Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 99 Intercontinental Boxing Champion

Link used 42 seconds to KO Canada's No. 1 super middleweight Jean Pascal. He had 8 wins and 8 KOs in 8 fights. Seven of them were KO wins within 30 seconds, tying the 'Cannon' Shannon Briggs. Career record set.

 Briggs has won 7 times in professional competitions by KO within 30 seconds, the fastest time being 3 seconds.

Although he did not set a new record, Link's performance shocked countless people.

 Jean Pascal is a completely victorious boxer. During the qualifying round, he also defeated his opponent in tens of seconds three times. He is very powerful.

Everyone thought that he could withstand Link for a while, and even if he couldn't beat Link, he could survive 100 seconds. However, after Link's heavy punch, he only lasted 42 seconds.

 The media exclaimed that Link’s rise to the title of boxing champion was unstoppable.

Under this situation, the American Intercontinental Boxing Championship Challenge kicked off, with challenger Link Baker facing off against WBA American Intercontinental Champion Jermaine Taylor.

Jermain Taylor, Arkansas, dark-skinned, 30 years old, height 185cm, wingspan 189cm, nicknamed "Bad Intention".

Amateur record of 144 fights and 132 wins, 1998 U.S. Amateur Boxing Light Welterweight Champion, 1999 U.S. Amateur Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion, 2000 Olympic Middleweight Bronze Medal.

Entered professional boxing in 2001. He has a professional record of 30 fights, 3 losses, 1 draw and 19 KOs. He is also the former IBF-WBC-WBO middleweight champion. Last year, he was promoted to super middleweight. He defeated many opponents in the game and won the WBA American Intercontinental Boxing Championship Gold Belt.

 Currently ranked third in the WBA super middleweight division, only behind Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch.

Jermaine’s main victory was in 2005, when he defeated ‘The Executioner’ Bernard Hopkins twice, dominating the middleweight division and forcing Bernard Hopkins to move up to the super middleweight division.

Jermaine's main defeat came in 2007, when he was defeated twice by Ohio boxer "Ghost" Kelly Pavlik. He lost all his gold belts and was forced to move up to the super middleweight class.

 What’s interesting is that in February of this year, Hopkins dropped his weight below 160 pounds, returned to the middleweight competition, and defeated Kelly Pavlik in the competition.

 These three people belong to one and the other.

After reading Jermaine Taylor's information, Link had an idea in mind. The opponent was also a boxer who was good at attacking. His fists were very heavy and his fighting style was very flexible. He liked to knock out his opponents with sudden cold punches during the game. This was also The reason why it is called 'bad intention'.

To deal with such a boxer, you only need to suppress the opponent during the game so that the opponent does not have the opportunity to use cold punches. It will not be more difficult to deal with than Jean Pascal.

"Link, you should also pay attention. Jermaine has been promoted from the middleweight level. He is very fast. If you want to KO him within 100 seconds, it is best to force him into a corner and not let the opponent mess up. run."

 Before the game started, coach Brooks warned.

"I see!"

Link nodded, put on his game equipment, and after passing various inspections, came to the game site of the Garden Arena again.

The number of spectators today is a little more than the last one, about 15,000, and the auditorium around the ring is densely packed with people, which is more than the number of spectators at the New York Knicks playoff game.

Selena said that she and Catherine would bring their whole family to watch the game. Taylor also said that he wanted to watch the game, but there were too many people at the scene, and Link couldn't see where they were at a glance.

 “Come on Link!”

 “Anesthesiologist Link!”

 “Swift Gunner Link!”

 “Link the Great Demon King!”

 There were many people shouting in the audience.

Link curled his lips. There were too many nicknames. He still preferred others to call him Boxing Champion Link.

Running onto the ring, his opponent Jermaine Taylor also came to the ring with a green belt with a gold logo hanging on his shoulders. This is the WBA Intercontinental Boxing Championship belt, which is smaller than the World Boxing Championship belt. Number one.

 The world boxing champion’s gold belt has a map of the world on its logo, while the intercontinental boxing champion’s only has a map of each continent.

 “Hey Link, do you want it? Then you need to defeat me first?”

The other party noticed his look, tapped his gold belt with his fist gloves and smiled.

Link shook his head, "My goal is the world boxing championship, not yours. If you are willing to give way, I can let you continue to keep him."

“Haha, this is impossible. If you want to be the world boxing champion, you need to pass my level first.”

Jermaine Taylor shouted, pumping his fist.

 “Okay! I will try my best.”

Link nodded at the opponent and bit his braces again.

 During the amateur competition period, because I was relatively poor, I used standard braces, which covered both upper and lower teeth. They were inappropriate to wear and inconvenient to speak.

After signing a contract with Dynasty Promotion, I spent 20,000 US dollars to customize three pieces of tooth-mounted braces, which fit better and can protect teeth well and make it easier to speak.

 The ring referee came on stage to read out the rules and then announced the start of the game.

 “Boxing!”

The referee stepped away. Link raised his fists and looked at his opponent. The opponent was about the same height as him, with a small head, big shoulders, thick and powerful arms, and black and white eyes full of fighting intent.

Link took the initiative to attack, but before he could make contact with the opponent, Jermaine struck first and punched him suddenly. It was a very tricky jab that was aimed at Link's hands at an extremely fast speed. Defense hits over.

Link firmly protected his head with both hands.

　　Bang! Jermaine quickly swung his left fist and hit Link's abdomen from the side.

Link's body muscles contracted suddenly, and he bowed down from the waist, followed by Jermaine's right fist, which swept towards his head very quickly.

The attack technique used in this attack is similar to the move Link used when fighting Pascal.

Seeing the opponent's fist coming towards him, Link turned his head to avoid it, and at the same time struck the opponent's head with a left punch.

Jermaine's movements were not much slower than him, and he quickly took a step back to avoid his fist.

This time, Link seems to be at a disadvantage in this fight.

“Tommy, is Link going to lose?”

　　Dino looked at the boxing ring nervously and said.

  “How much did you bet again?” Coach Brooks asked.

　　"I put all the money I won last time with interest. Come on, Link!"

　　Dino shouted towards the stage.

 “Don’t worry, Link will win, he will become the boxing champion.”

Morales said, clenching his fists.

“But my bet is that he KOs Jermaine within 100 seconds, and it’s already been 50 seconds.”

Dino covered his forehead and screamed.

On the boxing ring, Link didn't know how much time had passed, but the string in his mind became tighter and tighter as time passed, and he pumped his fist towards his opponent.

Jermaine seemed to see his urgency, and when he approached, he quickly distanced himself from him.

 “Come on Link, there are only 40 seconds left.”

 Dino shouted from the audience.

Link remembered what Coach Brooks said. When the opponent was about to withdraw, he punched the opponent to force him to the left side of the ring.

Jermaine punched him in the head, but he blocked it with his fist, and then punched him in the abdomen.

Link ignored his second punch. When the opponent was about to hit his left rib, he hit the opponent with a straight punch on the shoulder. Jermaine was knocked back and hit the rope behind him. .

Link took advantage of the opponent's unstable center of gravity and hit the opponent's left rib with a punch. The powerful impact made Jermaine want to vomit blood. He naturally bowed his body and moved his arms down to clamp his ribs.

good chance! Link took advantage of the opponent's lowered head and struck another left fist, hitting the opponent's forehead hard.

　　Bang!

Jermaine was punched in the forehead, his head shook violently, his body swayed, and he fell straight to the ground.

 “Wow~oh~”

The audience couldn't help but exclaim.

 “Finally fell! How many seconds?”

Dino looked at Simon and asked.

 “81 seconds!”

 Simon said looking at the electronic watch.

 “10, 9, 8, 7, 6”

On the ring, the referee counted to 6. Jermaine covered his forehead, stood up unsteadily, hit his chest with his fist, and glared at Link.

 “Link, we only have 10 seconds.”

Dino shouted.

 The game restarts.

Jermaine felt the power of his fist, raised his arms, tightly protected his head, and kept stepping back.

Link knew that the time was limited and did not give the opponent a chance to delay. He restarted the series of bombing punches, one heavy punch after another, hitting the opponent's defense like a storm.

12 punches were thrown in five seconds. The 10th punch hit Jermaine **** the right rib. When the opponent's arms sank in defense, the 11th punch hit the opponent's head again, before the 12th punch hit the opponent. , Jermaine's back hit the rope, and his body fell down.

"Wow!"

There was a burst of exclamation from the scene.

  “.5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”

The referee squatted down and after counting to 10, Jermaine struggled a few times with the rope but failed to stand up.

 “Yay! Link wins!”

  Dino shouted, raising his arms covered with tattoos.

 “98 seconds! It’s almost over 100 seconds.”

 Simon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

 “Link is the boxing champion! Link is the intercontinental boxing champion.”

Morales shouted excitedly.

On the ring, the referee raised Link's arm high and announced that the winner of the game was Link Baker.

 Pap, pah, pah!

 There were bursts of warm applause and cheers from the audience.

 After two rounds of nine games, Link won 9 out of 9 fights with 9 KOs and became the WBA Intercontinental Champion and ranked third in the WBA Super Middleweight.

 At the end of the North American competition, the competitions of the South American Boxing Association, the European Boxing Association, and the Asian and Pan-Pacific Boxing Association also ended successively.

 South American intercontinental boxing champion Glen Johnson, European intercontinental boxing champion Mikkel Kessler, and Asian and Pacific intercontinental boxing champion Tony Dodson.

After the draw, Link VS Asian and Pacific intercontinental boxing champion Tony Dodson, Mikkel Keles VS South American boxing champion Glen Johnson.

The game between Link and Tony Dodson is still held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In this game, Link encountered an opponent with super strong fighting ability. In 91 seconds, he punched 82 times in a row and knocked down the opponent twice before completely knocking him out and winning the game.

 In the European division, Mikkel Kessler also KOed his opponent Glen Johnson in only three rounds and advanced to the WBA super middleweight finals.

The WBA association headquarters released a battle report. The super middleweight world boxing championship gold belt battle will be held in Miami on October 2. American boxing champion Link VS European boxing champion Mikkel Kessler.

 (End of this chapter)