God of NBA point guards

Chapter 352 The ensuing WBC World Boxing Championship Defending Challenge

Tyson put his arm around Zhou Quan's shoulder and said, "Iron Fist boy, why are you called Iron Fist?"

Zhou Quan raised his fist and said, "The bones in my hands are very hard. When playing ice hockey in the NCAA, bare fists often break other people's bones, including skulls."

"Good guy!"

Tyson's face twitched.

“Michael, what’s the matter with you?” Zhou Quan asked.

Tyson said awkwardly: "If Oliver McCall doesn't fight you, after the NBA season is over next year, I will fight you?"

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "If Mr. Don King refuses Oliver McCall to fight me, do you think I will fight you?

I can tell you unequivocally, Michael, that if he says no, I won't be able to fight a World Championship fight, and I will never work with any of his fighters for the rest of my life. "

This was Tyson's embarrassment, he thought for a while and said: "Well, that old guy, bloody vampire, my contract is about to end soon, I'm leaving him."

Zhou Quan asked: "According to my information, Michael, Oliver McCall was your former partner, right? I heard that only he can withstand your heavy punch.

It is said that his defeat of Lewis was a big upset. What is his strength? If he is good, he should not refuse to fight me, right? "

Tyson said: "It's okay, that kid is a bit like me, he can't control himself."

Zhou Quan was taken aback, self-discipline, this thing really hurt Tyson, could it be that Oliver McCall can't control his crotch?

Not far away, Philip was discussing issues with Bob Arum and WBC Chairman Ross Hogg.

"Mr. Philip, I just contacted that old guy Donkin, and his attitude is quite tough. If you kill him, you can't expire." Arum said with a headache.

"Then what should we do?" Philip looked at Chairman Hogg.

Chairman Hogg said helplessly: "There are still three months left in McCall's mandatory defense, I hope Iron Fist can complete the challenge with him, and even allow an extension to June and July next year.

But if he himself is unwilling to fight with Iron Fist, then WBC has no choice but to arrange a mandatory defending battle for him within three months and re-designate him a mandatory challenger. "

Arum shook his head and said: "I think Tang Jin is just an excuse to ask for a price. He wants to take more benefits from Iron Fist. He wants to take the lead, not really refusing to fight Iron Fist.

Otherwise, if the WBC appoints Michael Tyson or Holyfield to him, McCall's belt will probably not be kept. "

Hogg said: "He should be willing to appoint Michael Tyson. They are all his fighters, and he can earn money at both ends. As for McCall's interests, it should not be his first consideration."

"This old guy is too cunning, he doesn't want you to appoint Michael Tyson for him, does he?" Arum stared at Hogg and asked.

Hogg said embarrassingly: "I also have to consider the influence of the mandatory defending battle, Michael Tyson is still very popular, he is one of my main candidates.

Bob, as you said, Don King is doing it for money, or you give up your head and postpone the fight. The WBC also supports the postponement, and there is no problem in postponing it until next year.

But if you don't want to give up the big head, then challenge him within three months, otherwise our official will have to re-designate the mandatory challenger. "

"damn it!"

Arum muttered, thought for a while, looked at Philip and said, "Mr. Philip, you heard it too, the easiest way to deal with it is to let Iron Fist challenge McCall within three months, and let him not refuse Opportunity.

At the same time, this is also very beneficial to Iron Fist's interests. We have the initiative, and Tang Jin has no right to bargain at all, so suffocate him. "

Hogg said: "Iron Fist didn't suffer a lot of damage tonight. I think he should be able to fight again in a short period of time, and if he fights another fight in a short period of time, his state can just continue."

Philip became a little moved, nodded after thinking about it and said, "Then I'll go over and discuss it with Iron Fist."

He then went to Zhou Quan's side. Tyson had already left. After sitting down, he said to Zhou Quan: "Zhou, Tyson's strength is still there. Judging by his size, he is in good condition. Don't agree to him easily."

"Let's see the opportunity." Zhou Quan nodded.

Philip said: "Based on time, after Oliver McCall won the WBC gold belt, it is almost time to defend the title, and there are still three months left.

Now WBC can give him an extension in order to wait for you, otherwise he will have to give up the WBC throne if he does not have a mandatory defending battle. "

"What do you want to say?" Zhou Quan asked.

Philip said: "I just talked with Arum and Mr. Hogg, the chairman of the WBC. What they mean is that McCall's strength is actually not as good as Lewis and Tyson. They hope that you can compete with McCall. Complete the Mandatory Challenge."

Zhou Quan frowned, he understood what Philip meant, and asked, "Do you want me to complete the compulsory challenge with McCall as soon as possible?"

Nodding, Philip said: "Yes, he won't be given a chance to refuse. Zhou, once the time limit expires, such as Michael Tyson, Lewis, and Holfield, they all stare at McCall's gold belt and are rejected. They stole it, which is a huge loss to you, and taking the gold belt from them is of course not as good as fighting McCall."

Zhou Quan began to think, anyway, he was not really hit hard tonight, and the number of effective hits was quite small, there was no accumulation of damage, and he could have a second boxing match in a short time.

Philip added: "And challenge during the restriction period, we don't have to sell benefits to them."

After some consideration, Zhou Quan finally nodded and said, "Then you can arrange it, and I will also arrange to continue boxing training here."

"Okay, then I'll talk to Arum and WBC right away." Philip said excitedly.

Soon, things were confirmed, and the challenge will be held on October 10st.

WBC chairman Ross Hogg immediately notified Don King by phone, asking Oliver McCall to prepare to accept the mandatory challenge. The official will issue a formal mandatory challenge order tomorrow, and he must not refuse. If he refuses, WBC will immediately deprive Oliver McCall McCall's title.

Tang Jin was very disappointed when he heard it. He originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to suck blood from Zhou Quan, but now he can only passively accept the compulsory challenge.

The news of the boxing match was also spread at the party, and all the partygoers came to him to ask about the situation.

"Tekken, are you really going to play the title challenge so soon?" Stallone asked very excitedly.

"What do you think?" Zhou Quan nodded and looked at the others.

"I think it's good, your current state is just right, otherwise you will have to go through long training to find your state next year."

It was Ali who spoke, and he looked at Zhou Quan with admiration, and said, "Young man, your dodging skills are really the best among the best, even better than mine before. When I was your age, You have to eat a lot of punches every fight, and even more during training."

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "I have a particularly good sense of space, and my nerve reaction speed is also very fast. This is my fundamental ability in boxing."

"Steelfist boy, if you beat Oliver McCall, fight me next year," Holyfield said.

The mandatory defending period is half a year. Just after your NBA season is over, it will be June, and you will train for another three months. It is also at this time, nine months. Presumably the WBC is willing to give you an extra three months to postpone the mandatory defending match. "

"If the WBC agrees, I have no problem." Zhou Quan laughed.

"You two bastards took my chance. I just came out, so you have to give me some chance?" Michael Tyson said angrily.

"You made tens of millions just after you came out, what else do you want? After Iron Fist defeats McCall, you should fight me." Lewis said suddenly at this moment.

"Why?" Tyson was really angry.

"Because the gold belt on McCall's body turned out to be his." Riddick Bo said in a toneless tone.

"Pfft!"

I don't know who laughed.

"Dick Bao, fight me if you want, but you don't have to give up the gold belt to me." Lewis said angrily and disdainfully.

Although Zhou Quan couldn't understand the grievances between these world champions, but the four major boxing organizations plus the IBO organization that was only half a level, the world is just these five gold belts that are enough weight, so many champions are fighting for it. Either you robbed me, or I robbed you. The relationship between everyone must be bad, and he is very clear about this.

Three rounds of KO Michael Muller, his status in heavyweight boxing has soared upwards. If he defeats Oliver McCall to win the WBC world title half a month later and becomes the cross-border world boxing champion, then he will be famous in sports all over the world. The status in the world will definitely enter the forefront, even surpassing boxing champions like Lewis, and reaching Ali's status.

By then, his box office appeal, appearance fees, and PPV sales will definitely soar.

At that time, it was very cost-effective to defend the world boxing champion with him. The PPV and box office share would make them full. If they won him again, they could take away his golden belt.

That's why these guys are so eager now, hoping that he will play against McCall after he wins, because at that time, if you play against him, you will get both honor and money.

And if he loses to McCall, presumably these guys won't be so eager.

At this time, he laughed and said: "It's just talking, you have to talk with the agent and the promoter. Besides, Michael, I suggest you change your agent, it will be good for you."

Lewis nodded and said: "I agree with Iron Fist. Although Don King is good, but Michael, look at the opponents he arranged for you in the past few years? Half of them are rubbish.

Michael, I'm not scaring you. Your boxing quality is much lower than ours, and your status in the boxing world will definitely be affected in the future. "

At this time Philip called Zhou Quan aside and said, "Zhou, these boxing champions are not good at it. In the past few years, Dick Bauer defeated Holyfield and won the WBC gold belt, and then Lewis wanted to challenge him, but Riddick Bow repeatedly refused, and eventually the WBC issued a mandatory order, Riddick Bow had to give up the title, Lewis won without a fight, and inherited the head of the WBC."

"So they have this grievance." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Philip laughed again and said: "Later Oliver McCall defeated Lewis and took away the gold belt, so if you win McCall, Lewis and the former heads of WBC like Riddick Bow and Holfield, yes I want to fight with you the most."

"That's all for the future, I can't beat McCall, everything is empty talk." Zhou Quan said.

"Of course."

Philip nodded, and said again: "But today you won Muller, your status in the professional boxing world has reached only half a level lower than these world boxing champions, and you are cross-border, in terms of popularity, influence and popularity. In terms of quality, it is already on the same level as them."

The next day, Bob Arum and Donkin negotiated.

This is a mandatory challenge match, that is, McCall's mandatory defending battle. There is no choice. Unless McCall gives up the title, he must fight, so Don King has nothing to refuse, but he has to be the champion of this defending battle. Promoter, sharing benefits with Bob Arum.

Time was too tight, the opponent was Tang Jin, and Bob Arum was unable to monopolize the benefits. Finally, the two reached an agreement, a total of 8000 million promotion funds, with Bob Arum accounting for [-]% and Tang Jin accounting for [-]%.

The main uses of this money are, one is the appearance fee of the two boxers, the other is promotion fee, and the third is venue rental fee.

In terms of boxing status, McCall is the world champion, but in terms of popularity, PPV, and box office appeal, Zhou Quan is stronger.

But this is the defending world boxing champion, and Zhou Quan is just a challenger, so even though he is more popular, McCaul is higher in terms of appearance fee.

In order to make up for Zhou Quan's loss, Bob Arum helped him win more in terms of PPV's box office share.

Zhou Quan received an appearance fee of 2200 million US dollars, which was only 200 million US dollars more than the boxing match that had just been completed, not the 2500 million promised before.

And Oliver McCall received $2300 million. The boxing match he won against Lewis last year for the gold belt last year only had an appearance fee of $800 million.

In April this year, McCall's first title defense rose to 1200 million, and this second defending battle with Zhou Quan increased by 1100 million at one time. The main reason is of course that the opponent is the popular boxer Zhou Quan. Otherwise, according to his popularity and box office appeal, at most another 300 million US dollars will be raised.

In terms of PPV revenue sharing, rich TV stations take 65% first, then boxing promoters take 2.275%, and Zhou Quan shares 35% of the remaining 1.225%, which is [-]% of the total PPV revenue. , McCall shared [-]%, [-] percent.

Tang Jin can't help it, he also wants to get more PPV share, but McCall is not a popular boxing champion, and the sales of PPV have not been high.

McCall's first defending battle in April only sold 55, which is the worst level among the world's heavyweight boxing champions, but that was already his highest PPV sales, so he didn't have the confidence to compete with Zhou Quan. Can't compete.

In terms of box office and sponsorship income, Zhou Quan shared 4%, and McCall shared 1%.

In addition to the PPV share income, this box office income is the most important income for the promoters to return their capital and make money. The box office revenue of the last boxing match between Zhou Quan and Michael Muller was as high as 5000 million US dollars, basically all of which fell into the pockets of the promoters among.

(End of this chapter)