Chapter 99 Intercontinental Boxing Champion

Link used 42 seconds to KO Canada's No. 1 super middleweight Jean Pascal. He had 8 wins and 8 KOs in 8 fights. Seven times he won by KO within 30 seconds, tying the 'Cannon' Shannon Briggs. Career record set.

Briggs has won 7 times in professional competitions by KO within 30 seconds, the fastest time being 3 seconds.

Although he did not set a new record, Link's performance shocked countless people.

Jean Pascal is a completely victorious boxer. During the qualifying round, he also defeated his opponent in tens of seconds three times. He is very powerful.

Everyone thought that he could withstand Link for a while, and even if he couldn't beat Link, he could survive 100 seconds. However, after Link's heavy punch, he only lasted 42 seconds.

The media exclaimed that Link's rise to the position of boxing champion was unstoppable.

Under this situation, the American Intercontinental Boxing Championship Challenge kicked off, with challenger Link Baker facing off against WBA American Intercontinental Champion Jermaine Taylor.

Jermain Taylor, Arkansas, dark-skinned, 30 years old, height 185cm, wingspan 189cm, nicknamed "Bad Intention".

Amateur record of 144 fights and 132 wins, 1998 U.S. Amateur Boxing Light Welterweight Champion, 1999 U.S. Amateur Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion, 2000 Olympic Middleweight Bronze Medal.

Entered professional boxing in 2001. He has a professional record of 30 fights, 3 losses, 1 draw and 19 KOs. He is also the former IBF-WBC-WBO middleweight champion. Last year, he was promoted to super middleweight. He defeated many opponents in the game and won the WBA American Intercontinental Boxing Championship Gold Belt.

Currently ranked third in the WBA super middleweight division, only behind Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch.

Jermaine's main victory was in 2005, when he defeated Bernard Hopkins twice and dominated the middleweight class, forcing Bernard Hopkins to move up to the super middleweight class.

Jermaine's main defeat came in 2007, when he was defeated twice by Ohio boxer "Ghost" Kelly Pavlik. He lost all his gold belts and was forced to move up to the super middleweight class.

Interestingly, in February of this year, Hopkins dropped his weight below 160 pounds and returned to the middleweight competition, where he defeated Kelly Pavlik again.

These three people belong to one and the other.

After reading Jermaine Taylor's information, Link had an idea in mind. The opponent was also a boxer who was good at attacking. He had heavy fists and a flexible fighting style. He liked to knock out his opponents with sudden cold punches during the game. This was also The reason why it is called 'bad intention'.

To deal with such a boxer, you only need to suppress the opponent during the game so that the opponent does not have the opportunity to use cold punches. It will not be more difficult to deal with than Jean Pascal.

"Link, you should also pay attention. Jermaine has been promoted from the middleweight level. He is very fast. If you want to KO him within 100 seconds, it is best to force him into a corner and not let the opponent mess up. run."

Coach Brooks warned before the game started.

"I see!"

Link nodded, put on his game equipment, and after passing various inspections, came to the game site of the Garden Arena again.

There were a little more spectators today than in the last game, about 15,000, and the auditorium around the ring was densely packed with people. It was more than the audience at the New York Knicks' playoff game.

Selena said that she and Catherine would bring their family members to watch the game. Taylor also said that he wanted to watch the game, but there were too many people at the scene, and Link couldn't see where they were at a glance.

"Come on Link!"

"Anesthesiologist Link!"

"Swift Gun Link!"

"The Great Demon King Link!"

There were a lot of people in the audience shouting.

Link curled his lips. There were too many nicknames. He still preferred others to call him Boxing Champion Link.

Running onto the ring, his opponent Jermaine Taylor also came to the ring with a green belt with a gold logo hanging on his shoulders. This is the WBA Intercontinental Boxing Championship belt, which is smaller than the World Boxing Championship belt. Number one.

The logo of the world boxing championship belt has a world map, while the intercontinental boxing championship only has maps of each continent.

"Hey Link, do you want it, then you need to defeat me first?"

The other party noticed his look, tapped his golden belt with his fist gloves and smiled.

Link shook his head, "My goal is the world boxing championship, not yours. If you are willing to give way, I can let you continue to keep him."

"Haha, this is impossible. If you want to be the world boxing champion, you need to pass my level first."

Jermaine Taylor shouted, pumping his fist.

"Okay! I'll do my best."

Link nodded at the other person and bit his braces again.

During the amateur competition period, because I was relatively poor, I used standard braces, which covered both upper and lower teeth. They did not fit properly and made it inconvenient to speak.

After signing a contract with Dynasty Promotions, I spent 20,000 US dollars to order three pieces of dental braces, which were more suitable to wear and could not only protect the teeth well, but also make it easier to speak.

The ring referee came to the stage to read the rules and then announced the start of the game.

"Boxing!"

The referee stepped away, and Link raised his fists and looked at his opponent. The opponent was about the same height as him, with a small head, big shoulders, thick and powerful arms, and black and white eyes full of fighting intent.

Link took the initiative to attack, but before he could make contact with the opponent, Jermaine struck first and punched him suddenly. It was a very tricky jab that was aimed at Link's hands at an extremely fast speed. Defense hits over.

Link firmly protected his head with both hands.

Bang! Jermaine swung his left fist again and hit Link's abdomen from the side and back.

Link's body muscles suddenly contracted, and his waist bent down. Then Jermaine threw another right swing fist, sweeping towards his head at a very fast speed.

This attack method of hitting from top to bottom is similar to the one Link used when fighting Pascal.

Seeing the opponent's fist sweeping over, Link turned his head to dodge, and at the same time threw a left swing fist to the opponent's head.

Jermaine's movements were not much slower than his, and he quickly retreated a step back to avoid his fist.

This time, Link seemed to be at a disadvantage.

"Tommy, is Link going to lose?"

Dino said nervously looking at the boxing ring.

"How much did you bet again?"

Coach Brooks asked.

"I bet all the money I won last time, including the principal and interest. Come on, Link!"

Dino shouted at the stage.

"Don't worry, Link will win, he will become the champion."

Morales said with a fist.

"But I bet that he would knock out Jermaine within 100 seconds, and now 50 seconds have passed."

Dino screamed, covering his forehead.

On the ring, Link didn't know how much time had passed, but the string in his mind became tighter and tighter as time passed, and he punched his opponent.

Jermaine seemed to see his urgency, and when he got close, he quickly distanced himself from him.

"Come on, Link, there are only 40 seconds left."

Dino shouted from the audience.

Link remembered what Coach Brooks said, and when the opponent was about to withdraw, he punched him to the left side of the ring.

Jermaine punched him in the head, but he blocked it with his fist, and then punched him in the abdomen.

Link ignored his second punch. When the opponent was about to hit his left rib, he hit the opponent's shoulder with a straight punch. Jermaine was knocked back a step and hit the ropes behind him.

Link took advantage of the opponent's unstable center of gravity and punched the opponent's left rib. The strong impact made Jermaine want to vomit blood. He naturally bent down, moved his arms down, and clamped his ribs.

Good opportunity! Link took advantage of the opponent's lowered head and hit the opponent's forehead with another left swing.

Bang!

Jermaine was hit on the forehead, his head shook violently, his body shook, and he fell straight to the ground.

"Wow~oh~"

The audience couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Finally fell! How many seconds?"

Dino looked at Simon and asked.

"81 seconds!"

Simon said while looking at the electronic watch.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6"

On the ring, the referee counted to 6, Jermaine covered his forehead, stood up shakily, hit his chest with his fist, and glared at Link.

"Link, only 10 seconds left."

Dino shouted.

The game started again.

Jermaine tasted the power of his fist, raised his arms, tightly protected his head, and kept backing away.

Link knew that time was limited, and did not give the opponent a chance to delay time. He restarted the chain bombing punch, one heavy punch after another, hitting the opponent's defense like a storm.

Twelve punches were thrown in five seconds. The 10th punch hit Jermaine's right rib hard. When the opponent's arms sank, the 11th punch hit the opponent's head again. Before the 12th punch hit the opponent, Jermaine's back hit the ropes and his body fell down.

"Wow!"

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene.

".5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

The referee squatted down and counted to 10. Jermaine struggled with the ropes for a few times, but couldn't stand up.

"Yeah! Link won!"

Dino shouted, holding up his tattooed arm.

"98 seconds! Almost more than 100 seconds."

Simon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

"Link champion! Link is the intercontinental champion."

Morales shouted excitedly.

On the ring, the referee raised Link's arm high and announced that the winner of this game was Link Baker.

Pa pa pa!

Warm applause and cheers rang out from the audience.

After two rounds of nine games, Link won 9 games and 9 knockouts, becoming the WBA intercontinental champion and ranking third in the WBA super middleweight.

At the end of the North American competition, the South American Boxing Association, the European Boxing Association, and the Asia and Pacific Boxing Association also ended one after another.

South American Intercontinental Boxing Champion Glen Johnson, European Intercontinental Boxing Champion Mikkel Kessler, and Asian and Pacific Intercontinental Boxing Champion Tony Dodson.

After the draw, Link vs. Asian and Pacific Intercontinental Boxing Champion Tony Dodson, Mikkel Keles vs. South American Boxing Champion Glen Johnson.

The match between Link and Tony Dodson will still be held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In this match, Link encountered an opponent with super strong resistance to blows. In 91 seconds, he threw 82 consecutive heavy punches and knocked down his opponent twice before completely knocking down his opponent and winning the match.

In the European competition area, Mikkel Kessler also KOed his opponent Glen Johnson in only three rounds and advanced to the WBA Super Middleweight Finals.

The WBA Association Headquarters released a battle report, and the Super Middleweight World Boxing Champion Gold Belt Competition will be held in Miami on October 2, American Boxing Champion Link vs. European Boxing Champion Mikkel Kessler.