Chinese boxing fans have been waiting for the long-awaited boxing champion Xu Can's featherweight united battle?

Or is it because Xu Can flees?

Xu Can is preparing for battle.

Photo courtesy of Team M23.

  Recently, an interview with boxing champion Warrington by the British media has attracted the attention of many netizens.

During the interview, Warrington, who was originally scheduled to have a united battle with China's only active world boxing champion Xu Can, said that Xu Can withdrew from the united battle because he was unwilling to play in an empty field.

  The title of the article was sensational, saying that after Xu Can suddenly withdrew from the game, Warrington "almost wept".

Suddenly, Chinese boxing champion Xu Can became a villain whose "counseling" made Warrington's dream of unifying the featherweight failed.

Screenshot of Warrington social media.

Screenshots of foreign media reports.

  At the time when boxing fans all over the world were talking about it, Xu Can made a strong response on the afternoon of the 21st. In short, it can be summarized as: You, a Baby who only dares to compete at home, dare to say that I am afraid?

Let me put it aside, once the UK's epidemic prevention situation can ensure the safety of our team, we can go to war immediately.

  In the end, why the two boxing champions "the three armies go first without lip service"? This matter has to be discussed from the beginning.

  In the field of professional boxing, every heavyweight, the four major boxing organizations can have their own champion.

For example, Featherweight, WBA champion Xu Can, IBF champion Warrington.

  There are some fighters who are powerful, and they can hold the title of champion of multiple boxing organizations at the same time.

The united battle of boxing champions is an important way to bring multiple boxing titles into your arms.

On the evening of January 26, 2019 local time, Xu Can won the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion gold belt at Toyota Center Stadium in Houston, USA.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Jingning

  In March last year, Xu Can’s team announced that they would have a united battle with Warrington. The venue will be Warrington’s home stadium, Leeds, England. The winner will have three featherweight punches from WBA, IBF and Boxing Ring. King gold belt.

In the Chinese professional boxing world, there has never been a match with such a high gold content.

  However, this much-anticipated game is ill-fated.

In 2020, the shadow of the new crown pneumonia epidemic around the world has not dissipated, and the current epidemic situation in the UK where the competition is held is still serious.

Under such circumstances, the game was delayed again and again.

  Can the game be changed to a country where the epidemic is relatively mild?

No, the reason is that Warrington only wants to play at home.

Xu Can’s team had proposed venues such as Singapore and Macau, but they were rejected by Warrington.

  Why is Warrington so obsessed with playing at home?

Outsiders are hard to speculate.

However, Xu Can did encounter some unexpected disturbances in away games before.

On the evening of November 23, 2019 local time, in Indio, California, USA, Xu Can (left) defeated American challenger Robles in an away game to win his second world champion championship, successfully defending China’s current only world Champion gold belt.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Shuo

  Earlier, when Xu Can held his second defending game in California, his opponent was Californian Robles.

Four hours before the weigh-in ceremony, Xu Can’s promoter Liu Gang discovered that the referees of the match were all appointed by the California Athletic Commission.

  After repeated struggles, the three referees were finally coordinated and replaced by the official WBA appointment.

  Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand that Xu Can said in a video responding to the rumors of "Escape": "A 30-year-old Baby who only wants to play games at home, I am so embarrassed?"

  And Warrington's "fleeing" is also somewhat contradictory to Xu Can's attitude towards this game nearly a year before.

Xu Can is preparing for battle.

Photo courtesy of Team M23.

  When the united war had just been finalized, when asked why we didn't fight a relatively simple free defense and then the united war, Xu Can replied: "You are young, it is better to play a game worth playing."

  In December last year, when he accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, he still expressed his determination to fight a united war.

"I have to fight. After all, I have waited for a year. Just wait for this game. My next goal is to unite war!"

  In an interview, Warrington said that he had been training Xu Can during the year he was preparing for the war.

But what about Xu Can?

And because of the epidemic, the two Filipinos in Xu Can's coaching team have been unable to return to the team.

  In this year, the two boxing champions encountered a lot of difficulties. If the final united battle cannot be held, I believe Xu Can's disappointment will not be less than "almost tears."

Xu Can conducts intensive training in Kunming.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Ranyang

  A boxing match that has received much attention can be held, and there are very complicated interests behind it. Boxers, teams, promotion companies, venues, sponsors, broadcasters, audiences, etc. are all factors to be considered.

  In this highly commercialized project, a consensus may be reached at any time because of the matching of interests, and the negotiation may fail at any time because of the disagreement of interests.

  Under such circumstances, it would be unfair to say unilaterally that the opponent "flees".

If Warrington could pay more attention to the local epidemic situation in the UK, I am afraid he would not understand the problem in this way.

  Xu Can introduced that his coach is already in Europe, and he will soon meet and prepare for the united war.

Xu Can said, "Once the situation in the UK can guarantee the safety of my team, we will go to war immediately."

On the evening of November 23, 2019, local time, in Indio, California, USA, Xu Can defeated American challenger Robles in an away game to win his second world champion championship and successfully defended China’s current only world champion gold belt.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Shuo

  It seems that this united war has not completely ended, and it may be held in the future, which also meets the expectations of most boxing fans.

  At the end of the video, Xu Can gave his opponent a cruel remark: "Please protect your chin and leave it to me. It is mine." (Wang Hao)