Chapter 111 A date with a beauty (Year of the Dragon)

In fact, even without Ivaka's invitation, Link would go to watch the match between Evander Holyfield and 'Oriental Beast' Nikolai Valuev.

Not only him, but also Dino, Noradua, Coach Brooks, and professional boxers in the training ground all planned to go and see.

Because Holyfield is the main boxer of the main event, and Valuev is a strong player under the top promotion company, this match is also jointly promoted and held by the two companies.

According to reports, the prize money for this match is about 5 million US dollars.

As the current WBA champion, Valuev takes the lion's share of the appearance fee, while Holyfield's appearance fee is about 700,000 to 1 million US dollars, which is more than 20 times less than the appearance fee for his second fight with Tyson in 1997.

Despite this, Holyfield is still happy to fight.

On the one hand, he also wants to win the WBA gold belt again. If he succeeds, he will become the only boxer in the history of boxing to win the WBA heavyweight championship title five times.

On the other hand, I heard that Holyfield's investment was also affected by the financial crisis, and he had a large amount of debt on his shoulders, and he was in the same boat with Tyson.

After the car arrived at Madison Square Garden, Link separated from the people in the boxing ring and went to the second floor of the arena from the east entrance, where he entered a luxurious box with a good view.

Eva was the only one in the box. She had long straight blond hair, a white turtleneck sweater, and tight straight pants, which showed her tall and curvy figure to the fullest. She stood in front of the panoramic French window with her arms folded, looking at the lively scene.

Link said hello, took off his windbreaker, hung it next to Eva's windbreaker, and walked to the French window to take a look.

The WBO super middleweight competition was being held on the stage as a warm-up match for the heavyweight competition.

He knew one of the two players in the competition, Andre Ward, who had dark skin, was the light heavyweight gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the current WBO North American super middleweight intercontinental champion.

After more than a month of competition, the WBO qualifying competition has ended. Texas boxer Esteban Kamo defeated many opponents and qualified to challenge Andre Ward.

In the second round of the game, Esteban played more actively, constantly swinging his fists and attacking Andre Ward's head.

But Andre's defensive skills are very superb, and his footwork is also very flexible. He fights and retreats at the same time. Every time he retreats, he is just where the opponent can hit him. As long as the opponent attacks, he will immediately dodge. If the opponent does not hit, he will take the initiative to punch and harass. His fighting style is very cunning.

In the three minutes of the second round, Esteban punched more than 90 times and sweated. Andre punched very few times, but his movements were still very flexible.

At the beginning of the third round, Andre continued to harass his opponent and lure Esteban to attack. Until 140 seconds in the third round, Esteban took two steps back and took the initiative to distance himself from Andre, trying to slow down the rhythm of the attack.

At this time, Andre made a move, following his opponent closely, punching Esteban with both fists, one after another, and hitting him on the left forehead with four sets of combination punches.

Esteban was knocked down, and then quickly got up, and then was knocked down again by Andre's heavy punch, got up again, and was knocked down again.

After being knocked down three times in one round, the referee of the fist table took the initiative to call a timeout, asking to end the game, and announced that Andre successfully defended the title.

Clap, clap!

There was a warm applause at the scene, and Link also clapped his hands.

I have to say that Andre played very well, with good skills, speed, and punch weight, and great tactical application. He is a very high-level boxer.

"Link, the news said that your playing style is very similar to Andre's, which is a combination of strength and technology. Can you win the game within 100 seconds against him?"

Ivaka turned her head and asked.

"Yes!"

Link thought about it and nodded slightly.

At the same time, I was also thinking, if I meet Andre Ward, how should I beat him?

The opponent is the light heavyweight gold medalist of the 2004 Athens Olympics. In order to win the world boxing title, he took the initiative to reduce his weight and switch to super middleweight.

His punch weight is rated A+, technique A+, speed A+, boxing tactics A+, physical strength and resistance to blows are temporarily unknown, but overall he is an opponent who is not weaker than Aragon.

If he fights with the opponent now, with his punch weight and speed, he has a 50% chance of KOing the opponent within 100 seconds, and the other 50% depends on the opponent's resistance to blows and defense.

If he delays the fight with the opponent for a few months, and waits for his strength and speed to be improved again in training, the probability of defeating the opponent within 100 seconds will also increase significantly.

So facing Ivaka's question, he has enough confidence to say yes.

"Are you always so confident?" Ivaka looked at him and smiled.

Link shrugged and joked, "I'm too strong to be low-key."

"Tsk!"

Ivaka glanced at him and laughed softly.

Link once said this to reporters before the final of the Amateur Golden Gloves Championship.

After being reported by the media, everyone thought he was a very arrogant and individual person. This style made some people like him and some people dislike him. Those who liked him became his fans, and those who disliked him sprayed him on the Internet.

But as he became an Olympic champion and WBA super middleweight champion, people who liked him liked him more, and people who hated him were conquered by his strength, and changed their attitudes and became his die-hard fans.

So Link didn't mind being hated. As long as he insisted on doing his own thing, he believed that one day in the future, these people would be conquered by his performance and turn from haters to fans.

"Link, you look very humble and gentle in private, but you become arrogant and high-profile in public. Is this the personality you give yourself?"

Eva looked at him and asked with a smile.

"I guess so. Dynasty Promotion is still a small company. If I want to gain a foothold in the boxing world, I need to learn to promote myself."

"You did a good job. Few boxers can get as high a reputation as you and a prize money comparable to that of first-line boxers just after their debut."

Evaka smiled.

Link smiled. Although he did a good job, he still had a big gap with Mayweather, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr., the Klitschko brothers and others, and he needed to continue to work hard.

Evaka brushed the blonde hair beside her ear, invited Link to sit down, and poured him a glass of white wine.

Link sat opposite her, watching her open the wine and pour it quietly.

Eva is 26 years old this year, and is in the most attractive period of a woman. She is mature, sexy, intellectual and elegant. She exudes charming charm when she raises her hands and feet. Her smile and frown will make people imagine. There is also her fair skin, peach-like figure, and slender and round long legs.

For such a woman, whether in terms of body or identity, it will make men have a strong physiological impulse and desire to conquer.

But after calming down, he will think of more.

Evaka is the daughter of a wealthy family and a New York socialite. She has been following the shrewd Mr. Thompson in the American upper class since she was a child. Her knowledge and experience far exceed that of a second-generation man. She is also a shrewd woman.

If she just wanted to exchange some body fluids with him, it would have been very convenient in Miami at the beginning, and there was no need to wait until this time.

Now that the other party suddenly asked him out, Link felt that the other party’s purpose was probably not to date, but for other things.

Happy New Year to everyone. I wish you all good luck in the Year of the Dragon, everything goes well, and all your wishes come true. I'm taking a day off today, so I'll update twice.