Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

After defeating former WBA middleweight world boxing champion Trinidad, Link's professional record became 13 wins in 13 fights, all by KO.

Ranked in the top five in the world in the middleweight category.

After the game, many media in the United States reported the process and results of the game.

"USA Today" published an article saying that Chinese boxer Link is conquering the American boxing scene and Bernard Hopkins' middleweight dominance is in jeopardy.

The Los Angeles Times reported on the match that Chinese boxing champion Link continued to take advantage of his heavy punches in the match against Trinidad. At 165 seconds into the first round, he knocked down Trinidad with a cunning combination of punches. Dade, causing Trinidad to break two ribs and suffer severe damage to his liver. Link's ranking in the middleweight field jumped more than twenty places, rushing to fifth place in the middleweight class, and also became a middleweight. The boxer with the fastest improvement in the field rankings.

The Chicago Tribune commented that the boxing techniques used by Link in the game looked familiar, with most of the moves coming from black boxers such as Ali, Joe Frazier, and Joe Louis. The newspaper believed that Link learned from several It is a very wise approach to use the black American boxing champion's style to deal with Trinidad.

"Boxing Ring" said that before Link entered the European and American boxing circles, all his matches ended within 30 seconds. When fighting against Australian boxing champion Robert Allen and Nicaraguan boxing champion Riccardo Mayorga, it took dozens of seconds. , hundreds of seconds.

This match against Trinidad took 165 seconds. The time is getting longer and longer, indicating that the game is getting more and more difficult. If he meets Hopkins, who has knocked down Trinidad before, Link will never be able to end the game in one round.

Some of these media outlets are stoking fire, some are ridiculing, praising and belittling, and some are reporting truthfully.

No matter how the American media reported it, Link's name gradually spread in the American boxing circle with his victory in the game.

Even among ordinary people, many people know that a very powerful Chinese boxer named Link has recently appeared in the boxing world. He often destroys his opponents in one round and wins in competitions. He is very powerful.

Link also gained some boxing fans as a result.

After the game, he also received a share of the prize money from the game.

He is now only a second-tier boxing star, not well-known in the American boxing world, and his income has also been affected to some extent. The appearance fee is only 100,000 US dollars, the ticket revenue share is only 15%, the PPV revenue share is only 25%, and the peripheral income share is none.

The various revenue shares add up to about $3.4 million.

According to the original contract with the top promotion company, the amount below 5 million US dollars was divided into 60 and 40%. In the end, the part he could get was only 2.1 million US dollars.

However, including the income from betting in the casino, the total income from this game is about 7 million US dollars.

After defeating Trinidad, who is ranked fifth in the entire organization, he also has the qualifications to challenge Hopkins, the world boxing champion of the four major organizations.

However, since Hopkins did not accept the challenge, Link could only continue to participate in the next round and win the title of boxing champion challenger.

The opponent in the next round is North American boxing champion Jermaine Taylor.

The opponent defeated British boxing champion Daniel Edward in early February and qualified for the next round. He currently has a professional record of 23 wins and is ranked third in the middleweight organization, one place higher than Link.

The match between Link and Jermaine Taylor is still under negotiation, and the specific match time will be around May or June.

The winner will be automatically qualified to challenge world boxing champion Hopkins.

Because Link has been extremely strong in the past 13 games.

Jermaine Taylor is the undefeated boxing champion. In 2003, he was named the "Rising Star in Boxing" by ESPN TV and the "Rookie of the Year" by magazines such as "The Ring". He is extremely famous in the United States.

The date of the match between the two has not yet been announced, but it has attracted a lot of attention.

Many people are curious about who will win when the two meet in the game, whether Jermaine Taylor can continue to maintain his unbeatable record, and whether Link can continue to maintain his record of winning by KO in the first round.

Under the operation of two brokerage companies, this game maintains a high degree of popularity in the media.

"Link, what do you think of Jermaine Taylor's strength?"

In Las Vegas, at the training facility owned by Top Promotions, Bob Arum pointed at Jermaine Taylor who was playing on the TV and asked.

"Yes, he has top-notch punching power, top-notch movement speed, and very flexible fighting style. He is a boxer with potential."

Link said.

Bob Arum glanced at him helplessly and asked him to evaluate Jermaine Taylor. As a result, he looked at the opponent with a overlooking attitude like a senior in the boxing world.

The tone was too loud.

It was as if no one in the boxing world was his opponent.

Bob Arum also couldn't understand why Link, a newcomer who had just debuted, dared to look down on those opponents. Is it just because of his record of 13 wins and KOs?

He had heard in the past that most Chinese people were humble and low-key, but when it came to Link, there was no hint of humility at all.

"People in the current boxing world generally believe that Jermaine Taylor is stronger than Trinidad and can even threaten Hopkins' dominance. If you compete with him, are you confident that you can KO him in one round?"

Bob Arum asked incredulously.

"You may not believe it when I say it, but I will try my best."

Link said while watching the game on TV.

He is also familiar with Jermaine Taylor. The two once played a match in 2008.

At that time, Jermaine Taylor was defeated by "Ghost" Kelly Pavlik, lost the gold belts of the four major middleweight organizations, and was sadly promoted to super middleweight and became the WBA super middleweight North American boxing champion.

Later, when he challenged Link, the new WBA world boxing champion, he was defeated in one round.

Jermaine Taylor in 2005 was younger and had more physical strength, but his shortcomings were still obvious. When facing such an opponent, Link was more confident.

Bob Arum looked at him and didn't understand where this guy's confidence came from, but so far, Link had never failed. Even though he didn't understand, he could only choose to believe.

"If everything goes well, the match between you and Jermaine will be held in early May. During this time, you can train in Las Vegas. The facilities and staff here are more complete and will be more helpful to you. , what do you think?”

asked Bob Arum.

"It's really nice here, but Las Vegas is too prosperous and the surrounding environment is complicated. It's full of temptations and depravity. I'm used to living a hard life and I'm easily affected by my training here, so I plan to return to China to train first. Come back before the game.”

Link looked around and smiled.

Bob Arum opened his mouth to persuade again, but found that what he said made sense.

For a person like Link who comes from a different society, the temptation of an entertainment city like Las Vegas is really great, such as alcoholism, drugs, women, etc. If Link had lower self-control, he probably wouldn't be able to degenerate. months.

If Link really falls, the company's investment will be in vain.

"You are right. You are from China. It is better to train in China. There is a lack of coaches and sparring partners. I can let them go to China. You just need to train with peace of mind and leave the rest to me and Sean Gibbons."

"good!"

Link nodded.

After the game, Link did not return to China immediately. He drove to the Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles and bought the villa where he had lived through a real estate agency.

Originally there was an owner in the villa, but the agent offered the house $3 million and the other party refused to sell it. Link raised the price to $3.5 million. The original owner immediately expressed his willingness to resell the house and left two second-hand cars behind.

Link stayed at the Bay Villa for three days. He ran in the morning, went to Muscle Beach for training at noon, and played the piano in the villa in the afternoon. Although he lived according to his previous habits, he still couldn't find the familiar feeling and was a little boring.

In mid-March, he took a flight back to Kyoto.

Since his match with Trinidad was broadcast by CCTV5, many domestic media also reported the news that he defeated the former world boxing champion. When he returned to China, many boxing fans and media came to pick him up.

Boxing fans and the media were very enthusiastic about him. When he walked out of the airport, many people shouted "Boxing Link".

The reason why everyone is so enthusiastic is that the media over exaggerated Trinidad’s strength when reporting, listing all the opponents he had defeated, including super boxing champion De La Hoya, boxing champion Fernando Vargas, boxing champion William Jope and other boxing stars.

He was described as very powerful.

And such a super powerful boxer only lasted 165 seconds when he met Link.

Two ribs were broken by Link, his liver was injured, and his head was concussed.

When readers take a look at it, they think, holy shit, Link is so awesome, so awesome.

Everyone saw the CCTV5 broadcast and saw Link punching continuously, hitting his opponent so hard that he couldn't lift his head. In the end, Link knocked him to the ground and couldn't stand up. Everyone felt that Link was even more powerful.

Newspapers such as "China Youth Daily" and "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily" directly called Linke the 'Chinese Boxing Champion' and 'the number one boxer in China'.

In addition, some media reported Link's income in this game. According to data released by foreign media, they said that Link earned more than 20 million yuan in this game, more than 20 million yuan in 165 seconds, and more than 100,000 yuan in one second. , can be called a walking money printing machine.

At first glance, everyone felt that Link was more powerful and admired him more.

Seeing Link walking out of the airport, many people shouted excitedly.

Facing the enthusiastic fans and reporters, Link had to stop and deal with it seriously. He delayed for nearly an hour before leaving by car.

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"Link, recently the company has received several scripts for you to film. There are three famous directors among them, Director Zhang Yimou, Director Feng Xiaogang, and Director Chen Musheng from Hong Kong. Do you want to read the scripts?"

In the nanny's car, manager Zhang Ying turned around and asked.

"Forget it, I'm quite busy this year and don't have time to make movies."

Link said.

In addition to several boxing matches this year, there are also several sports games, including the 10th World Athletics Championships in August, the 10th National Games in October, and the 4th East Asian Games in Macau in November.

He has to make time to participate, and not only participate in the shot put, javelin, and 5,000 meters, but also the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, etc.

Because his usual training results are good, the national team intends to let him practice more in these events to prepare for the 2008 Olympics.

He also didn’t have time to spend months making a movie.

However, considering that the three directors are all big directors and there may be opportunities for cooperation in film investment in the future, he plans to personally call the three directors to explain to them and see if they need investment.

"Link, in addition to filming, there are also some advertising invitations, including clothing, cars, watches, mobile phones, computers, and drinks. Eight of them have quoted prices exceeding 20 million. Do you want to take a look?"

Zhang Ying asked, flipping through the file.

Lin Ke took it and looked at it, then picked out five brands with good future development.

Including the four long-term endorsement advertisements he took after the Olympics last year, he now has nine endorsement advertisements.

The nine advertisements are for nine different types of products, and the endorsement period is within three years.

If you take these nine, you can't endorse similar products again in the next three years, so you have to choose carefully.

"Anything else?"

Lin Ke returned the folder to Zhang Ying and asked.

"Yes, there is a lot of work, for example, some fashion magazines invite you to shoot fashion blockbusters, some singers invite you to write songs, and there are more invitations for commercial performances. If you are willing to take commercial performances, you will not be able to finish them from now until the end of the year."

Zhang Ying smiled.

"Forget about commercial performances, I don't have that much time to run. For magazines, choose two high-end ones with large circulation. Forget about writing songs. If someone is willing to cover my songs, I can agree. I don't have that much time to write songs for strangers."

"Okay, I remember."

The car returned to the Qiuzhi Park in Haiding District, and Lin Ke said goodbye to Zhang Ying and got off the car.

The weather in Beijing was still cold in March. When Link got off the car, he saw Zhang Zilin standing and wandering downstairs of the apartment building in a long white down jacket.

Seeing him appear, Zhang Zilin jumped into his arms like a young swallow returning to its nest and hugged his waist tightly.

Originally, the two agreed that she would go with him to be his assistant next time he went to a book signing event or a boxing match, but when the competition started a while ago, school started and Zhang Zilin was busy with training and had no time to be his little follower, so she had to postpone it to next time.

Link hugged the girl, kissed her cheek and kissed her lips until the girl was out of breath and almost unable to stand, and then let her go.

"I bought you a gift, let's go back and take a look."

Link said, holding the girl.

"I don't want a gift, as long as you come back early."

Zhang Zilin leaned on his shoulder and said sweetly.

Last year, Lin Ke was just 180 cm tall, a little shorter than Zhang Zilin. In the past year or so, he has grown nearly 3 cm taller, and is now as tall as Zhang Zilin, who is wearing flat shoes.

Zhang Zilin can now comfortably lean on his shoulder, looking like a little bird.

"Okay, let's see the gifts later, and let's go back to sleep first."

Lin Ke smiled lightly, and took Zhang Zilin, whose cheeks were flushed, into the elevator.

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After returning to Kyoto, in addition to training in the boxing gym and practicing track and field events at the national team training base, Lin Ke also took time to go to school, and also took time to shoot commercials and magazines.

In addition, he talked to Liu Xiaoli about starting an agency last time, and Liu Xiaoli agreed to cooperate after serious consideration.

Lin Ke invested 20 million through Hong Kong Island Golden Shell Company in Liu Xiaoli's newly established Flower Fairy Film and Television Company, holding 85% of the company's shares. The company's main business includes investment in the production of movies, TV series, and artist brokerage.

Since the company has just started, the company's main business is still mainly Liu Yifei's work.

Liu Xiaoli said that being a singer in the entertainment industry now makes one famous faster, and it also adds to the fame of actors, so she asked him if he could write a few songs for Liu Yifei.

After considering it, Lin Ke agreed and asked Song Ke to come forward and sign a two-album contract with Liu Yifei.

Considering Lin Ke's talent in music and Liu Yifei's beauty and fame, Song Ke easily agreed. (End of this chapter)