Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 103 Breaking the Record

“Mr. Link Baker, congratulations on becoming the WBA world boxing champion. How are you feeling now?”

 After the game, a group of reporters from TV stations and newspapers surrounded Link under the ring.

 “It feels great, I’m excited.”

Link said with a gold belt hanging on his shoulders and wiping his sweat with a towel.

“Mr. Baker, before the competition, did you ever think that you would defeat Mikkel Kessler and become the world boxing champion?”

A reporter from "American Express" asked.

“Of course, I have already said that the world boxing championship belt is mine.”

Link said loudly towards the media camera.

"Mr. Link Baker, before the game, you promised to win by KOing all your opponents within 100 seconds, but in this game it took you a full 100 seconds to completely knock out Mikkel Kessler, do you Do you agree that although you won the gold belt, your plan failed?"

 The reporter from USA Today asked more pointedly.

 “100 seconds?”

Link thought it took longer than 100 seconds, but who knew it was stuck at 100 seconds. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sir, you should know that Mr. Mikkel Kessler is a very powerful boxer. He is stronger than I expected. When I compete with him, I have to do my best. Yes, in this game, I tried my best to defeat him. I am personally satisfied with being able to defeat him in 100 seconds. , and don’t feel like a failure.”

“Mr. Link Baker, after becoming the WBA super middleweight champion, what are your next plans? Will you compete for other gold belts?”

 The reporter from "Boxing Ring" magazine asked.

“Of course, I said I would unify the super middleweight gold belts of the four major organizations, and I will definitely do it.”

After you have the WBA gold belt, it will be much easier to get the gold belts of other organizations. You only need to contact the winners of the other three gold belts through the promotion company, and have a few unification fights, and the winner will get all four. , just like the match between Mikol and Calzaghe.

 After the battle for the WBA super middleweight gold belt begins, competitions from the other three major organizations will also be held in the next six months. At that time, Link can directly challenge the boxing champions of other organizations and get another gold belt.

“Mr. Link Baker, I heard that you privately accepted a match with Tyson. Are you confident that you can beat him?”

 The "Miami Herald" reporter asked.

“I’m not sure, Mike is very good, he is a legend in the boxing world and one of my idols, so I don’t know if I can beat him, but I will try my best to beat him and pay tribute to him.”

Link said while clenching his fists.

　　When he answered this question, the reporters at the scene looked at the reporter of the Miami Herald in surprise. Is Link going to play against Tyson, who has just come back? A super middleweight boxer taking on a former heavyweight champion?

when did it happen? Why don't we know?

 The reporters were sensitive to the smell of big news and quickly asked about the match between Link and Tyson.

Link answered a few questions and left the game surrounded by the coaching team.

 Afterwards, the Dynasty Promotion Company held a grand celebration party at the Hilton Beach Hotel, inviting all the celebrities present to attend.

Monopoly Mr. Tom, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Sports Commission Chairman Avery Brundage, WBA Chairman Gilberto **** Mendoza, Anderson Gyllenhaal, Rafael Varane, Coach West, Coach Brooks, James, Michael, Reggie and others all attended the party.

Link also followed Franco and met Mr. Thompson, who praised him a few times and mentioned the eldest princess Ivaca. Mr. Thompson said that she was recording a reality show in New York, otherwise she would come to watch the game.

Mr. Thompson was worth US$1.8 billion in 2008 and ranked 689th on the Forbes list. He is a true millionaire and has a high reputation in both political and business circles.

 The guests at the scene saw how close he was to Link, and they all became even more enthusiastic towards Link.

Shortly after the party, Franco happily found Link.

“Haha, Link, guess how much money our company made this time?”

Franco sat on the beach chair and took a sip of cold watermelon juice and said.

"5000000?"

Link gave a rough number.

“Haha, the total revenue is nearly 7 million U.S. dollars, HBO broadcast fee is 3 million, ticket and surrounding hotel revenue is divided into more than 2.2 million, advertising revenue is 1.1 million, and other income is almost 500,000, you take a look.”

Franco threw a file over, and Link opened it and glanced at it a few times. He wasn't good at reading account books, but with accountants and asset managers here, he wasn't worried about any problems.

 “So aside from costs, we only make one or two million?”

 In addition to the 2 million yuan for hosting rights, more than 3 million yuan was spent on publicity and promotion, and the net income was only about 2 million yuan.

"Is 2 million too little? It's quite a lot. Dynasty Promotion is a new company. It can earn 2 million by holding a large-scale competition for the first time. Haha, when I told my father about this, he let out a long sigh. , I heard that it took him almost ten years to earn his first million.”

Franco laughed. Link shook his head. It was in the 1950s when Old Duva entered the boxing world. Inflation was not serious at that time, and one million was worth more than ten million now.

In addition, what Franco said is also good. Dynasty Promotion is a new company. It is the first time to host a large-scale competition, and many problems have arisen during the publicity and promotion process.

For example, due to lack of publicity, many boxing fans said they did not know the final was held in Miami until after the game. If they had known earlier, they would have definitely gone to support the event, and the venue with more than 40,000 people would not have been full.

"Link, do you think the income is too little? I have another good news. The vice president of Tompu International called just now and wants to use 8 million to win the right to host the match between you and Tyson."

"800w?"

　　I remember that Tyson came back to fight Roy Jones Jr. in 2020. It was said that the prize money for that match was as high as 20 million US dollars. Three years after retiring, 8 million seems a bit low for a match with himself, a super rising star in boxing?

“In addition to Tompu International, there are currently five companies in contact with us. It is conservatively estimated that the prize money for this competition will not be less than 10 million.”

Franco raised a finger and smiled.

Link shrugged, "You are the president, so it is up to you to make the decision on this matter. I have no objection."

“Okay, I’ll discuss it with a few more companies and wait for my good news.”

 Franco drank the watermelon juice, took the documents and hurriedly got in the car and left.

Link turned over and continued to read the newspaper while lying under the umbrella.

 After the competition, there have been a lot of media reports about the competition in the past two days, which is even more lively than the news in the days after the Olympics. Regarding his news, there are three main points in the report:

 First, he won the boxing title at the age of 20 years and 4 months, becoming the youngest world boxing champion in the history of WBA super middleweight.

 Second, he is the person who became the world boxing champion in the shortest time in the history of boxing. The New York Post stated that he is the first and only person to become the world boxing champion in only 400 seconds.

When he first saw this title, Link was stunned for a moment, a little confused as to where the 400 seconds came from. After reading the news content, he realized that the other party had made an addition.

Since his change of profession, he has participated in 11 professional games, with the times used being 6.1 seconds, 4.8 seconds, 5.3 seconds, 9.2 seconds, 7.5 seconds, 5.8 seconds, 21 seconds, 42 seconds, 98 seconds, 91 seconds, and 100 seconds. , which adds up to approximately 390 seconds, which is just under 400 seconds.

When the melon-eating crowd saw this number, they couldn't help but exclaim, Link is so powerful, becoming the world boxing champion in 400 seconds is simply a legend.

 The third news is about the record he set in this competition. Although he did not break ‘Cannon’ Briggs’ record of seven, Link also set a number of boxing records.

For example, the fight ended within 10 seconds for six consecutive games; the fight ended within 30 seconds for seven consecutive games, and the fight ended within 101 seconds for 11 consecutive games; the opponent won by KO in the first round for 11 consecutive professional games; in the world boxing In the battle for the title, he won the game in the shortest time and other records.

"Boxing Ring" magazine stated that no one can break these records except Link himself.

In addition to these three news, there is also a more controversial topic on the Internet, which is the discussion about 100 seconds.

Before the game, Link said he would defeat all opponents within 100 seconds, but he failed to do it in the last game. The game lasted 100.67 seconds, which was rounded to 101 seconds.

 The focus of discussion among netizens is whether Link is a talker?

 Some netizens said that it was only one second away. Strictly speaking, Link did not succeed. He was blustering.

  But some netizens said that Link was talking about 100 seconds, and 100.67 is also 100 seconds, and strictly speaking it does not count.

Only arguing about this one second, netizens wasted countless seconds.

“Link, a customer called and said he wanted to dive. He made a reservation more than a month ago. Do you want to take the order?”

James shouted from the doorway.

“Are you kidding me? I am a newly minted world champion and you want me to go to the sea and teach people how to dive?”

Link joked.

 “Then I reject him?”

 “Forget it, invite him over, I also want to go for a swim in the sea.”

Link put down the newspaper, moved his shoulders a few times and said.

　　　Thanks to the book friend Sad Mo Yan for the reward, thank you.

 (End of this chapter)