just now? Bottler and Triceratops... the first thing they did after the start of the game was to "struggle"; although this is indeed the most direct way to test each other's strength and punching speed, under the premise of insufficient information, this is actually It's very dangerous... If the opponent is a master much higher than you, then you are likely to be instantly killed the moment you throw your first punch."
"Hey! Pay attention, the Vikings are going to attack." At this moment, Feng Bujue reminded the two teammates with a very fast speech.
When Snow and Honghu were talking, they didn't take their eyes off the ring, and they both noticed the changes on the field.
However, after a short period of stalemate, the Vikings suddenly leaned forward and rushed forward like a wild horse.
With a height of 1.9 meters and a burly body, it is undoubtedly very difficult to perform such movements under the premise of limited "physical skills"...
And his opponent, Mirror Shield, also reacted instantly... Immediately, he leaned back and tilted his body, using his flexible steps to create a certain "relative static time" in the process of retreating and circuitous, so as to make an effective move. defense.
huh huh—
Soon, the Vikings were punching.
Those fist shadows made the sound of breaking the wind again and again, but... none of them hit.
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he didn't use all his strength in these few punches.
This round of assault by the Vikings seems to be menacing, but in fact it is mainly defensive and probing during the attack; the punches he punched... are all based on the premise of "quickly retracting punches" and "stable body posture".
It's just that, because he is very powerful, even this kind of "probing" level attack is quite lethal.
"Hey...it's really powerful." Feng Bujue looked at it for a few seconds, and then said, "This kind of 'testing' method can only be seen in this kind of fist fight without 'round interval' and 'referee intervention' .”
"Then..." Hong Hu, who knew nothing about boxing, became interested at the moment, "What is the 'test' usually like in a formal boxing match?"
"Depending on the level, there will be certain differences." Feng Bujue replied, "Anyway, the opening trials for super middleweight and above... generally focus on 'matching'."
Hearing those two words, Snow couldn't help complaining again: "Why can you make such a normal thing a little dirty..."
"Hehe..." Honghu laughed dryly, and turned to Snow, "Brother Snow, you should tell me."
"Hmm..." Snow pondered for a second, then continued, "Let's put it this way... In a normal boxing match, if two fighters who have never fought before face each other, the opening is generally based on 'finding the distance'. Let's get a little more vivid... that is, the two parties use their bodies to personally test each other's actual punching arm span, striking speed, and 'best killing distance' and other information.
"Because of this kind of information... No matter how many videos you watch and how many sparring partners with similar physical conditions as your opponent to test, it is impossible to get a particularly accurate feeling; only when facing the opponent himself, use fists with each other' After you touch' the other person a few times... you can figure it out."
"Oh..." Honghu half understood, "So... what do you mean by the 'distance'? Isn't it the arm span?"
"Armspan is only one of the factors that determine 'distance'." Snow replied, "A person's 'optimal killing distance' is related to shoulder width, wingspan, nuances of bones and muscles, punching posture, and muscle explosiveness. It is related to many factors such as the reaction speed of the body; not to mention the complicated ones, let me give you the simplest example... In real life, most people don't know what kind of posture they should use or how far they should hit. The most powerful punch can only be delivered by the target'." He paused for a second, and then said, "Professional boxers will know this... and can even refine it; for example-your most powerful straight punch needs to follow How far is the target to swing, what distance should the uppercut swing, what distance should the swing adapt to, etc... And those top players can not only accurately grasp their own 'distance', but also Quickly find out the opponent's 'distance'... The last boxing champion Lewis () of the last century is a 'genius who controls the distance'. Among his contemporaries, there are people with more flexible steps and heavy punches. His only obvious advantage may be the 'arm length' of the person who killed him, but... he was still the most dominant boxer of that period because of his impeccable judgment on 'distance'. As long as the 'distance' is grasped correctly, in defense, he can avoid the opponent's 'maximum kill', while in offense, he can rely on the few 'effective heavy blows' to make a final decision."
When talking about boxing, Snow became eloquent. It seems...he is really an old driver; not only has he mastered a lot of knowledge in this area, but also has a lot of very unique insights.
"Uh..." Honghu has a good understanding. After listening to this long paragraph, he can digest it. After thinking for a while, he continued, "Then... the way of the 'Viking' in front of us, how can it be?" Isn't it a bit aggressive?" He paused for half a second, and added, "If he fights like this, he will only expose his 'distance' unilaterally, right?"
"Hmm..." At this time, Feng Bujue, who had been listening for a long time, read slowly, "This shows that he is very confident in his 'face'."
"Huh?" Honghu couldn't understand this sentence, "What do you mean?"
Boom—
Before Brother Jue could reply, the two on the ring answered Honghu's doubts with actions.
At this moment, Mirror Shield's straight punch just hit the Viking in the face.
Just now... when the three players were chatting, the Vikings' offensive has not stopped; when the strength of the two sides is relatively close, it is impossible for one side to completely dodge all the attacks of the other side... So, Mirror Shield quickly slowed down, using slapping and blocking movements.
The Vikings, however, were perseverant, constantly seeking breakthrough points with the same "walking and fighting" rhythm.
Under such oppression, Mirror Shield would naturally have to defend several times. If he only defended blindly... then some habits and flaws in defense would be exposed faster than the opponent's offensive flaws.
So, we saw the blow in front of us—in a Vikings swinging attack, Mirror Shield dodged and hit a fairly powerful straight punch while the opponent's door was wide open, directly smashing face away.
However, the damage caused by this blow is far from as great as most audiences imagined.
Because... at that instant, the Viking who judged that he was bound to be punched... immediately rushed his head forward, and slammed his face at the fist swung by Mirror Shield.
"Look... relying on your face to withstand the opponent's anti-counterattack." Feng Bujue said, "The next thing will be..."
The thing that happened at the same time as Jue Ge's words... the Viking took advantage of the situation before the mirror shield retracted his right hand, and took advantage of the opportunity to punch again, which in turn gave mirror shield a punch in the face.
"Hey, hey... don't tell me that 'slapping your fist with your face' is also a tactic..." Honghu raised his eyes and shrugged.
"It's ok..." Unexpectedly, Snow continued at this time, "Of course... To be precise, it's not about training the 'face''s ability to resist blows, but the 'head''s ability to resist blows." He said, He touched his neck, "Well... the method is mainly based on neck training that is very harsh, painful, and may even leave sequelae."
"Also..." Before Snow finished speaking, Feng Bujue took over the conversation again, and said, "'Fight your fist with your face' is indeed a tactic..." He read without turning his head, "Snow just now Didn't I say that every punch has an 'optimal killing distance'... When you have determined that you can't dodge the incoming punch, there is the last way to reduce the damage... It is to quickly shorten this 'distance' ’; Take the Viking punch as an example... A face-off like that caused Mirror Shield’s straight punch to hit the target and stop before his arm and wrist were even straight. Come down, in this way, the power of the fist will be greatly reduced. At least... it will be reduced to the point where the Vikings can grit their teeth and bear it."
"And the punch that Mirror Shield took after that, I'm afraid it won't be so pleasant..." A second later, Snow followed Jue Ge's words and followed up.
Between the two of them singing and making peace, the Vikings on the field were already chasing after the victory and gave Mirror Shield a set of combined punches.
It can also be seen from the nicknames used by the players that Mirror Shield is very confident in his defensive skills, and the actual situation... is indeed the case.
Even after taking a heavy punch and being chased continuously, Mirror Dun didn't panic... He just followed the basic principles, adjusted his posture while being beaten, and gradually returned to the normal defensive rhythm.
Seeing this, the Viking snorted coldly, and then slowed down the frequency of attacks...
Therefore, amidst the boos of the audience who couldn't see the way, this "second match" seemed to have entered the rhythm of a tug-of-war.
But Jue Ge and Snow, who were on the high ground, didn't think so. They almost said in unison: "Well... it's over..."(.)