Chapter 32 KO him in five rounds

"Hey, dear audience friends, good afternoon, I am your old friend Steve Mandanda, and my current location is."

"Link! Champion!"

"Link! Champion!"

"Sorry, wait a minute, it's too noisy in here, I might need to move to a different position."

At the competition site, Steve Mandanda, the host of the HBO sports channel, waved to cameraman Sean, covered his ears and returned to the left corner of the ring.

After Link stepped onto the ring, the audience shouted Link's name loudly, and the huge waves of sound were deafening, easily drowning out his words.

When we came to the corner, there were billboards blocking the way, so the shouting became quieter.

Host Steve Mandanda exhaled and gave a thumbs up to the cameraman, who turned the camera back on.

Steve was wearing a suit, holding a microphone with the HBO logo, and said to the camera with a smile: "Hey, dear viewers, good afternoon, I am your old friend Steve Mandanda. I am currently at The location is the American Airlines Center Arena in Miami.

That's right, it's the home stadium of the NBA Heat.

But I am not here today to interview Wade or other players. I heard that they are on vacation in Phuket, which is really enviable.

There is another match today at the American Airlines Arena. Audiences who are familiar with boxing should know that every May and June, the Amateur Boxing Association organizes an amateur boxer match across the country, which is the Golden Gloves Boxing Championship.

Counting from the one sponsored by the Chicago Tribune in 1926, it has been held 53 times across the country or in various cities.

Every year the Golden Gloves boxing tournament attracts thousands of amateur boxers to sign up, and this year is no different.

According to statistics from the Amateur Boxing Association, a total of 1,403 boxers from all over the country have signed up to participate in boxing matches at various levels this year, which is the largest number of participants in the past ten years. "

"Link! Champion!!"

A sudden shout came from the audience, interrupting Steve Mandanda's broadcast again.

He smiled at the camera, waved his fist and said, "That's right, Link, champion! Many outstanding boxer rookies appeared in this Golden Gloves Championship, including Iron Man Morales, who upset the Northern Division champion. Jones Fullers, there are also the amateur boxing championship champion Andre Berto, whom many people know, and the Eastern European boy Andrzej Fonfara, who is famous for his superb boxing skills, but the most famous one is..."

Steve put his hands over his ears and held up the phone.

"Link! Champion!"

the audience shouted.

“Yes, it’s Link, Link Baker, a young man born in Miami Beach, 20 years old, super middleweight boxer.

According to his coach, he has been learning boxing for less than three years. This Golden Gloves Boxing Championship is his first amateur boxing event, and he has achieved amazing results in this championship.

From the Miami regional to the championship finals, he played 16 games, winning 16 times in 16 games and KOing 16 opponents, including Mario Morales, Jones Fullers, Andrzej Fonfara. including many well-known boxers.

"Boxing Ring Magazine" said that this is a record-breaking result that Ali has not achieved, Tyson has not achieved, and Money Mayweather has not achieved it. "Boxing Ring Magazine" calls him one of the most anticipated rookies in boxing this year. one.

After four rounds of competition, today at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the Golden Gloves Championship will also usher in the finals. In the past, the biggest highlight of the championship was the heavyweight competition.

This year is different. After voting by 10,000 spectators, 86.2% of the audience wanted to watch the super middleweight match in the main venue. The organizer finally decided to hold the super middleweight match in the main venue.

The two boxers in today's super middleweight match are Link Baker and his opponent Andre Berto! "

Cameraman Sean focuses his camera on the two boxers in the ring.

In the brightly lit boxing ring, there were two strong young men, one black and one white, standing face to face, with a referee wearing a black shirt and white gloves standing in the middle.

Steve continued to report on the scene, "Wearing white shorts and white gloves, the muscular man is boxer Andre Berto. He is 181 centimeters tall, 188 centimeters long, and weighs 76.8 kilograms. He is 20 years old this year and has an amateur record. 37 wins and 1 draw in 38 games. He has won the U19 National Championship and the National Amateur Championship.

It is said that many boxing promotion companies have already offered him an olive branch, and Andre Berto also plans to enter professional boxing after winning the Golden Gloves Championship.

The strong boxer wearing red gloves opposite him is tonight's hero, Link Baker. His amateur record is 16 KOs in 16 fights.

Before the finals, he publicly declared that he would KO his opponents to reach the finals and win the championship.

Just yesterday, in this boxing ring, he sent off two outstanding boxers, Morales and Andrzej, by KO, and successfully advanced to the finals.

He is also here today. He will continue his KO legend and win the championship, or he will be defeated by his opponent and miss the Golden Gloves unfortunately. Please let us wait and see. "

After the broadcast ended, Steve took a long breath, took a bottle of water from his assistant, took a sip, gurgled in his throat a few times, and spit it on the ground.

"Mr. Mandanda, the organizers asked if you want to interview the two boxers. If you don't interview them, the match will start."

An on-site assistant ran over to say.

Steve looked at the ring and nodded, saying, "Link is a guy who is very good at making trouble. It's not bad to interview him."

The assistant nodded and ran over to notify him.

Steve walked towards the ring with the camera.

HBO is a cable TV broadcasting giant, and boxing match broadcasting is the focus of HBO TV.

Usually, they broadcast professional boxing matches and make money through PPV payment. Occasionally, they also broadcast some more popular amateur events.

According to past practice, HBO only broadcasts the heavyweight finals of the championship every year, but this year a dazzling newcomer, Link Baker, appeared in the super middleweight class, which attracted a lot of attention, so HBO also changed the broadcast object to the super middleweight class.

Steve trotted onto the boxing ring, greeted the audience first, then walked to Andre Beto, handed over the microphone and asked: "Good afternoon, Andre, standing in front of you is Link Baker, the anesthesiologist who has KOed his opponents 16 times. Will you be nervous to compete with him?"

Andre Beto bulged his thick arms, bared his white teeth, and smiled: "Of course not, he is the one who should be nervous. I will not fight with him like other boxers. I will beat him with my iron fist and tell everyone that boxers are made by fists, not by cheating."

"Wow!"

There was a cry of surprise at the scene.

Link narrowed his eyes and smiled. When he first communicated with Andre Beto, he was polite and friendly, but when facing the camera, he threw dirty water on him in person. Interesting!

"Wow!"

The host Steve also exclaimed exaggeratedly and handed the microphone to Link, "Link, Andre said you were cheating, what do you want to say?"

Link shrugged and smiled, "Nothing to say, for a respectable opponent, such as Andre Zejie, I am willing to fight with him for a few more rounds, exchange and learn, and if I meet an unrespectable opponent, I don't mind ending the game early. Andre Berto, you said I cheated? Very good, to prove you wrong, I will KO you in five rounds. , please prepare for failure. "

"Wow! Wow, what did I hear?"

Steve shouted again, holding the microphone and shouting to the audience, "Link said he wanted to KO Andre Berto within five rounds, wow, this is an amateur match, Andre Berto is the top amateur boxer in the super middleweight class, God, did I hear it right, Link, are you sure you want to KO Andre Berto within five rounds?"

"Yes, I only need five rounds."

Link clenched his fist and said to the microphone.

"Wow!"

"Link! Champion!"

"Link! Come on!"

The audience heard Link's shouting from the radio and shouted excitedly.

Andre Berto on the opposite side clenched his fist tightly, bit his white teeth fiercely, and stared at Link angrily.

The host Steve passed the microphone to Andre Berto again, "Andre, Link said he would knock you out in five rounds, how do you respond to him?"

Andre Berto glared at Link and yelled, "He's dreaming, I'm going to teach him a lesson with my iron fist, knock him out, and make him beg for mercy on the ground like a coward."

"Link."

Steve held the microphone and wanted to ask Link what he thought, but the referee came over to remind him that the game time was up. Steve put away the microphone reluctantly and left with the cameraman.