Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

"Link, what are you looking at?"

Agent Simon Curtis asked as he drove on the road outside JFK International Airport in New York.

Link looked out the window at the drizzle, making the road wet, like a woman in love with spring.

"Before coming here, I checked the weather forecast. It was sunny in New York. But as soon as I got off the plane, it started to rain. I felt like the weather in New York was going against me."

"Haha, it's just clouds and rain, and it will be gone in a while."

"I hope so. How is the match arrangement going?"

Link asked, leaning back in his seat.

This trip to New York mainly involves three things: one is to attend the rehearsal of MJ's concert, the other is to record the second album, and the third is a boxing match.

"There are expected to be three games, two of which have been confirmed to be held within the year. Here is the information, take a look."

Simon took out a folder and handed it to him.

Link opened it and looked at it.

The first match was the WBA Champion Challenge. His opponent was Andre Rey. He was the middleweight bronze medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He defeated Jermaine Taylor in the qualifying round of the Champion Challenge in March. Get the qualification to challenge him.

The game will be held in New York in June.

The second opponent was Roy Jones Jr.

After defeating Tyson last year, Franco began contacting opponents for him.

Competition invitations were issued to boxing stars such as Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins, James Toney, John Ruiz, Mayweather and others.

Only Roy Jones Jr. is taking action at the moment.

Calzaghe is preparing to retire, and it is not yet certain whether he will fight him.

Hopkins said he wants to see how he plays against Roy Jones before making a decision.

Several others have not responded yet.

As for his match with Roy Jones, the rights to host the boxing match and match bonuses are currently being discussed, and the match time is to be determined.

In the third match, he was originally scheduled to have a combined title fight with WBO-WBF double boxing champion Andre Ward.

It was just during the communication process that the four major organizations proposed a plan called Super Six.

Let the boxing champions of various super middleweight organizations compete with each other, similar to the wheel battle between the four middleweight kings in the 1980s.

Link had heard of this competition before. There were twelve boxers participating in the 'Super Six', including Mikkel Kessler, Carl French, Arthur Abraham, Jermaine Taylor, Andr Lie Ward, Andre Reil, Lucian Bute, Alan Green, etc.

They are all top three boxers in the four major super middleweight organizations, and they are known as the best among the best.

In the end, after three years of competition, Andre Ward won all the gold belts with six wins, which also allowed Andre Ward to rise to second place on the P4P rankings, second only to On Mayweather.

Now because of the appearance of Link, Mikel and Jermaine have been defeated by him successively, and the WBA gold belt has also been taken away by him. The other boxing champions are not as famous as him. The super middleweight field has "one super, many strong" ' pattern.

However, the four major organizations still proposed the concept of 'Super Six'.

This obviously does not mean that he has the ability to dominate the super middleweight division.

"Simon, wheel fighting is very troublesome. The competition period is too long. You should communicate with the four major organizations. Either super 1+5 and let several boxing champions with gold belts challenge me, or carry out a combined boxing title fight according to the original plan. I plan to win all the gold belts from the four major organizations within the year.”

"Okay, I'll communicate with Franco later."

Simon nodded.

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Sure enough, it was cloudy and rainy, and the car came from Queens to Manhattan Island. The sky gradually cleared up, and the sun peeked out from the clouds with a bright silly smile, as if it was playing hide and seek with Link.

After the sun came out, the streets of Manhattan became lively and lively again. High-rise buildings showed their strong figures and stood tall under the clear sky. Pedestrians also put down their colorful umbrellas and walked on the damp but spring-filled streets. Don't be in such a hurry again.

After returning to Manhattan, Link first went to Link Music Company in the metropolitan area, handed over the information of more than ten songs in his hand to Mr. Graeme Goodall, and asked him to adjust the soundtrack, and then he could record the second album. .

"Link, aren't these love songs?"

Mr. Grimm asked, looking through it.

"No, it's mainly about life feelings. Let's see how it goes. If you think it's good, you can put it in the third album."

Link said, pointing to several songs marked with a red pen.

Graeme looked at it for a while and praised: "It's very good. The level of these songs is very high. Link, I have to say, you are really a creative genius."

Link laughed: "Thank you, I'm a newbie in music, and I still need to learn more from you and my peers."

Graeme waved his hand and said with a smile: "You grow up very fast. This is your talent and has little to do with us. However, the style of these songs is similar to Give me reason. They are lyrical and alternative rock. They can be used as a separate song. album released."

Graeme paused and pondered for a moment, "The current song "Give Me Reason" is very popular. The controversy between you and Kanye, Lil and others has not completely disappeared, and the popularity is still there. My opinion is to release this album first. , will release the 'Love' album next year. Love is an eternal theme, and it is never too late to release it."

Link thought about it and decided that this arrangement was fine. Most of the songs he copied were released after 2013, so a delay of half a year would not be a big problem.

"Okay, here are two rap songs. It's a new attempt of mine. I plan to invite Eminem to collaborate with me. What do you think?"

Eminem is a famous white rapper. He debuted in 1996 and has released six albums with global sales of more than 100 million copies. His representative works include My Name Is, Lose Yourself, and the movie "8 Mile".

He has strong rap skills. In the song "Rap God", he said 1,560 words in 6 minutes and 3 seconds, setting a Guinness World Record.

Graham shook his head after hearing what he said, "It's difficult. Eminem has a good relationship with rappers such as Kanye, Lil, and 50 Cent, and has jointly released several albums. However, your relationship with Kanye is very bad, and he probably won't agree to cooperate with you."

Link also understood this, but there are more parts in this song, and it needs someone who is good at rapping to cooperate. Apart from the more famous Eminem, he can't find a suitable candidate for the time being.

"Link, don't just focus on Eminem. There are many American rappers, such as Snoop Dogg and Akon. They are West Coast rappers. East Coast and West Coast rappers are in a competitive relationship and hostile to each other. These two rap songs are of good quality. I think they will be interested."

Mr. Graham suggested.

Link nodded and agreed with this suggestion.

East Coast rappers are mainly rappers from New York and Chicago, represented by JAY-Z, 50 Cent, Eminem, Kanye, etc.

The West Coast rap base is in Los Angeles-San Francisco, and its representatives include Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, etc.

In the 1980s and 1990s, East and West Coast rappers briefly joined forces to set off a rap music trend around the world and promote rap music to the world.

However, due to different styles and mutual hostility, the representatives of both sides, 2Pac and B.I.G., were shot and killed in 1996/1997.

Link has some conflicts with the East Coast rap group, and West Coast rap is also a possible partner.