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Bang Bang Bang!
Due to a boxing match scheduled for October, Link has been seizing every moment to train, besides taking care of the kids and spending time with the women at home. He practices for five to six hours a day at the Muscle Beach Club to enhance his own strength.
After persistent training, both his power and speed have significantly improved.
His right fist's maximum punch weight is 1720 pounds, with an average punch weight of 1620 pounds, which is nearly 40 pounds more than the test at the end of last year.
His left fist's maximum punch weight is 1680 pounds, with an average punch weight of 1500 pounds, 35 pounds more than last year.
As for speed, with a 50-pound load, he can run 100 meters in 11.6 seconds, and complete a 400-meter load run in about 45.1 seconds. His 10-kilometer test has also seen noticeable improvement.
In the reaction speed test, via touching light markers, the ordinary reaction time is 0.2-0.4 seconds, while his is 0.106-0.139 seconds, a superhuman level.
If he continues to improve at the current rate, his right fist's punch weight is expected to break through 1800 pounds in two years, and his left fist over 1700 pounds.
At the end of October, he led the team to Las Vegas to participate in a heavyweight boxing match, facing off against the veteran Evander Holyfield.
Holyfield is 51 this year, the oldest boxer in the boxing ring.
He was originally planning to retire from the ring this year, but upon receiving the match invitation from Dynasty Sports, he decisively agreed, even though his appearance fee for this match was only one million US dollars.
Holyfield stands at 189 cm tall, with a reach of 198 cm. He debuted in 1984 with a professional record of 57 wins, 10 losses, and 2 draws.
In 1988 he defeated Carlos de León to become the cruiserweight champion of the three major organizations and in October 1990, he beat the American boxer James Douglas to become the heavyweight champion of the three major organizations.
Over the next twenty years, he became the WBA heavyweight champion 4 times, the IBF heavyweight champion 3 times. In his career, he has defeated fighters like George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, and John Ruiz, earning a reputation as one of the most technically skilled heavyweight boxers.
This being Holyfield's final fight in the ring and his opponent being Link, the big boss of boxing, this match has garnered a lot of attention from boxing fans.
On the day of the match, the MGM Grand Hotel's spectator seats were all filled, with about 18,000 people, including more than two hundred stars from the boxing and sports worlds, like Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Hasim Rahman, Mayweather, Chris Byrd, Hopkins, Hoyle, Shark O'Neal, Michael Jordan, and others.
Cameras panned across the spectator seats, all filled with muscular professional boxers.
"Link is really cunning, after moving up to the heavyweight, he specifically picks on old guys to fight."
Hoyle crossed his arms, looking at the young and strong Link in the boxing ring, and at the opposite side, old Holyfield, curling his lips as he felt that even if Link won against Holyfield, it wouldn't be a honorable victory.
"You better watch your words. Who are you calling old?"
James Toney said, annoyed.
"Although Evander is old, his punches are still very solid. It won't be so easy for Link to win against him."
Bernard Hopkins stated.
"How difficult is it? If Link wants to fight quickly, he could basically wrap it up within three rounds. If he fights slowly, he can exhaust Holyfield within ten rounds. It's not that hard," Hoyle replied.
"Link, come on!"
Mario, sitting in the front row of the audience, waved his fists and shouted loudly.
"Don't shout so loud. Link doesn't need any cheering for this match."
Dino Duva, with the words 'lard rice' tattooed on his arm, spoke.
"Link has really made a name for himself, sweeping through all the top fighters in the super middleweight, then sweeping through the light heavyweight, and now he's jumping to the heavyweight. I wish I was as good as him," said Mario as he flexed his beefy arms, his face filled with regret.
Dino Duva glanced at him, also feeling regret. Originally, he thought that being from the same boxing gym as Link, even if Mario was a bit behind, the gap wouldn't be too wide. This was why he signed Mario and personally became his agent.
But the fact proved him wrong. Sometimes, the gap between two boxers is larger than that between a kangaroo and a mouse. Link's current professional record is 35 fights and 35 wins, achieving a grand slam in the four main organizations of both super middleweight and light heavyweight.
His achievements in the boxing ring are unprecedented and unrepeatable.
Whereas Mario's current record is 15 fights with 7 losses, moving down from light heavyweight to super middleweight only to face the same result.
It's not that he doesn't train hard enough, but mainly because of his innate talent. Physical strength, reaction speed, tactics, mindset, and such innate qualities can't reach the level of a first-class boxer, and no matter how hard he trains, he can't make a stand in the boxing ring.
Because of too many losses, Mario, after feeding off the 'senior brother' Link's popularity for two years, has reverted back to being a regular boxer, with his appearance fee dropping from tens of thousands of US dollars a decade ago to just a few thousand now.
While Link's appearance fee has increased from a few million to over a hundred million.
The gap between the two is just too large.
"Boxing!"
The match on the boxing ring has begun, after two probes, Link took the initiative to attack, and Holyfield raised his fists, preparing to use his exquisite defensive technique to drag out the match, and even looking for an opportunity to defeat Link.
While Link didn't immediately use a 'heavy punch' after starting his offense, he attacked Holyfield's defense with his exquisite combination punches, ready to compete with him on technique.
Once Holyfield realized his intent, he gradually relaxed his defense, matching Link's technique with his own exquisite skills.
"Evander, you've been fooled."
James Toney slapped his knee and shouted, "Link is very cunning. He often deliberately uses some false moves to set traps during matches. As soon as the opponent falls for it, he'll immediately strike and catch his opponent off guard. Evander, you've been too careless; you'll definitely suffer a lot in this round."
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During his last match with Link, he had prepared to defend fiercely, but he didn't expect Link to play the tactic of feinting to the east and attacking to the west, first hitting hard on his left defense, and when he shifted his focus to the left side, Link suddenly launched a fierce attack from the right.
At that time, he stumbled under the attack, then fell back step by step, and he didn't believe that if he hadn't been tricked, he wouldn't last even three rounds.
"Hey~"
James Toney watched for a while and found that Link had no intention of trapping Holyfield. He was seriously competing in boxing technique with old Holyfield. There were a few times when Holyfield's speed was too slow, and he could not defend in time, revealing big openings, yet Link did not take advantage of the situation to knock out old Holyfield with one punch.
"Haha, are you astonished? Link now really enjoys being a boxing coach. He said before the match he would defeat Evander with pure technique. He wants to demonstrate to everyone the subtleties of boxing this way, to promote boxing," Hoyle said with a grin on his face.
James Toney frowned, "Why didn't he fight me that way last time?"
"That still needs to be asked? He must have thought your technique was too crude."
"Bullshit! I defeated Evander with technique in 2003," said James Toney, pouting his thick lips discontentedly.
In October 2003, he fought with old Holyfield, and he won by technical knockout in the ninth round.
"What's the use of saying all this? In the end, you were still knocked out cold by Link," Hoyle laughed.
"You talk as if you've never been the same. I remember that time you were knocked to the ground by Link and couldn't even get up," James Toney retorted.
"Shut up!"
Hoyle darkened his face and stopped talking.
The match on the boxing ring ended the first round, rested for a moment, and continued the second round.
In this round, both sides still competed in technique, exchanging punches fiercely. Although Holyfield was older, he was still strong, with long arms and rich experience in fighting.
He often used tricky combination punches to trouble Link.
In this round, Holyfield threw 122 punches, with 9 hitting Link's body and 0 hitting Link's head.
Link threw 143 punches, with 6 hitting old Holyfield's head, causing Holyfield to be knocked down once.
As old Holyfield threw more punches and was led by Link in rhythm, running all over the place, Holyfield was panting like a cow after the second round, with his dark skin all covered in glossy sweat.
"Holyfield is still too old," Mike Tyson sighed.
"Even in his youth, he might not be able to win. Link's technique is very comprehensive. I've watched all his match videos, and I haven't found any weakness," the 'big guy' George Foreman admired.
"Is anyone in the boxing ring capable of beating Link?" The 'Shark' Shaquille O'Neal asked the surrounding black boxers.
People around him hesitated for a while and then said the Klitschko brothers should be able to beat Link.
O'Neal was not satisfied with this answer because the Klitschko brothers were also white. He asked if there were any black boxers who could beat Link, because everyone knew that black boxers were the most formidable in the boxing ring, having dominated the heavyweight division for decades.
"....."
The surrounding black boxers fell silent, thinking for a while, and could only helplessly say that in the Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, and Heavyweight divisions, black boxers didn't have much of an advantage. If Link fought in Lightweight, Mayweather should be able to beat him.
"Why is that? Aren't black people practicing boxing now?" O'Neal asked.
"Of course they are, it's just that Link is too strong, and no one is his match," Hopkins said with a shrug. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"Is Link that strong? I think I could definitely knock him down if I went up there," O'Neal said, clenching his fist the size of a punching bag.
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The match on the boxing ring continued. By the third round, Holyfield was so drained that his movements became slower, full of flaws.
Link had no intention of further testing technique with his opponent and executed heavy punches in actual combat. At the 27th and 54th seconds, he knocked down Holyfield twice, and the second knockdown, Holyfield failed to rise within the count.
Link easily won the match.
Link's total revenue for this match was 85 million US dollars, with 2.63 million PPV sold, a bit less than the last match.
But the impact of this match was greater than the last.
It was Holyfield's farewell fight, an old champion retiring, signaling the end of an era, nostalgic.
Additionally, in this match, Link and Holyfield displayed superb offensive and defensive skills, and "Boxing Ring" magazine called it a classic battle, and it also became a lot of boxers' material for studying and learning boxing technique.
