Chapter XVII: Donkin's Attention
The quarterfinals will start tomorrow morning, and Lin Ye will only play one quarter-final match tomorrow morning to compete for a place in the semi-finals. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the day after tomorrow, there will be a semi-final and a semi-final. The day after tomorrow is the championship final of the Golden Glove League. The winner will receive a gold glove made of 4-karat gold and set with diamonds that can be interlocked together.
There are still a few games in the hall that are not over. Lin Ye went to watch with Jenon, and among the players in these games, Lin Yeming's opponent will be a few days later.
Gilbert is a reporter for the New York Daily News, and was sent by his boss to cover this year's Golden Glove League. The New York Daily News, the founder of the Golden Glove League, is the fifth-largest newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of more than 700,000 copies. It has the sixth largest circulation in the United States and has a lot of influence.
This year's Golden Glove League, in Gilbert's opinion, has nothing to show off. There is no such thing as an amateur boxer with extraordinary potential and superhuman strength. Gilbert racked his brains and wandered around the museum, trying to find a way to find materials. For a journalist, he has to dig out something to make a report.
In the super featherweight division, the current favourites to win the title are Filipino Santos, the Asian teenager under Xavi. In Gilbert's opinion, Santos's strength is not bad, his style of play is fierce, and his punches are like lightning. In the round of 16 this afternoon, Santos defeated his opponent neatly and qualified. In Gilbert's head, there is already a manuscript of "Filipino newcomer Santos Golden Gloves show power, or will become the next Pacquiao".
In fact, in this year's boxing world, the media believes that the most potential newcomer is American heavyweight rising star Wilder. However, Wilder is now focusing on training with the U.S. national team in order to compete in the Olympics, and has no intention of competing in the Golden Glove League.
The super featherweight quarterfinals have all been played. Gilbert looked at the list of quarterfinals and spotted a Chinese name. He went to China two years ago and studied Chinese for a while. The name "Lin Ye" came into Gilbert's mind.
"Lin Ye?" Gilbert pronounced the name and began to look for it in the gym. There were only two Asians in the entire super-featherweight division, and Gilbert quickly found Lin Ye. Lin Ye was about to leave with Jenon at this time, when Gilbert walked up.
"Hi, hello." Gilbert walked up to Lin Ye and said, "I'm Gilbert, a reporter for the Daily News in New York, and it's a pleasure to meet you. May I ask you a few questions? ”
Lin Ye was stunned, and meeting the reporter for the first time made him a little nervous. He glanced back at Jenon, who shrugged his shoulders and turned to chat with an acquaintance. Lin Ye calmed down and said slowly: "Uh, but, yes." ”
Gilbert smiled, lifted his glasses and said, "Are you Chinese, or are you Chinese-American?" Gilbert asked because of his impression of Huaguo, where the most important sports are table tennis and gymnastics, and his favorite sports are basketball. Sports like boxing are absolutely unpopular there.
Lin Ye said: "I am a Chinese, and I just came to the United States a month ago. ”
"Oh, then you're the first Chinese in history to come to the Golden Glove League." "And you also made it to the quarterfinals, so I haven't seen your game, but your strength should be good." When Lin Ye heard this, he scratched his head a little weakly and said, "It's so-so." Gilbert continued: "So what is your goal in coming to the competition this time?" Lin Ye said: "Of course it's the champion." "His only goal in coming to the Golden Glove was to win the championship, and if he didn't win it, he would be finished.
"This time, several players in the quarterfinals are very strong. Do you have the confidence to defeat them? Gilbert said. Lin Ye said: "Of course there is." "Then I wish you good results, and I'll watch and report on your game tomorrow." Gilbert opened his notebook, recorded the conversation with Lin Ye, and continued: "Then what made you love boxing and come to the United States to participate in the Golden Glove League? ”
The reason is that I was forced to start my boxing career by a future pit man system for no reason, and I was forced to come to the United States to participate in this league. Lin Ye thought so in his mind, saying that he couldn't say that. He straightened out his thoughts and said, "When I was younger, I used to watch Tyson's games. That's when I fell in love with boxing. I learned to start practicing, and then I came to the United States. I trained for a month under Coach Jenon and when the Golden Glove League started, I signed up for the tournament with the attitude of giving it a try. ”
Gilbert listened, nodded, and asked some other questions. After the interview, Gilbert reached out and shook Lin Ye's hand and said goodbye. He hurried back to his apartment and began drafting tomorrow's press release.
The next day, a new edition of the Mainichi Shimbun was on the front page.
"Huaguo Wonder Boy Participates in Golden Gloves and Breaks into the Quarterfinals"
"This year's Golden Glove League is still exciting. In the midst of the competition, many talented newcomers have emerged, and they will be the hope for the future of boxing. Among them, the 130-pound super featherweight division, 18-year-old Lin Ye from Huaguo went all the way through and won the quarterfinals. Before that, he defeated Cassilitus, who won the Mexican National Amateur Championship and finished third in the super-featherweight division last year. And in yesterday's round of 16, he easily defeated his opponent Brenda. Lin Ye's height is 177cm, and his arm span is 187cm. In the lightweight division, such physical qualities are undoubtedly excellent, surpassing many people. Today, he has a quarter-final match and we wish him the best of luck and a great match for the crowd. ”
United States, Upper East Side, New York, New York's affluent district. Inside a luxurious villa, Don Kim sat on the sofa, drinking coffee, and watching today's Daily News.
The news of Gilbert's "Huaguo Wonder Boy Participates in the Golden Glove and Breaks into the Final Eight" aroused Don King's interest. "Lin Ye?" Seeing this Chinese name, Tang Jin's eyes lit up.
Don Kim is the most successful and influential professional boxing promoter in the world today. World champions such as Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Holyfield and Ruiz have all signed and promoted under him. But Tang Jin is also the most cunning, greedy and ruthless boxing promoter in the world, and it is common to deduct and fraudulently sign fighters. Tyson was swallowed up by Don King for $200 million in game revenue during his contract with Don King. Tyson angrily took him to court, and Donkin only lost $14 million.
Don King's ability to run the game and promote the game is naturally strong. But now, Don Jin's subordinates are no longer any big-name fighters. Trinidad is now the most well-known boxing champion under Don King, but at 35 years old, Trinidad is no longer as brave as he once was. After losing the big game against Jones in January, he retired shortly after this game.
Don Kim is now desperately in need of signing a new fighter with potential to be his new cash cow. In the current boxing promotion circle, the American Haimon, the golden boy promotion company of "Golden Boy" Hoya, and the top promotion company of Arum almost monopolize the boxing world, and 90% of the powerful and famous boxers are signed under these three companies. Don Kim is becoming less and less present in the boxing promotion world, and he wants to change that. And Lin Ye, his identity, behind him. If he is signed, it means that it is possible to open a huge market of 1.2 billion. Thinking of this, Tang Jin couldn't wait to stand up.
"Xia Zuo, get your car ready, I'm going to Madison Square Garden." Donkin put down the newspaper, lit a cigar, and strode out of the villa.
Madison Garden Plaza.
In the ring, the quarterfinals have begun and are going on fiercely.
Lin Ye's opponent today is a twenty-one-year-old black man. The opponent's body is extremely flexible, and the dodge defense is superb. Lin Ye threw hundreds of punches in the ring, almost all of which were flashed by the other party.
The opponent is like a monkey, and Lin Ye can't hit no matter how he fights. On the contrary, the opponent fought back from time to time, hitting Lin Ye accurately and clearly, which made Lin Ye very depressed. Fighting, when Lin Ye's punches were easily flashed again, Lin Ye's heart swelled with fire.
I'll let you hide! Lin Ye simply ignored the defense with his two fists and blasted out with all his might. The two fists poured down like heavy rain, and the opponent's body moved left and right, dodging and jumping, and wandered freely in Lin Ye's fist net.
However, with the support of Lin Ye's super physical fitness, the extremely dense fist net was swung for three rounds in a row. Under such a high-intensity attack, the opponent also has to show high-intensity energy and endurance to dodge the attack, and slowly, the opponent is a little unable to hold on. After being caught by Lin Ye and bombarded with a few punches, his opponent's old injury recurred. In the following matches, his physical strength became more and more exhausted, and finally he had to abstain.
Seeing the opponent step down due to a recurrence of an old injury, Lin Ye won the game and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know that in the audience, a pair of eyes had been staring at him tightly.