Chapter 441 Public opinion is boiling

When Link and Chris Liu were sleeping in bed, news about the two staying at the InterContinental Hotel at the same time and appearing at the hotel restaurant for dinner at the same time spread on the Internet.

There are screenshots of the relevant video. Although it is not very clear, it once again confirms the relationship between the two.

The fans of Tianxian wailed after seeing the news.

They couldn't understand why the fairy sister was so beautiful, so pure and clean, and so many people liked her, why she had to roll with a scumbag?

Isn't it good to find a loyal good man to fall in love?

Some Tianxian fans posted the slogan "Drive away the scumbag Link, protect the fairy sister" on the Internet.

More than 100,000 people liked and commented overnight.

There are also many international black fans who accused Link, saying that he has established a relationship with Miss Evaka, but he is still messing around outside. It is really a bad habit that is hard to change. He is a scumbag among scumbags.

Some people shouted to Evaka, asking her to kick Link away. There are many good men in the world.

With her conditions, she can choose from billions of men, from presidents and kings to civilians.

There is no need to waste your youth on Link, a scumbag.

Some boxing fans have raised questions online: Link is going to participate in a boxing match tomorrow, and he is dating a beauty in the hotel at night. Will he lose the match the next day?

In 1990, Tyson lost to James Douglas, who was much weaker than him, in Tokyo because of his pre-match messing.

This time, Link's opponent is WBA light heavyweight world champion Beirut Shumenov, known as the "Kazakhstan dark horse".

His current professional record is 11 wins and 1 loss in 12 games.

He is also the person who won the light heavyweight championship with the least number of games in the current boxing world, a very powerful opponent.

How dare you mess around in the face of such an opponent?

In addition, this match is Link's first fight from super middleweight to light heavyweight.

There is a common sense in the sports world that athletes need to conserve their energy before the game, don't mess around, and it's best not to touch women.

But Link not only did not do this, but also tried every means to date despite the hundreds of reporters and paparazzi inside and outside the hotel following him.

This behavior shows that he is too arrogant and not afraid of failure at all.

Based on these speculations, the media claimed that after Link won 22 consecutive games, he became arrogant and complacent, despised his opponents, and could not even abstain from sex before the game.

Mainstream public opinion believes that Link may taste the first defeat of his career in Hong Kong Island.

These comments were published on the front page of many newspapers the next morning, and there were also related reports on TV news.

The title is that Link secretly met a beautiful woman before the game, and may suffer the first defeat of his career in Hong Kong Island.

The latest report of Ming Pao said that after the news was exposed, Macau gaming centers have lowered the odds of Link's defeat.

The original odds of Link losing a fight were reduced from 1:42 to 1:40.5, and the odds of winning the first three rounds were increased from 1:1.5 to 1:1.57.

It shows that the gaming companies are also worried that Link will lose the game and use this method to avoid risks.

After these news came to light, more people went to the gambling center to place bets, and the number of fans who bet on Link to lose doubled.

Because of these publicity and hype, the news of Link and Beirut's match became the most eye-catching news in Asia that day.

It ranked first on the hot search list of major news.

Many media and many netizens began to discuss this match.

Discuss whether Link will lose to Beirut, whether he can win the match smoothly and become the WBA light heavyweight world champion?

If Link messes up before the match, will his legs be weak during the match and taste the bitterness of failure?

According to a survey by the East Asia Sports Data Consulting Company.

The day before the match, 89.8% of netizens supported Link's victory, and 35,000 Asian boxing fans voted.

After this kind of news broke, the proportion of those who supported his victory dropped to 74.5%.

The proportion of those who believed that Beirut would win increased to 20.7%.

The proportion of those who supported a tie between the two increased from 2.3% to 4.8%.

All these data show that the scandal had a great impact on Link, causing many boxing fans to lose confidence in his ability to win the game.

At the same time, it also increased the exposure of this game, with a greater impact in Asia.

It also increased more uncertainty, aroused the curiosity of boxing fans, and made ordinary citizens pay attention to the results of this game.

However, in order to restore the reputation and maintain the reputation of Chris Liu, the brokerage companies of both parties made clarification statements through the Internet and the media on the day of the incident.

It is said that Link and Chris Liu are good friends. After learning about Link's game, Chris Liu deliberately put down her work and flew to Hong Kong Island to cheer for Link.

Link is very grateful for Chris Liu's support and invited her to dinner at the InterContinental Hotel. It is open and aboveboard, without hiding or anything shameful. Please do not listen to rumors and spread them.

Please do not believe the news on the Internet, Tianxian fans. Most of the news is fabricated out of thin air just to attract the attention of netizens, and the credibility is extremely low.

Finally, rumors stop with the wise. Please continue to support Chris Liu's new drama and support Link to win this game.

At the press conference before the game, Link also clarified when interviewed by Hong Kong media reporters that he and Chris Liu have been friends for many years and have a close relationship. There is no shameful relationship as circulated on the Internet.

He also said that he attaches great importance to this game and his opponent Beirut. He will pay special attention to diet and rest before the game and did not do anything to affect the game.

Some people believe and some don’t believe the explanations of the two management companies and Link, and those who believe and those who don’t believe have started a debate online.

The final result depends on Link’s performance in this game.

If he loses, it means that the two of them are messing around in the hotel.

If he wins, it means that Link is very good and the relationship between the two is questionable.

“Hahaha, Link, your publicity and hype planning is great this time.”

In the locker room of the Hung Hom Stadium, Link was changing his equipment and doing pre-match warm-up exercises. Eddie Hearn, president of the Arena Company, strode in and praised him.

Originally, not many people paid attention to this game. Even if the organizers and promotion companies invested tens of millions of publicity funds, this game only received a little attention in Asia and became a more popular sports event.

But since Link arrived in Hong Kong Island yesterday, the attention to this event has increased sharply.

In addition to the gossip hype that started yesterday, words and titles such as "Link Hong Kong Island Match", "Link VS Beirut Match", and "WBA Light Heavyweight Championship" have become hot search terms on the Internet in Asia.

On websites such as Google, Baidu, Weibo, and Yahoo, the number of searches for related words is many times higher than two days ago.

There are more than 30,000 related news links and articles on various search websites.

The most popular "Link Hong Kong Island Match" has received 8.5 million views on the Weibo platform and is still ranked in the top three of the hot search list. The first is the gossip about Link and Chris Liu.

Because of these publicity, the previously unknown WBA light heavyweight champion Beirut Shumenov has also become famous.

Gained a higher reputation in Asia.

Now many people know through the news that Link's opponent in this match is Beirut, a boxer from Kazakhstan.

And the boxing world is sometimes like the entertainment industry, with more famous boxers getting higher appearance fees.

Because of this hype, even if Beirut loses this match, the appearance fee for the next match will increase significantly.

This is also the reason why Eddie Hearn, knowing that Link is very strong and may snatch Beirut's WBA gold belt, still promoted this match.

"Eddie, this is not my publicity plan, and you don't have to praise me."

Link put on a towel to keep warm and took a sip of water and said.

He and Chris Liu had no intention of hyping this date. It was just a simple date and had nothing to do with the promotion of the event.

He had received 35 million appearance fees in advance, which was equivalent to the cost of buying out this match. No matter how much he earned, it had nothing to do with him. The subsequent share was at most a few million.

There was not much benefit, and he did not need to use this kind of thing to hype and attract attention.

As far as he knew, the reason why this scandal was reported by many media in Asia was that the organizers and bookmakers were the driving forces behind it, and the media took the initiative to join the hype in order to earn traffic and sell news.

"Really?"

Eddie Hearn looked at him with a smile, not quite believing that this hype had nothing to do with him.

Last time when he played in London, Link also made the match known to all British people through the scandal with Emma Watson. Even more than a month after the match, the media was still discussing the match and the scandal, and the popularity remained high.

This time, Link came to Hong Kong Island to compete, and he used the same method to hype the match into a hot news in Asia.

This method looks simple and monotonous, but it is very practical, and other boxers can't use it except Link, because they don't have the conditions.

First of all, Link is strong. He is not only a world boxing champion, but also a popular superstar in the world music scene. He has his own traffic, and other boxers can't hype it up in this way.

In addition, Link is handsome and famous. He is popular with girls from all over the world. His rumored girlfriends are all big stars from all over the world, but other boxers don't have this ability.

In addition, Link himself is a scumbag and is not afraid of rumors. Other boxers dare to do this. They will be scolded as a pile of shit by boxing fans before they go on stage to compete, let alone watch their games.

Link doesn't have to worry about this.

Sometimes Eddie Hearn even suspects that Link has become a scumbag, and the purpose of dating girlfriends from multiple countries is to facilitate hype.

If not, his international reputation would definitely not be so high, and his appearance fee in foreign competitions would not have increased so quickly.

After understanding these points, Eddie Hearn admired Link even more in his heart.

A hype master like Link, even if he doesn't become a boxer, can be a boxing promoter.

"Hey, Eddie, why don't you watch Beirut over there? Do you want to use this method to help Beirut beat Link?"

Franco joked as he came in from the door.

"I'm not as despicable as you think. I just came to ask Link if he has any plans to join the competition room promotion. I can give him 50% of the company's shares plus a signing bonus of 100 million. Link, do you want to consider it?"

Eddie Hearn laughed.

"Eddie, is it really appropriate to poach someone in person?"

Without waiting for Link to answer, Franco shouted dissatisfiedly.

"I am not trying to poach someone, but I am considering Link's future. The current American boxing world has become very impetuous and talent is scarce. Only a bunch of veterans in their 30s and 40s are left fighting. There are no outstanding figures in the younger generation except Link.

From the last century to the present, the British boxing world has continuously produced many powerful and famous boxers, such as David Haye, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, etc.

We are in the industry, and we all understand one thing. If a boxer wants to reach the top of the industry, in addition to being strong enough, he also needs several powerful opponents.

For example, De La Hoya and Pacquiao, Mayweather and Hopkins, they achieve each other.

What Link lacks most now is a few strong opponents. Young boxers such as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are just right for him, so Link's signing in the competition room for promotion will be more helpful for future development. "

Eddie Hearn talks a lot.

Franco frowned, "Are you really here to poach? Let's not mention that you mentioned that there is no one in the American boxing world. This is wrong in itself. Deontay Wilder, Andy Ruiz Jr., Andre ·Ward is a boxer with great potential.

Another point, and the most important point, is that the current ten boxing matches with the highest PPV revenue share all take place in the United States. If you want to make money, it is best to stay in the United States, so don't disturb Link here and let him prepare with peace of mind. "

"Huh, American boxing only focuses on PPV income and does not pay attention to discovering and cultivating capable boxers. You have gone astray. I bet that in 20 years, the center of boxing will definitely return to the UK."

Eddie Hearn said with conviction.

"That will have to wait until twenty years later."

Franco retorted.

Link listened to the conversation between the two without interrupting. With the help of a boxing assistant, he put on a hand bandage and boxing gloves.

"Okay, let's put it down in advance. Link, I came here to help Beirut issue a letter of challenge. He has a good relationship with Karl. He said that this game will definitely teach Karl a lesson. I hope you don't do it during the game. Legs are weak."

Eddie Hearn quipped.

"Don't worry, I won't."

Link clenched the gloves of his hands, and the muscles in his arms bulged tightly.

"Come on Link! Win the light heavyweight championship and become the number one boxing player in the world."

Morales yelled.

The coaching staff also cheered for Link.

Simon came over to remind him that pre-game inspections had begun. Link, Coach Brooks and others went to the site to weigh in and check the game equipment.