Chapter 86 Newcomer to the Boxing Ring

It was drizzling outside the window, and the air conditioner was continuously delivering warm air, making the living room of the apartment warm and cozy.

Link and Taylor sat on the sofa and told her their stories. From a small gangster who had been in prison twice to a world-famous world champion, this story sounded very inspiring and touching, but only he knew what was going on.

If there had been no time travel, Link would only be a small gangster who died in a street fight, and he himself would also be a small figure who died in an underground boxing ring.

More than three months ago, a miracle happened, grafting the soul of a fighter into a young body, and then giving him a little talent, and then life became different, just like two ordinary plants, after being grafted, they encountered the moisture of rain and dew, and suddenly bloomed into colorful flowers, which also amazed the world.

When Link told Taylor the story, he also reviewed the past, from the boxing bar to the Hanjing Olympics, step by step, he did not miss any opportunity, and finally came to this step.

I'm doing pretty well now, but I can't slack off. The road to professional boxing is more difficult than amateur boxing. I have to work harder to continue to create miracles and not let this adventure down.

"I think in addition to persistence and hard work, luck is also very important, and I happen to be a very lucky guy."

Link ended the story with this sentence.

Pah pah pah!

Taylor clapped his hands, wiped his eyes and said,

"Link, your experience is so wonderful and touching. You can definitely write an autobiography and write your story. I think there will be many people willing to read it."

Taylor was moved by his story twice, his eyes were wet, and he wet a stack of tissues.

Autobiography? Link shook his head. He didn't think it was a good idea. There were too many flaws in him, and many places couldn't stand in-depth investigation. Writing an autobiography now and exposing himself to the attention of millions of people was too risky.

"Let's talk about it later. After all, I'm still young. Compared with those old guys, our life experience is not worth mentioning."

"No, I just think it's wonderful. The stories of the old guys are too didactic and not in line with the times, but your story is just right, just like the soup you just made, which suits my taste."

"I'll make soup for you next time."

Link smiled lightly and picked up his phone to check the time. It was ten o'clock in the morning and it was time to go to the boxing gym for training. He asked Taylor if she wanted to join him, or she could continue to conceive new songs here.

Taylor chose the latter. It was raining today, and the balcony here was more romantic than the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel. It would feel better to watch the rain and write songs here.

Link would naturally not refuse. With someone at home, he would also look forward to going home in the afternoon.

He gave Taylor a few instructions, picked up his training backpack, and drove to the boxing training ground on 34th Street in Queens.

This is one of the training grounds under the main event promotion company and also the temporary training ground of Dynasty Promotion. For this, Dynasty Promotion paid 200,000 training fees to the main event.

There are not only training grounds here, but also fitness centers, medical and physiotherapy centers, bathrooms, boxer nutrition restaurants, etc., which are relatively large in scale and well-equipped.

In the past, boxing champions in the 1980s and 1990s such as Evander Holyfield, Bernel Whittaker, Hector Camacho, Mitchell Muller, and Andrew Golota had all received training here, accounting for almost one-third of the number of boxing champions in that period, and it can be called the cradle of boxing champions.

But as Lou Duva got older, the boxing champions he had selected and trained also got older one after another.

The only boxers still active in the boxing world today are former world champion Holyfield, former WBC international heavyweight champion David Tua, former WBA-WBC-IBF welterweight champion Zab Judah, and others. The rest are not very famous rookies.

When Link walked into the training ground with a sports backpack, someone shouted that the champion was here, and the people training on the spot stopped and turned to look at the door.

Link also looked at these people. There were more than 40 people from super heavyweight to lightweight. All of them were muscular and strong men. 90% of them were dark-skinned. It was like a gladiator training camp.

"Hi, good morning, gentlemen. No need to welcome. Let's continue training."

Link waved his hand and said.

The boxers present were murmured. Some admired, some envied, and some were eager to try.

Since the broadcast of "Watching Boxing with the Champion", everyone knows that his punches are not lighter than those of the heavyweight champion. The key is that he is still very fast, has good skills, and is very smart.

In the September issue of "Ring", the magazine used his photo as the cover character, evaluating him as a natural boxer, and said that after he turned to professional boxing this year, he might be ranked in the top three in the P4P super middleweight ranking of Ring magazine.

These comments also gave Link an aura of strength.

The phenomenon of the jungle in the boxing circle is more obvious and more direct than in other circles.

The strong can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in a minute, while the weak can earn less than a miner's salary every year.

Being strong also means being rich, and it is also a class gap.

Even if someone wants to come up and talk to him, they will be hesitant.

This gap is also reflected in training.

The training areas of the boxers on the scene are also different. The powerful boxers have independent training grounds, good light and ventilation equipment, complete coaches and logistics medical teams, etc. It is said that even the masseurs look and have better figures.

Ordinary boxers and newcomers can only train in the public area.

"Link, you're here, your training ground is over here."

Assistant Simon Ying came from the aisle and said hello.

Next to him was a thin white young man, about 180 centimeters tall, with a long and thin face, long shawl hair, and blue tattoos all over his exposed arms. Among them were three Chinese characters for "Lard Rice". Link thought about it for a moment, but he didn't think so. Understand the deep meaning.

"Hey, are you Link Baker? I'm a welterweight boxer, how about we have a fight?" the lard rice young man shouted.

Link looked at Simon, who introduced with a smile: "This is Dino Duva, a boxing enthusiast."

Dino Duva is Franco's younger brother. Link didn't expect that Franco's younger brother would look like this. At first, he had seen news photos of Dino. He was wearing a suit and looked like a serious person. But now But not very serious.

"Hey, Link, how about we compete? Let me see how far behind I am compared to the world champion."

Dino said while rubbing his fists.

Simon said: "Don't make trouble Dino, even the world champion Altaev will be knocked down by Link. If you go up, you will be beaten to death by Link."

"How do you know? Link, come on, let me experience the power of your fists and see if you can KO me."

Dino patted his forehead and said.

Link glanced at him and felt that there was something wrong with this guy's brain. Otherwise, why would he come up to him and beg for KO?

He shook his head and walked into an independent training area.

According to Simon, the training area next to it belongs to 'Little Tyson' David Tua. David Tua is the New Zealand boxing champion, 36 years old, WBC heavyweight intercontinental boxing champion, and has defeated Chris Bird and Hashim Rahman and other boxing champions, unfortunately, have never won the world boxing title and are called the 'uncrowned king'. However, this guy has been training in New Zealand recently and is preparing to compete for the WBC heavyweight world title and is not in the training ground.

"Hey Link, finally see you again."

Morales jumped out of the ring, covered in sweat, and stretched out his arms at him.

Link laughed and hugged him. He was quite satisfied with this comrade and sparring partner.

"Good morning Link, from today on, I am your boxing coach, this is Tubbs, and this is Curry, they are also your sparring partners."

There were three black men under the ring. The one speaking was a middle-aged black man in his forties, with disheveled gray curly hair and a blue sportswear.

Link knew this guy. His name was Tommy Brooks, Lou Dewar's eldest son-in-law, and the core figure in the main event training camp.

In the early 1990s, he served as Holyfield's coach for five years. During Holyfield's rematch with Tyson, he formulated tactics on the spot and helped Holyfield defeat Tyson twice.

In 2000, he coached Tyson again, helping Tyson adjust his condition and win four consecutive victories.

He once publicly evaluated the three boxing champions Tyson, Lewis and Holyfield in the media, saying that Tyson's talent is unmatched and much better than the latter two, but Tyson's self-discipline is too poor. Before each training, Many ways need to be thought of to make him focus on training and competition. This is much worse than the latter two, and Tyson's career was also ruined at this point.

He has also coached more than 20 first-line masters, including the Klitschko brothers, and has been named one of the top ten gold medal coaches in the boxing world by "Boxing Ring" magazine for three consecutive years.

"Hello, Mr. Brooks, please give me your advice in the future."

Link reached out and shook it.

"Haha, Link, I've heard of you a long time ago. You are already very good. It's my honor to coach you. I may give you a lot of advice in the following training. I hope you won't find me too verbose. "

Tommy Brooks laughed.

"Tommy, you also know that you are very long-winded. I don't think a proud guy like Link can stand you." Dino Duva said at the door.

"Dino shut up!"

Brooks glared at him, then smiled at Link and said, "How about we try it first?"

"good!"

Link originally wanted to ask Coach West and the others to come over, but the distance on both sides was too far. Coach West was old and had dozens of disciples and apprentices under him, so he had no time to spare.

As for his contract with coach West, Franco originally wanted to buy it out for $1 million.

But Coach West doesn't want money, saying that as long as Link plays well and gets more honors, preferably the world boxing title, it will be the best reward for the boxing gym.

For West, honor is more important than money.

During Link's time at the West Boxing Gym, he won the Golden Gloves Championship, the American Qualifying Championship, and the Olympic Championship. In the news about him, it was said that his coach was the former boxer West Corian.

According to Reggie, West is smiling and feeling refreshed every day.

Link changed into clothes, warmed up in the equipment area, and started training for the day under Brooks' guidance.