Having played in the professional arena for almost a decade, Zou Shiming is undoubtedly an idol in Chinese boxing.
Today, Zou Shiming has already transformed successfully.
Recently, in today's headline Olympic special program "Dialogue of kings", Zou Shiming talked to Hu Xijin and recalled his boxing career.
In 2008, when Chinese boxing won the gold medal for the first time at the Olympic Games, Zou Shiming was a boxer who achieved zero breakthroughs, and the photo of him roaring with the national flag touched many people.
Zou Shiming said that this was his most relieved competition, after he regretted not winning the Olympic gold medal in 2004.
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Compared with China's Olympic route, the West is more market-oriented.
In 2004, professional boxing promoter Tang Jin approached Zou Shiming and offered a price tag of $1 million, which at the time could buy about 10 100-square-meter houses in Beijing's third and fourth ring roads.
At that time, after the Olympic Games, Zou Shiming went to the United States to play three games, and he could buy a big house in Hollywood, Los Angeles, which was placed at that time, even if he played three Olympic Games, Zou Shiming could not afford it.
Zou Shiming refused the invitation of the United States, he believes that as a boy who grew up in a remote mountainous area, he has the opportunity to stand on the world platform to show himself and show the power of Chinese, which is given by the state.
As a "space child", Zou Shiming grew up in the red city of Zunyi, and he attributed the honor for the country to the red blood flowing in his heart.
[Defeated by Japanese boxer Sho Kimura, realizing that he is "really old"]
Talking about the effect of the "golden belt" and the Olympic gold medal, Zou Shiming said that it is just one more title of "world boxing king".
After losing to Japanese boxer Sho Kimura, Zou said he wanted to thank him. "Because looking back at that game now, I'm really old." Especially in round 11, it is clear that the body's ability to recover is worse.
"There is a saying in China that 'the fist is afraid of less strong'. It also reminds me that I am injured and it is time to recuperate. Over the years, although he is not fighting in the boxing ring, Zou Shiming still does a series of boxing-related cultures offstage.
【No official announcement of retirement, will participate in public welfare competitions in the future】
Talking about whether he will return to the boxing world, Zou Shiming responded that in fact, he did not really announce his retirement, and his view of the competition in the future is not like the Olympic Games, he must go to fight.
Zou Shiming said that in the future, like the "boxing king" Tyson and some "old boxing kings", in order to help more people, in the form of public welfare competitions, he will return to the boxing ring.
【Source: Wuhan Morning News General】
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