Chapter 224： What a terrible opponent

Chapter 224 What a terrible opponent

“Link is going to lose?”

“No, come on Link!”

Emma Watson shouted loudly in the auditorium east of the ring.

“Emma, ​​don’t forget you’re British, you should cheer for Carl.”

Robert joked.

“Stop talking nonsense, shout quickly!”

"It's useless. Now everyone is cheering for Carl. We are the only ones cheering for Link. It's useless at all. But I think Link should lose. This guy is a singer now and has no time to practice boxing. I heard He also has several rumored girlfriends, so his decline in strength is inevitable.”

Robert shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

“Nonsense, Link won’t lose.”

Emma patted him.

“Yes, come on Link!”

Daniel clasped his hands and shouted to the stage.

Robert looked at him helplessly, feeling that he was a little heartless.

“Wow, this is my first time to watch a match live. I didn’t expect the atmosphere of a boxing match to be so lively.”

Adele said to Keira Knightley next to her.

She is still wearing a beautiful dress, exquisite makeup, wavy brown hair, and eyelashes on both sides that look like fans.

“This is also my first time to watch a boxing match live. It’s really enjoyable to watch other people fight live.”

Keira Knightley held her chin up and smiled.

“Oops, Link got punched again. He’s not really going to lose, is he?”

 Adele clapped her hands and said. In order to protect her voice, she restrained her emotions and did not yell along with the audience.

Keira Knightley pursed her upper lip and smiled: "Isn't it bad to lose? He is an American."

"Haha, you are right. If he loses, our country's boxers will get one more gold belt. If he wins, well, we also congratulate him, so no matter who loses or wins, for us, It’s all a good thing.”

Adele smiled.

Bang!

At 105 seconds of the first round, Link was hit again by Karl Franche's strong attack, and his back hit the ropes.

Boom!

Seeing him being repelled by Karl Franche again, the British audience at the scene became even more excited, shouting "Come on Karl" and "Karl must win" that made the eardrums of the audience in the front row buzz.

“What happened, why is Link’s performance so weak today?”

Frank Bruno, the former WBA heavyweight boxing champion known as the ‘British Boxing King’, blocked his ears and asked loudly.

Lennox Lewis folded his arms and looked at the game in the ring and said: "Maybe this is his tactic."

"I do not think so."

Chris Eubank, a famous British boxer, said, "This may be Link's true strength. In the past, he only competed in the United States. I mean professional competitions. Under the tout of the media, his strength was infinitely exaggerated. Becoming an invincible boxing champion, a superhuman boxing champion, or an undefeated boxing champion is like a big bubble.

Last year, I saw the news that he crossed three levels and defeated Tyson, and I felt it was a bit fake. Now it seems that the match must have been a fake match deliberately fabricated by the promotion company in order to make Link famous. "

“It’s unlikely. Even if there was some water in his victory over Tyson, the defeat of Mikkel Kessler in 101 seconds, the defeat of Jermaine Taylor in 98 seconds, and Pascal, these games cannot be faked.”

Lennox Lewis crossed his arms and shook his head.

“I think it may be the venue.”

Boxing King Frank Bruno said, "I heard that Link likes to play home games. Every time he plays at home, he can achieve great results, such as the Golden Gloves Championship finals. Now he comes to London and plays against Carl away. His performance is poor. It’s not excusable at all.”

"Another point is that after this guy won the WBA boxing title, he obviously slacked off in training. Just look at the two days he has been in London. He has been participating in programs, press conferences, and friends' gatherings. I heard that he even went to A fashion show.”

Chris Eubank shook his head, "The most important thing for a boxer is to focus, focus on training, and focus on the game. When a boxer no longer focuses on boxing, a decline in strength will be inevitable."

 Lennox Lewis did not refute, but looked at Joe Calzaghe, who was watching the game attentively next to him: "Joe, what do you think?"

Former WBA-WBC-WBO-IBF super middleweight world boxing champion Joe Calzaghe said: "I'm not sure, I have watched every game of Link, including amateur games, and he does more defensively than offensively. Good, but there seemed to be obvious holes in his defense today. I don’t know whether it was his tactics or whether Karl’s offense was too sharp and he couldn’t deal with it.”

Wow!

At 135 seconds, Carl Franche broke through Link's defense with both fists, and punched Link in the face. However, the speed was slightly slower, and the fist just missed his face.

The audience let out a sigh of disappointment.

If the punch just now had not been avoided, Link would definitely be knocked down.

“It’s 130 seconds! There are only 50 seconds left before the end of the first round. This is a number that has never appeared in Link’s super middleweight competition. Carl is working miracles.”

BBC presenter Edward Campbell said excitedly to the camera.

“Link, you’re going to hit a bullshit, can you keep your fist out of your head and hit it out?”

In a boxing club in Las Vegas, USA, Tyson watched the live TV broadcast and yelled angrily.

The "Quick Fire" boxing champion Chris Bird next to him glanced at him, took a sip of beer and said: "Now many media are saying that the match between you and Link last year was a fake punch. Is it true?"

 Tyson grinned his gold teeth and said: "Bullshit, the prize money for that game is 10 million, divided into 30 and 70. If I can beat him, why don't I take the big head?"

“Is Link really that strong? This guy started provoking a few of us in amateur competitions. I always feel that he is a talker.”

‘Lights Out’ James Tony was lying on the sofa like a Maitreya Buddha, stroking his big belly and asked.

Tyson grinned and looked at the two of them.

“You haven’t retired yet, you can definitely have a fight with him. Now this guy’s reputation ranks among the top three in the boxing world, and his appearance fee is also very high. If you fight with him, you can still make money even if you lose.”

"I have this plan. If his strength is just like this, I will let him know that the boxing world is dangerous."

Chris Bird pumped his fist and grinned.

“Honestly! I don’t know why Link is like this now. When he fought with me, his fist was very strong and hit me. I felt like I was going to vomit blood, but now he is like this.”

Tyson saw Link taking a step back after being beaten again, and cursed angrily.

“Hey, I heard that he has a lot of girlfriends who are rumored to have sex. Maybe he is learning from you and has been weakened by women.”

James Tony said with a evil smile.

“Nonsense! I won’t get weak in the legs.”

Tyson glared at him and heard a "Wow" sound coming from the TV. He quickly turned around and saw that Link was staggered and almost fell down.

“Shit! This guy has definitely regressed. No one could fight him off before.”

 Tyson cursed.

—

“Link is going to lose?”

Las Vegas, in the lounge of the top promotion company, Bob Arum looked at the TV and said.

Greg Cohen shook his head and sighed: "How did this guy become like this now? When I saw him in the past, he was full of confidence in boxing and told me that his goal was to surpass Mayweather and De Lahore. Ya, he became a unique boxing champion, but now it’s like this, it’s really a shame.”

Bob Arum held a cigar and said: "This is little Dewar's fault. The more qualified a boxer is, the more management must be strengthened and the contract should be used to secure him and make him obedient, so that he will not appear. Accident.

But little Duva didn't do that. He adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Link and allowed Link to hang out in the music and Hollywood circles, which took up a lot of training time. Now Link is like this, and it's his own fault. "

Bob Arum smoked a cigar and slowly blew out a smoke ring.

"Yes, little Duva is not a good agent. If Link signed with our top promotion, he would never be like this. Also, Link himself is too arrogant. He was only twenty years old and put on a show The arrogant attitude of being the best in the world is obviously a lack of training. I hope today’s game will make him understand this truth.”

Greg Cohen shook his head and sighed.

But he was relieved in his heart. Ever since Link became a top boxer in the boxing world, people in the circle have praised Franco Duva for having the vision to find a treasure like Link.

But he did not dare to agree to the 70% share proposed by Link, and became a negative example.

This has also become one of the stains on his career.

If Link loses today and never recovers from now on, he will have a chance to wash away this stain.

—

"Ahem~ Nora, when Frank comes back from London, you tell him to ask him to do more ideological work for Link, so that Link can spend more time on training and stop messing around in the entertainment industry. "

New York, Lou Dewar said to his daughter-in-law Nora Dewar in the Dewar family villa.

 Nora nodded while looking at the TV, and then said, "I'm afraid it's difficult. Link is also very successful as a singer."

“Don’t worry, I can see that Link’s favorite thing is boxing. For the sake of boxing, I think he will agree.”

Louduwa said.

"Hey!"

Dino Duva, who was squatting in front of the TV, turned around, rolled his eyes and said, "You have concluded that Link will lose before the first round is over. Isn't it too hasty? What if this is Link's tactic? ? Don’t forget he’s a master tactician.”

“Whether it’s tactical or not, his regression is obvious.”

Louduva gasped.

Dino shrugged his shoulders. Since even Old Duva said that Link had regressed, he had no way to refute.

Perhaps Link has really regressed. After all, he has to make movies, release records, and pick up girls. It is normal for him to regress.

“But I heard that the odds of Link losing are 1:51. Could this guy be fake?”

Dino touched his chin and said, "If it's true, this guy is too uninteresting. He should invite me to join him."

Seeing Link's weak performance on stage, Dino was not the only one to suspect that he was playing fake punches. Many people at the O2 Arena also had the same suspicion.

—

"Bernard, it would be great if Link was really doing fake punches. I could make £5,000 from this one."

In the audience, Charlotte said to the reporter Gary beside her.

"congratulation!"

Gehry stood in the aisle with his camera, taking pictures of the audience who shouted "Come on Karl".

This game is not only a contest between WBA boxing champion Link and WBC boxing champion Carr, but also a collision between the top super middleweight boxers from Britain and the United States.

If Carl can defeat the invincible boxing champion Link in this fight, it will be a great joy for boxing fans across the UK. And the audience who loudly cheered for Karl deserved to be reported by the media.

Wow!

Suddenly, a wave of exclamations came from the scene, with huge shock and astonishment in their voices.

Gary quickly turned around and looked at the ring, and saw Carl French, who was still fighting hard and attacking a moment ago, lying on the ring.

Gary didn't dare to open his eyes confidently and quickly looked back at Charlotte.

“What happened? Tell me, what just happened?”

Charlotte pointed at the boxing ring, squirmed her mouth a few times, and then said aloud: "Just now, Carl continued to attack Link. Suddenly, without dodge, Link flew up with a punch from behind and hit Carl's face firmly. , that punch was very fast and fierce, and Karl was not prepared at all, and it hit the ring with a bang. "

“A punch flying from behind? Throwing back punch?!”

“Yes, backfist!”

“It’s Link’s throwback punch!”

At this time, not only did Gary think of Link’s trump card—the infamous ‘back throw punch’, but many spectators at the scene also thought of this move.

The news said that last year, Link used this move from the Golden Gloves preliminaries to the Olympic Games. In the Olympic American Qualifying Tournament, he strained a muscle because he used this move too much.

But this move was so powerful that all opponents hit by it fell to the ground.

After entering the professional boxing world, Link rarely used this move to hit people. Today he suddenly used it and knocked down Carl French with one punch.

This is something that no one expected.

This is also the reason why tens of thousands of people at the scene simultaneously exclaimed in shock.

First, everyone knew that Link knew this trick, but they didn’t expect him to suddenly use it here. It was so unexpected.

The second thing is that everyone only knew that Link's back throw punch was very lethal, but they had never seen it with their own eyes.

Just now I saw Link’s fist was like a hammer, smashing Carl French over with one strike. The violent visual impact was also very shocking.

In the boxing ring, Link held his fists and looked quietly at Carl France who was lying on the ring.

Carr did not faint after being punched. He put his hands on the ring, gritted his teeth, and tried to stand up little by little.

“Come on Carl!”

“Karl, stand up!”

“Karl, you are the best!”

In the audience, tens of thousands of people stood up and shouted in unison, making Link's eardrums buzz.

“Come on Carl! Hold on!”

At the corner of the boxing ring, Carl France’s boxing sparring partners were also cheering loudly.

With everyone's encouragement, Carl struggled for six or seven seconds. When the referee counted down to 2, he roared and stood firmly on the ring.

“Karl!!”

The audience also raised their arms and shouted his name loudly.

Link nodded in approval. Carl France's fighting ability and willpower were indeed very strong. Among the boxers he had fought against, he could at least be ranked among the top three.

The referee stood next to Carl and asked him if he could continue the game.

"Can!"

Karl gasped and stared at Link.

“boxing!”

Hearing the referee's instruction, Carl Franche roared angrily, waved his fists, and launched another violent attack on Link.

“Come on Carl!“

“You’re great, Carl!”

“Karl be careful with his backfist!”

The British audience roared loudly.

“Come on Carl, Carl you are the best boxer.”

BBC host Edward Campbell took the microphone and said to the camera in a hoarse voice,

“Everyone, please listen. Behind me at this moment, there are tens of thousands of spectators cheering for Carl Franche. Because of Carl, all British boxing fans are tightly united. Well done to Carl!”

“Come on Carl!”

Charlotte also forgot that she was a detective and shouted hoarsely.

It’s just that Carl’s situation in the boxing ring was not optimistic. After he stood up, he waved his fists again and launched a fierce attack on Link.

But this time Link no longer dodges, quickly swings his fists, and fights with Carl.

You two punch each other, punch to the flesh.

Less than 20 seconds.

Link punched 57 times in a row and Carl punched 42 times.

The audience was so mesmerized that they even forgot to shout for cheers.

“It’s so enjoyable, this is boxing!”

Charlotte said excitedly.

Bang!

171 seconds!

Link launched a strong attack and fired six consecutive punches. Carl was unable to dodge and hit the rope with his back.

Link stepped forward, broke through Carl's defense with a swinging fist, and hit him firmly on the side of the face.

Karl was punched in the head, his body twisted half a circle, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Wow! Seeing Karl fall to the ground, the audience came to their senses and exclaimed.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”

There was no miracle this time. The referee counted down to dozens. Karl struggled a few times but failed to stand up.

Link won the game.

“Yay! Link wins!”

Link’s boxing fans at the scene cheered loudly, but compared to those cheering for Carl, the movement was much smaller.

“Alas! Carl lost! Link is such a great bastard.”

Charlotte said with a shrug.

“Karl is also good. No one could last 170 seconds in Link’s hands before. Karl did it.”

An audience member said before.

Charlotte nodded in agreement.

Karl fell, Link won the fight, and the presidents of the WBC and WBA boxing organizations came on stage to present him with the belt.

“What do you think of this game?”

Lennox Lewis looked back at several colleagues around him and asked.

This game looks a bit strange. At the beginning, Karl attacked hard and had the advantage, and seemed to have hope of winning.

Just when everyone saw hope, Link struck out with a fierce back-throwing punch, shattering everyone's hopes.

Lewis was thinking, what would have happened if there had been no punch, or if Carl had prevented the punch?

“I think Carl lost a bit unfairly. If he had been more careful and guarded against Link’s back-throw punch, he would have had a great chance of dragging the game into the second round, and his probability of winning would have increased.”

Chris Eubank said.

Lewis looked at Frank Bruno again.

Bruno frowned and looked at the ring, "I can't figure it out either. I feel like this is Link's tactic. After the game started, he saw Karl attacking, so he chose to be on the defensive end, defended tightly, and allowed Karl to attack. When the follow-up attack failed, he suddenly used a backward punch to turn the situation around. "

Next to him, Joe Calzaghe sighed: "I think so too. I have watched all of Link's games. There are two forms of his games. When the opponent attacks, he defends, and when the opponent defends, he attacks hard. He also likes to lure the opponent to attack. , wait until the opponent's attack is exhausted, and then suddenly strike hard to end the battle in one fell swoop."

“You mean that those weak and conceding gestures he made in the boxing ring were all fake, deliberately tempting Carl to attack?”

Chris Eubank asked in surprise.

Calzaghe nodded, looked at Link who was being interviewed in the boxing ring and said: "I suspect that not only is the weakness feigned, but also that he took the few punches from Carl on purpose, in order to give Carl a hope of winning. Lure him to continue attacking and consume his energy.”

“How is that possible?! I don’t believe that no one would get beaten on purpose in the ring.”

Chris Eubank said in disbelief.

"Really! I also used this trick during World War II with Holyfield. The purpose was to lure him to attack and consume his physical strength to the maximum extent. In the end, I won."

Lennox Lewis spread his hands and said.

"In addition, although the back throw punch is fierce, it has a long distance, a slow punch speed, and is easy to be dodged. It is relatively easy to succeed in amateur matches, but in professional matches, it is extremely difficult to hit. This is also the case after Link changed his profession. Reasons why it is rarely used.

Today, Link first used tactics to attract Carl to attack, consuming Carl's strength and speed. When the time was right, he suddenly used a back-throwing punch, and then succeeded in one blow. "

Calzaghe said.

“This guy is really difficult to deal with!”

Boxing King Frank Bruno, Chris Eubank, Calzaghe, and Lewis all looked at Link on the ring with complicated eyes.

If all this is true, Link is too cunning. This guy is already very powerful and yet so cunning. How can his opponent fight against him?

And this guy who amazes everyone is only 21 years old this year. How could such a figure appear in the boxing world.

Bruno and several retired boxers are very lucky that they did not encounter such an opponent back then, otherwise it would be difficult to become a boxing champion.

At the same time, it is a pity that we did not encounter such a strong opponent.

Sparring with masters is the pursuit of top boxers.

“Joe, will you fight him?”

Lewis looked at Calzaghe and asked.

Karza looked at Link with two golden belts on the ring, nodded and shook his head.

“I’m not sure, but I’d love to fight him, he’s a really good opponent.”

(End of this chapter)