Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, May 4th: Xu can: I want to unify the “feather-level” rivers and lakes!
Xinhua news agency reporters Yue Ran Ran, Wei Hua, Lu Yuchen
The new Crown pneumonia epidemic stopped global events, among them, Xu Can played the battle against Josh Warrington, which was scheduled to be held in Britain on May 30. This is a battle between the champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), as well as a battle between five-star fighters. But now, Xu can only wait.
Xu can is full of longing for this game. Since the event was finalized, he has been focusing on training. Even if he moves around at home and abroad and needs to be isolated and observed, it has not affected his fighting spirit and state. His goal is clear-to unify the feather level (126 pounds, about 57.15 kilograms) and become the “king” of the two organizations “.
Unified war: come early and come late, come sooner or later
“The Feather has not played unified war for a long time!” In Kunming Boxing Club, Xu can opened the telephone box excitedly.
“This game will definitely be very difficult, because Warrington is really strong, the style is tough, and the boxing frequency is high. At the same time, I will play this game away, which is not difficult.” Xu Can’s understanding of the British and his prediction of difficulties have long been known.
IBF world champion Warrington nicknamed “Leeds warrior”, currently maintains a full victory in 30 battles, among which 7 KO opponents rank first in the world. After taking the third defending war in October, 2019, he publicly challenged Xu can, hoping to conduct a WBA-IBF unified war with the latter. A month later, Xu Can won the second defending war in California, USA. He also responded from the air: “Warrington, since you have an appointment, let’s fight.”
The industry has different views on this unified war. Some think it is just at the right time, because Xu can should challenge a stronger opponent and take advantage of the situation to sit on the throne of two organizations during the period of career promotion. Some think it is too early, Xu can should cherish feathers, you can play Defending War in China first, consolidate your position, and then call on other “factions”.
While Xu Can has obsession. “If we seek stability, we can really save the golden belt for a longer time, and even fight for freedom and defending in china. We can earn more money, but this kind of competition is of little significance.” Xu can denied the “conservative” point of view, “Young still have to play a game worth playing, unified war is more like an opportunity, I want to meet this challenge!”
Speaking of excitement, Xu Can raised the volume, “I am never afraid of players who are better than me or similar to me. I am eager to fight with them.”
The winner of this unified battle will win two gold belts, WBA Super champion and IBF world champion, and at the same time, he will also win the feather gold belt of boxing platform Magazine.
Training: with the goal of “self-abuse” and “self-discipline” under the epidemic, Xu can started the “self-abuse” training, and even if he encountered many inconveniences, he could resolve them one by one.
This Spring Festival, the sudden epidemic disturbed all Xu Can’s plans. He was forced to start a three-month “wandering” journey with 10 teammates and coaches. When the domestic epidemic was severe, Beijing boxing hall was closed and they went to Thailand for training. When the epidemic spread abroad, they went back to Kunming again.
Xu can has a regular schedule. Get up at 6:30, run 10 kilometers in the morning, have breakfast, learn English, have lunch, take a nap, and go to the boxing gym for 2 hours of special training in the afternoon. After dinner, reading books, playing “the glory of the King” and going to bed at 10:30. “Training is already a part of my life, just like eating, I must do it every day.”
Special training is the most cherished time of Xu Can’s day. He always tries his best to finish it according to the standard of more than 90%. From the beginning of the rope skipping preparation, he devoted himself to it.
During the special period, the foreign training team also created a new training model. Because there was only one coach in the team and 10 boxers were needed. In order to guarantee the quality and quantity, boxers began to take turns to be teaching assistants on duty. “When I practice boxing, other boxers accompany me. They will teach me their own skills and point out my shortcomings. When I practice with others, I will also share my experience. In these three months, our teaching has improved.” Xu Can said.
During the epidemic period, everyone grew fat, but Xu can lost weight. After returning home from training outside Bangkok, Thailand, the team was isolated in Yuxi for 14 days. Although they were staying in the hotel room, Xu Can was not idle. “Look at skipping rope. You don’t need much land, I jump for an hour at a time; Push-ups, 500 a day; Sit-ups, 1,000 a day; Squat legs, 300-500 a day, all-round indoors.”
Xu can said that professional athletes need training. Even if they relax for a day, it will take longer to get back to their state. If you don’t practice for one day, you know it yourself; If you don’t practice for two days, your opponent knows it; If you don’t practice for three days, everyone knows it. “What can defeat a self-disciplined person? Isn’t the difficulty used to solve it?”
Fame: Don’t call me champion, name
on January 27, 2019, 25-year-old Xu can come to fame in an activity. He defeated Puerto Rico player rohaas in Houston and won the WBA feather gold belt, becoming another professional champion of the world’s four major boxing organizations after Xiong Chaozhong and Zou Shiming. After the game, he shouted out “my strength comes from China”, which made people remember this white face.
After that, Xu Can was named the only five-star professional male boxer in China and won two defending war games within one year.
Although with the aura of “champion”, Xu Can has more attention and business activities, but Xu Can has no distractions, “fame and champion can’t follow me all the time, and they don’t want the pace of life to be changed, I like to move forward freely and lightly.”
Xu can frankly said that I don’t like the name “boxing king”, “it is called boxing king, and there will be a sense of distance. I still like to be casual, directly called by name, or nicknamed monster (monster) OK.”
At this step, Xu can said that there are four elements that inspire himself all the time: courage, concentration, persistence and determination. “You need courage to find your dream, then focus on this dream, stick to it, and finally, interpret it with determination.”
Although the competition time for Warrington is still uncertain, Xu Can has begun to strictly manage his weight. Weigh before and after training, before and after eating, “Don’t weigh every day, feel uneasy, and don’t do anything at ease.”
On the diet, he less salt less oil, milk, eggs, cereal in the morning, staple food and meat for lunch, and only vegetables and coarse grain in the evening. “I will set a quantity, for example, 62 kilograms. If it exceeds this value, I will feel uncomfortable psychologically and feel that my body will become heavier and more lazy.”
Before the end of the interview, when talking about the future “war” again, Xu can put down a sentence-“who is strong or weak, you will know only when you fight!”