Chapter 93 The aftermath

"Link, is it still raining in New York?"

In the car, Link glanced out the window. It was a cloudy day. Just like a child when his beloved toy was taken away, tears hung in his eyes. When they would fall would depend on God's will. But he was very surprised that Franco would hit him. Called him to ask about the weather.

Link said it wasn't raining.

Franco said: "Link, are you not used to living in New York? Why don't you go back to Miami after the game is over? In the future, the company will try to arrange games in Miami. I have considered it. It is better to rebuild a training ground." Acquire a boxing gym owned by Coach West. I plan to buy a stake in the West Boxing Gym and use it as your training base. What do you think?"

"Sounds great, but I live in New York just fine."

"Really? But I saw you seemed very irritable when you were being interviewed."

"It has nothing to do with the weather, I just want to make the game more lively."

"This is indeed very lively and helps the company save millions in promotion fees, but it is too exaggerated for you to threaten to challenge a group of people alone. In the past, Ali, Tyson, and Mayweather also provoked their opponents, but they only provoked one.

Next, they will definitely retaliate against you severely, and your game will become very difficult. At the same time, in the future games, you cannot lose a game. Once you lose, you will become a joke in the world boxing circle. This is too cruel. . "

Franco Duva asked.

"Don't worry Franco, I dare to say this, we are ready to accept the challenge. In addition, with Coach Brooks here, I believe we can defeat all opponents."

Link said confidently.

When Coach Brooks heard what he said, he couldn't help but touch his forehead and suddenly felt a lot of pressure on his body.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Link received another call from Coach West, who asked him to be more careful during the game.

His words were equivalent to setting a fire in the boxing world, making the super middleweight competition surpass the heavyweight competition in one fell swoop and becoming the most attention-grabbing sport in the boxing world and even the sports circle.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing, because Link himself is in the fire. If he survives the fire, he will become the most famous boxing champion in the boxing world. If he fails to survive, he will be disgraced and defeated.

Coach West asked him to hold on, try to win the game, and don't care too much about the 100-second agreement. As long as you beat your opponent, even if it takes twelve rounds, you are still a winner. The winner will not be laughed at afterwards, everyone will only praise your tactics. clever.

Link understood Coach West's concerns and said that he would definitely win the game.

Shortly after he hung up the phone, he received another call from Fat James.

James didn't tell him about his "big talk". James usually only likes to read fashion magazines, such as "Playboy", and only read a little bit of sports news after he entered the boxing ring.

James told him that business in the store was so good that the list of customers who asked him to be a diving instructor had already been queued for three years. If he didn't come back, the queue would probably be ten years later.

Link found it funny. After the Olympics, the public beach in the middle of the Bund has become a popular attraction. He heard that on the night he won the championship, more than a thousand people gathered on the beach and there were song and dance performances.

And his Baker diving equipment store has become one of the most famous stores in Miami Beach, with daily customer flow ranging from dozens to hundreds, and even more people during holidays.

James was overwhelmed and asked two clerks to help.

James also said that for some unknown reason, more people came to the store in the past two days than in the days after the Olympics.

Link asked him, since October is the off-season for dive shops, would you like to come to New York?

James couldn't tell. New York was too dangerous. Movies said New York was full of gangs and there were more murders every day than Miami. He didn't want to take risks and told Link to be careful and come back quickly after the game.

Link smiled and did not argue with James about which crime rate was higher in Miami or New York. Anyway, one was Gotham City and the other was Sin City. The eldest brother did not talk about the second brother.

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Link's second round of rhetoric once again detonated the boxing world and made headlines in major media. The media speculated whether Link was really capable of defeating Micol, Andre and others in 99 seconds, or whether Talking loudly and making big claims attracts media attention.

Ring Magazine launched a voting campaign online. Can Link defeat Mikkel and others within 99 seconds and win the super middleweight world championship?

2,147 people participated in this vote, 667 people chose to support it, and 1,480 people thought it was impossible.

The media was also divided into two groups. One group directly labeled Link as a "talker", saying that he was the biggest talker in history after boxing became professional. His talk did not just target one person, but directly targeted a group of people. , massacred indiscriminately.

The Chicago Tribune said he was a brave and reckless talker.

There are more people who support this school of speech, so it has a slight upper hand in public opinion.

The other group of media, mainly newspapers such as "American Express" and "Miami Herald", believed that Link defeated his opponent in just a few seconds in two consecutive games. This was obvious to all, so they called him a "big talker" and a big talker. Very ill-considered, sir.

The Miami Herald also quoted Link's answer in an interview with a reporter from the Baltimore Sun after the Golden Gloves Championship. At that time, many media said that Link was a talker.

At that time, Link retorted, ‘So far, no match has been held. Do you think I am bragging and want to continue to laugh at me? Dear journalists, you have been taught a lesson by facts three times. Why can’t you wait and laugh at me after I am defeated by those people? ’

The Herald suggested that everyone wait and call him a mouth cannon after he fails once, instead of laughing at him when he continues to set records, which is easy to be slapped in the face.

After Link bombarded the super middleweight boxers twice in a row, many super middleweight boxers stood up and collectively launched a counterattack against Link in the media. Some said that they would defeat Link within three rounds, and some said that they would let Link try to fail once.

No matter what was said, because Link was too popular, these news were reported by the media.

For a time, the super middleweight competition became the most lively event in the boxing world, even Holyfield announced the challenge to Nikolay Valuev; Hasim Raman challenged Vladimir Klitschko; Samuel Pitt challenged Vitali Klitschko and other news.

"Ring" magazine had to sigh that after the four kings of the 1980s, the super middleweight competition that had been silent for more than 20 years once again received unprecedented attention. This time it was because of Link Baker alone. "Link is already the uncrowned king in terms of influence."