Chapter 24 Knock out a strong man
We are the champions my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Before the game started, the organizer invited five local Miami bands to perform on stage to warm up for the upcoming boxing match.
More than 10,000 spectators sang along enthusiastically, and the atmosphere was very warm.
After the last band sang "We are the champions", the game began.
The finals are divided into two categories. The first category is the qualifying round. The top 20 boxers in each level are all there, and everyone competes with each other to see who has the highest ranking.
The qualifying round arrangement is relatively simple. There are four divisions in the east, west, south and north. The first place in each division VS the second place in other divisions.
If the first place in each of the four divisions beats the second place in other divisions, the four first places will fight again.
If the first place loses, the ranking of the entire division will drop by one place.
The third, fourth and fifth place will be drawn for the competition.
Link's opponent in the first round is Mario Morales, a boxer from the Western Division and Los Angeles. Although he has the same name as Mario, his appearance, body shape and temperament are different.
This Mario is a black man with dreadlocks all over his head. He is very strong, with particularly large chest and arm muscles and a thick waist.
He is the second in the Western Division of this year's Golden Gloves, and the fourth in last year's National Amateur Championship and the third in the Pan American Games boxing event. He is 24 years old this year, weighs 77.8 kilograms, is 180 centimeters tall, and has an amateur record of 27 wins and 8 losses in 35 games.
Mario Morales is a power boxer with a very lethal fist, a strong body and excellent resistance to blows.
Relying on these two points, he broke through the championship and reached the regional finals.
His shortcomings are short arms, inflexible movements, and slightly rough techniques.
It is not difficult to defeat him, but the difficult part is wearing cotton gloves. How to knock out a sturdy and strong man?
"Hey, kid, I heard you want to KO all of us? Houlixite, that's ridiculous, I'm also good at KO, let's see today, who will KO who first?"
Morales clenched his fist and pounded his strong chest muscles hard, his chest thumping.
Too strong!
Link had a headache, but the bragging had been blown, and now he could only do his best.
After the game started, he used his speed that was much faster than his opponent to hit his opponent's head with jabs continuously and quickly.
In the first round, he punched 75 times, hit his opponent's head 11 times, three straight punches, six jabs, and two swing punches.
What surprised him was that Mario Morales took so many hits, and at the end of the first round, he was still standing firmly on the ring, like an iron tower.
In the second round, he and Morales gave up defense and attacked each other. The fight was very fierce, and the cheers and shouts of the audience never stopped.
In the third round, he continued to attack Morales' head, punching 45 times and hitting 6 times. Two of his heavy punches hit Morales' forehead in succession. Morales shook a few times and held the ropes without falling down.
In the fourth round, Link punched 42 times in a row, hitting Morales' head 5 times. Finally, in the fifth time, he knocked him to the ground with a straight punch.
But Morales quickly stood up again, slapped his head and roared at him, and began to fight back fiercely.
Link wiped the sweat on his chest muscles with boxing gloves and sighed. Can I really knock out such a muscular man with boxing gloves? I really know how to make problems for myself.
Although he was helpless, the audience was very satisfied to see two muscular men on the stage, attacking hard, punching to the flesh, and sweating. It was really exciting.
When they fought, every time they hit each other, the audience would shout loudly, wow! mygod! ! The shouts were earth-shaking, even louder than when the Heat won the championship at home.
"Link is too exhausted to fight like this. There is another game in the afternoon. How can he hold on?"
West said worriedly.
"Don't worry, West. Link is a great boxer. How could a great boxer lose?"
Mario leaned back in his chair, chewing gum, watching the game on the stage with a smile.
Although he and Link were from the same boxing gym, he really wanted to see Link lose.
When Link lost the game, he would have the opportunity to tell him in person that his previous words were all bragging, and Link would no longer be able to stare at him with that hateful look.
"I also think Link will not lose. He dares to fight like this, there must be some arrangement."
Reggie stared at the ring, his eyes full of admiration and excitement.
Mario rolled his eyes and muttered a brainless fan.
"Link! Champion!!"
In the audience, James and his neighbors shouted loudly.
"Link, you must win!"
Link's boxing fans were also cheering him on.
"Does he really want to win the championship trophy by knocking out all his opponents?"
In the audience, promoters such as Franco Duva and Greg Cohen looked at Link, who was attacking hard on the stage, with both admiration and doubt in their eyes.
If Link can really achieve this goal, it means that with his ability, he can not only win the championship trophy, but also win the trophy in an extremely difficult way. It also means that his strength is much higher than others at the same level. cut.
If this is the case, the evaluation of him within the promotion company will be raised to another level, and the conditions given to him will be more generous.
But first he has to complete a challenge that no one has yet been able to complete.
Bang!
In the boxing ring, in the fifth round, Link once again used a right swing to knock down his opponent Mario Morales to the ground.
"Asshole, you pissed me off."
Mario Morales jumped up, his eyes red, and punched him hard like a crazy American bison.
Morales' fists were very heavy, heavier than heavyweight Mario, at least over 900 pounds. Link had received several punches before. Although he was protected by protective gear, he still felt uncomfortable when he was hit.
Seeing that Morales had lost his mind, Link didn't want to confront him head-on. He used his super-fast reaction ability, shortened his body, tilted his head, and leaned back, and avoided Morales many times in a series of clever and dangerous ways. Lares' offense.
"Wow, Wonderful!"
"It's incredible, he just avoided them all."
"Is he the Flash?"
The audience's eyes widened as they watched him use the flash technique like The Flash to avoid Morales' fists time and time again. They couldn't help but exclaim loudly and applaud his wonderful performance.
"It was wonderful, such a great game."
"Link, you are the best boxer."
"Fuck Roy Jones Jr., I'm Link's biggest boxing fan from now on."
Link's boxing fans were shouting and jumping up and down with excitement. Some female boxing fans were so excited that they even took off their T-shirts and stood on their seats and waved vigorously.
"I'm going to kill you, Link!"
Morales roared, but it was useless. He was a power boxer, not a speed boxer. In Link's eyes, although his fists were powerful, they were very slow and clumsy. Compared with the fish at the bottom of the sea, they were far behind. It's not hard to hide at all.
Link once again lowered his head to avoid Morales' heavy punch, and with a backhand throw that everyone knew, he punched Morales on the bridge of his nose.
Morales screamed in pain, fell to the ground on his back, and a stream of blood spurted out of his nose.
boom!
The audience shouted excitedly again.
"Link!!!"
"You are the champion!"
Morales lay on the ground for more than three seconds, stood up unsteadily from the ground, roared and rushed towards Link, as if he wanted to kill him.
Bang!
Link threw another cold punch, hitting Morales hard on the bridge of his nose.
Morales was knocked down again, with nosebleeds pouring from his nose to his chest. He looked miserable.
The referee came forward and asked him if he wanted to continue the game. Morales angrily said yes, but his coach threw a white towel and asked to stop the game. He saw clearly from the outside that Morales was not Link's at all. opponent.
Regardless of speed, technique, mentality, or the punches he was proud of, they were all inferior to Link.
It's useless to continue fighting after being completely crushed by Link. It's better to end the game early and save your energy for ranked matches.
"The winner of this contest is Link Baker!"
Link's fist was raised by the referee again.
"Link! Link! Champion!"
Tens of thousands of Miami spectators in the auditorium shouted loudly, clapped and cheered. The scene was very spectacular and enthusiastic.
Link held up the red glove and swung it hard. Although it was a TKO (technical knockout), it was still a KO.
"He did it! He did it!"
Franco Duva looked at Link on the ring and patted the guardrail excitedly.
He and Link had a heart-to-heart talk on the train two days ago. Link said that he wanted to unify the gold belts of the four major organizations in five levels, and that he wanted to change the current boxing world and cause great changes in the North American boxing world.
When ordinary people hear this, they will definitely think of him as a lunatic.
But if this person is extremely powerful, then he must be treated with caution.
Today Link said he would win the game by KOing his opponent, and now he did it.
He is not only a very ambitious person, but also a person who has the ability to realize his ambition. This kind of person is very rare.
Franco Duva glanced at the competitors not far away, took out his mobile phone and called the person he didn't want to disturb, his father, Mr. Lou Duva.
Dewar Sr. is the founder of Main Events and the actual controller of the company.
Regarding the US$100 million transaction and the future development of the company, he had to disturb Old Dua and ask for his consent.
