At the ONE Championships last year's Mixed Martial Arts Women's Atomic Weight Eight, Meng Bo, who had high hopes from domestic boxing fans, was defeated by Indian wrestler Ritu Foga.
After the game, Meng Bo cut off her long black and shiny hair and said in her own words: I hope to re-examine myself through this game and start all over again. As boxing fans, what we see is a warrior's dedication to victory.
As an outsider, we don't know how Meng Bo's mentality changed after that battle, but from her decision to rise to the grassweight level, and play against the top ranking master in the first battle of the newweight, this series of choices are conveying a message, about her future career, Meng Bo already has her own answer.
In the pre-match interview, Meng Bo said that this was her first game after her transformation, and she desperately wanted to prove herself through this game, so the importance she attached to this game was self-evident.
Speaking of Meng Bo's opponent Zhang Huiwen this time, the old boxing fans who pay more attention to the ONE Championship are not strangers, this Singaporean female fighter has fought with another female boxer in the ONE Championship in China, the women's grassweight champion Xiong Jingnan has fought twice, the first time is the two competing for the championship gold belt, the second time is the champion Xiong Jingnan as a challenger.
The resume of the two duel champions is enough to show that Zhang Huiwen's own strength is strong, and the ranking of the first person under the grassweight champion is also the official recognition of it, facing an opponent like Meng Bo who has risen up, naturally he will not be merciful.
For Meng Bo, Zhang Huiwen is strong, but not invincible, as an early batch of veterans who played in the one championship cage, the style of play has long been thoroughly studied.
Meng Bo said bluntly in an interview before the game:
I think Zhang Huiwen is a boxer who is good at cage-side fighting, her standing has a lot of holes, it's very rough, I've seen all her matches in the ONE Championship, I don't think the level is particularly good, I hope to end this game with boxing.
The game has not yet begun, the smell of gunpowder has overflowed the screen, and the excitement of the game will naturally not be known until the official start of the ONE Championship on January 14, but through this game, it is not difficult to see the dark tide in the women's grassweight.
If Meng Bo wins this battle, will the next game be against grassweight champion Xiong Jingnan?
Even if the authorities do not give the right to challenge, Meng Bo has decided to show his fists at the grass level, and the future peak duel between the two Chinese forces in the round cage is also a foregone conclusion.