Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 582 - 441: Public Opinion Boils Over

While Link and Chris Liu were asleep in bed, news about both of them staying overnight at the Intercontinental Hotel and appearing in the hotel restaurant for a meal simultaneously spread online.

There were related video screenshots; although not very clear, they reaffirmed the relationship between the two once again.

The fans of Heavenly Immortal wailed upon seeing the news.

They couldn't understand why their fairy-like, beautiful, pure sister who was adored by so many would roll in the dirt with a scumbag.

Wouldn't it be better to date a loyal and good man?

Some fans of Heavenly Immortal launched an online campaign with the slogan "Drive away the scumbag Link, protect our Heavenly sister."

Overnight, more than a hundred thousand people liked and left comments.

There were also many international trolls who criticized Link, saying he had already established a relationship with Miss Ivanka and was still messing around outside, a true sign of his incorrigible bad habits, the scum of scumbags.

Some people called out to Ivanka, telling her to kick Link to the curb, as there were plenty of good men in the world.

With her credentials, she could pick from billions of men, ranging from presidents and kings to commoners.

There was no need to waste her youth on a scumbag like Link.

Boxing fans also expressed their doubts online: Link was to participate in a boxing match the next day, yet he spent the night at the hotel on a date with Heavenly Immortal. Would he lose the match due to weak legs the next day?

In 1990, Tyson lost to the much weaker James Douglas in Tokyo because of fooling around before the match.

And this time, Link's opponent was WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Belrut Shumenov, known as "The Dark Horse of Kazakhstan."

His current professional record stood at 12 fights, 11 wins, and 1 loss.

He's also the one who won the Light Heavyweight championship in the fewest fights, proving him to be a formidable opponent.

To dare mess around against such an opponent?

Moreover, this match was Link's first bout after moving up from Super Middleweight to Light Heavyweight.

In the sports world, it's common knowledge that athletes should conserve energy before a match, not engage in chaos, and ideally avoid women.

But Link did not do so. Despite hundreds of journalists and paparazzi both inside and outside the hotel stalking him, he still made every effort to arrange dates.

This behavior showed that he was too arrogant, not afraid of failure at all.

Basing their speculations on these actions, the media claimed that after 22 consecutive victories, Link became arrogant and complacent, underestimating his opponents to the extent of even failing to observe pre-fight abstinence.

Mainstream public opinion suggested Link might taste his first career defeat on Hong Kong Island.

The next morning, these comments were featured on the front pages of several newspapers and in TV news reports.

The headlines read: Link's pre-fight rendezvous with a beauty could lead to his first career defeat on Hong Kong Island.

"Ming Pao" latest report stated that after the news came out, Macau betting centers lowered the odds of Link losing.

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From an original odd of 1:42 for Link losing the fight, it was cut to 1:40.5, and the odds for winning in the first three rounds went up from 1:1.5 to 1:1.57.

This suggested the betting companies were also worried Link might lose the match and were using this method to avoid risk.

Following these disclosures, more people rushed to betting centers to place bets, and the number of people betting on Link to lose doubled in no time.

Because of this publicity and hype, the match between Link and Belrut became the most eye-catching news in Asia that day.

It stayed the top trending news on all major news search rankings.

Many media and netizens began discussing the match.

Debating whether Link would lose to Belrut, whether he could win the match smoothly and become the WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion?

Would Link's pre-fight indulgence lead to shaky legs during the match and a taste of defeat?

According to a survey by East Asian Sports Data Consulting.

The day before the match, 89.8% of netizens supported Link to win, with 35,000 Asian boxing fans casting votes.

After such news broke out, the support rate for his victory fell to 74.5%.

The proportion considering Belrut to win increased to 20.7%.

The percentage of those supporting a draw rose from 2.3% to 4.8%.

These data indicated the scandal had a significant impact on Link, causing many boxing fans to lose confidence in his victory.

It also added a lot of exposure to the match, magnifying its impact in the Asian region.

It introduced more unpredictability, piquing the curiosity of boxing fans and drawing the attention of the general public to the outcome of the match.

However, in an attempt to salvage their reputations and protect Chris Liu's good name, both of their management companies issued clarifications through the internet and media on the day of the incident.

They stated that Link and Chris Liu were good friends, and upon hearing of Link's match, Chris Liu especially took time off her busy schedule to fly to Hong Kong Island to cheer Link on.

Link appreciated Chris Liu's support and invited her to dine at the Intercontinental Hotel openly, without any secrecy or impropriety, asking netizens not to believe in rumors or spread misinformation.

They also asked fans of Heavenly Immortal not to believe the online news; most of those reports were fabricated out of thin air, only to attract the attention of netizens, with extremely low credibility.

In the end, rumors stopped with the wise, and they asked fans of Heavenly Immortal to continue supporting Chris Liu's new drama and support Link in winning this match.

During the pre-match press conference, when Link was interviewed by Hong Kong Island media reporters, he also clarified that he and Chris Liu have been close friends for many years and there was no improper relationship as the internet rumors suggested.

He further stated that he took this match seriously, respected his opponent Belrut, and would pay special attention to his diet and rest before the match, having done nothing to affect it.

As for the explanations offered by both management companies and Link, some believed them, some did not, leading to another round of debates online among those who did and those who didn't.