Chapter 424 Negotiation Competition

Bang, bang, bang!

"Morales, attack faster! You have to imagine that the person on the other side is Link, you have to be faster, faster to knock him down hard."

"Jeremiah, pay attention to defense! You are a heavyweight boxer, I don't want to see you being beaten back by a super middleweight."

When Link came to the training ground, Morales was sparring with a black boxer named Jeremiah Johnson in the boxing ring. Morales was mainly attacking, and the opponent was mainly defending. Both sides fought vividly.

De La Hoya was pointing and talking beside him, and his voice was a little noisy.

Link let Christine move freely in the training ground, then changed into sportswear and started daily routine training.

Christine sat on the sofa in the rest area with her legs crossed, took out a lollipop from her pocket and put it in her mouth.

Watching Link practice skipping rope for half an hour, and then practice weightlifting on the barbell rack, the barbell of more than 160 pounds seemed to have no weight in his hands. A set of 50 clean and jerk could be completed in less than three minutes.

His muscles gradually became firm and strong during the exercise, with clear lines between muscle blocks, bulging pectoralis major, eight chocolate abdominal muscles, strong biceps brachii, flexible shoulder muscles, and each muscle was full of wild beauty.

After practicing for a long time, fine sweat came out of the pores, and the bronze skin became shiny and smooth, like steel soaked in oil stains, which seemed very hard, and it seemed that if you knocked it twice with your hands, it would make a "clang clang" sound.

Christine pursed her red lips, walked to the equipment training area, and picked up a pair of small dumbbells to do arm curling exercises.

After practicing for a while, her long hair was sweaty and stuck to her cheeks, and her white T-shirt was also wet with sweat, sticking to her chest and back, revealing the outline of her black underwear.

And her two white thighs in hot pants, because of the large amount of activity, her round calves were trembling slightly.

Link reminded her to warm up before training to prevent muscle strain, but Christine ignored him and moved from one training equipment to another, touching all the equipment she could get her hands on.

De La Hoya stood on the boxing ring, looking at the two people in the training area and complained: "Is he here to exercise or to pick up girls? In the past, the media criticized me for being fickle and called me a friend of women, but compared with a real scumbag like Link, I am more innocent than many middle school students."

"It's different. Link messes around, but he has never lost a fight. If you mess around, your legs will be weak and you will lose the game. There is no comparison between the two of you."

Morales panted.

"Shut up! Practice boxing well! Jeremiah, now it's your turn to attack him to defend. If you see him slacking off, beat him hard, and never show mercy."

De La Hoya shouted with a dark face.

The black boxer Jeremiah Johnson waved his fist as big as a sandbag and hit Morales.

Fortunately, Morales was originally an 'iron man'. After training with Link for two years, his body became stronger. Fists under 800 pounds have almost no effect on other parts unless they hit the head.

Bang, bang, bang!

Seeing Morales busy dealing with Jeremiah, De La Hoya continued, "Don't think that Link is so powerful. He is only 22 wins in 22 fights now, and I have maintained a record of 31 wins in 31 fights. In two years, he will definitely lose. This is a situation that all boxers will encounter."

"Not necessarily. You have 31 wins in 31 fights because you can only maintain 31 unbeaten games. Link has 22 wins in 22 fights because he has only participated in 22 games. The gap is too big."

Morales retreated a few steps and retorted.

"Jeremiah, attack faster and hit him in the face."

De La Hoya shouted.

The black boxer roared and waved his fists to attack Morales continuously.

De La Hoya snorted and turned to look at the training area.

"Link brought Emma Roberts here before, and now it's Kristen Stewart. I heard that Jennifer Lawrence, Alexandra Daddario, and Emma Watson are also his girlfriends. This bastard is too good at picking up girls, at least ten times better than me."

"I'm afraid it's more than that, at least ten thousand times."

Hoya's face fell, and he was about to scold, but he turned around and found that the person who spoke was Franco Duva.

Franco was wearing a beach shirt and casual pants, his hair was combed meticulously, and his face was fatter than the last time he played in Las Vegas.

"Link is really good at picking up girls. I can't compare with him, but I'm better than someone who needs to report to his wife when he spends the night outside."

Hoya snorted coldly.

Franco immediately restrained the smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "At least my wife hasn't pulled my hair out."

Hoya's face instantly darkened. When he had a mistress outside, he was caught by his pregnant wife, and his wife pulled out a few strands of his hair during the quarrel.

Somehow, this incident was photographed by paparazzi and published in the newspaper, causing a sensation.

Seven or eight years have passed since the incident, and I thought everyone had forgotten it, but Franco, that bastard, actually dared to bring it up in person.

"Hoya, I apologize to you. I shouldn't have said that. I take back what I said before."

Franco said apologetically.

Hoya gritted his teeth and wanted to say a few more words, but there was really no black material about Franco, and he had nothing to say, and he felt very uncomfortable holding it in his heart.

"Why are you here? Oh, I heard that you signed two newcomers with good potential in this Golden Gloves Boxing Championship. Are there any who can compare to Link?"

"No, Link is a rare boxing genius that only appears once in a century. It's lucky to meet a boxer like him in a lifetime, how can you meet him one after another."

Franco looked at Link in training and was amazed.

Ordinary boxers will become complacent and lazy after achieving certain results, and they need coaches to constantly supervise their daily training.

And Link is now the boxer with the strongest comprehensive strength, the highest appearance fee, and the greatest fame in the boxing world. He is also the most outstanding representative in the current boxing field voted by "Boxing Ring Magazine".

And his net worth is more than 2 billion US dollars, a real rich man.

People like him can enjoy wealth and glory without working hard.

But after achieving these achievements, Link did not stagnate on the credit book.

He still insists on training every day and constantly improving his strength, just like before he became famous.

This kind of resilience, mentality, perseverance, self-control, and pursuit of boxing are worth learning for all boxers and even athletes.

"Yes, it's really hard to meet a boxer like Link. You're lucky to meet him. Last time, Al Haymon and Frank Warren said that you're a lucky guy.

If there's no Link, people like you can only get by in major event companies. How can you be as glorious as you are now? A small broken company has a market value of 300 to 400 million US dollars. You got a big bargain."

De La Hoya said with a pout.

Franco shook his head. He could tell that De La Hoya was still angry about the "hair pulling" incident, but he didn't mind. What De La Hoya said was true.

If he hadn't signed Link that year, it would have been difficult for him to make any achievements in the boxing world, let alone run a sports company with a market value of hundreds of millions of dollars.

And in De La Hoya's words, he also heard a strong sour taste, which was envy, jealousy, and hatred.

In fact, it's not just De La Hoya who is jealous. Since 2009, he has become the object of jealousy of all the bosses of boxing promotion companies, and he is getting more and more jealous.

Because Link's ability to make money is getting stronger and stronger.

The appearance fee for one match is 30-40 million, and there are four or five matches a year, with a total income of more than 200 million US dollars. Even if the company can only get 20-30%, it is still 40-50 million in income.

40-50 million a year, 100 million in two years, and net income of more than 10 million after deducting the publicity expenses during the competition.

At this rate, it was really cheap for Link to shout out a signing fee of 100 million on the train.

He makes more money than a promotion company with 100 professional boxers.

For example, De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, which has more than 50 professional boxers, made less than 6 million on the books last year, and is said to be in debt of several million.

He can fully understand why De La Hoya spoke to him in such a sour tone.

"Let's stop bickering. I have something serious to discuss with you."

Franco said.

"Is it about the match with Hopkins? There is no rush. Let Link fight Beirut Shumenov, Chad Dawson, and Nathan Cleverly first, and then talk about it after he beats them."

De La Hoya said perfunctorily.

After being defeated by Link at the beginning of the year, De La Hoya subsequently announced his retirement and focused on running Golden Boy Boxing Promotions.

He is now the boss of the promotion company and a famous promoter in the boxing world. He is responsible for promoting and operating the matches of his boxers and making money from boxers.

Al Haymon and Franko Warren, who he mentioned earlier, are also gold medal promoters in the boxing world.

There are also Bob Arum and Franko Duva.

All the important matches in the boxing world now are operated by these promoters.

And WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins is a boxer under Golden Boy Promotions.

If Franco wants to promote the match between Link and Hopkins, he needs his consent.

As for the current situation, he cannot agree.

He has fought with Link and knows how powerful Link is.

Hopkins is not Link's opponent for the time being. He is arranging for Hopkins to train in Cuba and wait until he sees Link's matches with the other three light heavyweight champions.

It would be best if Link encountered some setbacks in the first three light heavyweight matches and his mentality was affected.

If Hopkins strikes at the right time and defeats Link in one fell swoop, it will be perfect.

"Bob Arum and Al Haymon said the same thing."

Franco said helplessly.

The IBF light heavyweight champion is under Bob Arum, and the WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is under Al Haymon.

"They also want to see Link's match with the other three champions before making a decision. If you don't arrange anyone to play, Link will have no match to play after playing Beirut Shumenov."

"How can there be no match? You can arrange for Link to play against the second and third ranked boxers of each organization first, get the challenger qualification first, and then challenge Hopkins and the other two. Take it step by step and make steady progress. This is more beneficial to Link's development."

De La Hoya said with his hands spread out.

"This arrangement is fine, but Link has a lot of things to do now and has limited time. He doesn't have that much time to participate in the second-level competition. What's the point of avoiding the fight like this? You will have a chance to defeat Link in a few months later?"

"That's not necessarily true."

De La Hoya crossed his arms and said unwaveringly.

Franco glanced at him, "Are you sure you want to do this? Don't forget that Hopkins is 46 years old this year and will be 47 next year. His condition will get worse and worse. You are also a boxer and you know what age means to a boxer."

Hoya frowned when he heard this. ‘Executioner’ Hopkins is indeed too old and is the oldest active boxing champion in the current boxing world. That is why he did not want Hopkins to meet Link, who is super energetic, in the ring too early.

Once Link uses the consumption tactics and drags the game to ten rounds, Hopkins has no chance of winning at all.

“Hoya, think about it again. Hopkins will have another title defense in the second half of the year. There are many light heavyweight masters. If he loses the gold belt, he will not be qualified to compete with Link again. Why not take advantage of him to compete with Link while he is still the boxing champion and earn a few million more appearance fees?”

Franco persuaded.

Hoya fell into deep thought when he heard his proposal. He thought about it and told Franco that he would discuss it with Hopkins first. If Hopkins accepted it, he would not object.

Franco nodded, said hello, and walked towards the equipment training area.

Hoya saw Franco’s back and pouted unhappily.

This lucky guy, born with a good father, met a good wife when he grew up, and now met Link, this guy has been lucky all his life.

And Link, if Link was under the Golden Boy Promotions, he could also force other boxers to fight like Franco.

It's a pity that Link was not discovered earlier.

If time could go back, he would definitely sign him with a big contract before Franco.