Chapter 116： Fight Tyson

Chapter 116 Fighting against Tyson

While he was preparing for the competition, Taylor's second album "Fearless" also began to be released.

 It topped the Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 650,000 copies in its first week, becoming a huge hit.

 No matter on the street, in the supermarket, or on the radio and TV, you can hear the songs in "Fearless", including "TheWayILovedYou", "YouBelongWithMe", "LoveStory", etc., as well as the temporarily added "DreamItPossible"

After its release, six songs reached the top ten of the Billboard singles chart, and "Dream It Possible" went directly to the top of the singles chart, becoming Taylor's first number one single.

The sales of the album are booming, and Taylor is very busy because of it. He often flies to other places to promote, hold signings, prepare for concert tours, etc.

Usually Link can only contact her by phone. Sometimes he doesn't even talk to her on the phone because Taylor is busy with work.

Link couldn't help but think of a famous saying, it's difficult to be a famous woman, but it's even harder to be a famous woman's boyfriend.

He continued to train in the boxing ring.

From the end of the Olympics to December, through more than three months of strength and speed training, I increased the weight of my right fist to 1,600 pounds and my left fist to 1,420 pounds, and my body's reaction ability was also slightly improved.

However, according to Dino’s gossip, Tyson has also been intensively training in recent months, and his boxing weight has returned to more than 1,600 pounds. His condition is no worse than before 2003, so Link should be more careful.

Link will naturally not be careless.

Tyson is a veteran boxing champion. In the boxing world of the 1980s and 1990s, when there were many fierce fighters, he could become the spokesperson of boxing with his fists. His strength, speed, technology, tactics, and boxing consciousness are all at a very high level. level.

Even though he is old, he is still an old ferocious beast with a powerful physique, not to mention that the opponent weighs more than 60 pounds than himself.

In order to cope with Tyson's competition, he put down all his work, even the promotion of the single was postponed, and concentrated on retreating at the training ground.

On December 15, the match between Link and Tyson was held at Thompson Entertainment City in Atlantic City.

Before the game, Tompu Entertainment carried out a lot of publicity and promotion for the game, from advertisements to newspapers to the big screen in Times Square, there were related news promotions.

Thompson Entertainment declared this match a "world-class fight," the third unequal fight in 2008 after Holyfield VS Valuev and Pacquiao VS De La Hoya.

The inequality here refers to weight. Tyson is more than 60 pounds heavier than Link, Valuev is 100 pounds heavier than Lao Huo, and De La Hoya is a welterweight and heavier than Pacquiao, who has just been promoted. 5 lbs.

But in terms of overall influence, the match between De La Hoya and Pacquiao received more attention. The match took place on December 7 in Las Vegas. After 8 rounds, Pacquiao won Austria defeated De La Hoya by TKO.

The prize money for this game was as high as 100 million U.S. dollars. In the end, Pacquiao took away 65 million U.S. dollars and De La Hoya received 35 million U.S. dollars, surpassing the previous record of 65 million U.S. dollars jointly set by Tyson and Holyfield in 1997. It has become the most expensive match in boxing currently.

It is much more than Link and Tyson’s 10 million.

However, in terms of influence, Link and Tyson are not much worse than the two of them.

 Tyson is a boxing legend in the past and the spokesperson of boxing. Link is an Olympic champion and one of the top ten most popular boxing stars in the world at this stage.

A match between either of the two will be sought after by boxing fans, let alone a fight between the two.

Boxing fans all want to see how much strength Tyson still has left after three years of retirement? Can he still continue to fight in the boxing ring?

Everyone also wants to see how Link, the dominant player in the super middleweight field, performs when he encounters a heavyweight boxer who is more than 60 pounds heavier than him. How many rounds can it last?

The "Chicago Tribune" lists the pros and cons of Link and Tyson in detail.

For example, Link wins with speed, physical strength, and endurance.

Tyson wins due to his punching weight, fighting ability and competition experience.

The two were tied in terms of technology and tactics.

Finally, it was concluded that Link's probability of winning was 45%, Tyson's probability of winning was 55%, and Tyson had a slight advantage.

At the Atlantic City bookmaker, Link's odds of winning are 1:1.5, and Tyson's odds are 1:1.8. The bookmaker believes that Link has a higher probability of winning, but not by much.

Because this match was full of suspense, many people flew to Atlantic City, New Jersey on the day of the match to watch the boxing match live.

Ordinary people who had no conditions also sat in front of the TV, preparing to watch the broadcast of this game.

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Bang, bang, bang!

In the VIP lounge, Link was shirtless, wearing red shorts, and his palms were bandaged. He kept pumping his fists in the air to warm up.

“Link, Tyson has heavy fists and a strong body. When fighting him, try not to confront him head-on in the first three rounds. Use your skills to consume his energy first.

After three rounds, his attacks will become impatient and his flaws will be exposed. You can attack him with your fists again.

According to his current physical condition, I predict that you can KO him within six rounds and win the game. "

Coach Brooks explained from the side. Link nodded. Coach Brooks had worked with Tyson for two years and was very familiar with Tyson's condition. With him at his side to help, Link would be more confident about the game.

“Six rounds? Link, can you KO Tyson in the sixth round?”

Dino asked, leaning against the cabinet with his arms folded.

“I’m not sure. I’m sure I can defeat him, but in which round and in what way, I can’t tell you right now.”

“Okay! Then I’ll blindly bet on the sixth round.”

Dino thought for a moment and said.

Link continued to do warm-up training. As he was preparing for the game, a pre-game warm-up performance was going on outside. Tomb International invited Green Day, famous singer Ricky Martin, black soul singer Maisie Gray and others to perform live. .

After several performances, there was a LoveHaus men's and women's underwear fashion show, a UFC women's lightweight fighting match, and finally it was Link and Tyson's turn.

“Next, we’ll invite Olympic champion and WBA super middleweight world boxing champion Link Baker!!”

Hearing the live host shouting loudly, Link strode out of the entrance of the tunnel. A bright light was cast on him, and there were bursts of applause and cheers. Link raised his arms and waved, and strode onto the ring.

He noticed that in the auditorium around the boxing ring, there were mostly men and women in gorgeous clothes. The men were in dark suits, and the women were wearing party clothes and furs, as if they were attending a banquet.

There are many familiar faces among them, including Mr. Thompson, Rupert Murdoch, the governor of New Jersey, congressmen, the mayor of New York and other politicians.

There are also boxing elders such as Duva Lao, Bob Arum, WBA Chairman Mendoza, Holyfield, De La Hoya, Riddick Bowe and others.

“Hey, come on Link, I’m optimistic about you.”

In the front seat area, an old man in a suit shouted to him.

is director Woody Allen, and there are several familiar faces sitting beside him, who are also directors in the entertainment industry.

Link waved his fist and strode onto the ring.

When he took the stage, Tyson swaggered in amid the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators. He had a bald head, a thick body, strong muscles, black iron-like skin, and many tattoos on his body. He looked several times thicker than Link. Very powerful.

Seeing Tyson appear on the stage, the cheers at the scene were even louder. Many elderly people, including director Woody Allen, applauded vigorously. It seemed that watching Tyson play was a kind of emotion.

Tyson kept shaking his fists at the audience under the ring, looking very excited. Finally, at the urging of the referee, he pulled up the rope and came to the stage.

“Hello, Mike, how are you doing today?”

HBO reporter stopped Tyson at the ring and asked.

“It’s great, I feel like I could kill a lion.”

 Tyson clenched his fists and shouted to Link on the stage, "Hey, Link, I'm going to KO you within three rounds. Are you ready to fail?"

Link looked at him and said with a smile: "Mike, you are the one who should prepare. You are old. If you feel unwell during the competition, just give up earlier. Neither I nor anyone else wants to see you." Falling in the ring."

“Link, stop bragging. I’ll let you know how big the gap is between us later.”

 Tyson shouted, pumping his fist.

Link smiled softly and came to the corner of the ring to rest. Coach Brooks lowered his voice and said: "Tyson is in a bit of a state of excitement. He may have used neurotropic drugs. Pay attention during the game. His attacks in the first two rounds will probably be different." Very tyrannical.”

Link nodded.

Taking drugs is a relatively common thing in professional competitions.

For example, meldonium is a drug that treats heart disease. It can promote blood flow and improve the body's oxygen uptake and endurance. It was used on the battlefield to improve the combat effectiveness of soldiers. Now it is taken by tennis, rugby, and boxing athletes.

Link doesn't care about this either. As a boxer, what excites him most is to meet a powerful opponent in the game, then fight with wits and defeat him in various ways.

The stronger the opponent, the harder it is to win and the greater the rewards of victory, such as Andre Berto, Peters, Aragon, Gadel and others.

So after entering the boxing ring, he was never afraid of meeting strong opponents, he was only afraid of having no opponents.

It is more to Tyson’s liking if he does this.

(End of this chapter)