China News Service, Yinchuan, December 14th. Title: Interview with Olympic champion Zhang Xiaoping: Saying goodbye to the podium for 12 years and never leaving boxing
China News Service reporter Li Aiping
"As a boxing champion at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, when I bid farewell to the podium, my focus of life did not leave boxing for a moment." On the afternoon of the 13th, he was nearly two meters tall at the Western Cinema Theater in Beipu, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Said Zhang Xiaoping.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoping, who is busy preparing for the 2021 Boxing Star League Championship and the club league, said to reporters in a hurry: "In the future, it is possible to return to Inner Mongolia and contribute his modest strength to his hometown boxing career."
Being busy is the deepest imprint Zhang Xiaoping left to reporters from Chinanews.com. In order to interview Zhang Xiaoping, reporters have been waiting for various opportunities.
At the Zhenbeibao West Cinema Theater, the reporter noticed that in the past few days, Zhang Xiaoping has convened many people to plan the above-mentioned events. He said: “There are many meetings to be held, and various difficulties must be thought of in advance.”
38-year-old Zhang Xiaoping said: “Since he won the heavyweight boxing championship in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, due to physical reasons, he could not go to the next Olympic year, but even so, he did not intend to leave the boxing arena.”
During this period, Zhang Xiaoping, in addition to serving as the Minister of the Professional Boxing Promotion Department of the China Boxing Association, and the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China MMA Mixed Martial Arts Alliance, also became the founder of Boxing Star Sports (Hainan) Co., Ltd. He and his investor Sun Qingfeng determined to bring The professional boxing sport is pushed to new heights.
In the past few years, Zhang Xiaoping and Sun Qingfeng have broadcasted more than 200 hours of professional boxing matches on 5 sets of CCTV in an almost impossible way. Many players have changed their destiny because of Zhang Xiaoping's promotion.
During this period, Zhang Xiaoping not only discovered the potential of Hong Kong boxer Su Baosheng, but also discovered the distinctive side of Macau boxer Jiang Lichang.
To Hong Kong professional boxer Su Baosheng, Zhang Xiaoping said: "His goal is clear, to do the best. Up to now, he has achieved good results in professional boxing competitions."
Speaking of Macau professional boxing athlete Jiang Lichang, Zhang Xiaoping praised him: "This kid has a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat, and he will become a great weapon in the future."
While discovering these "good seedlings", Zhang Xiaoping was also thinking about how to take boxing to new heights. He decided to introduce the KOK professional boxing league.
KOK Professional Boxing League is the first original boxing brand in the world to be eliminated and promoted through the club confrontation system.
"We have referenced the American SuperSix (Super Six Series) and WBSS (World Boxing Super Series, or "Ali Cup") models to allow as many professional athletes as possible to participate and benefit through the KOK platform, and excellent boxers will also benefit from it. Stand out." Zhang Xiaoping said that this new model is being promoted in an orderly manner.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that up to now, Zhang Xiaoping has selected 16 clubs to compete in 5 levels, and gradually opened the club league system in Yinchuan and other places.
In an interview with reporters, Sun Qingfeng, Zhang Xiaoping’s investor, said that promoting professional boxing is a big and healthy concept. The Olympic spirit embodied in Zhang Xiaoping can make more people understand sports and the deep meaning of boxing. .
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