"Go Link!"
The audience both on-site and in front of their TVs were also loudly cheering.
The match had begun.
On the ring, Andre Ward launched an early attack, landing a punch on Link's upper left, a probing offensive move.
Link stepped to the side and swung a punch at Andre Ward's jaw while Andre Ward quickly stepped back, avoiding his attack.
Link pressed forward, throwing two more punches that Andre Ward blocked with his arms raised, while Andre simultaneously swung at Link's left rib. Link got hit on the left rib and while retreating, he managed to land a punch on Andre's shoulder.
Both men landed a punch each and stepped back, creating some distance between them.
"How could this be?"
In the spectator stands, Lou Duvall looked incredulously toward Ms. Nora Duwa. Despite his frail health, he had flown in from New York especially to watch Link unify the Super Middleweight class, only to see Link performing poorly and entirely out of sorts from the start.