Tang Yan smiled and shook hands with Zhuang Jiajie, thanking the other party for the cigarette, but the conversation halted there.Zhuang Jiajie didn"t care, smoking to himself in silence, after he had finished he went straight out without a word.
Tang Yan couldn"t help but glance at the back of this person, he smoked two more cigarettes to ease his emotions. Then washed his face and went out.
The fight outside was still ongoing but the momentum had completely reversed at this time.
Lu Yun wasn"t a machine. His crazy attacks consumed most of his physical strength. As he tired, Okamoto capitalized more and more.
The audience cheered loudly for Lu Yun, but to no avail.
Lu Yun"s morale was good, but he had little strength left. He looked sluggish and languorous.
Lu Yun had a blue lump under his jaw where Okamoto"s sharpshooting right had caught him in the previous round.
He slowly eased off backing away slightly and Okamoto shuffled forward after him.
He stepped in and belted him on the jaw with a long, looping right. It shook Lu Yun but it didn"t stop him from retaliating with a flurry of body shots. Okamoto clinched and tied him up.
Then pus.h.i.+ng the lumbering Lu Yun away from him, he stabbed him with a straight left to his injured jaw.
They were in a neutral corner close to the ropes. Okamoto liked to work at the ropes. He was clever and fast and usually he could feint a man into any position, then duck out into the open without being hit. This time he feinted the enraged Lu Yun into leading with his left, and, as he did so, Okamoto nailed him with a stiff right to the jaw — and then it happened
"BAM!"
Tang Yan"s heart fell, although it was expected that Lu Yun would lose, but when he really saw him being knocked down, his heart was extremely uneasy.
Okamoto also showed a faint smile, raising his hand in celebration.
The audience shouted in exclamation.
But after a while, the reason became clear.
Lu Yun stood up from the ground after the referee reached the count of 5.
Tang Yan unconsciously made his fist. When he was fighting against him, Lu Yun went down again and again.
Okamoto was also ready to greet victory. He heard cheers and saw Lu Yun crawling up, his mouth twitched but he quickly smiled and put on a gesture of continuing the fight.
Lu Yun gasped for a few breaths, roared and then continued to attack.
He was swarming all over Okamoto, shooting punches wildly. They were mostly hitting Okamoto on the head and shoulders or missing him altogether.
Okamoto jabbed with his left, jabbed and jabbed again, and circled to the right and then threw a quick left hook which caught Lu Yun high on the cheekbone. His leg slid completely from under him and he went down with an almost visible thud.
But again with the crowds encouragement he once again got up.
However, Okamoto was obviously impatient at this point and he increased his offensive leaving Lu Yun no time to recover.
Lu Yun was swarmed as soon as he was up. He riddled him with body shots and hit him with two hooks, a right and a left.
Sending Lu Yun down again, this time he didn"t get up.
The scene was abuzz.
Tang Yan reacted quickly and jumped into the boxing ring to see the situation.
He felt for his breath and checked his pulse at his neck.
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Fortunately, he should have just collapsed.
Qin Hailong also came up at this time, knowing that Lu Yun was fine he was relieved.
The two helped Lu Yun to prepare to get down.
At this time, the referee raised the hand of Okamoto and announced that he was the winner.
The team doctors of the Chinese team quickly took Lu Yun.
.....
Lu Yun didn"t have any serious problems, but his psychological injuries were significantly greater than his physical injuries.
For a boxer this could be incredibly damaging and a great barrier to fighting again.
When Tang Yan went in to see him, he looked so lonely and lost that watching him was heartbreaking.
During the Youth Olympics, it was regrettable that he lost but he thought he could make a comeback in the trials. He even boasted about reaching the finals with Tang Yan but once again in the semi-finals he lost.
Seeing Tang Yan coming in, Lu Yun barely squeezed out a smile.
"You tried your best, Okamoto is very strong." Tang Yan said after coming in.
"I...." Lu Yun went to speak.
"I"ll settle him this time but you need to train and heal so you can get him next time, okay." Tang Yan said calmly.
Lu Yun stared at him and then nodded.
They two talked for a while and Lu Yun"s mood gradually improved.
....
The next day, everyone arrived early to prepare for the finals, the compet.i.tion for each weight cla.s.s would be taking place today.
Counting Tang Yan, there were 4 Chinese boxers who made it to the finals but the audience was extremely disappointed as the other three lost.
In this way, all the expectations of the Chinese audience were on Tang Yan.
Because of the various events that took place in the previous fight, this match had become the absolute focus of the audience.
Many viewers had come with banners prepared in advance, such as "Beat Okamoto", "Boxing killer" and "Tang Yan", to cheer him on.
Even CCTV sent a special commentator to broadcast the fight live.
For the selection trials to have such a high degree of attention, was extremely rare.