Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 48 Dynasty Promotion Company

 After sending Morales and others away, Link went to the lounge to visit Mario who was knocked unconscious.

 It's just that this guy has a bad face and looks like he's been greatly wronged.

Link stopped paying attention to him, and then found West and asked him to recruit one or two more sparring partners. They should have good physical fitness, resist fighting, and have better skills.

 Generally speaking, sparring partners, like coaches, play a big role in the growth of a boxer.

If you have a powerful sparring partner and compete with each other every day, you will grow faster. For example, John Ruiz, Oliver McCall, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, etc. are all regarded as He worked as a sparring partner, and later entered the professional boxing world, and both became world boxing champions.

 This is a process of mutual achievement.

 Mario has qualified physical fitness and good strength, but this guy is a bit stupid and his growth rate is slow. He cannot keep up with Link's growth rate and cannot meet Link's needs.

 Change to a more powerful sparring partner, and the training effect will be better.

 West nodded and agreed. Link is now a star boxer with good prospects for development. If he wants to find a sparring partner, he should notify the circle and there should be many people coming to recommend themselves.

  —

 “Hi~Link!”

Link returned to the small shop after training. Under the awning, a middle-aged man wearing a blue beach shirt and brown shorts stood up from the chair, took off his sunglasses, and waved to him with a smile.

Link stopped the car and looked at the other person. He was a little surprised. This person turned out to be Franco Duva, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Compared to the well-dressed and elegant man before, he was now dressed casually, with his shirt open on his chest, revealing a patch of chest hair, and leather sandals on his feet. His hair was no longer so neatly styled, and had long since been blown apart by the sea breeze, becoming sloppy. .

Franco Duva cannot be said to be down and out now. It is more appropriate to describe him as casual and casual. After all, the leather sandals on his feet are limited editions of Italian luxury goods Adele Fendi and cost more than 3,000 US dollars.

 “Mr. Dewar, why are you here?”

 “Link, please call me Franco.”

 Franco Duva laughed.

 “OK, Franco, why are you in Miami?”

Link took out two bottles of sparkling water from the refrigerator and handed one to Franco. Franco thanked him and smiled at him, "Link, I'm here to sign a contract with you. How about it? Do you want to think about it?" "

“So, you brought in $100 million?”

“Oh, no, of course not, I don’t have $100 million, but I bring sincerity.”

 “Sincerity?”

Link smiled lightly and said, "Franco, you should know that the sincerity of top promotion is worth 20 million US dollars. How much sincerity do you have?"

“Don’t worry, I’m definitely more sincere than Greg Cohen.”

 Franco took out a folder and pushed it across the table.

Link opened it and looked at it. The signing bonus was 8 million US dollars, payable in cash;

 Winning first place in the American Olympic Qualifying Tournament, a reward of 100,000 yuan will be awarded;

 Won an Olympic gold medal of RMB 1 million, a silver medal of RMB 500,000, and a bronze medal of RMB 200,000;

Getting into the top three in any international or domestic amateur boxing event will receive rewards ranging from RMB 100,000 to RMB 1 million;

 After entering the professional boxing world, he received a reward of RMB 200,000 for the intercontinental boxing championship belts of the four major organizations, and received a reward of RMB 1 million for each of the world-class boxing championship belts from the four major organizations.

In terms of revenue sharing, before he became the world boxing champion, he and the company would share 5:5; after winning the world boxing title, he and the company would share 6:4; if he could maintain the title for more than five years, he would share 7:3 Divided, 8:2 for ten years or more.

etc.

 The content of the contract is very detailed.

 From competition to promotion, logistics, medical care, from competition bonus income, PPV income, to peripheral income sharing, etc.

Covering a boxer's entire career, including the level of pension benefits he will enjoy after retirement.

 "How's it going, Link?"

While he was reading the contract, Franco Duva stared at him with his arms raised. Seeing that he had finished reading, he immediately asked.

Link did not answer. Although this contract was good, it still did not meet his expectations.

 He turned to the first page, pointed to the ‘Dynasty Promotion Company’ on it and asked: “Why is it the Dynasty Promotion Company?”

“Don’t you know? I had a falling out with my father some time ago, and he dismissed me as president of the major event promotion company. I sold my shares and founded Dynasty Promotion Company in New York with tens of millions of dollars.

 This is the biggest news in the boxing world recently. I thought you knew it. Haven’t you heard of it? "

Franco asked in surprise.

Link shook his head, looking at the name 'Dynasty Boxing Company', feeling a little weird.

 It was not that Franco was surprised that he defected from the Dewar family to start a new business, but that he was surprised by the emergence of this company.

 Because ‘Dynasty Promotion Company’ was supposed to appear four or five years later. Four or five years later, Franco Duva and his younger brother Dino Duva were dissatisfied with Lou Duva's business strategy, so they set up their own business with some people and founded Dynasty Promotion Company.

 After the death of Duva Sr. in 2017, the main event company was managed by Lou Duva's daughter-in-law, Nora Duva, the wife of Franco Duva.

 Franco and his brother Dino continue to run Dynasty Promotions.

Link knows this company because Dynasty Promotions has a good cooperative relationship with the Chinese boxing team. It has signed Chinese boxers Zhang Zhilei, Meng Fanlong, Wang Zhimin and others. They have been doing boxing promotions in China for several years and are quite famous. .

They focus their business on the mainland, hoping to open up a market in this giant country with a population of 1.4 billion.

 The result was, of course, a complete failure.

Chinese people are used to watching kung fu and martial arts movies that come and go, and have little interest in boxing. There are also Chinese boxers who are either thin or fat, wearing weird shorts and hugging each other on the stage. How much beauty.

 There is no ratings, no advertising share, and no ticket revenue.

Dynasty Promotions lost a lot of money in the mainland, and finally had to give up the mainland market, close its domestic branches, and withdraw all investments to the United States.

 But at that time, the top domestic event promotions in the United States were the only one, and other competition room promotions, Queensberry Boxing Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, Top Champion Promotions, TGB Boxing Promotions, GTD Boxing Promotions, etc., were blooming everywhere.

 Dynasty Promotion Company does not have much room for survival, and bankruptcy is inevitable.

What Link didn’t expect was that Franco Duva would defect from the main event years in advance to create Dynasty Promotions.

The Butterfly Effect?

"Link, don't worry. Although Dynasty Promotion is a newly established company, most of the key members in the company are from major event companies. There are more than 40 people with talents in all fields. As long as you are willing to join Dynasty Promotion, we will definitely I will train you as a core boxing champion.”

Franco Duva said with a sincere voice.

Link pondered for a while, it would be a good idea to go to Dynasty Promotion Company. It was an unexplored blue ocean with relatively large room for operation.

It’s just that he doesn’t have much confidence in Franco as a partner. This man is passionate, sincere, and emotional. He is not bad at making friends, but as an entrepreneur, he is obviously not qualified.

"Franco, signing a contract is troublesome. I'm going to Havana the day after tomorrow to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament. I don't have time to deal with this matter. How about we wait until the Olympics is over to discuss cooperation?"

 “Two percent of the shares!”

Franco Duva suddenly grabbed his arm and said excitedly, "Link, I can give you 20% of the shares of Dynasty Promotion and the status of a partner of the company. How about we run Dynasty Promotion together?"

Link was a little surprised, although the value of 20% of the dynasty promotion shares was not high, like several million.

 But the other party is willing to give shares, and this sincerity is amazing. This is not just bullish, but very bullish.

This "good news" made Link have to reconsider whether to agree to it.

 In fact, he had no intention of signing with a promotion company, not even before entering the professional boxing world.

His plan is to compete in amateur competitions first, win as many championship titles as possible, and then switch to professional boxing after half a year. He will show his strength, potential, and commercial value in professional competitions and attract promotion companies to negotiate.

　With your professional record before negotiating a contract, you can take the initiative during negotiations and get more signing bonuses and better income sharing.

Because he had no intention of signing a contract, when chatting with Franco and Greg Cohen, he would shout out the rather exorbitant demands of US$100 million and 70% revenue sharing to make them quit.

Now Franco has offered 8 million in signing bonus, tens of millions in bonuses, good competition sharing terms, and 20% of the shares in Dynasty Promotion. As a partner, he seems to be full of sincerity, which makes it difficult for him to refuse.

Link pondered: "Franco, I am just an amateur boxer and have never fought in a professional match. You are also an old man in the boxing world. You should know that many boxers are very good when they are amateurs, but they switch to professional matches. Later, the results were hopelessly poor, such as Henry Tillman. Aren't you worried that I am also this type of boxer? "

Henry Tillman was the 91kg gold medal winner at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He defeated Tyson twice during the Olympic qualifying selection and asked Tyson to be his substitute. However, after switching to professional boxing, he was eliminated in 1990. Tyson's one-round KO has become a legend in the boxing world.

“Haha, Link, I believe you, you will never be a character like Henry Tillman.

Even if you are, it doesn't matter. What you said to me on the train is definitely not something that an ordinary person can say and dare to say.

 You are a great person, a person worth cooperating with. I not only invest in your boxing, but also in you as a person. I think you will become a great person in the future. What do you think? Do you want to take a gamble? "

 Franco Duva stretched out his palm and looked at him eagerly.

Link thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and shook it.

Although Dynasty Promotion is a new company, its capital, connections, and business are not as good as those of Top Promotions, Major Events, Tang Jin Promotions, etc.

 However, the new company has great potential and low internal competition and consumption. Joining Dynasty Promotion Company will have less trouble.

In addition, Franco Duva is the eldest son of Duva, the former president of the major event company, and the husband of the current president. He has no shortage of resources and contacts. Cooperating with such a company is also a good choice.

However, there are still some details worthy of discussion regarding the terms in the contract.

Link and Franco Duva only signed a draft contract, and the formal contract will not be discussed in detail until the end of the Olympic qualifying competition.

 (End of this chapter)