Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

During the preparation period for the competition, Director Wang Xiaoshuai called and said that he was going to take his new film "Qinghong" to the Cannes Film Festival and asked him if he wanted to go with him.

Lin Ke replied that he didn't have time to go, and he only had two or three minutes of performance in "Qinghong". If he went to the film festival, people would think he was just trying to get on the red carpet.

Director Wang Xiaoshuai expressed regret when he heard that he had a competition. He had thought that Lin Ke knew French and could help as a translator.

Lin Ke put away the phone and continued to train in the boxing ring.

He is now training at the national boxing team training base.

It was arranged by the State Sports Bureau to come here for training. They hoped that while he was training here, he could also guide other boxers in the team. Now that he has become a professional boxer, he cannot represent the country in amateur competitions such as the Olympics.

In the future, when there are boxing events, Zou Shiming, Wang Xiaoping, Zhang Zhilei and others will be needed.

Therefore, the State Sports Bureau hopes that while he is training, he can also be a coach and train more boxing champions for the national team.

Link did not refuse. Before he changed his job, the leaders of the State Sports Bureau had talked to him about the problem. He agreed at that time and could not regret it now.

His method of instructing others was also very simple. Every time he came to train, he asked them to take turns to be sparring partners and wear protective gear to fight him. Whether it was heavyweight or lightweight, he had a way to instruct.

At the beginning, several heavyweight boxers in the team did not agree with his instructions. They thought that the heavyweight fighting style was different from the middleweight and did not recognize him very much.

He asked several heavyweight boxers to wear protective gear to fight, as if they were participating in a competition, and fight with all their strength. As long as they could beat him, they would be rewarded with 100,000.

As a result, these people took turns to play, and no one could last a round in his hands. Even with sponge protective gear, they were beaten dizzy by him and lay on the ground unable to get up.

Link became famous in one battle and was recognized as the No. 1 in combat effectiveness among all athletes in the national team.

After persuading everyone with force, no one in the boxing team dared to give him a cold shoulder.

Link didn't teach all of his teammates. First, he didn't have the time or patience. Second, many of them were generally lazy and cheated during training, so it was meaningless to teach them.

Link only found a dozen male and female boxers of different levels, trained with them, and taught them their problems.

However, he spent most of his time training in the private boxing ring in Dayangshan Forest Park. There were fewer people and less things to do here, so he was not easily disturbed during training, and his strength improved quickly.

In late April, Link flew to Las Vegas to participate in the World Boxing Champion Challenge Qualifying Tournament.

Before the game, the organizers and the promotion companies of both sides had to promote the game in large quantities to attract the attention of boxing fans and increase ticket and PPV revenue.

Because Link was a Chinese boxer, he liked to knock people unconscious and injured every time he played, which seemed a bit violent.

Therefore, many media distorted the facts and regarded him as a villain, a very violent boxer.

Some media also made up stories, saying that the main reason why he, a Chinese, could win repeatedly in the boxing ring and show super strength was that his body had been transformed by the mysterious research department of China and he was a cyborg.

Some media also said that he was using banned drugs, but the new drugs developed by China were of higher level and could not be identified by the current drug testing agencies.

Some media used this incident to interview a Chinese scientist at the Stanford School of Biology, asking whether the current drug testing equipment could detect all banned drugs. The Chinese scientist said that it could not be 100%.

The media took the interview video out of context and used it to spread rumors, claiming that Link was very likely to be taking a banned drug that could not be detected. If he had not used banned drugs, he would never be so powerful.

Some media also associated this incident with the Athens Olympics in August last year, saying that the reason why Link was able to win 3 golds and 1 silver at the Olympics was also the help of this mysterious drug.

Link and the top promotion company refuted this suspicion and used legal means to accuse the media that spread rumors.

It's just that there are too many media outlets that spread rumors, and these media outlets are also cunning when reporting, so it's too difficult to win the case.

These media outlets also know that it's difficult to do so, so they can use this method to deal with him, throw dirty water on him, and affect his image in the hearts of boxing fans.

"Link, don't worry, the company is using the media to clarify this matter and sue several media outlets that first spread rumors, and never let these fake news continue to spread."

Sean Gibbons said.

"I know."

Link nodded, and he was somewhat prepared for this kind of thing to happen.

If a Chinese boxer wants to gain a foothold in the American boxing world, he must not only have super strength, but also have a certain degree of stress resistance, and not be affected by negative news in the game.

From the current situation, there are several suspects for those who made these news.

First, the next opponent and the agency behind him, and second, the competitors of the top promotion company. They don't want another powerful boxer to appear in the top promotion, so they destroy it in advance.

The third is a certain American consortium or government.

Considering that he has not yet become the world champion, he is still a small shrimp in the boxing industry.

It is unlikely that the US government and financial groups will take action against him.

As for the competitors of the top promotion companies, it is also unlikely, mainly because his current prize money is less than 5 million US dollars. It is better to destroy Mayweather and Pacquiao than to destroy him.

In addition, in the boxing industry, a boxing star is cultivated, and then the boxing star is used to make money and promote the sport.

From a macro perspective, this kind of thing is good for the entire industry.

Among the remaining suspects, the next opponent Jermaine Taylor and his agency are more suspicious, and the next opponent Bernard Hopkins is also suspected.

They may hope to interfere with him and affect his mentality through this means, so that he can't concentrate on training and competition, thereby weakening his strength.

This practice is also very common in the boxing world. It belongs to the struggle under the ring. As long as it is handled properly, there is no big problem.

Top Promotion Company is currently the most powerful boxing agency and marketing company in the boxing world. It has connections with many media and does a good job in public relations.

After these rumors came out, Top Promotion Company not only sued several rumor-mongering media, but also invited authoritative figures from professional boxing organizations to speak out.

Openly oppose unfair competition in the boxing world, oppose fabricating false news without evidence to attack outstanding boxers. This unfair competition hurts not only individual boxers, but also the entire boxing industry.

Because boxing is a sport for the strong.

If you meet a strong opponent, you don't think about defeating him in the ring, but use other means.

In the long run, there will be fewer and fewer excellent boxers in the boxing world, and the competition will become more and more ugly.

Top Promotion Company also found many retired veteran boxers, Joe Frazier, Tommy Morrison, Riddick Bowe and others to comment on Link's boxing skills.

After watching Link's game, several people praised Link's superb boxing skills, which can be regarded as the best among the young generation of boxers.

The main reason why Link has been able to win repeatedly and KO his opponents in the past 13 games is that his skills are good enough, his movement speed is fast, his hands and feet are well coordinated, his combination punches are extremely superb, and his punches are stable, accurate and fierce.

If it is not for superb skills, no matter how heavy the punch is, it will not hit the opponent, and it may not even catch up with the opponent.

So Link's skills are really good and his overall strength is really strong.

Originally, Top Promotion Company invited several people to do the show, just to let them praise casually, but unexpectedly, after watching Link's game together, several people praised Link and praised him directly.

So much so that the audience felt that they were exaggerating too much and didn't believe it.

The top promotion company also found professionals who were responsible for physical examinations in boxing matches to dispel the rumors.

Professionals said that the United States is currently in a leading position in the technology of checking banned drug bottles, and there will be no problem of not being able to detect banned drugs.

In addition, professionals revealed an unspoken rule that in professional boxing matches, some psychotropic drugs are allowed to be used in the competition for the sake of the viewing experience of the competition.

And these drugs will be considered banned drugs in Olympic Games.

The other party's meaning is very clear. Boxing matches are different from the Olympics. The definition of banned drugs is relatively broad, so even if boxers use drugs, it is not a big problem.

After a period of publicity, the voices in the media claiming that Link used banned drugs and was a "biochemical warrior" gradually disappeared.

And through these negative news and clarifications, the match between Link and Jermaine Taylor was also noticed by many American people.

On the weekend of May 7, the qualifying match of Link VS Jermaine Taylor was held on time at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

Before the game, major casinos still launched gambling projects to lure gamblers to place bets.

Link won at 1:1.25, and Jermaine Taylor won at 1:1.35. The odds of the two sides winning or losing were not high.

Link won by knocking out his opponent in the first round, with an odds of 3.5 to 1

Jermaine Taylor won by knocking out Link in the first round, with an odds of 15 to 1.

Judging from the odds, the casino also thinks he is stronger than Jermaine Taylor.

Before the game, Link still took out a million dollars to bet. After seeing this, Sean Gibbons also followed suit and bet 100,000 dollars.

The game started at 5:30 pm. Link made preparations backstage. After a series of procedures such as urine test, equipment inspection, and weighing, he appeared at the game scene wearing a cloak at the call of the host.

There were still less than 10,000 spectators at the scene today.

However, the tickets for the game were more expensive than the previous one. The cheapest back row seats cost as much as 280 US dollars, and the front row seats cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Since many tickets were given away as free tickets by major casinos, hotels, travel companies, and entertainment companies in Las Vegas, very few tickets were actually sold through the ticket office, which also led to more expensive tickets on the black market, with ordinary tickets being sold for more than $500.

After Link arrived, he walked directly to the boxing ring. At this time, there were waves of unfriendly greetings from the audience.

Some called him a Chinese guy and asked him to go back to China, some called him a cyborg and asked him to leave the boxing ring, and some shouted that Jermaine killed him.

Link ignored them. He was on the stage at this time and had no chance to refute.

"Haha, cyborg!"

Jermaine Taylor on the opposite side looked at him and sneered.

Link glanced at him and smiled lightly.

Jermaine Taylor is 27 years old this year, nicknamed "The Unfair One", 185 cm tall, 189 cm wingspan.

1998 US Amateur Boxing Light Middleweight Champion, 1999 US Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion, 2000 Olympic Bronze Medal.

He entered the professional boxing world in 2001 and defeated three former world champions, including Daniel Edwards, William Tropez and Raul Marquez.

Currently, he has won all 23 professional matches.

He has good boxing talent, good punch weight and speed, flexible fighting style, and likes to attack.

His disadvantages are insufficient physical strength, poor endurance, average skills, average combination punches, weak willpower, and it is difficult to regain his strength after being KOed.

He is a first-line boxer, and there is still a big gap compared with top boxers.

"Huaxia guy, what are you laughing at?"

Jermaine Taylor frowned and looked at him. For some reason, he felt a chill on his back when he saw Link's smile.

Without waiting for Link to answer, the referee came over to announce the rules of the game. After confirming that both parties understood, he waved his hand to announce the start of the game.

"Boxing!"

Jermaine took the lead in attacking, using his arm length and punch weight to punch Link's head.

Link moved his feet flexibly, lowered his head and dodged, and countered his opponent's heavy punches one after another.

Seeing that he couldn't hit him, Jermaine attacked faster with both fists, and punched more than 50 times in less than 20 seconds.

Unfortunately, no punch hit Link's vital part.

"Jermaine, go faster!"

"Jermaine, kill that Chinese guy."

Jermaine's fans shouted loudly in the audience.

Jermaine continued to punch, trying to force Link to the corner.

Unfortunately, Link's footsteps were more flexible than his. He thought he was driving Link to run, but in fact Link was pulling him to fly a kite.

Jermaine punched more than 60 times in a row, but failed to hit his head. The speed of his punches could not help but slowly slow down, preparing to take a break and save energy.

At this time, Link began to counterattack. He moved his feet flexibly and approached Jermaine Taylor in front of him. He jab directly hit the opponent's face, but Jermaine stepped back to avoid it.

He continued to use extremely fast left jab + right jab + left jab + right jab.

The attack mode was almost the same as Jermaine Taylor's previous one.

It's just that his punching speed was faster than Jermaine, his combination punches were more exquisite, and the position of his punches was also very accurate.

In the 12th punch, Link's jab went through Jermaine's defense and hit Jermaine's left rib.

Jermaine was a little surprised and quickly strengthened his liver defense.

Link continued to attack, but this round of attack had some changes, from the previous pure jab attack to left jab + right straight punch + left jab + right swing punch.

In the 18th punch, Link used the tactics of hitting up and hitting down, hitting down and hitting up, and used a straight punch to hit Jermaine's cheek steadily.

Jermaine was hit and took a step back, and his back hit the ropes.

"Jermaine, hold on! Defend with all your strength!"

Someone shouted from the audience. (End of this chapter)