Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

After the match ended, Link returned to his Jacksonville apartment, where the spicy chicken wings on the table were still hot.

"Uh! How did you get back so quickly?"

Selena and Taylor, along with Catherine, Mrs. Mandy, and Mrs. Andrea, watched in surprise as Link sat on the carpet, burying his head in eating, while his post-match interview was still playing on the TV.

Link had expressed his gratitude to all the boxing fans, music fans, and movie fans, and even handed out a hundred signed CDs and 200 signed posters on the spot to thank his fans.

They were just discussing whether Link had more boxing fans or music fans when Link suddenly opened the door, came in from outside, and without saying much, sat on the floor and started eating.

It felt like he had just jumped out of the TV.

Link chewed on the spicy chicken wings and said with a smile to the stunned group, "I thought about the delicious food at home and didn't stay any longer. I left the work to Anna and Simon and the others and came back."

"You came back so early just to eat?"

Selena pouted, looking at him discontentedly.

The match had been too tense and she hadn't had a chance to eat anything. She had planned to eat after the match was over, but who would have expected Link to come back early? With Link, the big eater there, her little stomach couldn't compete.

Today, the food on the table was going to be eaten by him.

Selena didn't dare to say much else and snatched the chicken wings; stuffing her small mouth full, she suddenly found that the snatched chicken wings seemed even more delicious.

Link chuckled and shook his head: even with her small capacity, she was trying to compete with him for food, completely overestimating herself. He picked up a big box of Boston baked shrimp and started eating.

"Look at you two, what a sight."

Taylor teased, sitting between them.
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"Eat slowly, if it's not enough, we'll make more."

Catherine and the others couldn't help laughing upon seeing the two of them haggling over the food.

The WBA Super Middleweight World Championship challenge match was over.

In this match, there was big news.

Media captured an audience member who appeared to be MJ leaving the VIP area after the match. Paparazzi managed to snap a profile shot of him.

But this news has not yet been confirmed by MJ's side, and it is currently just speculation.

Additionally, the income from this match for Link had become a focus of media reports.

According to reliable information, Link's appearance fee was two million, 15% of the gate receipts, and 10% of the PPV shares.

The gate receipts from this match reached more than 6.7 million, and Link was able to take nearly one million US dollars from this income.

As for the PPV share, according to Nielsen Data Consulting's report, the live PPV sold 1.03 million units, including 650,000 regular signals and 380,000 HD signals, averaging 75 US dollars per unit.

The total PPV revenue was over 77 million, and Link could take 7.7 million US dollars from it.

Therefore, his income from this match was about 10.7 million US dollars.

The match lasted a total of 119 seconds, which means on average, he earned 100,000 US dollars per second.

Although still some distance from the earnings of top boxers like Mayweather and Hoyle, this match was merely a championship challenge, and his opponent was Andre Rael, who had not many fans.

"American Express" commented that if the match had been against a boxing champion, such as WBO champion Andre Ward or WBC champion Carl Froch, the prize money had a very good chance of exceeding 30 million.

If it were with top boxers like Mayweather or Hoyle, there was a very good chance of surpassing the 100 million prize money record set by Hoyle and Pacquiao on December 7th of the previous year.

"American Express" and other media outlets also reported on a match within the year between Link and former Light Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., indicating anticipation for their upcoming bout.

In addition, Link taking 119 seconds to defeat his opponent in this match also stirred quite a bit of controversy in the media.

Last year, he defeated 11 boxers in the same weight class, using at most 119 seconds, but in the bout against Andre Rael, he also took 119 seconds, and the media generally believed that Andre Rael's overall strength was not as good as Mikkel Kessler's, nor was it on par with Jean Pascal's.

Yet, he took 119 seconds to defeat Andre Rael.

There was only one truth: he had regressed.

"Chicago Tribune" commented that after defeating Tyson last year, Link seemed to have gone down the wrong path; he started making movies, releasing albums, doing advertisements, going to college, venturing into many unfamiliar fields, wasting too much time on several unimportant part-time jobs, neglecting his training, which was the main reason for the decline in his strength.

"Chicago Tribune" and many other media outlets suggested that he focus on boxing training and not take on so many side jobs. They believed if he could persist, his future achievements wouldn't be much less than those of Tyson, Mayweather, or Hoyle, nor would the money he made.

However, some media defended Link.

Doug Fisher, the editor-in-chief of "Boxing" magazine, commented that Link had showcased more exquisite boxing skills and a more stable boxing style in this match than last year.

In this match, Link did not rush to end it but enjoyed the process; he attacked his opponent's solid defense with a high frequency of jabs, a direct hard-hitting approach without any fancy moves, which enhanced the spectacle of the match and made it more exciting than last year's.

Doug Fisher stated that not only had Link not regressed in strength, but he had also become more unfathomable and would be a formidable opponent for several Super Middleweight champions and Light Heavyweight boxers to face in the future.

"KO," "The Ring," "World Boxing," and other boxing magazines also thought the match was more exciting than several of last year's and mentioned that if Link's opponent had been stronger, it could have been even more spectacular and possibly become a classic.