**Chapter 24: Knocking Out a Strong Man**

"We are the champions my friends

And we'll keep on fighting till the end

We are the champions

We are the champions

No time for losers"

Before the competition started, the organizer invited five local bands from Miami to perform on stage to warm up for the upcoming boxing match.

More than 10,000 spectators sang along enthusiastically, and the atmosphere was very lively.

After the last band finished singing "We are the champions", the game started.

The finals are divided into two categories. The first category is the ranking match. The top 20 boxers in each level are all there. Everyone competes with each other to see who has the highest ranking.

The arrangement of the ranking competition is relatively simple, with four divisions in the east, west, north and south, and the first place in each division VS the second place in other divisions.

If the first place in the four divisions all beat the second place in other divisions, the four first place will play against each other again.

If the first place fails, the ranking of the entire division will drop by one place.

The remaining third, fourth, and fifth places are drawn to compete.

Link's first-round opponent is Mario Morales, a boxer from the Los Angeles area in the Western Division. Although he has the same name as Mario, his appearance, body shape, and temperament are different.

This Mario is a black man with dreadlocks all over his head. He is very strong, with particularly large chest and arm muscles and a thick waist.

He is the second place in the Western Division of this Golden Gloves, and also the fourth place in last year's National Amateur Championships and the third place in the Pan American Games boxing event. He is 24 years old this year, weighs 77.8 kg, and is 180 cm tall. His amateur record is 35 27 wins and 8 losses.

Mario Morales is a power boxer with great punching power, a strong body, and excellent resistance to blows.

Relying on these two points, he fought all the way in the championship and reached the divisional finals.

His shortcomings are that his arms are short, his movements are not flexible enough, and his skills are slightly rough.

It's not difficult to beat him, but the difficulty is how to stun a stocky strong man with cotton gloves on?

"Hey, boy, I heard you want to KO all of us? Holy crap, that's ridiculous, I'm also good at KO, let's see who KOs who first today?"

Morales clenched his fists and punched his strong chest muscles hard, his chest thumping.

too strong!

Link had a bit of a headache, but the cowhide had already blown, and now he could only do his best.

After the game started, he used his jab to continuously and quickly hit the opponent's head with a speed far exceeding that of the opponent.

In the first round, he punched 75 times, hitting the opponent's head 11 times, three straight punches, six jabs, and two swings.

To his surprise, Mario Morales had been hit so many times, and by the end of the first round, he was still standing steadily on the ring like an iron tower.

In the second round, he and Morales gave up their defenses and attacked each other. The fight was very fierce, and the audience's cheers and shouts never stopped.

In the third round, he continued to attack Morales' head violently, punching 45 times and hitting 6 times, two of which hit Morales' forehead continuously. Morales shook a few times and grabbed the rope without falling down.

In the fourth round, Link punched 42 times in a row, hitting Morales' head 5 times. Finally, on the fifth time, he knocked the opponent to the ground with a straight punch.

But Morales quickly stood up again, patted his head and roared at him, and began to fight back violently.

Link wiped the sweat on his chest with his gloves, sighed, can he really stun this muscular man with gloves on? I'm really going to give myself a problem.

Although he was helpless, the audience enjoyed watching it. Seeing the two muscular men on the stage, they fought fiercely, punched to the flesh, sweated profusely, it was so enjoyable.

When they fought, every time they hit each other, the audience would shout loudly, wow! my god!! The sound was earth-shattering, louder than when the Heat won the championship at home.

"Link's style of play consumes too much energy, and there is another game in the afternoon, how can he hold on?"

West said worriedly.

"Don't worry, West. Link, he is a great boxer, how could a great boxer lose?"

Mario leaned back on the chair, chewing gum in his mouth, and looked at the game on the stage with a smile.

Although he and Link are from the same boxing gym, he really wants to see Link lose now.

When Link loses the game, he will have the opportunity to say to his face that what he said before was all bragging, and Link will not be able to stare at him with that hateful look in the future.

"I also think Link will not lose, he dares to fight like this, there must be some arrangements."

Reggie stared at the ring, his eyes full of admiration and excitement.

Mario rolled his eyes and muttered idiot fans.

"Link! Champion!!"

In the audience, James and his neighbors shouted loudly.

"Link, you must win!"

Link's boxing fans are also cheering for him.

"Is he really going to win the championship trophy by KOing all opponents?"

In the audience, promoters such as Franco Duva and Greg Cohen looked at Link who was working hard on the stage, with appreciation and doubts in their eyes.

If Link can really achieve this goal, it means that with his ability, he can not only win the championship trophy, but also win the trophy in an extremely difficult way, which also shows that his strength is far superior to others in the same level.

If this is the case, the promotion company's internal evaluation of him will be raised to a higher level, and the conditions given to him will be more generous.

But first he has to complete this challenge that no one has yet completed. boom!

On the boxing ring, in the fifth round, Link once again knocked down his opponent Mario Morales with a right swing.

"Bastard, you pissed me off."

Mario Morales jumped up, his eyes flushed, and he swung his fist and smashed it at him fiercely, like a crazy American bison.

Morales' fists are heavy, heavier than heavyweight Mario's, at least 900 pounds or more. Link has taken a few punches before, although he has protective gear, it is not very comfortable when he is hit.

Seeing that Morales had lost his mind, Link didn't want to fight him head-on. He used his super fast reaction ability to duck, tilt his head, and lean back, dodging Morales' attacks many times in a row.

"Wow, Wonderful!"

"It's incredible, he dodged it all."

"Is he the Flash?"

The audience widened their eyes, watching him use the flash technique like the Flash to avoid Morales' fists again and again, they couldn't help but exclaimed loudly, applauding his wonderful performance.

"Wonderful, great fight."

"Link, you are the best boxer."

"Go to his little Roy Jones, I will be Link's diehard boxing fan from now on."

Link's boxing fans yelled excitedly, jumping up and down, and some female boxing fans were so excited that they even took off their T-shirts and waved them vigorously while standing on their seats.

"I'm going to kill you, Link!"

Morales roared, but it was useless. He is a power boxer, not a speed boxer. In Link's eyes, although his fists are powerful, they are very slow and clumsy. Compared with fish in the sea, they are too slow. Far away, it's not difficult to hide.

Link lowered his head again to dodge Morales' heavy punch, and backhanded a back throw punch that everyone knew, hitting Morales' bridge of the nose.

Morales cried out in pain, fell on his back, and a stream of blood spurted from his nasal cavity.

Boom!

The audience shouted excitedly again.

"Link!!!"

"You are the champion!"

Morales lay on the ground for more than three seconds, stood up staggeringly from the ground, and rushed towards Link roaring, as if to kill him.

Boom!

Link threw another cold punch, hitting Morales hard on the bridge of the nose.

Morales was knocked down again, blood gushing from his nose, flowing from his nose to his chest, looking very miserable.

The referee steppedforward to ask him if he wanted to continue the game, Morales angrily said yes, but his coach threw in the white towel and asked to stop the game. He could see clearly from the sidelines that Morales was not Link's opponent at all.

Whether it is speed, technique, mentality, or the proud heavy punch, it is not as good as Link.

Being completely crushed by Link, it is useless to continue playing, it is better to end the game early and save energy for the ranking match.

"The winner of this match is Link Baker!"

Link's fist was raised again by the referee.

"Link! Link! Champion!"

Tens of thousands of Miami spectators in the audience shouted loudly, applauded and cheered, the scene was very spectacular and enthusiastic.

Link raised his red gloves and waved them vigorously, even though it was a TKO (technical knockout), it was still a KO.

"He did it! He did it!"

Franco Duva looked at Link on the boxing ring and patted the guardrail excitedly.

Two days ago, he and Link had a long talk on the train. Link said that he would unify the gold belts of the five levels and four major organizations, change the current boxing world, and set off a drastic change in the North American boxing world.

Ordinary people who hear this will definitely think of him as a lunatic.

But if this person is extremely powerful, then he must be treated with caution.

Today Link said he would win the game by KOing his opponent, and now he has done it.

He is not only a very ambitious person, but also a person who has the ability to realize his ambition, this kind of person is very rare.

Franco Duva glanced at the competitors not far away, took out his mobile phone and called the person he didn't want to disturb, his father, Mr. Lou Duva.

Old Duva is the founder of Main Events and the actual controller of the company.

Involving a $100 million deal and the future development of the company, he had to disturb Old Duva and ask for his consent.

(End of this chapter)