Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 465 The boxing match begins

 After training for a few days, the IBF challenger qualifiers began. Link took the logistics team to the casino city of Las Vegas to compete, while Ivaca came to Lions Gate Pictures to take charge.

Like Taylor, Iwaka doesn’t like to go to watch his boxing matches live. Even if Link never fails and wins cleanly every time, she doesn’t want to go to watch them live because she can’t feel the fun there.

 After arriving at the company, Ivaca called several management members for a meeting.

 Executive President Steven Bewkes, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Michael Burns, Chief Operating Officer Brian Goldsmith, Vice President and Head of Marketing Stacey Schneider and others were present successively.

 The topic of this meeting is to shelve the plan to acquire Summit Entertainment and consider the acquisition when appropriate opportunities arise in the future.

Ivaca talked about several reasons why it was not suitable for acquisition, and then asked everyone for their opinions.

 President Steven Bix expressed support, believing that the company has no money at this stage and is indeed not suitable for acquisition.

Ms. Stacey Schneider believes that the current development plan implemented by Lionsgate was only established in May, which does not include the acquisition of Summit Entertainment, and is not suitable for acquisition at the moment.

COO Goldsmith also nodded in support.

 Only Chief Strategy Officer Burns raised the question of whether to give up completely or delay the acquisition.

Iwaka said it was a delay and that he would wait until the company is on a stable development track before considering plans to merge with other companies.

 At that time, the acquisition targets will not be limited to Summit Entertainment.

 Michael Burns said that it is possible to delay the acquisition of Peak, but Lionsgate is the largest independent production company in Hollywood. If it wants to grow and develop, acquisitions are the most effective method at this stage.

  If you do not consider domestic film production companies, you can consider foreign countries to strengthen Lionsgate Films’ distribution capabilities in overseas regions.

Ivaca thought about it for a while and thought that this proposal was good. The overseas film market is a big piece of cake. If there is an opportunity to participate, it will also be of great benefit to the development of Lionsgate Films.

She asked Vice President Burns to discuss with Jamie Jones, the business operations officer of the international department, to come up with an overseas market expansion plan and a specific acquisition plan, and then bring them to the board of directors for discussion.

 After the meeting, Ivaca returned to the president's office. Assistant Sheena reported that Miss Tiffany was here, blinking her big eyes and pointing under the desk.

Just as he was talking, with an "ah" sound, a round-faced female zombie jumped out from under the desk. She had deep black eye circles, gray-white eyeballs, **** lips and chin, and many open wounds on her skin.

 The female zombie bared her teeth and claws at Evaca.

 “What are you doing?”

Evaka frowned and looked at Tiffany and asked.

Seeing whether she was frightened, Tiffany pulled back her hand boredly and said, "I just came back from the crew of Lionsgate Films. I played a zombie. Do you think it looks like me?"

 “No, go and wash off your makeup.”

 Ivaka pointed to the bathroom next to her.

"All right!"

Tiffany shrugged her shoulders and walked out. Suddenly she jumped up and lay down on the desk of her assistant Sheena. She opened her teeth and claws at Sheena. Sheena was startled and quickly picked up the folder and patted her hand. She screamed, "Zombies are coming soon." Get out of here.

Seeing her resistance, Tiffany became even more excited. She hugged Hina and wanted to bite her neck.

"Stop it."

　　Ivaca covered her forehead and shouted.

Tiffany satisfied her bad taste, laughed, and let go of Sheena to wash her face and remove her makeup. When she came to the office again, she was back to the chubby girl with a round face.

“I checked and you should be taking piano lessons with Ms. Alice now.”

 Behind the desk, Ivaca raised her head and said.

Hearing her talk about piano lessons, Tiffany instantly wrinkled her round face and regretted coming to play with her. She was not fun at all.

“Yes, but that was last month’s schedule. I have started school now, and the piano lessons have changed from two lessons per week to one lesson per week. You can adjust it at will.”

 Tiffany rolled her eyes and said.

 “You’d better not lie to me.”

Ivaca glanced at her and continued to read emails, mainly the weekly work reports issued by various departments of the company. Through these reports, one can learn about the company's latest situation.

 “No, I’m so good, how could I lie to you.”

Tiffany smiled sweetly, pulled up an office chair, lay on the desk, played with the crystal ball on the table, and then looked at the photo frame of Link and Ivaca. The man was tall and handsome, and the woman was beautiful and charming, too. Right.

 “Why isn’t Link here? Is he training at the club?”

　　Tiffany tilted her head and asked.

 “He’s in Las Vegas for a boxing match today.”

Evaka said.

"Oh, I remembered. I talked to Selina last time. Selina said that Link's boxing matches were boring. He won every match, and he won very quickly, as if he was bullying others."

Tiffany smiled mischievously and asked Ivaca for a computer to watch the live broadcast.

Ivaca handed her an Apple laptop.

 This game is held at the MGM Grand Hotel. The time is three o'clock in the afternoon. It is now two thirty and the game will start immediately.

At present, it is the interview session with reporters. Link is naked and strong, wearing competition shorts and golden gloves, and is being interviewed by media reporters in the audience.

HBO TV host Steve Mandanda asked Link if he was confident about the game.

Link said yes, and told Mandanda it had been a long time no see, and asked him how his work was recently.

 Mandanda said it was very good and thanked him for his concern.

Continue to ask Link, there are rumors in the boxing community that they will use iron-blood tactics to deal with him, exchanging injuries for injuries. What does he think of this tactic? Is he worried?

Link said no. No matter what the means or tactics, they all need to be matched by strength. In his opinion, there is almost no one who can fight in the light heavyweight field.

Wow!

When Link's voice and image were simultaneously transmitted to the four large screens at the scene, there was a burst of exclamation from the audience.

Wow!

Tiffany couldn't help but cover her mouth. She didn't know which boxers were in the light heavyweight field, but hearing Link speak like this always made her feel very domineering.

When Link said those words, the cameraman also pointed the camera at the WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins in the front row of the audience. He was Link's next opponent. Sitting De La Hoya and 'Lights Out' James Toney.

There are also current IBF light heavyweight boxing champion Chad Dawson and current WBO boxing champion Nathan Cleverly also watching the fight.

 Hearing what Link said, several boxing champions looked dissatisfied.

“These people are so ugly. Compared with Link, they all look like monsters.”

Tiffany complained.

“There really is no one who can compare to Link.”

Iwaka nodded in agreement.

　　Tiffany rolled her eyes secretly, Ivaca was so immodest.

HBO host Steve Mandanda continued to ask Link, are you not worried about angering several boxing champions by saying this?

Link said he wasn't worried, and he would be happier if they played harder in the game out of anger.

 “Wow, you are so domineering, brother-in-law, come on.”

Tiffany praised.

 “What did Link say?”

"look!"

Tiffany sat next to Ivaca and asked her to watch the live broadcast together.

  —

 Las Vegas game scene.

A reporter from "Boxing Ring" magazine interviewed Link. There were rumors that after becoming the WBA world boxing champion, he wanted to have a combined title fight with Chad Dawson and Nathan Cleverly, but he was rejected by the two boxers. Wang refused and asked if this rumor was true?

Link replied that this was consistent with the information he received from the brokerage company.

A reporter from "American Express" asked him if he faced two boxing champions in a match, whether he would be sure to end the fight within two rounds, like how he defeated Beirut Shumenov.

Link said it could be shorter.

 “Dig it! Link Fighter!”

 “Link is the most powerful boxer in the world.”

  "Come on Link!"    Waves of cheers came from the audience.

 “This **** is too arrogant.”

Chad Dawson and Nathan Cleverly glared at Link in the crowd with dark faces. White skin was not welcomed in the boxing world. The key is that this man was handsome and arrogant. That would be even more unpopular.

“It looks like Link is angry.”

De La Hoya looked at the big screen and touched his chin.

 “Angry? Why is he angry?”

Bernard Hopkins asked.

“Originally Link planned to dominate the light heavyweight division in four or less games, but because Chad Dawson and Nathan avoided the fight, he needed one more fight. Of course he would be angry.”

Hoya said.

“Dominating the light heavyweight class in four games? Does this **** think we are dead?”

Hopkins bared his white teeth and had a dissatisfied look on his dark face.

“Then when you compete with him, work harder and hit him harder. If you can defeat Link, I will reward you 10 million.”

Hoya raised an index finger and said very boldly.

Hopkins rolled his eyes at him. If he could successfully defeat Link, a mere ten million would be nothing. He was guaranteed to receive an appearance fee of four to fifty million, or even more, in the second battle with Link.

You must know that Link is currently the most popular and influential boxer in the world. He is known as the 'Undefeated Boxing Champion', 'Invincible Boxing Champion', and 'Captain America'. A man who is almost a myth, just like before 1990 Tyson.

If you can defeat him, the sensation will not be as sensational as when Douglas defeated Tyson in an upset.

 “Bernard, how was your practice at training camp?”

James Toney asked.

 “Very good! I feel stronger than before.”

Hopkins said confidently.

"That's good. I have videos of Link's daily training and sparring. If you have time, look at them more and try to see his path clearly and defeat him in the next game."

Hoya patted him on the shoulder and said.

Hopkins nodded, and he also offered to borrow Morales for a few days to learn more about Link's strength through sparring with Morales.

Hoya agreed, saying that he would let Morales fully cooperate with him, and also asked him if he wanted to fight Link in private first, and he could help arrange it.

Hopkins decisively refused.

The probability of winning in private is low. Losing will affect your mentality during the game, so don't touch Link before the game, and try to use all your strength and unique skills in the official game.

 Dang Dang Dang!

 The off-site activities are over and the competition is about to begin.

Link and his opponent Clinton Woods stood on the ring. The referee began to read the rules of the game, and then cut off his hand forcefully to announce the start of the game.

 “Come on Link!”

 Because this is the United States and the opponent is a British boxer, Link easily gained the home court advantage in this game. More than 10,000 spectators at the scene cheered him almost in unison.

Hopkins secretly said it was a fluke. Fortunately, the venue for the two men's competition was in Seoul, South Korea. If they had competed in the United States, they would have lost to Link first in terms of momentum.

 Bang, bang, bang!

The boxing match on the stage began. After Clinton touched the gloves with Link, he immediately took a step back, covering both sides of his head with his hands, staring at Link closely, and put on a defensive posture. Posture.

Link saw the opponent's defense and no longer hesitated. He raised his fists and approached the opponent, constantly using feints to confuse the opponent.

When the opponent retreats, a swift jab hits the opponent's shoulder, disrupting the opponent's pace, followed by a combination of left straight punch + right jab + left jab + right straight punch.

 Bang, bang, bang!

 His fists hit the opponent's body one after another.

Since the focus of Clinton Woods' arm protection is on his head, Link's fists hit his chest and ribs. Although he cannot KO the opponent, it can destroy the opponent's defense system.

 "Come on Clinton! Kill Link!"

Hopkins stood up, pumping his fists and shouting.

Chad Dawson and Nathan and other light heavyweight boxers also clenched their fists and secretly cheered for Clinton Woods, hoping that he could create a miracle and defeat Link, otherwise Link would be injured.

 “Come on Link!”

 “Smash him on the head, KO him!”

The boxing fans in the audience also cheered loudly.

 Bang bang bang!

The opponent Clinton Woods is worthy of being a boxer who has won the IBF world boxing championship, and he is also worthy of being someone who has defeated the veteran boxing champion Glynn Johnson.

 His defense is very good and he has superb skills. When defending, he will find time to counterattack instead of defending.

Clinton’s style of play is very good. Technically, he is even more sophisticated than super middleweights Carl France, Mikkel Kessler and others, and is not much different from Andre Ward.

It's a pity that he met Link. Link's boxing speed was far faster than that of the light heavyweight boxing champions, and he was no worse than the light heavyweight boxers. His boxing weight was comparable to the heavyweight boxing champion.

 When the two are combined, his jab can often hit his opponent's weak spot unexpectedly.

His fists are fast and hard, and the angles are tricky, which also causes Clinton Woods to often defend improperly, focusing on one thing and not the other, and the flaws are getting bigger and bigger.

 Bang bang bang!

 Hit up and down, hit down and hit up.

Link shot more than sixty times a minute, almost breaking Clinton's defense into a sieve.

Seeing that the opponent had nothing to offer, he saw the opportunity, and his fist quickly passed through the opponent's arms like an electric drill bit, directly hitting Clinton Woods on the side of the face.

　　Bang! Clinton Woods was staggered, took two steps back, hit the ropes, and was bounced to the ground.

"oh!"

The audience once again let out a burst of exclamation, and many people stood up unconsciously to watch.

This knockdown had a great impact on Clinton Woods. After he reluctantly got up, his condition got worse. Every time he failed to defend, he quickly used hugging tactics, putting his arms on his shoulders, and bumping his ears with his forehead.

Attempt to delay the game.

His approach is not bad. As long as the game can be postponed to the first round for a break, he may adjust and continue fighting within a minute.

But Link didn’t want to give him this chance. He punched out with both fists one after another. With 12 seconds left before the end of the first round, he punched the opponent’s left jaw again with one punch.



This punch was quite hard. After Clinton Woods was punched in the chin, his mandible shifted, and saliva was thrown out of his mouth along with his braces. His body involuntarily flew diagonally to the right, and he staggered two steps unconsciously. It fell to the ground.

There were screams of exclamation again from the audience. The reporters around the ring focused on the game with their cameras, carefully capturing Link's punching attitude and the close-up of Clinton being knocked away.

 Some reporters even got too close and their camera lenses were splashed with saliva.

 After being hit this time, Clinton failed to get up immediately. He grabbed the rope with both hands and struggled for a few times before lying on the ring resignedly.

 The referee in the boxing ring counted down to dozens, but Clinton still could not get up.

 The referee then stood in the middle of the ring, raised Link's arm high, and declared him the winner of the match.

The IBF official organization also officially announced that he has obtained the mandatory qualification to challenge the IBF light heavyweight championship.

This qualification is mandatory. Unless Chad Dawson gives up the IBF title belt, he will have to compete with him sooner or later.

"This **** is too cruel. Clinton didn't survive a single round in his hands."

WBO boxing champion Nathan Cleverley said helplessly.

“Link has a few tricks up his sleeve, but it’s not that easy to win against me!”

Chad Dawson, the current IBF boxing champion, clenched his fists and shouted.

“This bastard’s skills are flawless, so we can only fight with all our might against him.”

Hopkins clenched his fists vigorously and looked at Link fiercely on the stage. The dark muscles in his arms bulged ferociously, and he had a fierce look on his face.

De La Hoya saw his expression and nodded with satisfaction. This game was not in vain.

Hopkins is a veteran in the boxing world. He once held the gold belt of the four major middleweight organizations. In the middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight competitions, he defeated many famous boxing players, including De La Hoya himself, Terry Nedad, Jane Pascal, Roy Jones Jr. and others.

 The title ‘executioner’.

As long as he is willing to fight hard, it will not be easy for Link to win.

 (End of this chapter)