Chapter 46: Battle! (Recommended, Collected)

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  At this point Joe Louis ran up to Hughes and began giving an interview.

  Agent: "Hey, how's it going buddy?"

  "Okay, let's start."

  Agent: "Alright, now it's clear and simple. Now let's start with Frank Essex."

  Frank: "Alright alright, take it easy, Pete, Is, come on over and snap a photo!"

  "Hello, I'm Frank Essex of the Daily News. There are a lot of reporters here today and a lot of people are interested in this fight. What do you have to say to your fans, Louis?"

  Joe: "I think I'm very grateful for this opportunity, I know that on a day like today not everyone gets a second chance, you know, I have a lot to thank my coaches, my mom and the boxing fans who support me"

  "Reporter: 'I'm Bob Johnson, Boston Globe reporter. Two days ago we reported that you donated the prize money to a black welfare institution. Can you tell our readers why?'"

  Joe "I believe we live in a great country."

  "Wilson, it's your turn."

  Wilson: "Alright, I'm in! Jo, you've got the world championship, what's the first thing you're gonna do?"

  Joe: "First and foremost, I want to thank Mr. Hughes for sponsoring me. Without him, my boxing career wouldn't be as smooth as it is now."

  Hughes and Joe hugged at this time, and the flash on site was a piece.

  "Reporter: I'm Jack Greenblatt, Chicago Tribune. Hi Joe, it's been a while, what have you changed, Joe? I mean are you gonna win one for the money?"

  "Of course," Qiao said with a smile. "I'm a professional boxer, if I don't have money, I won't be able to eat, and if I want to donate to the welfare home, I need to make more money."

  Hughs told reporters: "I personally invested $1 million to set up a foundation called 'Lewis Foundation' for charitable activities in black welfare institutions."

  Sun Xiang smiled and looked at Hughes, this guy would seize every opportunity to expand his own influence.

  Joe: "Yes, Mr. Hughes' round-the-world flight, I'll be there to cheer him on too."

  "Hello, I'm Carrick from The New York Times. First of all, thank you Mr. Hughes for your generosity. Then may I ask, how many people are on this flight and when did you take off?"

  Hughes said with a grin, "There are six people in all, the Electra 14 plane, we will take off on May 25th from Bennett Airport in Brooklyn, New York. Most of the crew members are my friends, they are a great bunch of pilots, I firmly believe that we will make history!"

  Hues brought Sun Xiang, Riedle, Erik, Andy and Rich to meet the reporters, and the scene was once again filled with flashing lights.

  "Louis, there's a Japanese karate champion challenging our American boxing world. Are you ready to take him on?"

  Qiao: "Karate? What's that?"

  The scene was filled with gentle laughter...

  "It's a style of striking, founded by Japanese people..."

  Sun Xiang impatiently interrupted Carrick's words: "You have to make it clear that Japan's martial arts all came from China."

  "Sorry, Mr. Sun, I don't know much about these."

  Huse smiled and said: "Kerrick, you don't know that Sun's kung fu is very powerful. He once defeated four big men one-on-four."

  Richie, Andy and Eric also nodded beside him.

  This sentence by Hughes is quite explosive...

  "Reporter: 'Mr. Sun, hello, when will you be competing with the Japanese?'"

  Sun Xiang glanced at Hughes before responding, "Not interested."

  Reporter: "Didn't you just say that Japan's kung fu came from China? But the Japanese claim they can represent Asia? As a hero of ours in America and also Chinese, shouldn't you prove yourself?"

  Sun Xiang stared at this reporter until he was sweating profusely, then whispered in his ear: "How much did Howard pay you?"

  The journalist subconsciously replied: "500 dollars". He woke up with a start and looked at Sun Xiang in fear, no longer speaking.

  Sun Xiang's mouth corners slightly rose: "The day after tomorrow night at this time, let that Japanese person come in and let him know what is Karate." After finishing speaking, he coldly snorted and turned his head to leave.

  Two little girls had stars in their eyes and followed closely, who doesn't love a hero? A beauty has always found it hard to pass by a heroic figure!

  Huse had long expected Sun Xiang to follow up, with a sly smile, pulling Reed and the four of them quickly followed, surrounded by reporters asking questions again.

  "The reporter pressed on: 'Mr. Hughes, would you care to comment...'"

  "Hughes turned around and said: 'Steve will win, no question about it.'"

  For the past two days, Sun Xiang had been locking himself in and refusing to see guests, going through all the martial arts moves he had learned from start to finish. Although it was a busy era compared to before when he was only busy in the military camp, Sun Xiang certainly didn't dare to put down this crucial self-defense skill for critical moments. Every day, he would take out time to practice, but not as diligently as before.

  Two days of adjustment was enough to get Sun Xiang and the others in top condition, in the activity room they opened up their stances and practiced a set of unknown fist techniques, retracting their fists and exhaling.

  Every morning, Rita gets up to make breakfast for Sun Xiang and waits for him to wash up. Compared to Xue Li, Rita is more like a common girl. It wasn't until he really interacted with her that Sun Xiang realized this superstar had such an unpretentious side. This also made Sun Xiang even more fond of this girl who had a painful childhood.

  The little boy who delivered the newspaper threw it to the villa door, Sherry saw the newspaper and smiled at Sun Xiang, Rita also came over to look at the newspaper.

  Xun Xiang leaned in, the front page of the newspaper was a photo of Joe Louis being declared champion with his hand raised, the headline read "New Heavyweight Champion! Arrives at Madison!"

  Below are two photos, one of Howard Hughes and Joe with a caption "Howard Hughes founded the Louis Fund"

  Another photo is of Sun Xiang, taken at the exact moment when he was staring down a reporter. In the photo, Sun's face is stern and his eyes are coldly fixed on the camera lens, with a hint of chill in his gaze; the title reads "Airborne Master vs Japanese Boxing King". The article also includes an interview with Yutaka Ito (his father is the founder of Kyokushin karate) about his views on this match, and he firmly believes that he will emerge victorious.

  Rita laughed and said: "Steve, your eyes are going to turn into light bulbs, they're so bright!"

  Cheri giggled in agreement with Rita's statement: "Right, he saw pretty Rita and his eyes lit up, I swear!"

  Two girls immediately got into a fight, and soon Sun Xiang was also drawn into the 'battle group'. Sun Xiang finished this 'sumptuous' breakfast with a smile all over his face.

  After eating, Rita said to Sun Xiang: "Steve, I'm a bit worried. The newspaper says that this Japanese man's father is a master of the generation and also the founder of this martial arts school. Why don't you go practice with Andrei Lok?

  Sun Xiang nodded: "It's okay, but Asian people, especially those from China, have martial arts techniques that are different from Americans. They are more agile and fast, and they pay more attention to being fatal with one strike."

  In the afternoon, Lock came to the villa. It turned out that these days, Lock had not been following Rita, but had been living in a nearby apartment.

  Lita and Shirley cheered for Sun Xiang, but after the two started fighting, Sun Xiang suddenly launched a fierce attack. With one punch, he changed into two fake moves, deceiving Rock who took a heavy hit. Sun Xiang's punches were all close-range explosive attacks, with tremendous power. Coupled with his own impressive strength, he knocked down the "Black Fist Emperor" in just three moves.

  Lita and Shirley's faces were filled with astonishment, the battle six months ago was still vivid in their memories, and this time Sun Xiang actually won so quickly, it was unbelievable.

  Luoke's face was filled with incredulity. Since his last loss to Sun Xiang, he had been practicing tirelessly, improving his punching power, explosive force, speed and agility. This time, he even prepared a 'surprise' for Sun Xiang, but the result...

  Sun Xiang also felt strange, as if he could anticipate Locke's moves in advance through his action details. It seemed that the improvement of his sensitive control during the aerial battle with Reed that day not only benefited his aerial combat skills but also greatly enhanced his physical control. He secretly smiled to himself, originally not fearing that little Japanese guy, now... heh heh, just wait for me to teach you a lesson!