Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Confrontation with Guzmán
29 May 2008. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Madison Square Garden, seven p.m.
Madison Square Square Arena, home arena of the New York Knicks. Now, it has been temporarily converted into a boxing ring. The stadium was filled with spectators. Fans are looking forward to the undefeated boxing champion "Tyson Jr." Guzman against Lin Ye. There were a lot of fans present, and three months ago, in the same place, they saw Lin Ye win the championship.
The spotlight gathered on the ring, and the ring was extremely eye-catching. Above the ring, huge LCD screens on all four sides are showing highlights of Guzmán's video clips.
Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, the tall host walked up to the ring and stood in the center of the ring. On either side of him, there were two beautiful boxing round ladies.
The host held the Mike in his hand and spat out a clear and deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Madison Square Square this evening to watch the game. This is a WBO super featherweight title fight. First of all, the red challenger is a newcomer from Huaguo, who is 18 years old this year. He has a 6-0-0 professional record and is a former U.S. Golden Glove Super Featherweight Champion. Now, let us welcome with the warmest passion, the forest, the night! Under the host's long tail note of "night", Lin Ye walked towards the ring from the passage of the lounge.
Two official WBO staff members with work cards walked out on both sides of Lin Ye, and behind Lin Ye were Jenon and Norton, and finally Natalia. Although Jenon was angry with Lin Ye, he came back quickly and guided Lin Ye's training with a straight face.
Walking on the passage, the audience on both sides stood up one after another, either waving at Lin Ye, or taking pictures of Lin Ye with their cameras. Lin Ye listened to the cheers and noise on both sides, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and he was not sure about this game.
Walking into the ring, Lin Ye stood on his red square corner and warmed up slightly. The facilities, layout, and decoration in this boxing gym can be described as luxurious and gorgeous, and it is the first time for Lin Ye to compete in such a good boxing gym.
After the host waited for Lin Ye to take the stage, he said: "Next, let's welcome the owner of the WBO super featherweight championship belt from the Dominican Republic, spanning the two divisions of featherweight and super featherweight, 28-0-17KO0, who was comparable to the artist who was knocked out in the ring, 'Little Tyson' Guz--Man-!! ”。
Guzmán, dressed in a white robe, stepped out. As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere was enthusiastic, and the audience stood up and cheered towards Guzmán. Behind Guzmán, a black man held a boxing champion belt, which reflected a dazzling golden light under the lights of the scene.
One day I'll be like him! Lin Ye watched silently from the side.
Guzmán's coach, Mayweather Sr., lifted the rope for him, and Guzmán got into it and got into his own blue corner. Behind him, the black man lifted the boxing belt even higher, as if to show off Guzmán's glorious record. Next to the black man, Guzmán's fellow countryman, the team assistant looked excited, waving the Dominican Republic flag back and forth vigorously.
Well, it looks like my brother will have to bring the national flag next time. Lin Ye thought.
The host raised the microphone: "Now, let's introduce the referee of this game." The referee was Mr. Fadiclin from Indiana. He has a career of 27 years, officiating 317 professional bouts and 49 title fights. ”
The camera is directed at Fadiklin, who nods his head to the camera.
Next, Fadiklin asked Lin Ye and Guzmán to come to his side and began to explain the rules and precautions of the game. When he finished explaining, Fadiclin said, "You all understand the rules, now touch the gloves and get ready for each other's corners." ”
Lin Ye stretched out his fist and touched Guzmán and came to his red corner. The audience in the audience seemed to be eager to watch a wonderful showdown, and the noise in the arena became more and more severe wave after wave.
The other unrelated people in the ring all went down. Fadiklin looked around the ring, and after making sure there were no other personnel, he motioned to the staff below.
A bell rang, Fadiclin waved his hand, and the game began.
Lin Ye first threw a tentative jab. Facing Guzman, Lin Ye's only advantage is his height and arm length, Guzmán's height is 170cm, and his arm span is only 170cm. Before the game, Jenon's tactics were to block with straight punches and attack with jabs.
Guzmán nimbly flashed to the side, and Lin Ye's jab was empty. Then Guzmán bowed slightly, his fist in front of his face, and he jumped close to him. Lin Ye immediately retreated, and at the same time punched out with his right hand. The straight punch hit Guzmán's arm, and after the punch, Lin Ye then stabbed out with another left hand. At this moment, Guzmán's body suddenly bent, his knees sank, and Lin Ye's left fist grazed Guzmán's back.
Guzmán bent down, avoiding Lin Ye's fist, and then straightened forward, closing in front of Lin Ye, and his right hand also struck out hard with the straightness of his body.
"Bang!"
Lin Ye received this punch, his head was raised high, and his brain couldn't help but be confused. Guzmán followed up with a series of heavy left and right punches, which slammed into Lin Ye's jaw. This series of punches was ruthless and fierce, and it was about to knock down Lin Ye, but Lin Ye was beaten back again and again. The audience at the edge of the ring couldn't help but stand up and cheer loudly, as if Lin Ye would be knocked down in the next second. In the audience, Guzman's coach Old Mayweather smiled slightly, this Chinese kid is really too weak. He knows Guzmán's strength, and I'm afraid that this round will knock Lin Ye out.
After receiving more than a dozen heavy punches, Lin Ye suddenly punched out a counterattack. The fist slammed into Guzmán's face, causing Guzmán's offense to stall. Lin Ye seized the opportunity, and hit a combination of backhand hooks and jab flat hooks.
But Guzman's offensive and defensive transitions were very fast, and he immediately bent his arms to defend firmly, and his upper body kept shaking, making many of Lin Ye's punches miss. Immediately after, Guzmán seized one of Lin Ye's offensive gaps and landed a heavy hook on Lin Ye's left cheek. Lin Ye was hit by this, and as soon as he retreated, he stepped on the retreat step and quickly retreated.
You can't fight him in close quarters! Lin Ye quickly pulled away and punched out with a straight left hand.
Guzmán stepped back, dodging the punch. Guzmán took a few steps around Lin Ye, and suddenly his body stabbed forward, and he stepped on a sprint to force forward. Lin Ye immediately punched out, Guzmán shook his head slightly to dodge, and his footsteps stepped forward again, and he was forced in front of Lin Ye in an instant.
That's too fast, isn't it? Lin Ye wanted to retreat too late, so he had to bend his arms and bow to defend. As soon as Lin Ye finished bending his arm to defend himself, Guzman's fist poured out like a torrential rain.
The sound of the fist gloves hitting the body rained down on the ground. While Lin Ye was struggling to defend, he kept a close eye on Guzmán's movements, ready to seize the flaws in Guzmán's attack and counterattack at any time.
Guzmán landed a flat left hook and then a hook of his right hand. The swing was a bit too big, and Lin Ye immediately seized the opportunity and struck an uppercut at Guzmán's right side of the chest and abdomen.
Guzmán saw Lin Ye's punch coming, and a strange smile appeared in his eyes. His right hook immediately changed direction at this point, returned to his chest, and fell down.
Guzmán's right fist landed when it landed on Lin Ye's hook. Lin Ye's fist was knocked off, grazing Guzmán's waist. At this time, Guzman tightly pulled his left hand and hit Lin Ye in the face fiercely.
Lin Ye was smashed by this punch and couldn't help but take a step to the left, and Guzmán then poured out a combination of punches to Lin Ye again. The fist ruthlessly enveloped Lin Ye, attacking from all directions. After being hit by an unknown number of punches, Lin Ye took advantage of Guzman's attack and ran out with a circular step.
This guy deliberately exposed that flaw just now. However, Guzmán's ability to block Lin Ye's counterattack at the moment of revealing a flaw, while attacking, reacting, speed, and grasping the timing is really incredible.
Lin Ye then tried his best to fight long-distance battles with Guzman. But Guzmán's dodge was too flexible, and he could break through Lin Ye's straight punch blockade in a few clicks and force Lin Ye in front of him. Lin Ye also thought about hitting Guzmán in the chest and abdomen with Ma's rib punch and fighting him in close quarters. But Lin Ye only has the strength of 51, and he is not enough immediately after entering the professional boxing world. The power of the rib punch was not exerted at all, and the speed of the punch was slow, but it was beaten by Guzmán's continuous uppercuts and combinations.
Just over a minute into the first round, the bout was fully in Guzmán's rhythm. Guzmán attacked with all his might, and the wave of punches covered Lin Ye. Lin Ye was struggling to support the defense, and it was difficult to even counterattack.
As the first round passed, Guzmán won by sheer points advantage. Guzmán returned to his blue corner, and the assistant quickly came to the stool, Guzmán did not sit down, he felt that he was playing with ease, he was excited, and he did not use any strength at all.
Mayweather Sr. watched Guzmán's state and fingered Vaseline in his face. "Guzmán, the other side is really too weak. Then you throw more punches and knock him out. "After watching the first round just now, the elder Mayweather understood the gap between Lin Ye and Guzmán very clearly. He asked Guzmán to finish the game as soon as possible, just because he didn't want Guzmán to lose too much in this match. Because Guzmán is going to move up to lightweight next to face Quimper.