Chinese boxer Xiong Chaozhong defeated Mexico's Javier Martínez Resendiz to capture the World Boxing Council Minimumweight World Title in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on November 24, becoming the first Chinese professional boxing world champion in history.

Xiong, 30, nicknamed "Little Tyson," grew up in Wenshan of Yunnan and had worked in a coal mine before he took up boxing at the age of 24.

Xiong is going to be apprenticed to the world-renowned boxing champion Muhammad Ali to learn more about boxing. "As Ali is at an advanced age, he can't teach Xiong boxing skills but he can pass his boxing experiences to him," said Xiong's coach Liu Gang.