Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" also premiered in early May, and Link, having returned from Berlin, joined the promotional team without much rest, attending movie premiere ceremonies in seven major cities including New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong Island, and at the sea.

"Avengers 2" followed "End of Days" with a release on May 8, ranking second in North American film history with a debut of $84.46 million, surpassing movies like "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight," "The Hunger Games 2" with a North American box office of $203 million in the first three days, placing it first in film history.

In two weeks, "Avengers 2" accumulated a North American box office of $333 million, with a worldwide total of $820 million, expected to surpass $1.5 billion globally.

Link and Robert Downey Jr. are also expected to earn over $50 million in box office revenue sharing.

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After completing the promotion for "Avengers 2," Link returned to Los Angeles' Muscle Beach Boxing Gym for training and flew to Paris, France in late May to participate in the WBA Boxing Championship Challenge. His opponent was Carlos Takam, a French national boxer born in Cameroon, Africa.

Earlier in the year, Carlos defeated American veteran 'Tiger' Tony Thompson, Mike Perez, and others in the fight for the WBA Heavyweight Championship challenger, earning the right to challenge Link.

Carlos Takam, 35 years old, is 187cm tall with a reach of 204cm and weighs 254 pounds; he's a physically robust and gifted boxer with arms that hang past his knees, turned professional in 2005, with a current record of 32 fights, 1 loss, and 24 knockouts.

His strengths include long arms, a strong body, good resistance to being hit, decent punching power, and abundant stamina.

His weaknesses are slow punching speed, not very agile footwork, average boxing technique, and average tactical level.

A typical power + muscle type of boxer.

The match was held at the Paris France Stadium, with live broadcasts on ESPN+, Canal+, Sky Sports, and other networks.

In the match, Link took the initiative in the first round, fully utilizing his speed and technical advantages to outpace his opponent; he threw 168 punches, 32 of which hit, causing the opponent to fall once and injuring his chin and eyebrow bone.

In the second round, Link continued the tactics of the first round, being aggressive and throwing 182 punches, 10 of them hitting the opponent's head, causing bleeding at the eyebrow bone and chin, and two knockdowns, with the last one lasting over 8 seconds unable to get up.

Link smoothly won the WBA title defense victory.

His professional record now stands at 40 fights, 40 wins, and 40 knockouts.

Since this match was a title defense and the challenger was less famous than the Klitschko brothers, Povetkin, and others, the income from this fight was also lower.

Accounting for the appearance fee, PPV revenue sharing, and ticket revenue sharing, Link's income from this match is $135 million, with the opponent earning $1 million.

Another recent boxing match that has drawn a lot of attention was the fight in early May at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Welterweight Champion Mayweather VS Pacquiao.

Due to the high profile of both fighters, the promoting company did a good job in advertising the event, and the media dubbed it 'The Fight of the Century.'

The match lasted 12 rounds, and the final result was decided by three judges scoring 118-110, 116-112, 116-112, unanimously declaring Mayweather the winner.

By winning this match, Mayweather maintained his undefeated professional boxing record of 48 wins.

However, Link was surprised by two things.

First, the total prize money of the match was only $300 million, not the $400 million or $500 million he remembered, with the winner Mayweather taking home $180 million and Pacquiao earning $120 million.

While the total revenue exceeded the income from Link's four matches last year, Mayweather's personal income from a single match was still much less than Link's, who had three matches last year earning over $200 million each.

Second, Pacquiao fought more actively in this match, being on the offensive side, while Mayweather focused on defense; the match was close, with each having their moments.

Afterwards, some media speculated that holding the match in Las Vegas led the judges to be biased in their scoring.

The judges seemed to want to create another undefeated Boxing King in Mayweather.

In addition, the match lasted for 12 rounds without a single knockdown or causing the opponent to bleed, far less intense and entertaining compared to heavyweight matches, especially Link's recent fights.

Some media compared Link's four matches from last year with the 'Fight of the Century', scrutinizing them in terms of power, speed, technique, tactics, opponent strength, number of punches thrown, and entertainment value. They criticized this match as utterly lacking, asserting that it could not be considered a 'Fight of the Century', but merely a well-attended welterweight event.

Mayweather's 48 straight wins were also considered padded compared to Link's record of 40 fights, 40 wins, with 40 KOs.

Thus, after the promotion for the bout between Link and Carlos Takam began, media coverage and discussions about this match were quickly overshadowed by Link's matches, significantly reducing its impact.

After the match, journalists interviewed Link in Paris about his views on the 'Fight of the Century.' Link gave a positive review of the match, stating that Mayweather and Pacquiao were among the best boxers of the current era, and their match was also spectacular.

After defending his WBA championship title, Link returned to Los Angeles for more than half a month of rest and training. In mid-June, he led a team to Australia to participate in the WBC Heavyweight Championship defense.

His opponent in this match was the Australian boxer 'Australian Tyson' Lucas Browne.

Born in 1979, a Caucasian, 36 years old this year, 196 cm tall, with a reach of 196 cm and weighing 267 pounds, his body is covered in tattoos. Initially a rugby player, he worked as a bouncer at a Sydney nightclub as an adult before being trained in boxing and entering the boxing ring.

With a current record of 23 wins, no losses, he had defeated 'Lights Out' James Toney in 2013, and earlier this year in the WBC championship contender qualifiers, he beat 'White Tyson' Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan, Chauncy Welliver, Andriy Rudenko, and others to secure the opportunity to challenge Link.

The opponent's strengths in boxing include a strong physique, high resilience to taking punches, powerful fists, a fighting will, and the courage to engage aggressively.

His weaknesses are similar to Carlos Takam; both lack fast punching and reaction speeds, their boxing techniques aren't systematically developed, there's a lack of sufficient training. Compared to experienced boxers, he also lacks match experience and has not developed a personal style or tactical approach to his fights.

He still relies on his physical strength in fights, rather than skill and tactics.

His overall strength is about on par with Carlos.

The match took place in the Big Dome Stadium. Due to the high profile of Link and Lucas Browne, it attracted 36,000 spectators on the day of the fight, including a host of Australian stars like Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Chris Hemsworth, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett, etc.

Some of these celebrities were jobless and living in Australia, others flew back specifically to show their support upon hearing of his match in Australia.

Their attitude was very enthusiastic.

The match lasted three rounds.

In the first round, the opponent Lucas Browne launched the attack first, using his physical advantage to rain heavy punches on Link, creating an impressive momentum and causing excitement among the audience, with many Australian boxing fans cheering for Browne.

In this round, Link allowed his opponent to attack while he controlled the rhythm of the match, letting the other side continue to strike.

By the end of the first round, the opponent was drenched in sweat.

In the second round, the opponent switched to defense, and Link became the attacker. He used his far superior speed, skilled combination punches, and his usual 'hit below, strike above' tactic to knock down his opponent twice this round, causing injuries and bleeding to the left cheekbone and bridge of the nose.

In the third round, the opponent rallied for an attack, while Link started defensive counterstriking, disrupting the opponent's attack rhythm with quick fists and breaking through the defense with heavy punches.

This round featured intense punch exchanges, each blow landing solidly, and the live audience enjoyed the action, loudly cheering for both participants.

At 66 seconds into the third round, Link landed a straight punch on the side of his opponent's face, causing the opponent to fall. The opponent struggled for 6 seconds before using the ropes to get up.

Link continued his attack with quick punches and at 92 seconds knocked down his opponent again, who couldn't get up after 8 seconds.

Link once again claimed victory in this WBC Heavyweight Championship defense match.

His professional record advanced further, reaching 41 fights, 41 wins with 41 KOs.