Chapter 695: Bronze Hammer Vs. Iron Hammer

Li Ba smiled and said, "I said it before the Olympic Games last year. That was the best chance, you forgot? But we can fight and kill them with defense. Allen's defense has been practiced well in the past two years. Yes, fly-catching training has been going on, his pace is much faster, including lateral movement, striker and low-post defense can be used, I think it is much better than you.”

"Are you underestimating us?"

Dayao's eyes widened, a little dissatisfied.

"I mean defense, don't you believe that you will fight one-on-one when you meet?" Li Ba laughed.

"By the way, Hammer, do you really want to run a fly training camp?" Bus asked.

"Yes, I have to improve the defensive atmosphere in this league. Otherwise, everyone will shoot from the outside, and my inside defense will be useless, and I won't be able to show my greatness!" Li Ba laughed.

"You kid, you're too cunning!" Pointing at Li Ba, Dayao scolded with a smile.

"Haha!" Several people laughed.

"There seems to be more news about your boxing match in the past two days, is the result about to come out?" Dayao suddenly thought of this, and asked hastily.

"It should be that they are releasing the news, it's almost the same, just announce it in these two days." Li Ba said.

"With whom?" the bus asked quickly.

"Xiao Ke." Li Ba said.

"Are you good?" Dayao didn't know much about professional boxing.

"Ukrainian, former world champion, he and his brother are the world's most famous heavyweight champions in professional boxing today. Now there is no fighter in American heavyweight boxing. They have the possibility to unify the heavyweight boxing." Li Dam explained.

"Do you have confidence in beating such a powerful person?" Dayao said.

"Can I have no confidence? I will KO him within three rounds!" Li Ba said confidently.

"Blow it up, be careful not to be knocked down by others!" Dayao said.

Li Ba thought that the finalization of the boxing match would have to wait two more days, but when he returned home, Gao Yuanyuan called. They had already arrived in Phoenix, signed the contract tomorrow, and held a press conference the day after tomorrow.

An hour later, Gao Yuanyuan, Bill Duffy, Arum, and Mrs. Liz arrived at Li Ba's house.

"Congratulations, Hammer, a boxing feast is waiting for you!" Arum shouted excitedly upon meeting.

Li Ba took a look at Arum's eyes, they were red and bloodshot, which was the result of staying up all night, but his spirit was so high, it could be seen that the old man was really excited.

The other three looked the same, with bloodshot eyes, but high spirits.

After greeting a few people to sit down, the girl helped greet them, made a pot of coffee, and brought some snacks.

"Yuanyuan, you are getting more and more active in your work as a manager now." Li Ba joked.

"I've been led astray by you. There's no way. The dream of being a diplomat can't be realized." Gao Yuanyuan said regretfully.

"Why don't you invest in xianbei? I always use your family's contacts here, and there is no return. It's not very authentic." Li Ba asked.

"let me consider it."

Gao Yuanyuan was startled and nodded.

The next few people talked about some key points of the contract. The contract will be signed tomorrow, so Li Ba should understand it.

As for the appearance fee, Li Ba's is 20 million U.S. dollars, and Xiao Ke's is 10 million U.S. dollars.

"Is he lower than me?" Li Ba was a little surprised.

"He lost his gold belt a few years ago, and his commercial value has dropped. Moreover, the boxing style of the two brothers is not very popular, and the appearance fee has not been raised. His appearance fee last year was 8 million US dollars, and we gave him this amount. , and this battle has a great gimmick, which is the biggest reason why the negotiation was completed so quickly." Arum laughed after taking a sip of coffee.

"He has no objection to my appearance fee?" Li Ba asked suspiciously.

"He can't complain because we're the promoters, we're the ones who pay, and he's not the only one chosen," Arum laughs.

"For the PPV revenue share, we temporarily chose ESPN to cooperate, 50% to 50%. You and Xiaoke, it is 60% to 40%, and you 60%.

He introduced again.

Li Ba nodded. He is a rookie in the professional boxing world. Although the opponent lost his gold belt, he is also a former world champion. It is already very good that he can get 60%.

The income that Li Ba can get is mainly from these two aspects.

Others, such as box office and sponsorship fees, belong to the promoters who funded, that is, WMA and Arum.

On the 18th, Phoenix entered the atmosphere of the All-Star Weekend. A large number of NBA players rushed here, and stars of all sizes also came to the city.

On this day, Li Ba and Dayao participated in some activities of the league's All-Stars.

Also on this day, WMA and Arum used all media resources to release news of the boxing match.

Because Xiao Ke was nicknamed Dr. Copper Hammer, they named this cross-border battle the Battle of Copper and Iron.

With the influence of Li Ba and Xiao Ke, the news of this battle of steel quickly swept the world's sports circles, especially the basketball and boxing circles.

"When an iron hammer meets a copper hammer, there is no doubt that the copper hammer will win!"

"The battle between copper and iron, copper and iron will smash the hammer!"

The media reacted one after another, most of them were optimistic about Xiao Ke, and only a few media were very optimistic about Li Ba.

On the 19th, a grand signing ceremony was held in a luxury hotel.

At this press conference, Li Ba also met Xiao Ke for the first time.

Xiao Ke was born in 1976 and is 29 years old. Like his brother, he has a doctorate degree and is proficient in several languages. Because of his terrible punches, he is known as Dr. Steel Hammer.

He was a gold medalist in the 91kg category in Atlanta in 1996. He was the WBO world champion in 2000 and lost his title in 2003.

He is 198 cm tall and has a wingspan of 206 cm. He punches fiercely and has superb skills. He is currently in a small trough, but he does not dare to deny his strength.

"Brother Tonghammer, hello."

After looking at Xiao Ke, Li Ba stretched out his hand and smiled.

"Hello Hammer!" Xiao Ke shook hands and smiled.

Although the sports are different, they are both Olympic champions. Although Li Ba is not a doctor, he is also an undergraduate. His education is higher than that of ordinary boxers, and both belong to the world's sports superstars. When the two met, they had a sense of being a hero. Heroic feeling.

Li Ba looked at Xiao Ke's arm, and said with a smile: "Brother Tongchui, it seems that you need to change your style of play, the jab to control the periphery will definitely not beat me.

I can tell you that my boxing is very accurate, very accurate. My first steps are also fast, very fast. My punches were heavy too, very heavy. "

Xiao Ke was taken aback, and told him his technical characteristics, so confident?

Of course, this sentence is very important to him, very important, and it will definitely bring about huge changes in his skills and tactics.

Li Ba saw Xiao Ke's doubts, and explained: "I just don't want you to know nothing about me, that's unfair."

Xiao Ke nodded seriously and said, "We will have a fair fight."