Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 424: Negotiating the Event

 Bang, bang, bang!

"Morales, attack faster! You have to imagine that the person opposite is Link. You have to be faster, and even faster to knock him down hard."

 “Jeremiah, watch your defense! You are a heavyweight boxer and I don’t want to see you knocked out by a super middleweight.”

When Link came to the training ground, Morales was sparring with a black boxer named Jeremiah Johnson in the boxing ring. Morales was attacking and his opponent was defending. The two sides fought vigorously.

 Hoya pointed beside him, his voice a little noisy.

Link allowed Christine to move freely in the training ground, then put on sportswear and started daily training.

Christine crossed her legs, slumped down on the sofa in the lounge area, took a lollipop out of her pocket and put it in her mouth.

 Watching Link first practice jumping rope for half an hour, and then practicing weight lifting on the barbell rack. The more than 160-pound barbell seemed to have no weight in his hands. A set of 50 clean and jerks could be completed in less than three minutes.

His muscles also gradually became strong and firm during exercise, with clear lines between muscle blocks, bulging pectoralis major, eight-pack chocolate abs, strong upper arm muscles, biceps, and flexible shoulder muscles. Every muscle is full of wild beauty.

After practicing for a long time, fine oil and sweat came out of the pores, and the bronze skin became shiny and smooth, like steel soaked in oil. It looked very hard, and it seemed that if you hit it twice with your hands, it would make a 'dang' sound. .

Christine pursed her red lips, walked to the equipment training area, picked up a pair of small dumbbells and did arm curling exercises.

After practicing for a while, her long hair stuck to her cheeks with sweat. Her white T-shirt was soaked with sweat and stuck to her chest and back, revealing the outline of her black underwear.

There are also her two white thighs wearing hot pants. Because of the excessive activity, the round calves are trembling slightly.

Link reminded her to warm up first before training to prevent muscle strain. Kristen ignored him and moved from one training equipment to another, touching all the equipment she could get her hands on.

De La Hoya stood in the boxing ring, looked at the two people in the training area and complained: "Is he here to exercise or pick up girls? In the past, some media criticized me for being a **** and called me a friend of women, but with Link, Compared with real scumbags, I am more innocent than many middle school students.”

"It's different. Link messes around but never loses. When you mess around, your legs will weaken and you lose the game. There is no comparison between the two of you."

Morales gasped.

"Shut up! Practice your boxing! Jeremiah, now it's your turn to attack him and defend him. If you see him slacking off, beat him hard. Don't be soft."

De La Hoya shouted with a dark face.

Black boxer Jeremiah Johnson hit Morales with a fist as big as a sandbag.

 Fortunately, Morales was originally an "iron man". After training with Link for two years, his body became stronger. As long as a fist weighing less than 800 pounds does not hit the head, it will have almost no effect on other parts.

 Bang, bang, bang!

Seeing Morales busy dealing with Jeremiah, De La Hoya continued: "Don't think how powerful Link is. He only has 22 wins in 22 fights, and I once maintained a record of 31 wins in 31 fights. He will definitely lose in two years, this is a situation that all boxers will encounter.”

"Not necessarily. You have 31 wins in 31 games because you can only maintain an unbeaten streak in 31 games. Link has 22 wins in 22 games because he has only participated in 22 games. The gap is too far."

Morales took a few steps back and retorted.

 “Jeremiah, attack faster and hit him in the face.”

De La Hoya shouted.

The black boxer roared angrily and struck Morales one after another with his fists.

De La Hoya snorted and turned to look at the training area.

"Link used to bring Emma Roberts here, and now it's Kristen Stewart. I heard that Jennifer Lawrence, Alexandra Daddario, and Emma Watson are also his daughters. My friend, this bastard’s ability to pick up girls is too high, at least ten times better than mine.”

“I’m afraid it’s more than that, at least ten thousand times.”

Hoya's face fell, and he was about to scold him, when he turned around and found that the person speaking was Franco Duva.

 Franco is wearing a beach shirt, casual pants, his hair is meticulously combed, and his face is fatter than the last time he competed in Las Vegas.

“Link is really good at picking up girls. I can’t compare to him, but I’m better than someone who needs to report to his wife even if he spends the night outside.”

Hoya snorted coldly.

Franco suddenly stopped smiling and twitched the corners of his mouth, "At least I haven't had my hair pulled out by my wife."

Hoya's face turned dark instantly. Back then, when he was raising a young lover outside, he was caught by his pregnant wife, and a few of his hair were pulled out by his wife during the quarrel.

 This incident was somehow captured by the paparazzi and published in the newspaper, causing a sensation.

Seven or eight years have passed since the incident, and I thought everyone had forgotten about it, but this **** Franco actually dared to mention it to his face.

"Hoya, I apologize to you. I shouldn't have said that. I take back what I said before."

Franco said apologetically.

De La Hoya bit his back molars and wanted to say something back, but he really didn't have any black information about Franco. He had a mouth and nothing to spray. It was very uncomfortable to hold it in his heart.

“Why are you here? Oh, I heard that you have signed two new prospects with good potential for this Golden Gloves Boxing Championship. Are any of them as good as Link?”

"No, Link is a boxing prodigy who is rare to see in a century. If you can meet a boxer like him once in your life, you will be lucky. How can you meet him one after another?"

Franco looked at Link in training and was amazed.

  Ordinary boxers will become complacent and slack after achieving certain results, and daily training also requires constant supervision from coaches.

Link is now the boxer with the strongest overall strength, the highest appearance fee, and the most fame in the boxing world. He is also the most outstanding representative in the current boxing field as voted by "Boxing Ring Magazine".

And he is worth more than 2 billion US dollars, making him a very rich man.

 People like him can enjoy glory and wealth without any effort.

 After achieving these achievements, Clink did not rest on his laurels.

 He still insists on training every day and constantly improving his strength, just like before he became famous.

This kind of resilience, mentality, perseverance, self-control, and pursuit of boxing are worth learning from all boxers and even athletes.

“Yes, it is indeed difficult to meet a boxer like Link. You are lucky to meet him. Last time, Al Haymon and Frank Warren said that you are a lucky guy.

Without Link, people like you can only hang out in major event companies. How can you be as prosperous as you are now? A small and broken company has a market value of 300 to 400 million U.S. dollars. You are getting a big deal. " Hoya curled his lips and said.

Franco shook his head. It could be heard that Hoya was still angry about the "hair pulling" thing, but he didn't mind. What Hoya said was true.

If he had not been able to sign Link back then, it would have been difficult for him to achieve anything in the boxing world, let alone take charge of a sports company with a market value of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Also, he could hear a strong sour taste in Hoya's words, which was envy, jealousy, and hatred.

 In fact, it is not just De La Hoya who is jealous. Since 2009, he has become the object of jealousy of all promotion company bosses in the boxing world, and he is becoming more and more jealous.

 Because Link’s ability to make money is getting stronger and stronger.

The appearance fee for a game is 30 to 40 million US dollars, and there are four or five games a year, with a total income of more than 200 million US dollars. Even if the company can only get 20 to 30%, that is still 40 to 50 million US dollars in revenue.

 40 to 50 million a year, 100 million in two years. Excluding the publicity expenses during the event, the net income is over 10 million.

At this speed, it was so cheap when Link shouted out a signing bonus of 100 million on the train.

 He is making more money alone than a promotional company with a hundred professional boxers.

For example, De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, which has more than 50 professional boxers, made less than 6 million in book profits last year, and is actually said to have several million in debt.

Hoya spoke to him in such a sour tone, and he could completely understand it.

"Let's not bicker. I have business to discuss with you."

Franco said.

"Is it about competing against Hopkins? There's no rush for this. Let Link fight Beirut Shumenov, Chad Dawson, and Nathan Cleverly first, and wait until he beats them. Three more."

Hoya said perfunctorily.

After being defeated by Link at the beginning of the year, De La Hoya subsequently announced his retirement and concentrated on running Golden Boy Boxing Promotions.

 He is now the owner of a promotion company and a well-known promoter in the boxing world. He is responsible for promoting and operating the matches of his boxers and making money from the boxers.

Al Haymon and Franco Warren, whom he mentioned earlier, are also gold medal promoters in boxing.

And Bob Arum, Franco Duva too.

 Any important competitions in the boxing world now are all run by a few of these promoters.

And WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins is a boxer under Golden Boy Promotions.

Franco still needs his consent if he wants to facilitate the match between Link and Hopkins.

 As far as the current situation is concerned, he cannot agree.

 He has fought with Link and knows how powerful Link is.

Hopkins is not Link’s opponent for the time being. He is arranging for Hopkins to have special training in Cuba. He will first watch Link’s matches with the other three light heavyweight boxing champions.

It would be best if Link encountered some setbacks in the first three light heavyweight matches and his mentality was affected.

 Hopkins takes action at the right time and defeats Link in one fell swoop. That would be perfect.

“Bob Arum and Al Haymon said the same thing.”

Franco said helplessly.

IBF light heavyweight champion is owned by Bob Arum, and WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is owned by Al Haymon.

"They also want to see the matches between Link and the other three boxing champions before making a decision. If you don't arrange anyone, Link will have no matches after beating Beirut Shumenov."

"How come there is no competition? You can first arrange for Link to compete with the second and third ranked boxers of each organization, first get the challenger qualifications, and then challenge the three Hopkins, step by step, fight steadily, this will be a good match for Lin Gram’s development is more beneficial.”

Hoya spread his hands and said.

"This arrangement is okay, but Link has a lot of things to do now and his time is limited. He doesn't have that much time to participate in the second-level competition. Besides, what's the point of avoiding the battle like this? You will have a chance to defeat Link a few months later?"

 “That’s not necessarily the case.”

Hoya crossed his arms and said unwaveringly.

Franco glanced at him, "Are you sure you want to do this? Don't forget that Hopkins is 46 years old this year and will be 47 next year. His condition will get worse and worse. You are also a boxer and you know what age means to a boxer. What are you wearing?”

De La Hoya frowned when he heard that. 'Executioner' Hopkins is indeed too old. He is also the oldest active boxing champion in the boxing world. Because of this, he doesn't want Hopkins to be in the ring too early. Encountered Link who was super energetic.

Once Link uses attrition tactics and delays the game to ten rounds, Hopkins has no chance of winning.

"De La Hoya, think about it again. Hopkins will have a boxing title defense match in the second half of the year. There are many light heavyweight masters. If he loses the gold belt, he will not be qualified to compete with Link again. Why not take advantage of this opportunity? If he is still a boxing champion and competes with Link, he will earn millions more in appearance fees?”

Franco persuaded.

After hearing his proposal, Hoya fell into deep thought. He thought for a moment and told Franco that he would discuss it with Hopkins first. If Hopkins accepted it, he would not object.

Franco nodded, said hello, and walked towards the equipment training area.

Hoya curled his lips unhappily when he saw Franco's back.

This lucky guy was born with a good father, met a good wife as an adult, and now he meets Link. This guy has been lucky all his life.

And that guy Link, if Link was under Golden Boy Promotions, he could force other boxers to fight like Franco.

 It's a pity that Link was not discovered earlier.

If he could turn back time, he would definitely beat Franco to sign him with a big contract.

 (End of this chapter)