Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 86 Newcomer in the boxing ring

 It is raining lightly outside the window, the air conditioner continues to deliver warm air, and the living room of the apartment is warm.

Link sat on the sofa with Taylor and told her his story, from a gangster who entered the palace twice to a world-famous world champion. This story sounded very inspiring and touching, but only he knew it. How is this going.

Without time travel, Link would have been a gangster who died in a street fight, and he himself would have been a little person who died in an underground boxing ring.

More than three months ago, a miracle came. Grafting the soul of a fighter into a young body, and giving him a little talent, his life became different, just like two ordinary trees. After being grafted, Moistened by rain and dew, colorful flowers suddenly bloomed and amazed the world.

While telling the story to Taylor, Link also looked back at the past. From the boxing bar to the Hanking Olympics, he walked step by step. He didn't miss any opportunity, and finally got to where he is now.

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“I think besides persistence and hard work, luck is also very important, and I happen to be a very lucky guy.”

Link ended the story with this sentence.

 Pap, pah, pah!

Taylor clapped his hands, wiped the corners of his eyes and said,

"Link, your experience is so wonderful and touching. You can write an autobiography and tell your story. I think many people will be willing to read it."

Taylor had just been moved twice by his story, his eyes were wet, and he wet a pile of tissues.

 Autobiography? Link shook his head. He didn't think this was a good idea. He had too many flaws and many of them could not withstand further investigation. Writing an autobiography now and exposing himself to the eyes of millions of people would be too risky.

“Let’s talk about it later. After all, I am still young. Compared with those old guys, our life experience is not worth mentioning.”

“No, I think it’s very exciting. The old guys’ stories are too didactic and not in line with the times, but your story is just right, just like the soup you just made, it suits my taste very well.”

 “I’ll make soup for you next time.”

Link smiled softly and picked up his phone to check the time. It was ten o'clock in the morning and it was time to go to the boxing gym to train. He asked Taylor if he wanted to join him, or she could continue to think of new songs here.

Taylor chose the latter. It’s raining today. The balcony here is more emotional than the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel. Watching the rain here will make you feel better when writing songs.

Link will naturally not refuse to agree. There is someone at home, so he will have something to look forward to when he returns home in the afternoon.

He gave Taylor a few words, picked up his training backpack, and drove to the boxing training ground on 34th Street in Queens.

 This is one of the training grounds under the major event promotion company, and it is also a temporary training ground for Dynasty Promotion. For this purpose, Dynasty Promotion paid 200,000 training fees to the main event.

There are not only training grounds here, but also fitness centers, medical and physical therapy centers, bathrooms, boxer nutrition restaurants, etc. It is relatively large and well-equipped.

In the past, Evander Holyfield, Burnell Whittaker, Hector Camacho, Mitchell Muller, Andrew Golota and other boxing champions in the 1980s and 1990s all received their training here. After training, he accounted for almost one-third of the number of boxing champions during that period, and it can also be called the cradle of boxing champions.

 But as Lou Duva gets older, the boxing champions he once selected and trained also get older.

The only boxers who are still active in the boxing ring today are former world boxing champion Holyfield, former WBC international heavyweight champion David Tua, former WBA-WBC-IBF welterweight champion Zabo Judah, and others. They are all new recruits who are not very famous.

When Link walked into the training ground with a sports backpack on his back, someone shouted that the champion was coming, and the people training at the scene stopped their hands and turned to look at the door.

Link also looked at these people. There were more than forty people ranging from super heavyweight to light heavyweight. They were all muscular men, 90% of whom were dark-skinned. They looked like a gladiator training camp.

 “Hi, good morning, gentlemen, no need to welcome, please continue training.”

Link said with a wave of his hand.

The boxers present murmured, some admired, some envied, and some were eager to try.

 Since the broadcast of "Follow the Champion Boxing", everyone knows that his punch weight is no lighter than that of the heavyweight boxing champion. The key is that he is very fast, has good skills, and is very smart.

"Boxing Ring" magazine used his photo as the cover character in its September issue, commenting that he was a natural boxer. He also said that after he turned to professional boxing this year, he ranked among the top 10 in the P4P super middleweight rankings of Ring Magazine. Probably in the top three.

These comments also gave Link an aura of strength.

  The phenomenon of law of the jungle and the strong in the boxing circle is more obvious and direct than in other circles.

  The strong ones can make hundreds of millions every minute, while the weak ones earn less than the wages of miners every year.

 Strong also means rich, which is also a class gap.

Even if someone wants to come up and talk to him, they will be hesitant.

This gap is also reflected in training.

The training areas for the boxers on site are also different. Strong boxers have independent training venues, good lighting and ventilation equipment, complete coaches and logistical medical teams, etc. It is said that even the masseurs have better looks and figures. .

 Ordinary boxers and newcomers can only be in public training areas.

 “Link, you’re here, your training ground is over here.”

 Assistant Simon Ying came from the aisle and said hello. Next to him was a thin white young man, about 180 centimeters tall, with a long and thin face, long shawl hair, and blue tattoos all over his exposed arms. Among them were three Chinese characters for "Lard Rice". Link thought about it for a moment, but he didn't think so. Understand the deep meaning.

"Hey, are you Link Baker? I'm a welterweight boxer, how about we have a fight?" the lard rice young man shouted.

Link looked at Simon, and Simon introduced with a smile: "This is Dino Duva, a boxing enthusiast."

Dino Duva is Franco's younger brother. Link didn't expect that Franco's younger brother would look like this. At first, he had seen news photos of Dino. He was wearing a suit and looked like a serious person. But now But not very serious.

“Hey, Link, how about we compete? Let me see how far behind I am compared to the world champion.”

　　Dino said while rubbing his fists.

 Simon said: "Don't make trouble Dino, even the world champion Altaev will be knocked down by Link, and you will be beaten to death by Link."

 “How do you know, Link, come on, let me experience the power of your fists, and see if you can KO me.”

Dino patted his forehead and said.

Link glanced at him and felt that there was something wrong with this guy's mind. Otherwise, why would he come up to him and beg for KO?

 He shook his head and walked into an independent training area.

According to Simon, the training area next to it belongs to 'Little Tyson' David Tua. David Tua is the New Zealand boxing champion, 36 years old, WBC heavyweight intercontinental boxing champion, and has defeated Chris Bird and Hashim Rahman and other boxing champions, unfortunately, have never won the world boxing title and are called the 'Uncrowned King'. However, this guy has been training in New Zealand recently, preparing to fight for the WBC heavyweight world boxing title, and is not at the training ground.

 “Hey, Link, finally see you again.”

Morales jumped out of the ring, covered in sweat, and stretched out his arms at him.

Link laughed and hugged him. He was quite satisfied with this comrade and sparring partner.

“Good morning Link, from today on, I am your boxing coach, this is Tubbs, and this is Curry, they are also your sparring partners.”

There are three black people under the ring. The one speaking is a middle-aged black man in his forties, with disheveled gray curly hair and a blue sportswear.

Link knows this guy, his name is Tommy Brooks, Lou Dewar’s eldest son-in-law, and a core figure in the main event training camp.

He served as Holyfield's coach for five years in the early 1990s. During Holyfield's rematch with Tyson, he formulated tactics on the spot and helped Holyfield defeat Tyson twice.

  In 2000, he served as Tyson's coach again, helping Tyson adjust his condition and win four consecutive victories.

He once publicly evaluated the three boxing champions Tyson, Lewis and Holyfield in the media, saying that Tyson's talent is unmatched and much better than the latter two, but Tyson's self-discipline is too poor. Before every training, Many ways need to be thought of to make him focus on training and competition. This is much worse than the latter two, and Tyson's career was also ruined at this point.

He has also coached more than 20 first-line masters, including the Klitschko brothers, and has been named one of the top ten gold medal coaches in the boxing world by "Boxing Ring" magazine for three consecutive years.

 “Hello, Mr. Brooks, please give me your advice in the future.”

Link reached out and shook it.

"Haha, Link, I've heard of you a long time ago. You are already very good. It's my honor to coach you. I may give you a lot of advice in the following training. I hope you won't find me too verbose. "

Tommy Brooks laughed.

“Tommy, you also know that you are very chatty. I don’t think Link, a proud guy, can stand you.” Dino Duva said at the door.

 “Dino shut up!”

Brooks glared at him, then smiled and said to Link, "How about we try it first?"

"good!"

Link originally wanted to ask Coach West and the others to come over, but the distance on both sides was too far. Coach West was old and had dozens of disciples and apprentices under him, so he had no time to spare.

As for his contract with coach West, Franco originally wanted to buy it out for $1 million.

But Coach West doesn’t want money, saying that as long as Link plays well and gets more honors, preferably the world boxing title, it will be the best reward for the boxing gym.

 For West, honor is more important than money.

While Link was at the West Boxing Gym, he won the Golden Gloves Championship, the American Qualifying Championship, and the Olympic Championship. In the news about him, it was said that his coach was the former boxer West Corian.

 From what Reggie said, West is smiling and feeling refreshed every day.

Link put on his clothes, warmed up in the equipment area, and started training for the day under the guidance of Brooks.

 (End of this chapter)