Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Negotiation of $100 million

"Wonderful game. Anesthesiologist Link once again ended the game with a KO, raising his amateur record to 14 fights, 14 wins, and 14 KOs. This is an amazing record. This is a record-breaking record. Tai Johnson has not passed, Holyfield has not passed, and Mayweather has not passed. On June 13th, please turn your attention to the boxing ring in Miami. A new boxing star is rising in the southeast of the United States. His name is Lin K. Baker.”

—Reported by Boxing Ring Magazine

"It is understood that the Southeast Division competition of the 2008 Golden Gloves Championship ended yesterday. Link Baker, the super middleweight boxer of the Florida State Team, performed well in the finals and successfully KOed his opponent, former Amateur Championship runner-up Jones, in the ninth game. ·Fowles, who won the Southeast Division super middleweight gold medal on behalf of Florida, will also continue to represent Florida in the Golden Gloves Championship national event.”

—Reported by "Florida New Herald"

“Yesterday I went to West Palm Beach to visit Roy Jones Jr., and I asked him if he paid attention to the Golden Gloves Amateur Championship. Roy Jones Jr. was smoking a joint with two hotties in bikinis lying next to him, and he told me no.

I said go check it out, man, there's a young guy named Link Baker, he's a really, really good Miami kid, he won a state championship for Miami in Orlando, he won a state championship for Miami in South Carolina Southeastern Conference Championship.

No, no, not only the champion, he won the game with 14 wins and 14 KOs of his opponents in 14 fights, which is dozens or hundreds of times more valuable than the division championship.

Haha, win an amateur competition by KOing all your opponents?

I understand what he means. I understand very well that he wants to tell all of us, 'This kind of competition is too easy. I will perform a difficult move for everyone. I will reach the finals of the championship by KOing my opponent. '

　　If I had met him before the competition, I would have given him a blank look. Young man, don't be too crazy. It's useless. There are too many masters in the boxing world. Be careful of someone breaking your handsome nose with a fist.

Luckily I didn't know him before the game and I didn't give him a look, because he really did it, he completed an almost impossible challenge, God, knocking out those guys wearing high-elastic sponges 14 times.

Link Is there a dragon living inside of him?

I asked Roy Jones Jr. who was smoking a joint, can you?

Little Roy Jones' eyes were a little dazed, as if he was recalling his unbearable past. Obviously his poor amateur performance was not enough to compare with Link.

Before my interview was over, Mr. Roy Jones Jr. yawned. His assistant told me that Mr. Roy Jones Jr. was ready to take a rest.

I looked at the back of Roy Jones Jr. and saw that a boxing champion is getting old, which also means that the boxing ring in Miami is about to gather dust.

I feel a little down.

etc!

The boxing ring is gathering dust?

No, no, no, we also have Link Baker, a brand new boxing champion. How can the Miami boxing ring be lonely? Let's cheer for Miami's future boxing champion—Link Baker! "

—Miami Herald Sports Editor-in-Chief Raphael Varane commented

On the moving Silver Star train, Link put down a few newspapers in his hand and touched his head. There was a lot of sweat on his forehead.

The air conditioner in the carriage was running normally and the air was relatively cool, but his forehead was sweating. It was not because the weather was too hot, but because the news in the newspaper was so embarrassing that he felt like his toes were sticking out of a train.

For the time being, he is only the number one super middleweight in the Southeast Division and is not the overall champion of the Golden Gloves Championship.

But the media in Florida and Miami touted him as a championship, as if he had just taken a trip to the moon in the Apollo spacecraft at the United States Space Center.

This cannot but embarrass him.

But after the embarrassment, it was secretly refreshing.

Yes, it is very refreshing. It is the relaxation and joy after completing the goal.

If he simply won the match and won the Southeast Division championship, would the media in Florida and Miami be so diligent in touting him as an amateur boxer?

Link thinks it's impossible.

Simple record cannot withstand praise, and the media will not dare to praise him because they are worried that he will suffer defeat in the next game.

But for a boxer who can knock out his opponent every time, his strength lies in the fact that he can withstand the praise.

So Link set a very high goal for himself, which not only won him honor, but also created a very newsworthy issue for the local media.

He gained high visibility through the media, and the media also promoted him and sold newspapers and periodicals. This was a win-win situation.

This also shows that it is meaningful for him to deliberately pursue the goal of winning by KOing his opponent before, and it is not a waste of energy.

At the same time, Link also understood West's previous advice.

When he first joined the boxing gym, he told West that he would only play amateur matches for half a year before switching to professional boxing.

West disapproved of it at the time and advised him to fight for more time. He felt it was not necessary at the time and believed that his skills were mature and did not need to be honed through amateur boxing matches.

After seeing the news, he suddenly understood what West meant.

Playing amateur games can not only hone skills and accumulate game experience.

What's more important is that it can bring fame and honor to the boxers, but also to the people around them, the region, and even the country. This is a stage of building popularity and character. When representing a region or country, regional and American media will promote him for free, allowing him to gain a high reputation among the public.

After gaining a high reputation in the region, if a boxing match is held in Miami in Florida in the future, will Miamians not come to support it?

After gaining high popularity in the United States, boxing matches will be held in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other places in the future, and the American people will also buy tickets or pay to support him because he is a celebrity.

This is also the reason why the audience doesn't buy it when a foreign boxing champion comes to compete in the United States. Even though he is very powerful and has several gold belts, he is not one of our own, who care?

Link was in jail in his last life and did not enjoy this kind of treatment during the amateur competition, so he did not understand the role of amateur competition.

Now that he has some understanding, he plans to participate in more amateur competitions in the next six months or most of the year to gain more popularity and honors. After all, it is free media publicity, so he does not need to use it in vain.

After switching to professional boxing, the accumulated fame and reputation will be converted into US dollars in each game, so playing amateur games is not a waste of time.

“Link, have you finished reading? How about we chat?”

　　Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man with brown hair sitting opposite him by the window of the train.

Wearing glasses and a flat brown striped shirt even in the summer, he also has a meticulous Clark Gable-style parting of his hair. When he smiles, he shows his neat white teeth, showing his good personal habits and wealthy social class.

Always smile when speaking, look at the other person, and raise your hands and feet to give people a gentle and elegant temperament.

This man's name is Franco Duva. The surname Duva comes from Latin America and is rare in the United States, but there should be very few people in the mixed boxing circle who don't know Lou Duva.

Lou Duva is one of the founders of the Boxing Hall of Fame. He is also the coach or agent of 19 world boxing champions such as Holyfield and Whittaker. He is also the founder of major event promotion companies.

The old Duva is 86 years old this year and is mentally ill. It is said that he has withdrawn from the main event company and handed over the boxing career to his eldest son Franco Duva.

That is the man in front.

This was not the first time the two met. In Orlando, not long after Link left the Gyro Grill and just added Emma Watson to MSN, Franco Duva followed West and knocked on his room. I want to talk to him about signing a contract.

When West heard that the other party was Lou Duva's eldest son and the president of the major event promotion company, he agreed without hesitation to bring him to see Link.

Franco expressed his interest as soon as he met him and said he wanted to sign him with a signing bonus of 1 million US dollars.

Link appreciates Franco's straight-to-the-point style, but he will not sell his contract at such a low price for one million U.S. dollars, not even ten million dollars.

He declined Franco's proposal with the excuse of "not talking about signing for the time being", just like he turned down the olive branches extended by other promotion companies after the Southeast Division competition.

After the train left South Carolina, Franco Duva followed him again and sat opposite him. It turned out that the person sitting opposite him was Mario. A guy who really wanted to be signed by a promotion company, how could he refuse to give him a chance? The president of a promotion company gives up his position?

After Franco Duva sat down, he kept chatting with him. It seemed that he wanted to use this method to draw the relationship between the two of them closer and make him agree to sign the contract. His attitude was very sincere, but so what?

Once his own interests and future development are involved, even if the three big names in the boxing world, Lou Dewar, Bob Arum, and Don King, are sitting in front of him, he can still choose to ignore them if he doesn't want to.

He didn't want to talk, so he chose to read the newspaper, and then he was so embarrassed by the news in the newspaper that he jumped off the train.

“What are you talking about? Mr. Dewar.”

Link took the South Carolina tangerine on the table, cut it open with a knife, peeled off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Link, congratulations on successfully reaching the finals of the Golden Gloves Championship. Even though there are many powerful opponents in the finals, with your ability, it is not difficult to get into the top three.”

Link heard the first three, and the corners of his mouth moved.

“It's not difficult to be a champion either.”

Franco Duva added in time, and pulled out a tissue with Chanel letters printed on it and handed it to him, and continued: "Link, if you win the championship and those promotion companies want to sign you, you will What conditions are proposed?

You can tell me, I am not only sincere but also have a checkbook. Maybe I can satisfy you now. "

“What kind of conditions?”

Link squinted his eyes slightly and thought.

“Yes, you can say it under any conditions.”

Franco Duva smiled slightly and said, "As long as you dare to make an offer, I dare to take over." It was very grand.

“One hundred million dollars!”

Before Link stuffed the other half of the tangerine into his mouth, he used his lips with **** lip lines to announce a valuable number.

“One hundred million dollars?!”

happy New Year! happy New Year! Two chapters in a row, please read them!

(End of this chapter)

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