Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

After the match, Link stayed in Miami for a little over a week before returning to the Big Apple, New York.

By the time he returned to New York, the fervor for the WBA Super Middleweight championship fight had already subsided.

The news coverage on boxing matches was about the Heavyweight World Championship fight that had ended just last week, with 'The Rock' Hasim Rahman challenging WBO-IBF Champion Vladimir Klitschko and suffering a technical knockout in the sixth round, thus failing in his challenge.

'The Nigerian Nightmare' Samuel Peter vs the Ukrainian Champion Vitali Klitschko saw the elder Klitschko win back the WBC Heavyweight title with an eight-round TKO of Samuel Peter.

The two brothers continued to hold three of the four major organization's Heavyweight Golden Belts.

The other WBA Heavyweight Golden Belt was in possession of 'The Giant' Valuev, who was Russian.

The media exclaimed that the Heavyweight division in the boxing world had been conquered by Slavs.

There were also some news articles about Link, mainly discussing his upcoming match with Tyson, questioning who would win and who would lose?

Despite Tyson's retirement for over three years and his significantly decreased condition, he was still a former Heavyweight champion, the king of heavy punches, a legend in the boxing world.

There was a great divergence in public opinion over who would win the match.

Some supported Link because he was younger, and his punches were nearly as heavy as Tyson's, but his speed was faster. As long as he could be more agile in the ring, he could exhaust Tyson over the course of twelve rounds.

Many also supported Tyson to win, as in boxing, a heavier body means greater strength. Tyson, outweighing Link by over 60 pounds, had the advantage in terms of absorbing punches, among other things.

Boxing experts believed that as long as Tyson could perform at thirty percent of his prime, defeating Link wouldn't be difficult.

Some of this news and controversy were part of the promotional strategies planned by Thomp Entertainment and Dynasty Promotions, heating up the pre-fight atmosphere and trying to attract more attention to the match with this approach.

However, since the time and location of the match had not yet been decided, Thomp Entertainment had not yet begun to put forth their full promotional efforts, and the related discussion was not sufficiently heated.

After returning to New York, Link put aside distractions and recommitted his time and energy to boxing training, preparing for the upcoming fights.

For the next six months, in addition to the match with Tyson, he would also participate in the contest for the WBC-WBO-IBF Super Middleweight Golden Belt, and as the new WBA champion, he would have to face 2-3 challenger fights a year, so now was not the time to slack off.

Bang Bang Bang!

Link was on the boxing ring, continuously throwing punches, pushing his speed and strength to the limit.

One reason he had been able to defeat his opponents in a short time in recent matches, winning the fights, was partly due to the experience of amateur competitions, which gave him an imposing presence and courage, contributing to his growth in mentality, becoming stronger psychologically.

On the other hand, it was also due to his physical conditioning. Through continuous physical training, his strength, speed, and reflexive boxing qualities were improving and breaking through, with his sprint speed breaking 11 seconds, becoming agile, and being able to unleash Heavyweight-level punch force at a weight of 76 kilograms.

He completely overpowered opponents in his weight class in both speed and strength, and his boxing technique and tactics were also quite clever.

It was as if, during the matches, he had top-tier horses at his disposal, making it difficult to lose.

However, this didn't mean he could just rest on his laurels; what Bernard Hopkins said in an interview that day was also true.

Although he had great strength and fierce punches, which were a tremendous advantage in the Super Middleweight field, when moving up to Light Heavyweight, Boxers with a punch force exceeding 1000 pounds were not rare.

When facing those formidable opponents, Link's advantage in punch weight would also vanish.

If Link wanted to continue pursuing the Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, and Heavyweight Golden Belts after unifying the Super Middleweight class, he needed to start preparing from now.

Bang Bang Bang! Link continued to swing his fists, striking the punching shield forcefully.

"Hey, Link, doesn't it feel so much better to train with me?"

Mario put down the punching shield, grinning from ear to ear.

"Be careful, don't talk during training."

Link kept attacking the target held by Mario, a moving one which yielded better results.

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"Ha ha, I always said I was the best sparring partner, Morales he... "

Thump! Before Mario could finish speaking, Link's fist punched through the shield, hitting him squarely on the forehead, causing Mario to stumble back a few steps and collapse on the boxing ring, his eyes glazed over.

From below the ring, Morales shook his head, signaling for people to drag Mario off while he joined Link on the ring, picking up the shield to continue sparring.

Mario had come voluntarily, stating he wanted to continue to be Link's sparring partner. Coach West mentioned that Mario had made considerable progress lately and planned to turn professional next year, asking Link to mentor him a bit.

Considering the familial relationship between Coach West and Mario, Link didn't refuse; after all, with Mario around, there was no need for Link to worry about his accommodation, and having an additional moving target was not a bad idea.

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"Hey, Link! Wait for me!"

After the afternoon's training, Link, carrying his bag, was walking out when Dino Duva came running down the corridor, panting, put his arm over Link's shoulder, and said, "Come on, I bought two sports cars, and I'm giving you one."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Why are you giving me a sports car?"

Link shrugged off the arm from his shoulder and continued walking.

"Ha ha, remember the bet on the last match? Guess how much I made?"

Dino asked excitedly.

"A million?"

"Uh, not that much, $870,000 US Dollars."