Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 158 Beating

 Bang, bang, bang!

In the brightly lit boxing training ground, Link was wearing a thin T-shirt, red sports shorts, and palm-protecting gloves. His fists kept hitting the black leather sandbags hanging on the beams.

 One punch after another. As he struck, the sandbag made a popping sound and did not shake much.

The sandbag contains iron sand, sawdust, sea sand, wheat, and sponge. It weighs 100 kilograms. If he hits it hard, he can fly the sandbag. However, the purpose of training the sandbag is to practice the coordination of steps and fists and feet, and to develop a sense of rhythm, not strength. .

 Hence, during training, the smaller the shaking amplitude of the sandbag, the better.

 After practicing for more than two hours, Link was sweating a lot, and his T-shirt was stuck to his back, revealing the outline of his inverted triangle back.

After returning from Nashville, he was originally going to attend MJ's concert rehearsal at the Lincoln Cultural Center, but he called again and said that MJ had something to do and could not come to New York for the time being. The rehearsal would be postponed for a few days until further notice.

MJ even called him personally to apologize.

Link guessed that he was probably suffering from some physical condition, and he didn't have any objections. He just felt that he probably wouldn't be able to see MJ anymore, which was a bit regretful.

　　When he had free time, apart from going to the recording studio to practice singing, he spent the rest of his time at the training ground. After watching Mario play last time, he also discovered that he had some problems with his mentality and approach to the game.

I was too impetuous in the game and wanted to create hot spots, which resulted in my game only having gorgeous statistics but not much actual content, let alone a classic battle.

 After learning from the experience, Link decided to calm down and seriously polish his boxing skills, trying to show more boxing quality rather than pure strength in the next game.

 Bang, bang, bang!

While practicing boxing, Mario, Morales, and Dino came, as well as the newly joined main event, Joe Smith Jr., a 20-year-old white boxer with a height of 183 cm and a wingspan of 193 cm.

 After winning the cruiserweight gold medal in the championship, Mario was also instigated by Dino to join the main event company and prepare to switch to professional boxing this year.

“Link, there were a lot of hot girls at the Screaming Girls bar last night, it’s a shame you didn’t go.”

Dino said as he held the sandbag in his two big arms.

　　"I won't have anything to do with you if I go."

Link smiled lightly, put away his fists, and said to Morales and Mario: "Let's start training as soon as we come. Which one of you will come first?"

 “I’ll come first!”

Morales raised his hands and said.

"etc!"

Mario frowned and looked at Link, and said solemnly, "Link, there is something I think you should pay attention to."

"explain!"

Link took the gloves and put them on.

Mario raised his chin and said with an ugly face full of flesh: "Link, I am now the cruiserweight champion of the National Amateur Boxing Championship. If not for the bad timing, I might also become the Olympic champion.

I think when you talk to me, you'd better be more polite. Like just now, you should say, Mario, do you have time? If you have time, how about we play a game, instead of asking rudely who goes first? Come on, this is so rude. "

Link smiled softly, nodded and said: "That makes sense. So, Mr. Mario João, do you have time? How about having a fight on stage?"

“Okay, then I will play with you to see if you have made any progress recently.”

 Mario shrugged his shoulders, put on his boxing gloves, and followed Link onto the ring.

“How long do you think Mario can last?”

Dino asked, crossing his arms.

 “Within 10 seconds!”

Morales said with a grin.

“No way, Mario is the heavyweight champion, and he can only last ten seconds in Link’s hands?”

Little Joe Smith couldn't believe it. He knew that Link was very powerful, but Mario was the U.S. Amateur Championship champion and a lightweight boxer. There was no way that Mario could not last ten seconds in Link's hands.

“Come on Link, you were stronger than me before and you could fight me however you wanted. Now I’m a champion too. You can’t knock me down easily again.”

 On the boxing ring, Mario raised his fists and swung his head from side to side on his shoulders, looking very flexible.

Link glanced at him: "I suggest you wear protective gear to protect your head."

 “I don’t need it! Come on!”

Mario roared and swung his fist towards Link.

Link punched Mario on the forehead at a faster speed. Suddenly Mario stopped, quickly turned his head to the left, and nimbly dodged his fist.

Seeing him miss a punch, Mario grinned proudly. From today on, the days of being bullied by Link will be over.

"careful!"

　　Bang! Mario only felt that the right side of his forehead was hit, and his head seemed to be hit by a hammer. The strong inertia dragged his body and staggered to the left, bang! He fell to the ground hard, and the left side of his face came into close contact with the rubber plate of the boxing ring, and saliva flew out of his mouth.

 “How could you desert at this time?”

Link looked at Mario on the ground and asked in confusion.

 Mario blinked and was puzzled. Why was he thinking so wildly just now?

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was not his fault, but that **** Link was too cunning. His first punch was a feint, and he deliberately let himself avoid it. .

 He is so despicable.

 “Hold it off, Morales, let’s continue!”

Link said with a wave of his hand.

Hearing his words, Mario almost ran out of breath and fainted. He was a boxing champion and was rated as one of the ten most noteworthy boxers of the year by "Boxing Ring" magazine. He actually said, "Hold on". This is too disrespectful. Be polite.

 Then he felt someone grabbing his leg and dragging him from the middle of the ring to the corner.

Mario was cursing in his mind, can you change the other side when mopping? Doesn’t it hurt if your face wipes the floor?

Link looked at Mario who rolled his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

This guy was too arrogant after he won the championship. He drove cars, hooked up with girls, smoked marijuana, and held parties for three days in a row. If you didn't show him any color, given his strength, he would only be used as a stepping stone for others when he entered the professional boxing world.

 When the time comes, his loss will be too ugly and he will be exposed by the media and lose his face.

 So it is necessary to give him a beating every once in a while.

 "Link! Let's begin."

Morales put on head protection and boxing gloves to take the stage.

Link continues to train with Morales. Morales plans to participate in the Golden Gloves Championship in June. After training with Link for more than half a year, his skills, defense, and resistance to fighting have been greatly improved.

 Participating in the Golden Gloves Championship again, even if he faces old rivals Andre Berto and Andrzej, he still has a great chance to win the gold medal.

 During training, Simon came over.

　　Tell him that the time for the WBA boxing championship challenge has been set. On May 25, the venue is still the Madison Square Garden Arena, and the organizer is the WBA North American Boxing Association.

The promise they gave is that Link’s appearance fee will be no less than 5 million US dollars.

After Link Music received more than 10 million U.S. dollars this year and earned nearly 20 million from advertising endorsements, Link's desire to make money has become much lower.

 What he cares more about is the strength of his opponent. The stronger the opponent, the more interesting it is to win and the more exciting the game will be.

 He ​​took a look at Andre Rey's information. He is 185 cm tall, 190 cm long, black, and has a strong build.

The current record is 27 wins and 1 loss in 28 fights. The former WBF super middleweight champion was defeated by Andre Ward last year and lost the title. At the beginning of the year, he defeated Jermaine Taylor to become the WBA intercontinental champion. He is a good level. opponent.

 (End of this chapter)