Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

After deciding to participate in this year's University Games, Link would take time to practice shot put on the track and field while practicing boxing.

At the school trials held on Wednesday, Link threw 18.05 meters in the second throw of the first round, breaking the school record. He was only 1.73 meters away from the national record set by Ma Yongfeng in 1986 and 1.99 meters away from the Asian record.

This result made several coaches of the shot put project overjoyed.

Let him throw a few more rounds.

Link threw three more times, and the longest personal record was 18.41 meters. This result would give him a great chance to win a medal in the Universiade.

After discussion, several coaches contacted the Universiade Track and Field Project Office to report his results.

The next day, Link was taken to the National Training Base next door by the head coach for testing. The coaches from the Sports Department and the Track and Field Department were there. If he could still throw more than 18 meters, he would be eligible to participate in the Universiade.

This time, Link threw 18.46 meters in the second throw, which was better than the test result yesterday.

For an 18-year-old student, this result is quite good and has great potential.

The coaches all encouraged him happily, asking him to train hard and strive to achieve better results.

Link asked head coach Li Yabing how much prize money he would get for winning the Universiade championship? How much prize money would he get for setting the Asian record?

Coach Li Yabing couldn't say for sure.

Because China and even Asia are weak in the shot put event, the Asian record is more than three meters away from the world record. No one has won the shot put championship in previous university games, so he couldn't say for sure.

However, according to the regulations of the sports department, athletes who win medals in international competitions will receive corresponding rewards.

According to the standards of the 2001 Universiade, each champion will be rewarded 20,000 yuan and the runner-up will be rewarded 10,000 yuan, which is between the prize money levels of the World Championships and the Asian Games. With scholarships and corresponding subsidies, it will be about 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.

Link nodded and said that he would train hard and strive to get this bonus.

There is also a 20,000 yuan bonus for the boxing championship champion.

With these two sums of money, we can solve the urgent problem.

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On Friday, Link followed coach Zhao Liwei to Xichuan to participate in the National Boxing Championship. At the same time, this championship has an additional name, "and the Olympic Qualifying Trials".

This means that boxers who achieve good results in this boxing competition will have the opportunity to participate in the next round of Olympic qualifiers.

There are 16 boxers going to Xichuan to participate in the boxing championship this time.

Including Zhang Xiaoping from the same school, the opponent is an 81kg boxer and the 2008 81kg Olympic champion, as well as Li Yang of 54kg, Lu Hao of 57kg, Yan Huri of 60kg, Huang Yanchao of 64kg, Li Jinlong of 75kg, etc.

The schedule of the National Boxing Championship is similar to that of the American Golden Gloves Championship. In the first round of elimination, the opponent is selected by drawing lots, and the fight is fought against each other. Only 6 people are retained in each weight class.

In the 69kg class, there are not many strong opponents. Link entered the semi-finals with a record of 5 wins in the first round.

In the second round, he was drawn to Li Chao from Anhui team. The opponent had a good punch and a strong body. He was a 27-8-year-old strong man who looked very tough.

But his technique was rough, his fighting style was sticky, and there was also some shadow of mixed martial arts.

Link knocked down his opponent twice in the second round. At the end of the third round, he defeated his opponent with a score of 23 to 8 and successfully entered the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, he met Shang Lin from Shanxi team. The opponent was a tall and thin man, 26 years old, 189 cm tall, and 192 cm wingspan. He was the main force of Shanxi boxing team.

Relying on the advantage of arm length, he made it to the semi-finals and was also considered the champion seed of 69 kg.

Unfortunately, he met Link.

In the past games, Link encountered too many long-armed monsters, such as Klitschko with a wingspan of 206 cm, Anthony Joshua with a wingspan of 208, and Valuev with a wingspan of 213.

It is not difficult to deal with such boxers.

Boxers with long arms have a long attack radius when hitting, and can hit opponents without moving, which is an advantage.

The disadvantage is that the speed of punching and retracting is slower, and the frequency of hitting is even slower.

For example, heavyweight and lightweight boxers, heavyweight boxers are mostly taller than 180 cm, taller than lightweight boxers, and have longer arms.

In the game, heavyweight boxers punch about 130 times per round on average, and lightweight boxers punch more than 200 times per round.

This is not a problem of qualifications, but a difference in body structure.

To deal with such boxers, step back and increase the distance from the opponent, and flexibly "dodge" when the opponent punches. Even if you don't punch, you can control the rhythm of the game.

When the opponent retracts his fist, suddenly close the distance with the opponent and attack the opponent's chin with an uppercut.

Bang!

At 86 seconds in the first round, Link hit the opponent's chin with a right uppercut.

The explosive force of this punch exceeded 500 kilograms. Even though the chin was protected by a protective gear, the opponent was knocked back, the braces burst out of his mouth, and he took two steps back and fell on the boxing ring.

"Good!"

In the audience, coach Zhao Liwei and several coaches and boxers of the Kyoto City Boxing Team cheered and clapped their hands.

"Old Zhao, where did you find this Link?"

The head coach of the Shanxi team asked with a dark face.

"Haha, I found him from Beijing Sport University. How is it? Is he very fierce?"

Coach Zhao Liwei suppressed his lips and smiled.

"I heard that he is only 18 years old this year. Who did he learn boxing from? Family tradition?"

"I am Link's coach, so I naturally taught him how to box."

Coach Zhao Liwei said.

"You? Hahaha, Zhao Liwei, it's not that I underestimate you. If you can teach a boxer of Link's level, I will eat this boxing ring."

The head coach of the Shanxi team pointed at the boxing ring and sneered.

Zhao Liwei's face darkened, he snorted coldly and stopped talking to him.

The other party was right, he really couldn't teach a boxer like Link.

After meeting Link a few days ago, he wanted to teach Link some training knowledge, but after watching Link's training, he kept his mouth shut.

Because Link's boxing training is a very perfect and systematic training method, from strength to speed to technique, and even to small joint training, Link can do it all and knows more than he knows.

There were some training methods that he couldn't even understand. It was only after Link explained them that he suddenly understood. He felt like he had learned a lot from Link.

After determining that he could not teach Link, he took the initiative to be Link's backup, helped him take leave, applied for training subsidies, prepared training equipment, etc.

Judging from the current situation, all the previous efforts were worth it.

Bang!

On the ring, Link hit his opponent's chin with an uppercut again. The opponent took two steps back and hit the rope. He was holding on to the rope and was shaking, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.

Before he could take action again, the ring referee took the initiative to block him and declared the game over.

Link knocked down his opponent three times in three rounds, leaving his opponent unable to fight back. The gap between the two sides was obvious, and there was no point in continuing the fight.

All three judges unanimously voted him the winner.

After winning this game, Link thought there would be a finals, but the boxing association directly announced that he was the 69kg champion.

The reason is simple. In the 69kg competition, he was the only one to win 7 games in a row without losing any of them. The others lost at least one game in the previous rounds.

In the end, he became the 69kg champion of this national boxing championship. Shanxi team's Shang Lin won the runner-up, and Inner Mongolia team's Chabi Lige finished third.

Prizes for the champion include a certificate, a gold-plated gold medal, and a cash award of 20,000 yuan from the organizer of the boxing championship.

After returning to the capital, the Kyoto City Sports Department rewarded him with 10,000 yuan and the Sports Center Boxing Team rewarded him with 5,000 yuan, encouraging him to continue competing and compete for honors for the country.

At the same time, he was also absorbed by the national boxing team and became a substitute boxer for the second team in the 69 kg category.

If you want to become an official 'national player', you also need to achieve good results in international competitions.

Alumnus Zhang Xiaoping who also went there lost to Anhui team's Zhao Yong in the final, finished second, and was also admitted to the national team.

Zou Shiming won the 48kg championship.

There will be a World Boxing Championship in August this year, and the boxers who win the championship will automatically receive tickets to participate in the Athens Olympic boxing competition.

The boxers who finish second or third will need to participate in another Asian Olympic qualifying tournament, and the top two will qualify for the Olympics.

Since the Chinese boxing team has never won a medal at the World Boxing Championships before, the rewards for this tournament will be generous.

If you can win the championship and get a ticket for the Athens Olympics for the country, the leader of the boxing team shook his index finger and said, the minimum reward is 100,000 yuan, there is no upper limit, and the second and third places can also get rewards of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, so the leader must Everyone trains actively to bring glory to the country.

Link counted on his fingers. The total prize money for the World Championships + Universiade + National Boxing Championships was almost 200,000 yuan.

Commercial housing near the Third Ring Road now costs only 4,250 yuan per square meter.

According to this situation, if I work harder, I am expected to buy a small apartment in Beijing within this year.

Taking this into consideration, Link decided to live in the school first to facilitate training, and then move out after buying a house at the end of the year to avoid the trouble of moving around.

As for female companions, because he trains and competes every day and has no time to flirt with girls, he only knows less than ten members of the opposite sex so far, most of whom are coaching teammates of the track and field team.

As for Zhang Zilin, the opponent was not a big student, but only came to train occasionally, and he was busy training every day and had no time to go there to find the opponent.

The two have known each other for more than half a month, and they have only had breakfast twice and run a few times, and their progress is slow.

But the summer vacation is coming soon, and there will be the University Games this summer. After the vacation, he needs to train intensively at school for a few days, and then fly to South Korea to participate in the competition.

During the training period, you can chat with each other to increase communication.

Jingle bell bell! Jingle bell bell!

In the dormitory, the newly purchased Nokia mobile phone rang. It was Zhang Zilin's call.

"Hi, Zi Lin, get out of class is over?"

Link asked, leaning back in his chair.

"Link, I just read the newspaper. It said that Link, a sophomore at the School of Education of the Sports University, won the 69kg championship at the National Boxing Championships. Is this Link you?"

Zhang Zilin asked on the phone.

"It's me!"

"Humph, that's so uninteresting. You still claim to be friends, but you won the championship in a competition without even saying a word. Are you afraid that I will take advantage of you?"

Zhang Zilin said pretending to be angry.

"This is just a small event, not a happy event. I plan to wait until I win the championship at the World Championships in August before telling you. Since you know it in advance, I won't hide it from you anymore. I heard that the braised lion in your school cafeteria It’s a good head. How about treating me to a meal as a celebration?”

"Okay, so you want to take advantage of me. Well, come here and I'll treat you to braised lion's head."

Zhang Zilin smiled.

"OK! See you later."

Link hung up the phone and smiled.

"Hey, Link, is there something going on?"

Bao Xiaohu came over and asked with a smile.

"Just friends, still in contact."

Link waved his hand, got up, washed his face, combed his hair, changed clothes, and brought the souvenir he bought for the other party in Xichuan.

"Tsk tsk, Link, it's a pity that you don't become an actor. If you become an actor, you will definitely become a big star."

Bao Xiaohu looked at him and said.

"I'm not interested. My ambition is to participate in the Olympics and bring glory to my country. Everything else is just a cloud."

Link said as he put on his phone.

"You're well aware, but you're going out to pick up girls this time. I think you need this."

Bao Xiaohu took out two small blue bags and winked at him.

"Thank you, no, I'm wearing an extra large size, your size doesn't fit."

Link waved his hand and left.

"It's also a super big size, why are you bragging!"

Bao Xiaohu showed his middle finger.

"I'm really not pretending. Link and I took a bath together. I'm such a good boy. I'm so jealous."

Jiang Weixing made gestures with his hands and praised.

"Really? This guy is so handsome, and his figure is getting stronger and stronger, and he is still so powerful. I am afraid he will become a veteran in the flower bush in the future."

Bao Xiaohu said with some envy.

"Lao Bao, I also want to find a girlfriend. Is there anything you can do?"

Jiang Xingxing asked while combing his hair.

Bao Xiaohu looked at his chubby figure and wanted to say no, but was afraid of hurting him, so he told him to train hard and the country would assign a girlfriend after he got the medal.

"real?"

Jiang Weixing opened his little eyes and was overjoyed.

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When he arrived at the entrance of the University of Science and Technology in a car, he saw a flower shop selling roses. He picked up a few pink flowers and asked the clerk to wrap them up.

Walking into the University of Science and Technology campus with flowers in hand, I saw Zhang Zilin standing on the fountain beside the small square from a distance, wearing a light blue dress and a black ponytail. She was tall and beautiful, like a bright moon in the crowd.

Some of the students around were looking at Link holding flowers in his hands, and some were looking at the girl whose face was gradually turning red. In an instant, there was a lot of gossip in the department.