Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 43 Olympic Qualification

 Emma stayed at Baker's Inn for a day and two nights, and at the urging of her aunt, reluctantly returned to Orlando to continue filming the remaining scenes of "Harry Potter."

She doesn't have much of a role in Orlando, only about half a month left.

Link took a two-day break and returned to the boxing gym to continue boxing practice.

 “Coach, Link is here.”

Seeing Link coming in from the door, an apprentice named Jim stepped on the stairs and ran upstairs, calling Link as he ran.

Link looked up at the second floor and saw West, Robinson, Reggie, Mario, and the boxer apprentices standing at the stairs of the second floor, leaning down to look down.

 “What are you doing?”

 “Link, come up quickly!”

Reggie waved and shouted.

Link walked up to the second floor. When he reached the stairs, there were a few bangs above his head and several fireworks exploded. Others were applauding and cheering, calling Link the champion.

“Have you already celebrated it? Why do you still need to celebrate it?”

Link asked as he patted the ribbon off his shoulder.

"I don't think it's necessary. It's just a championship, not a boxing championship belt. They are too exaggerated."

Mario curled his lips and stood outside the crowd with an expression of disdain to participate.

 “Don’t talk!”

Coach West glared at him, and with a smile, he pulled Link to the ‘wall of honor’ in the boxing gym, handed him the Golden Gloves trophy, and asked him to hold it up to take some photos.

The Golden Gloves trophy was originally Link's personal belongings, but Baker's shop was too small to hold too many things, so he placed the trophy in the boxing training gym.

 West and Robinson can also use this trophy as a sign to recruit more boxing apprentices.

Link smiled lightly, held up the Golden Glove trophy the size of a fist glove, stood in front of the wall of honor, and took a few photos with West.

“Haha, now we have a champion in our boxing gym. I hope we will have more champions and more boxing champions in the future. Everyone applauds!”

Under the leadership of Robinson, everyone clapped and applauded, and Link also clapped his hands.

 “Link, wait a minute!”

Coach West took out a car key from his pocket and handed it to Link, "It's not safe for you to travel on a motorcycle all day long. I have a Pontiac GTO sports car downstairs. That Moto The green one is an old car I bought thirty years ago. I haven’t driven it for a long time, so I’m going to drive it.”

Link was a little surprised when he looked at the key in his hand. When he first arrived, he saw a very cool old-fashioned sports car downstairs. He thought it belonged to a guest in the boxing gym. He looked at it a few more times, but he didn't expect it. West's.

 West was able to afford a sports car more than thirty years ago, and he seems to be an old man who is not short of money.

"etc!"

Just as Link was hesitating whether to accept it, Mario rushed in from the outside, grabbed the car key in Link's hand, looked at the sign on it, pointed to the sports car on the street downstairs and asked, "West, don't tell me It’s that one.”

 “That’s right, I just drove here!”

West snatched the key back again and put it into Link's hand, not allowing him to refuse.

“Are you serious? That is an antique car worth more than 200,000 yuan. Are you driving it for Link?”

 Mario said in surprise.

“It’s not for Link, it’s for Link. Anyway, I won’t open it, so it’s useless to leave it there. Opening it for Link can also bring out its value.”

 “Give it to Link!?”

Mario screamed in surprise, looked at West in disbelief, and said with trembling lips, "Last time I saw that you wouldn't let me touch him, and now you're giving the whole car to Link? For nothing?" give him?"

 West nodded and said to Link, "No need to refuse, it's just an old car and not worth much. I will find someone to handle the transfer procedure later."

 “Link, you don’t really want it, do you?”

 Mario looked at Link with jealousy.

Link smiled softly, put away the car keys, and thanked West. He had a coaching contract with West, and he would enter the professional boxing world in the future. He would get bonuses from fighting games, and West would get a share. The money is definitely more than a few hundred thousand.

A sports car worth 200,000 yuan, since West is willing to give it, there is nothing he dares not accept.

“Haha, Link, that’s right, you come to the office with me, I have a very, very good news to inform you, you will definitely be very excited after hearing it.”

West was walking and talking with a smile.

People are in high spirits during happy events. West's face was flushed and his complexion looked much better than the previous few days.

Mario looked at the two people, grabbed Reggie beside him, shook his shoulders and said, "Can you believe it? West gave Link the antique car he had collected for many years. He is so stingy. A man from China would actually give a sports car to Link, is he also crazy? "

Reggie shrugged his shoulders, "This is normal. In the past, people often laughed at Coach West, saying that he has been teaching boxing for nearly thirty years and has taught hundreds of boxers. He has not even a single champion or boxing champion. Now Link has got it." The Golden Gloves Championship won honors for the boxing gym and West. West was so happy that it was normal to reward Link with a sports car.”

“But Link is only a tournament champion, not a world champion, nor a world boxing champion, so he actually gave him a sports car? This is too exaggerated.” Mario gritted his teeth and said.

 “Just the tournament champion? Why don’t you try one too?”

 Reggie smiled, returned to the training area, and continued strength training.

“Okay, I’ll come back with a championship and let’s see what West rewards me with.” Mario clenched his fists and said viciously.

  —

 After training ended in the afternoon, Link drove the Pontiac GTO sports car back to the diving shop.

 James, Daniel from the hot dog shop, Michael from the surfboard shop, and Sares from the Mexican Grill were sitting under the umbrella playing cards.

Seeing a cool-looking sports car driving over, James immediately put down his cards and greeted with a smile, "Sir, what do you need? We have the best Link in the store? Why are you? Why did you come back with a sports car?" ?Whose sports car is this?”

"mine!"

Link opened the door and stepped out of the car.

 “Your sports car? Where did you get your sports car?”

Hearing that it was his sports car, Daniel, Michael, and Sares also threw down their cards and ran over to take a look and touch it, and kept exclaiming in amazement.

The Pontiac GTO is a model from the 1970s. It is classic and elegant, with a relatively wide body design and muscular appearance. The output was not high at that time, and about 300,000 units were produced. It was discontinued for more than 20 years and was only re-launched in 2004. .

 Compared with today's sports cars, it is less powerful in terms of power, but its appearance is cool and has a sense of age. It is one of the famous cars that car collectors like to collect.

 “Link, you haven’t answered my question yet.”

James looked back and saw Link sitting on a beach chair drinking a soda.

 “Of course I bought it!”

“Where did you get the money to buy a sports car? Oh~ By the way, your competition bonus is 100,000, did you use this money to buy it? If I had known that boxing was so profitable, I would have gone to practice boxing.”

Daniel touched the sports car and drooled with envy.

"Link, you use your hard-earned bonus to sell sports cars? This is not cost-effective. You should save money to buy an apartment first, and then buy a car after you have an apartment. Besides, sports cars are not as practical as family cars."

 James wrinkled his face with a look of disapproval.

Link smiled and did not refute. Daniel wanted to test the car. Link handed the keys to the four of them and returned to the house to continue exercising.

Just when he was with West, he received a new task—the Olympic Games.

 Boxing competition is also one of the key events of the previous Olympic Games. Starting from the third Olympic Games in 1904, except for the 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th Olympic Games which were not held due to various reasons, boxing events have been included in every other Olympic Games.

ˆOlympic boxing is the same as other sports. Before the Olympic Games, various countries and regions hold trials, the first round of qualifications, and the second round of qualifications. Athletes compete for places in the Olympics through competitions.

 There are a total of 284 quotas for the boxing event of this Hanking Olympics, 9 from host countries, 60 from Africa, 53 from Asia, 91 from Europe, 60 from the Americas, and 11 from Oceania.

 There are 5-12 weight classes in boxing, and there are 10 weight classes in the Hanking Olympics, 48, 51, 57, 60, 67, 71, 75, 81, 91, 91 kg and above.

There are 60 places in the Americas: 3 people in the super heavyweight (more than 91 kg), 3 people in the heavyweight (81-91 kg), and 6 people in each other weight class.

  In the first round of qualifying, the Boxing World Championships held in November last year, 32 boxers from the Americas obtained quotas for the Olympics in advance.

The second round of qualifying will be held in Havana, Cuba, from July 2 to July 7. Boxers of all levels from more than 30 countries and regions in the Americas will compete for the remaining 28 places. There are 2 places left.

 According to relevant regulations, before participating in the second round of qualifying, you need to participate in the Olympic trials in March this year. Those with outstanding results will enter the qualifying round.

Link was not here at the time, nor did he participate in the trials.

 But he performed well in the Golden Gloves Championship, and the Sports Committee and the Amateur Boxing Association decided to give him an alternate spot after discussion.

  Half a month later, he will go to Havana with the American boxing team to participate in the qualifying tournament to compete for the remaining Olympic spots.

When he received the notice from the committee, Link had some hesitation and struggle in his mind. Should he represent the United States team and go to Hanking to participate in the Olympic Games?

 The result of the struggle is, go!

 Participating in the Olympics was his long-cherished wish in his previous life, and it was also a huge regret.

An important reason why he was willing to practice boxing with Lao Liu was that he could represent the country in sports games and compete for honors for the country in the future.

In amateur competitions, he fought bravely and kept fighting. He also hoped to get good results in amateur competitions and be favored by the provincial team.

He just met a weak and mean-mouthed guy during a match. He accidentally beat the guy to death and was imprisoned. Later he was forced to fight in an underground boxing ring, getting further and further away from his dream.

 Coming through now, I have the opportunity to make up for the regrets of my previous life. It would be a pity to miss it.

 In addition, the Olympic Games is currently the most well-known and largest sports event in the world.

Winning a gold medal at the Olympics can not only win honors, but also take the opportunity to promote yourself and let more people know you.

 With the aura of an Olympic champion, he will enter the professional boxing world in the future and his development will be smoother.

 For example, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mayweather and others.

 Before turning into a professional boxer, they all participated in the Olympic Games and won gold medals.

As for competing with his motherland for the gold medal in the competition, he is not worried. Back then, the motherland team performed mediocrely in the middleweight class and no one entered the finals, so he was free to compete.

 After confirming that he would participate in the Olympic qualifying competition, Link redoubled his efforts in training.

　Strive to improve strength, speed, technology, reaction ability, etc. to another level before the Olympic qualifying competition.

 Bang, bang, bang!

 (End of this chapter)