On May 18, the WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF and IBO world heavyweight championship in King's Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will be a world shaking battle.
Aaron, the boss of the top promotion company, said that this will be the most important and profitable battle between two men in the history of world professional boxing after Mayweather vs Pacquiao.
Tyson Fury, as the owner of WBC's golden belt, obtained a minimum of 100 million dollars in boxing remuneration. If the advertising revenue he signed for the competition is added, he can earn 120 million dollars before the competition, which does not include the PPV share of the competition.
Domestic boxers, Zhang Zhilei, who has entered the world's top heavyweight circle, are more optimistic about Fuli winning the game.
The reason is that Uxik's weight is relatively light in the heavyweight, which makes him lack the ability to make a final decision at this level. Even though Fuli can be hanged from a distance by Wuxi, he can turn the tables as long as he catches a heavy fist.
After all, this is a 12 round match, and all of them are experienced professional boxing champions.
However, Xu Can, the former WBA world champion, believes that Uxik is very attractive in terms of technical speed, physical strength and pace. After all, he beat Joshua twice and beat Daniel DuBois. He is used to playing big games. However, Fuli's former opponents were mostly the types with rough power and rough technology, such as Verde and Nagano.
The hype of Yifuli
Tyson Fury only has one belt of the four major organizations in the negotiation, but he asked for 70% of the price of the event, because he is a market player.
The PPV level driven by the British professional boxing market has more box office than Usik. This is also the reason why he has a dominant position in the negotiations.
In addition, the supremacy of reporting in English has also made Fuli's exposure far higher than that of Usik. Journalists prefer to dig into every move of the "Gypsy King". And Tyson Fuli also likes to give journalists such amazing information, so as to build a buff for himself.
There are several legends about Furi in the professional boxing world, for example, he said that before World War II with Wilder: "masturbate seven times a day to maintain testosterone levels."
The boxing world usually believes that abstinence is necessary before the match. Mickey, the coach in the movie Rocky, told Balboa: "Women will make your legs soft."
Freud Patterson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1956 (when he was 21 years old). He admitted in an interview: "I did it a few days before the game, which resulted in extreme knee fatigue during the game."
Mike Tyson's coach, Kus Damato, scared Tyson with a baseball bat to get rid of the girls in his head.
But after the old coach died, no one cared about the prodigal son. As a result, on the night of Tokyo 34 years ago, Tyson's knee was softened by the Japanese combat team of a class, and KO was knocked down by unknown Douglas.
Freddy Roach, the famous boxing coach and Pacquiao activator, said: "The doctor gave me a test report. It has been proved that the incontinence before the match will indeed reduce the testosterone level within 24 to 48 hours. So I asked these guys to abstain from sex within 10 days before the match."
However, some people believe that appropriate activities are conducive to competition and confrontation.
George Saint Pierre, the king of UFC, believes that intimate contact between men and women can improve testosterone: "I believe that the more you do, the more testosterone you get. The more frequent the better... But it's not a good idea to do so on the day of the game."
Dutch and American companies providing medical advice to the IOC collected various materials in a large-scale scientific research in 2016.
A report once forwarded by the official social account of the International Olympic Committee pointed out: "There is no evidence that sexual behavior before the game will reduce aerobic exercise and strength performance.
Dr. Michael Kelly said in an article on UFC boxers: "There may be a psychological driving force. Men will become more irritable when they do not have sex, thus becoming more likely to enter the explosive state.
When they are in the arena with someone, this may be considered a good trait. So maybe it's more psychological than physical. "
So abstinence is unlikely to help Fuli defeat Usik, but it does make him more motivated mentally.
Two English Iron Sand Palm
Of course, in addition to the swing between indulgence and abstinence, Tyson Fury also has a myth of immersion in gasoline.
"I talked to the legendary Big Joe Joyce. He told me to dip my hands in gasoline - this is how they strengthen... I dip my hands in oil for five minutes every day."
This Joe Joyce is not the Englishman who was beaten down by Zhang Zhilei on the challenge arena twice, but a community gypsy, who is said to be famous for playing bare fists on the street.
Fu Li said he would: "One month before the battle, immerse his hands in gasoline for five minutes every day, and they will become as hard as stones. The faces of his opponents are like meat on the butcher's table. I will help them sew 20 stitches."
In the subsequent interview, Fuli kept increasing the time of immersion in gasoline from 5 minutes to 20 minutes.
It sounds like the traditional Chinese way of grinding iron sand palms.
In fact, this kind of legend exists both at home and abroad.
Tom Molinux, a fighter in the 19th century, immersed his fist in vinegar, while Jack Dempsey, the legendary champion, used horse urine to soak his hands.
There is no scientific evidence to prove that this is effective for strengthening the hardening of bones. It is dangerous to put your hand in gasoline, which can only make the skin aging and falling off, and become rough.
Eric Clapton, a guitarist who has won 18 Grammy Awards, soaked his fingers in alcohol, but in fact, it was just to make the skin rough and callous, so as to kill sensitive nerves and make him feel less painful when pressing the strings.
Triple licking chin strengthening
"I have confidence in my chin. I often lick my chin to strengthen it. Yes, that's my secret."
More than once, people have seen Fuli do this.
When he watched Zhang Zhilei vs Parker, he was caught training his strength with his tongue.
Amina Nazaralieva, a sexologist and psychotherapist, certainly didn't think so. She said: "The jaw muscle is one of the hardest parts in the human body. I don't know how to make it harder. Although I understand that boxers will use unusual ways to gain advantages."
Dempsey used to chew tobacco, leather or chewing gum to exercise his chin.
Although Brain and Cognition, published in 2013, believes that chewing gum can help increase the blood supply of the brain by 10%, thus improving the reaction speed. But for boxing, this research is not important.
Are these really the secrets of Fuli dominating the world?
Maybe this is not his secret of training, but it is absolutely his secret of self packaging and obtaining a minimum income of 100 million dollars for a single game.
When you see these wonderful contents, you will have the understanding of the wonderful people, so that you can get a deep impression on him, and then pay attention to his game.
This is part of the success of business stars.
"I'm ready", Uzik uploaded such photos on social media on May 12.
Tyson Fury responded, "Let's rock and roll together."
The press conferences sprayed each other, continuously accepted various media interviews, and social media confrontation.
Then add various exotic BUFF to yourself.
Maybe three months or a month ago, you would think it's no big deal for these two people to fight each other. However, with the bombardment of media reports, the closer the game starts, your anxiety will turn into a sense of expectation with the arrival of the game.
This is the secret that professional boxing can make a lot of money.
The game on May 18 will be broadcast on DAZN, Sky Sports, TNT Sports, PPV.com and other platforms. The basic price of DAZN's PPV is $21.99, which can be viewed on mobile terminals, TV streaming devices and game consoles.
For Chinese audiences, there is no free news broadcast by CCTV at present.
Sina inquired about Madison, which provided official copyright to China, and got the response that there is still possibility of extension.
If it can't be broadcast live, it is estimated that we will watch piracy again.
(Zhou Chao)
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