Chương 79: Chapter 79: Boxing Arrangements
"Cut!"
The cameo appearance in "Fast & Furious" went smoothly. Link played the role of Dwight, an underground racer.
In "Fast & Furious 4," Dominic Toretto, to catch the killer of his girlfriend Letty, and Brian O'Conner, to catch a South American drug lord, team up again to participate in a drug organization using a racing competition as a cover, successfully infiltrating it.
Link's Dwight also participated in the race, ultimately being outperformed by the two main characters.
Dwight didn't have many scenes, only appearing a few times during the race and making a few provocative gestures towards the protagonists. Since the race took place at night, Link only needed two afternoons to complete the filming, not delaying his training at all.
"Hey, Link, your acting is good. Let's work together again sometime."
Paul Walker, the male lead, shouted from inside the car.
"Okay!"
Link smiled slightly. During filming, he only sneered twice at the camera and made a disdainful expression. He didn't do anything else. Could this be considered good acting?
But he remembered what Stephen Herek had said, that in Hollywood, handsome actors were more popular than those with good acting skills. With his good looks and some acting knowledge, he was fully qualified to play a small role like Dwight.
"Director Lin, if there are any suitable roles in the future, remember to contact me. I can handle all kinds of roles."
Link shouted to director Justin Lin as he left.
"Link, can you play a gay man too?"
Michelle Rodriguez, the female lead, shouted.
Hahaha! Everyone laughed.
"Except for that, I can handle all gender-normal roles. I love acting."
"Okay, I'll remember that."
Director Lin made an OK gesture.
Link waved goodbye to the crew and got into the commercial vehicle Simon had brought.
"Link, Franco just sent over some information. Take a look."
Seeing him finish saying goodbye, Simon handed him a document.
Link glanced at it. It was a statement from British boxer Joe Calzaghe.
Joe Calzaghe was 36 years old this year, a British super middleweight boxer. He turned professional in 1992 and became the WBO super middleweight world champion in 1997, holding the title for 10 years. In 2006, American boxer Jeff Lacy won the IBF super middleweight title.
After defeating Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler in November last year, he collected all four super middleweight titles (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) with a professional record of 44 wins in 44 fights.
On May 19th this year, he moved up to light heavyweight and defeated The Ring light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, increasing his record to 45 wins in 45 fights.
He planned to challenge Roy Jones Jr. in November this year.
Since Joe Calzaghe had moved up to light heavyweight and was too heavy to compete in super middleweight anymore, he announced yesterday that he was relinquishing all his super middleweight titles.
According to the rules, the four major professional boxing organizations would hold ranking matches and championship matches in the near future to determine the ownership of the four titles. All super middleweight professional boxers could sign up to participate.
"Link, do you want to participate?"
Simon asked, sitting up straight and looking at Link.
"Of course, this is a good opportunity. It can shorten the time for me to become a world champion. Of course, I want to participate."
Link thought for a moment and said.
"Isn't it a bit rushed? The championship fight is around October. By then, you'll have just finished the Olympics and haven't received any professional boxing training. Going directly into a professional fight would be quite risky.
Franco's suggestion is to wait until after the Olympics and have the company arrange for some professional boxers to spar with you. If you win easily against them, then sign up for the championship fight. The risk would be smaller."
Simon suggested cautiously.
Link nodded, agreeing with Simon's proposal.
The championship fights of the four major organizations were a series of matches.
Newcomers to professional boxing needed to participate in regional ranking matches first to win the intercontinental title. With the intercontinental title, they would be eligible to compete with other intercontinental champions or challenge boxers ranked 16th to 30th within the organization to win the international title.
After becoming an international champion, they would then participate in qualifying matches to compete for the challenger title. Since the four major organizations' super middleweight world champion was vacant, they only needed to win the challenge match to win the title and become the world champion.
The difficulty was no less than that of the Olympic series. Simon suggested sparring with boxers within the company first to get used to the rhythm of professional matches before participating in professional fights. This was a relatively safe suggestion, so Link agreed.
The car returned to the coastal road, and Link and Gal got off. Simon and the driver left.
Back at the shop, the lights were on, and there was laughter and chatter coming from inside, as if there was a party going on.
Link walked in and saw James, Daniel, Michael, and three young girls sitting around a low table with a dozen beer cans, grilled meat, fruit salad, and more on it.
They were eating and chatting, looking very happy.
"Hey, how could you guys have a party here while I was filming?"
Link sat down, pulling Gal with him.
"You're too busy. We couldn't wait for you."
"Yes, Link, you missed Daniel's good news. He won second place in the hot dog eating contest at the Bund today. We're celebrating this good news."
Michael raised his beer and shouted.
"There's a hot dog eating contest?"
Link asked in confusion.
James nodded repeatedly, gnawing on a rib and saying, "Not just hot dogs, there are also barbecue, sandwich, and ice cream competitions, as well as diving and surfing. Don't forget to participate in the next beach diving competition."
"Okay! Daniel, congratulations. I'll try your hot dogs tomorrow."
Link smiled, holding a light beer.
"Haha, thanks!"
Daniel said happily.
Link sat beside them, listening to them talk about the hot dog eating contest, feeling a bit dazed. Since the qualifying match, he had signed with a company, become a celebrity, a multi-millionaire, filmed a movie, and so on. He had been so busy that he seemed to be drifting further away from the people around him.
Listening to their jokes, he didn't feel much resonance.
Link felt a bit helpless, not knowing if he had moved too fast and detached from the crowd, or if life was supposed to be like this - meeting a group of people, leaving them, meeting another group, and leaving again. But Link was a sentimental person, not fond of meeting new people or leaving old ones behind.
He got up, found the yacht key, and asked, "It's not dark yet. Do you want to go drinking on the yacht?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then cheered.
"Link, that's a great idea."
"Hurry up, having a party on the yacht sounds awesome."
Link smiled slightly, feeling that having fun with everyone wasn't too difficult.
Although he had to make cameo appearances and sometimes go out to sea with everyone, most of his energy and time was spent on boxing training.
To help him train, Coach West recruited two sparring partners for him, both tall, muscular black men with average boxing skills but strong bodies and excellent resistance to blows. Wearing protective gear, they could last ten rounds with Link.
In addition to the two new sparring partners, Henry and Brown, shortly after the qualifying match, Mario Morales also came to West Boxing Gym with his luggage and paid a tuition fee, saying he wanted to be Link's sparring partner.
Now Link had three and a half sparring partners: Morales, Henry, Brown, and half of Mario, who firmly refused to give up his role as a sparring partner.
Link often practiced offensive techniques with Henry and Brown, defensive techniques with Morales, and heavy punches with Mario. His training efficiency increased significantly.
In early August, when he retested his punching power, his right fist's maximum punching power reached 1520 pounds, a 40-pound increase from the first measurement, and the average of ten punches was 1380, a 30-pound increase from the first test.
His left fist's maximum punching power was 1360 pounds, a 50-pound increase from the first measurement, and the average was 1050 pounds, a 30-pound increase from the first test.
After two months of training, the punching power of both fists increased by more than 30 pounds. The training effect was very significant, while the average punching power of Reggie and the others increased by only 10 pounds at most, and Mario's decreased by 5 pounds.
(End of Chapter)
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