Beijing time yesterday, Meng Fanlong, a former member of the Chinese national boxing team, lost to the former WBA, WBC and IBO world 175-pound boxing champions and Canadians by a unanimous decision of 0-3 in a 12-round untitled professional match held in Tampa, Florida, USA. Jean Pascal. This is Meng Fanlong’s first loss in 18 matches since he transferred to the professional system in 2014, and he also lost his right to challenge the boxing champion gold belt.
Caption: Meng Fanlong’s loss to former world boxing champion Pascal’s network map
Although three Chinese boxers, Xiong Chaozhong, Zou Shiming and Xu Can, have already won the world gold belt, the intensity of the big level is far greater than that of the small level, and it is much more difficult to fight a day. This match is a test of the gap between China’s top boxers and the world’s first-line level. Although Pascal is 39 years old, he used to be the double world champion of WBA and WBC. He has fought once morest light heavyweight superstars and first-line boxers such as Hopkins, Kovalev, Bivor, Brown, Dawson, etc. The games once morest Hopkins and Biwall were all 12 rounds. He was suspended and stripped of his world title following a drug test last year found four banned substances in his body.
Meng Fanlong is 1.90 meters tall and weighs 81 kg. He is the champion of the National Championship, the champion of the 81 kg class of the World Wushu Expo, the runner-up in the 81 kg class of the Asian Boxing Championships, and the 81 kg class champion of the 12th National Games. After retiring and turning professional boxing , with a professional record of 17 wins and 10 KOs. Currently, Chinese professional players are ranked first and listed as the number one challenger in the IBF light heavyweight division. As long as he wins this match, he will be able to challenge the winner of the three major organizations’ unified battles, boosting Chinese professional boxing, which is in a downturn.
Judging from the game process, Meng Fanlong’s front hand has changed a lot than before, and his fighting ability is better than expected. And the game is very targeted, the movement is fast, and the first 3 rounds basically control the rhythm. But in the ninth round of the game, Meng Fanlong was knocked down once by his opponent. In the end, the scores of the three referees were 111:116; 112:115; 113:114, and Meng Fanlong was unanimously defeated.
After the game, Meng Fanlong said on social media that he had won 7 rounds, and posted a video saying: “The game is over, I lost. You can lose the game, but you can’t be shy. I still want to thank everyone in my team, they were in the game before the game. We made a lot of sacrifices and helped me a lot. We did a very good job before the game. The only regret is that we didn’t win the game, but we have to keep fighting, and the future is bright.” (Xinmin Evening News reporter Guan Yin)