Chapter 47 The Terrible Link

The qualifying competition is somewhat similar to the Golden Gloves final.

In the first round, the top-ranked boxers of all participating countries will fight against the second-ranked boxers of other countries.

If the first place is defeated, the second place is also defeated, and the third place wins, there will be another chance to participate in the challenge. If the third place also fails, the country's team will be wiped out.

If the first place is defeated, the second place succeeds, the second place replaces the first place and continues to participate in the competition. The first place also has a chance to participate in the challenge.

If the first and second place are both successful, just like Link and Jones Follers in the Golden Gloves final, the two will compete separately.

If Jones Follers wins the match against Andre Berto, he will replace Andre and compete with Link again, but he did not.

The qualifying competition is generally the same.

It's just that there are more participating teams, Link needs to play more games, and his opponents have changed from Andre and others to the top-ranked amateur boxers in the super middleweight class in Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and other countries.

In the sport of boxing, although the United States leads the world, other American countries are also quite strong.

Mexico, Canada, and Cuba, like the United States, are traditional boxing powers, and have produced many world-class boxing champions.

For example, Mexico has the "God of War" Julio Cesar Chavez, the legendary boxing champion Salvador Sanchez who defended the WBC featherweight champion nine times, the Hall of Fame boxing champion Olivares, the Hall of Fame boxing champion Arizmendi, the Hall of Fame boxing champion Vicente Saldívar, etc., more than ten world-class boxing champions.

In the small weight class, the United States is not a match for Mexico.

Cuba is also a boxing powerhouse, having won 31 gold, 12 silver, and 18 bronze medals in the Olympic boxing events, only slightly inferior to the United States' 42 gold, 21 silver, and 35 bronze medals, and has continuously crushed the US boxing team in the recent Olympic boxing events.

There are also boxing champions in Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala and other American countries.

These countries have united and often grabbed 5/6 of the places in the boxing qualifying competitions of the previous American Olympic Games.

There are only two spots left in the super middleweight division, and Link and his friends will have one or more tough fights next.

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"Hey, guys, does anyone want to practice with Link?"

After chatting for a while, Morales, who had dreadlocks, couldn't help but feel itchy, picked up a pair of boxing gloves, and asked Anderzej, Jones Foles, and Andre Beto.

Anderzej waved his hand, "I won't fight Link. He is fast and powerful. If I really fight him, I won't last a round."

Andre Beto glanced at Link and waved his hand.

Although Link cheated in the last finals, Andre had to admit that he was inferior to Link in terms of technology, strength, speed, physical strength, and tactics after competing with him once.

In another match, he was not sure to beat Link.

In addition, after half a month, he also wanted to see if Link had made any progress during this period. If not, it would not be too late to fight back.

Jones Foles hugged his arms, leaned on the boxing ring, grinned, "Link's back throw is too powerful, I can't take it for now, Mario, you have strong resistance to blows, fight with Link first, let us see."

"Okay, Link, do you want to fight?"

Morales put on boxing gloves and shouted hard.

Link smiled. The four people came from afar and asked for practice. Of course, he would not refuse. He asked a few apprentices to help Mario, who had just woken up, to rest, and then fetched two sets of competition protective gear for the two to wear.

"Boxing!"

Link and Morales bumped fists, and the sparring began.

Morales is strong, strong in resistance to blows, good in physical strength, and heavy in fists. He is a heavy gunner.

His disadvantage is that he is slow, 180 cm tall, and 182 cm long, 10 cm shorter than Link, which is a desperate gap.

Just like Chris Bird, whose arms are 188 cm long, fought against Klitschko, whose arms are 2 cm long. Because his arms are too short, he didn't win in two games in 2000 and 2006.

He will only be suppressed in the game.

Bang!

Morales swung his thick arms and hit Link's head with a straight punch.

Link raised his right arm to block and swung his left fist at the same time. This is a set of stress combination punches, that is, a combination punch that is subconsciously thrown when encountering an opponent's attack.

This kind of combination punch requires years of training to form muscle memory and inertia, so that it can be thrown in the shortest time during the game. The more stress combination punches, the smoother it will be.

Link's left fist hit Morales' head.

"Mario, be careful!"

Jones shouted from the audience.

Morales turned his head and saw Link's right swing punch rushing towards his head. He wanted to dodge, but it was too late. His body couldn't keep up with the speed of his mind.

Bang!

Link's fist hit Morales' temple lightly, and then he quickly retracted his hand.

"Be careful Morales."

Link laughed.

"Fuck, Link, how come you are so fast again? I can't defend you at all."

Morales roared angrily.

"Your fist is also heavier."

Link laughed.

The two continued to practice.

Considering that the game would be the day after tomorrow, Link no longer attacked Morales' head, but only attacked Morales' arms and shoulders, as well as the parts protected by protective gear.

Morales has a strong body and wears armor. He can fight easily and is more suitable as a sparring partner than the other Mario.

While the two were sparring, Andrzej, Andre Berto, and Jones Fullers stood by and watched.

"Damn it! His skills were already great, so how come he has improved a lot? If he is so good, how can we get ahead in the future?"

Andrzej frowned and sighed.

He has practiced boxing since he was a child and has been practicing for fifteen or six years. Technique is his specialty and the basis for his foothold in the amateur boxing circle. In the past, when he played in competitions, even when he met Andre Berto, he could still fight with flying colors.

But it was bad when he met Link. Link not only suppressed him technically, but also far surpassed him in other aspects. There was no chance of winning against him.

Andrzej only felt weak.

"Not only is he technically great, he is also becoming more and more proficient in his combination punches. This guy's talent in boxing is enviable."

Jones Fullers marveled.

"Yes, he is a real genius. Some people called me that at the beginning, but there is no way to compare with a bastard like Link."

Anderszej shrugged.

Jones Fullers glanced at Andre Berto next to him, "Andre, why don't you speak?"

Andre Berto shook his head and sighed: "Do you know how he defeated me in the fifth round in the last match?"

"Isn't it a direct defeat?"

Jones Fullers and Andrzej looked at him curiously.

"Shit! If I defended in the fifth round, there was no way he could knock me out."

Andre Berto looked at Link in the ring angrily.

"Haha, Andre, there is something that everyone is curious about. In the fifth round of the game that day, everyone knew that you should defend, but you chose to attack Lin? Why is this? Some people say that you are accompanying him in his fight against cheating. Fist, is that so?”

"fart!"

Andre Berto said with a dark face and full of sorrow and anger, "The match reached the fifth round, and that bastard Link told me that he would completely KO me in the eighth round."

"The eighth round? But he promised to fight until the fifth round in advance, so where did the eighth round come from?" Anderszej asked curiously.

Andre Berto scolded Farke, "Link told me that the five-round KO I promised before the game was a lie and a tactic. He would continue to fight with me until the end of ten rounds.

I was very exhausted and didn't have much energy left. When I heard him say that, I was so angry that I didn't care about the coach's dissuasion and just wanted to fight him desperately. As a result, I really fell into the trap. "

Anderszej and Jones-Fowles looked at each other and laughed.

The sparring on the stage was also over. The two fought for ten rounds. Morales was the main attacker and Link defended. Morales's fist was very heavy, no worse than the heavyweight Mario's. Link took it. He was punched hundreds of times and his arms were numb from the shock.

When the two came off the stage, they were both sweating.