Chapter 70 After the Game

"Link, the newspaper you asked for!"

"Thank you!"

The sun was shining brightly on the beach in front of Baker's shop. The sea rolled up green waves from time to time, washing the white sand. White water birds fluttered by the sea and landed on the tall and lush coconut tree crowns with the sea breeze.

Link lay on the beach chair, opened his eyes, pushed up the sunglasses covering his face, and there was a stack of newspapers in his arms, including "Miami Herald", "Los Angeles Times", "New York Post", "American Express", "Sun", etc.

Although it is convenient to browse news online with computers and mobile phones now, Link still prefers to read newspapers.

Because the news sources in newspapers are more real and reliable, and have credibility, the editors of newspapers need to take responsibility for fake news.

Online news is different every day, and even the spelling of words cannot be guaranteed to be correct, let alone the content of the news. Their existence is more like fooling people and defrauding traffic.

In addition, the news in the print media has been checked and screened by the internal staff of the newspaper. They are all professional journalists, and they are more sensitive to news than ordinary people. They can use their professional knowledge and vision to select more real and valuable news from many news that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and present them in the print media.

Reading newspapers can also get information more efficiently.

Link is an athlete, and he is used to reading newspapers from the entertainment and sports section.

Recently, there are more entertainment and sports news in North America.

Anne Hathaway publicly stated that she broke up with her ex-boyfriend last year and did not participate in the other party's work-"American Express" headline today;

Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston quarreled, and Brad Pitt took sides-"New York Post" headline today;

"Fast and Furious 4" crew came to Miami Film City to shoot-"Miami Herald" entertainment headline.

In the sports section, several newspapers reported the news that the boxing match of the American Olympic Qualifying Tournament ended.

The report said that the US boxing team performed generally in this Olympic qualifying tournament, and won 4 of the remaining 28 places in the Americas, including the second place in the women's 51kg class, the second place in the men's 91kg class, the third place in the 81kg class, and the first place in the 75kg class.

Among the related news, the news about Link winning the championship in Havana was the most popular.

Newspapers such as the Miami Herald and the American Express have published articles praising Link's performance in the qualifying round, saying that his record of 5 wins and 5 KOs in 5 games is a miracle, which no one has ever done before and no one will be able to do in the future.

The sports edition of the American Express commented directly that he is "a man who is creating and continues to create miracles."

The newspapers also explained his game in detail, saying that from the first round to the last round, all the opponents he met were amateur elites and boxers who have achieved excellent results in international competitions.

Including Mexico's second place Tias Ezequiel Vargas Martin, Canada's first place Dennis Urs, Cuba's second place Rossnier, Haiti's first place Peters, and Lorenzo Aragon, who was named the elite among amateur elites by Ring Magazine, they have all achieved results in international competitions such as the World Championships, Pan American Games, and World Youth Championships.

Compared with them, Link is just a newcomer who has debuted for less than two months, but he defeated them one by one.

Raphael Varane, editor-in-chief of Miami Herald, said in a new commentary that almost all the opponents Link encountered were elite boxers who were equal to or even stronger than him, but after five rounds of competition, Link not only won all of them, but also KOed or TKOed all of them. This can only be said to be a miracle and a brilliant record.

Raphael also analyzed the reasons for Link's victory in the article, believing that in addition to his own strong strength, there are three key factors:

First, his boxing IQ is high.

His tactics in the ring are very flexible. He can often change his tactics at any time according to the state of his opponent, and defeat the strong with the weak.

For example, in the fourth round, facing Peters, who has super high defense and strong resistance to blows, he concentrated all his strength to attack Peters' weak points, and finally forced his opponent to surrender;

In the fifth game, he played his high boxing IQ to the fullest. In the first round, he and Aragorn attacked and defended each other dozens of times, but could not break through the opponent's defense and score points on the opponent.

At this time, ordinary boxers will become impatient and continue to attack hard, wasting time and energy in vain, but Link did not. He found the right time and used a strong back throw to exchange Aragorn's jab, completely disrupting the rhythm of the game.

'It's wonderful, Link, this smart kid, took a big advantage. This move not only hit Aragorn's face hard, but also disrupted the rhythm of the game set by Savon for Aragorn, and firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in his own hands. This is a wonderful punch, a key punch, Link did a great job. ’

Rafael praised this punch in the article, believing that this punch was more crucial than the final winning punch.

The second key factor is that Link has a very good mentality. Rafael said that no matter what kind of competition scene Link is in, no matter what kind of opponent he faces, he can maintain an excellent competition mentality and often perform exceptionally well in the competition.

He also believed that Link's mentality during the competition was also very good. Whether he encountered setbacks in the offense or won a big victory over his opponent, he could maintain a normal mind, not be impatient, and play steadily. Rafael said that this is the mentality of a world boxing champion.

The third factor, Raphael believes is the most critical factor - extremely strong willpower. He believes that Link's willpower is more tenacious than that of Peters who continues to play with an injured jaw.

For example, in the fourth round against Peters, he punched more than a hundred times in a row, but was unable to break through Peters' defense. His body was very exhausted, but in order to win, he still insisted on throwing punches, punching and punching. Punch until the opponent's jaw is seriously injured.

The key point is that in the fifth round, Link used the backfist many times and strained the biceps muscle of his right arm. However, at the last moment, he ignored the pain and threw out the fierce backfist. Determine the outcome.

"What kind of boxer is Link?"

Raphael Varane said at the end of the article, "He is definitely a boxer worthy of all boxing fans' expectations and trust, and it is impossible to praise him with any kind of praise. He will definitely be the best boxer in the world in the next ten years." The biggest surprise is that he will become a boxing superstar that is more dazzling than Roy Jones Jr. and Money Mayweather. I bet that Link will become the world boxing champion within three years. If he fails to do it, I just ran around naked in Palm Beach.”

Ha ha!

After reading this, Link couldn't help laughing. Raphael definitely made a public bet because he wanted to run naked, rather than being sure that he could become the world boxing champion in three years.

This old man has always been out of tune.

A photo was also published in the newspaper.

He was facing the audience, with his back to the light, and raised his left arm high. The arm was thick and powerful, with clear and profound muscle lines, like a work of art carved from marble.

What is even more eye-catching is his back, which is high-spirited and tenacious, giving people a feeling of power.

It is said that this picture has been sent to the Pulitzer Prize Selection Association for competition. Simmons, the photographer, hopes to win a photojournalism award with this picture.

Jingle Bell!

I was reading the newspaper when Taylor called.

"Hey Taylor, how was the concert in Vancouver?"

"Haha, great, Link, you really should come with me."

Taylor said happily on the phone.

"Should I accompany you to the concert? Others will think that I am your bodyguard."

Link joked. After the game, Taylor took Mr. Swift to Los Angeles for a follow-up visit. According to the original agreement, Taylor would come to Miami to stay for a few days to develop a relationship with him.

It's just that Big Machine Records arranged some work for her. Taylor was busy with work and didn't have time to come. She even called specifically to say that she wanted to postpone their agreement.

Link felt helpless. He told Taylor directly that they were both on the rise in their careers and did not have much time to spend on each other. It was better to be busy with work first and fall in love when there was time in the future. They could be friends at this stage, which was also right. There is no burden on each other.

But Taylor didn't agree and would call and chat whenever he had time.

Link couldn't bear to hurt her, and every time he got a call from her, he would chat with her as usual.