Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 682 - 493 Tokyo Competition

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"Buried" in its third week in North American cinemas earned $16.46 million, reaching a cumulative total of $54.07 million, with the overseas box office totaling $28 million. As the movie's popularity declined and new films were released, there was a severe drop in box office receipts.

Despite this, a three-week cumulative total of over eighty million was far beyond Link's expectations. Originally, the global box office for this film was just over twenty million. With him as the lead, the global box office was hopeful to break one hundred million, demonstrating his huge box office appeal worldwide.

After finishing with the movie, Link led his team to Tokyo to participate in the championship match against IBF champion Chad Dawson, a fight that had been promoted since last October after his match with Hopkins.

At one point, there were rumors that Chad Dawson was injured and ready to give up the match, but after mediation by both companies, Dawson's side announced the continuation of the fight.

Chad Dawson, previously with a record of 33 wins and 1 loss at only 30 years old, was considered a stronger boxer than Bernard Hopkins.

The match between the two garnered a lot of attention.

The event was held in the Tokyo Dome, attracting 48,000 spectators to the venue.

Before the match, paparazzi caught Shinhan Yui also staying at Baker Villa in Tokyo's Port District.

Subsequently, Japanese media burst with gossip about Link, claiming he had an inappropriate relationship with former national goddess Nozomi Sasaki and now the 'national daughter-in-law' Shinhan Yui had also moved into his private residence, suggesting a very unusual relationship among the three.

After the news broke, it faced fierce opposition from Japanese otaku.

Many of Yui-chan's male fans started a petition online demanding Shinhan Yui to leave Playboy Link promptly, or else they would no longer support any of her works and might even take more drastic measures to express their stance.

In just one day, 438,000 fans had signed.

At a press conference, Johnny & Associates, the agency of Yui-chan, explained that Yui-chan and Link were just friends and she was close friends with Nozomi Sasaki-chan, their relationship being very deep. Yui-chan had visited Link at Baker Villa mainly to receive his guidance on songs for her new album, having previously collaborated on songs.

Dynasty Promotion also expressed in a promotional event that Link was currently focused on preparing for his match, spending most of his time at the training grounds, only returning to the Baker Villa for rest at night, and even posted a video of Link training on his Facebook account.

It was only after explanations from both agencies that Shinhan Yui's fans calmed down and refrained from taking any drastic actions.

This incident also made Link's boxing match in Tokyo even more attention-grabbing, with many eager to see if Link, who had been surrounded by women before the match, would have weak knees like Tyson and unexpectedly lose the fight.

Especially since the fans of Yui-chan and Nozomi Sasaki were very hopeful that Link would face defeat and be severely beaten by his opponent, Chad Dawson.

Therefore, before the match, the number of people cheering for Chad Dawson was not less than those cheering for Link, making the crowd's cheers for both sides nearly equal, and this made the spectator stands very lively.

"Haha, Link, did you hear that? Many people hope you will be defeated. It seems you are not very well-liked in Japan," De La Hoya said with a smirk.

Link glanced at him, somewhat helpless towards this man who had nothing to do with this match but also came to Tokyo to watch.

"That's because my charm is too great. I charmed away their goddesses. I understand them, so I won't hold it against them," Link said as he saw Yui-chan and Nozomi Sasaki-chan standing together in the front row VIP area. He punched the air towards them; both girls, pure and pretty, waved back happily, standing together quite a sight for sore eyes.

"Tsk!"

Hoyle glanced at the two women, nearly green with envy at the lucky guy Link was.

This guy had not only Ivanka Trump, a rich heiress in the United States, and Taylor Swift, a top diva, but also newly-crowned Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and Hollywood's top beauty Dadalio.

In Europe, he was with sexy and alluring French rose Marion Cotillard, and in Britain, he had the hottest actress girlfriend, Emma Watson.

Now in Japan, he had whisked away two of Japan's 'national goddesses.'

This bastard had way too good luck with women.

"Link, I bet you will definitely have weak knees!" Hoyle shouted, clearly annoyed.

Link waved his fists and ascended the boxing ring amid the cheers of boxing fans, his opponent being Chad Dawson.

Standing 185 cm tall, with a reach of 194 cm, and weighing 175 pounds, Dawson was a black boxer from North Carolina who had won a bronze medal at the World Youth Boxing Championships.

He entered the professional boxing ring in 2001, defeating famous boxers like Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver, with his only loss coming in August 2010 to Jean Pascal, who had moved up from the super middleweight rank.

He was currently the world champion of both the IBF and IBO organizations.

Known for his bad temper and cunning style in the ring, he liked using questionable tactics during matches, earning him the nickname "Bad Boy."

Once the match started, Chad Dawson indeed lived up to his nickname, fighting dirty and using plenty of dirty tricks.

Whenever Link got close to attack, Dawson would immediately resort to foul play, wrapping his arms around him and even mimicking Holyfield by headbutting his face.

After having a slight disadvantage, Link no longer gave his opponent a chance to cling and immediately launched a barrage of attacks, throwing continuous heavy punches at Dawson, one after another.

In the first round, he threw 165 punches, knocking his opponent down two and a half times, with the longest knockdown causing Dawson to struggle to his feet after 8 seconds.

In the second round, he didn't give his opponent any chance to recover, continuing to hammer Chad Dawson with heavy punches aimed at his defense and head.

At 12 seconds into the second round, he landed a straight punch through his opponent's guard, hitting Chad Dawson squarely in the face and sending him crashing to the ground.

This punch was solid, weighing over 1400 pounds, and despite struggling for a few seconds, Chad Dawson couldn't stabilize himself and chose to quit the match.

Link easily won the match, becoming the champion of the WBA-WBC-IBF organizations, with only the WBO Golden Belt left for a complete grand slam.

"This guy won again, no one in the light heavyweight class can stop him from dominating anymore."

Hoyle exclaimed as he watched Link raise his arms triumphantly on the boxing ring.

"It's not just the light heavyweight class, no rank at all, Link is not only going to dominate the super middleweight and light heavyweight, but he's also going to dominate the cruiserweight and heavyweight classes, becoming a unique boxer in boxing history."

Frank waved his fist excitedly and shouted.

"Hmph, don't be too happy so soon, he almost ends matches in the first round at super middleweight, but in light heavyweight, sometimes it takes two rounds, sometimes three. This shows that the higher the rank, the more difficult it is for him to win matches.

It takes two or three rounds in light heavyweight, and seven or eight rounds, even twelve in heavyweight. When facing opponents taller and with a longer reach than him, it's nearly impossible for him to win.

Frank, I think you should prepare Link mentally in advance for a possible failure, to prevent him from being devastated if defeated," Hoyle said with a laugh.

"No need, Link doesn't need to prepare for failure, because he's going to keep winning, forever winning."

Frank shook his head and led people to greet Link as he stepped down from the ring.

Seeing the excited Frank, Hoyle snorted dismissively, noticing that Frank and Link were becoming more and more arrogant and condescending.

After the match, Link did a few interviews at the venue, signed autographs for several enthusiastic fans, and then returned to the Baker villa with Nozomi Sasaki to rest. In the evening, Yui-chan also arrived at the villa discreetly in her manager's car.

That night, the three of them soaked in a hot spring again.

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Yui-chan was now his companion, a development since the last time she promoted her new album when Sasaki-chan told him that Yui-chan had a crush on him. After returning from Huaxia, Yui-chan had broken up with her boyfriend and hadn't dated anyone else.

Sasaki-chan also mentioned that the task Tahara Anje had given Yui-chan was not yet over, hoping Yui-chan would have his child. But Yui-chan liked him and felt it deceitful to get close to him this way, and had taken no steps toward that until now.

Sasaki-chan said if he liked Yui-chan, he needed to take more initiative because Yui-chan was too shy to confess her feelings for him.

Link wasn't sure if Sasaki's words were true, but he tested the waters with Yui-chan while they were in the hot spring.

Yui-chan didn't reject him, and afterward, she lay crying in his arms, repeatedly expressing her happiness. She also voluntarily told him about Tahara Anje's plan, saying she wouldn't actively try for a child nor did she want to be seen as a bad girl.

After keeping Yui-chan's sakura handkerchief, he also bought her an apartment in Tokyo, and helped sort out a job issue for her brother.

Because of this, Yui-chan became even more attached to him, compliant to his every request, no matter how demanding, and she often blushed, reminiscent of a submissive young woman.

"Husband, should I also quit the entertainment industry?"

Yui-chan looked up at him from the tatami mat and asked.

"Don't you like being an actress?"

Link, with his arm resting on a low table, touched her hair as he asked.

Yui-chan blinked her big eyes and thought for a bit, "Would husband mind if I continue as an entertainer? If you don't like it, I can change jobs, maybe start a business like Sasaki did."

"I don't mind, and if you enjoy being an entertainer, continue with it; I'll support you. If you don't like this profession anymore and want to change jobs or start a business, I'll support that as well," Link said.

Yui-chan, moved, looked at him and tightly embraced his arm, calling him with the affectionate Japanese nickname for husband, 'Danna', like a loving, obedient wife.

"Danna, Yui, the midnight snack is here, we can start eating," Sasaki-chan announced as she slid open the room's door, wearing a pink kimono and carrying a tray with yakitori, fruit salad, takoyaki, vegetable rolls, and three bottles of beer, looking quite sumptuous.

"Sasaki, thank you,"

Yui-chan got up and hugged Sasaki, giving her a few kisses.

"Yui, stop it, or I'll spank you,"

"Come on, I'm not scared!"

The two of them started frolicking on the tatami mat.

Link, amused, watched them while eating barbecue and observed them tugging at each other's clothes.