Chapter 146 – Going to the Competition.

It was the next day.

The rainy season, which started at the end of June, has already been going on for nearly two weeks.
Yesterday it still didn’t rain, but it started raining at dawn and didn’t know it would stop even in the morning.

It was a match today, but it rained from the morning, so I felt uncomfortable.

Since morning, my mother has been preparing breakfast so that my upper leg breaks to feed me when I go to the game.

Yesterday, there was no game, so I just watched, and when she said she just came back, she even said that God helped her mother, and she was relieved.

If she was beaten during a game today and her eyes swollen, her mother might faint.
However, seeing my mother like that made me feel very good.

As a man, I couldn’t even guess how much he loved me and acted like that.

I ate breakfast and left the house with my younger siblings after a long time.

Jin-hee seemed to be in a good mood when I came out with her and continued to walk with my arms crossed all the way to school.

The girl’s middle school Jin-hee attends is very close to our house, so I was able to arrive at the school gate in no time.

Since Seong-hun was attending a middle school next to his old elementary school, he had to go to the place where his mother used to run a food stall.

While talking about this and that with Sunghoon, I drove him to school and I went to the gym.

Excluding the players who were eliminated yesterday, the van started today as the number of people decreased by one.

I arrived at the gymnasium of the University of Physical Education, changed into light boxing clothes, put on boxing shoes, and taped my hands.

I had plenty of time to warm up because it was my fourth match in the A ring today.

Since it was an amateur game, a selection match for players, there was no separate locker room.

I just put my bag under the stands, changed my clothes, and warmed up with shadows.

Looking to the side, the people from Hansol Gym were also gathering and warming up.

After me and Jo Yoon-soo’s match, the next match was Soo-young’s match, so Soo-young’s sister was also wearing boxing outfits and had her hands taped.

Sooyoung noona came up to me and looked at me sadly as if she wanted to say hello.

However, since my opponent today is a player from my own gym and he is my close brother, I couldn’t bear to approach him.

I smiled at Suyeong noona and shouted “Fighting” With both of her arms.

Seeing me like that, Sooyoung noona hid her arms in front of her stomach and waved them carefully at me.

She was a really pure and cute Sooyoung noona.

Finally, it was my turn to compete.

She put on her gloves and headgear and stepped into the ring.

“Sungjin. I believe you. No matter how good that guy Yunsu is, he will never be able to beat you, so do your best and win.”

She did not give any special operational instructions, but just encouraged her to do well, put a mouthpiece in her mouth and went down.

Looking at the other side’s corner, Director Kim was sticking to Cho Yoon-soo and talking hard, and Jo Yoon-soo glared at me, nodding his head and shining eyes.

I smiled at Jo Yoon-soo, then stood in the corner and turned his neck to relieve tension once again, and finally the ball was raised.

I raised my arms and walked forward, lightly bumping into Cho Yun-soo’s glove with my glove, bowed, and took a guard stance.

Since Cho Yoon-soo is shorter than me, he jumped up and jabbed right away, as if he had heard the tactical instructions to stick together as much as possible since he would be at a disadvantage if he fell.

I had thoughts of ignoring him a little because he seemed like a child, staring at me out of jealousy, but when I saw the flying jab, I realized that it was not something to look forward to for nothing because it was faster and heavier than I thought.

Dozens of jabs were exchanged at each other as they spun around the ring.

Jo Yoon-soo was keeping his eyes open to somehow create an opportunity to dig into my arms, and I continued to throw jabs at a certain distance using my long arms.

About two minutes passed without any special blows.

Slowly, sweat trickled down the back of my neck and I felt my body relax.
I felt light as if my body was going to fly away, and it seemed that my fists were getting stronger as I put strength into them.

Strangely, as his concentration increased, he could no longer hear the noisy surroundings.

I felt like I could stick with my sensitive senses, so I moved forward to the point of repulsion.

Then Cho Yoon-soo undoubtedly narrowed the distance slightly and threw a left jab.

However, Jo Yoon-soo’s fist seemed to be slower than before, as if his ‘strangely excellent sense’ had been activated.

I let go of the flying jab by slightly lifting the glove.

The jab is a fairly fast fist.
This is because the fists gathered in front of the face must be thrown out quickly to aim for the opponent’s gap or to check.

So, to hit the jab well, you need to have good eyesight and high concentration to be able to clearly see the opponent’s movements.

Also, to jab, just hit the opponent quickly, retrieve your fist right away, and keep your posture so that you can stretch your next fist at any time.

But now, when I closed the distance like this and skillfully let the opponent’s fist flow, the blow was not made and the fist escaped to the side of the face, and the arm was extended to an intermediate length that was neither a jab nor a straight line.

Of course, he should have retrieved his fist with the recoil of the blow, but when his fist was stretched out, Jo Yoon-soo’s posture was disturbed.

I could see that Jo Yoon-soo’s eyes widened slightly, perhaps in surprise.

Why not be surprised?

It is impossible to change the trajectory of a fast-flying fist like a jab by momentarily touching it lightly, unless you have great dynamic vision.

Watching the trajectory of a flying fist and hitting it to block it can sometimes be seen in professional matches.

However, this advanced technique of throwing fists was not a technique that could be easily seen even in the pros.

Since I hardly moved my arms, I stretched out my right fist, which had moved slightly, and put a punch midway between a jab and a straight punch into Cho Yoon-soo’s face.

If my foot stance had been in place, I would have made an accurate straight shot, but since I was avoiding the opponent’s fist and threw it, I didn’t have much power.

However, it was my story that there was not much power, and Jo Yoon-soo, who was hit, must have felt a sense of fainting at the moment.

Where is my stamina and strength normal stamina and strength?
Didn’t he become strong enough to think it was a foul play while regressing?
If the right hand straight was hit properly, the game would have been over.

Cho Yoon-soo, who had been punched in the face so accurately, had his chin lifted with his outstretched arm still half-retracted.

‘Should I finish it now?’

I pulled the elbow of my outstretched arm as close to my body as possible and retrieved it the shortest distance, then raised my fist straight up at the chest level of Cho Yoon-soo and blew off his chin.

It was a short hook followed by a short straight with one right arm.
It was not something that could be prevented and prevented.

It was a fraudulent ability that only someone with a strangely good sense could do.

From the moment Jo Yoon-soo’s arm misses and he inserts a straight line into his empty face, to the moment he lifts his chin and inserts a hook, the time it takes for him to fold his arm is halfway.
This kind of action was never something anyone could do.

Also, even if you can throw your fists this accurately and quickly, your opponent is also a competent player who has been steadily training his strength, so you can’t do much damage if you don’t have enough strength.

Moreover, it was only 2 minutes after the start of the game, so it was time to have enough stamina.

However, the fact that my short fist lifted Jo Yoon-soo’s chin indicates that the strength in my fist was more than normal.

Strangely strong strength and stamina, this was also my fraudulent ability.

Cho Yoon-soo, who had been hit by a hook in his chin, now had his head completely thrown back.

The moment I saw Cho Yoon-soo’s head open backwards, I stepped forward with my right foot and fired a straight left hand at the speed of light.

However, probably because Jo Yoon-soo is also a player who is at ease, even in such a situation, he did not let go of his mind and tried to guard with his arms raised to block my fists somehow.

However, my head was already tilted back and my upper body was shaking, so I couldn’t block my fist properly.

My fist shot out with terrifying speed, penetrated between the fists of Cho Yoon-soo’s guard, and landed right in the face.

A very loud ‘pop’ sound was heard, and Jo Yoon-soo staggered back two steps and stepped back, then collapsed.

The referee, too, was shocked when such a scene was staged in amateur boxing, and stood there without even thinking about counting.

Then the referee hurriedly ran over and looked into Cho Yoon-soo’s face, then raised both of his hands up and waved them wildly, announcing a stoppage in the game (RSC OC).

It was a rare KO win in amateur boxing.

I removed the mouthpiece as I walked towards my corner.

However, the surrounding atmosphere was strange.

It should be in a very noisy gym, such as the sound of gloves hitting, the sound of second giving orders, etc., But now I can barely hear those sounds.
All I could hear was the sound of the two players hitting each other in the B ring.

I slipped my arm into my armpit and pulled out the glove before taking off my headgear.
And when I looked around, people were all staring at me with a puzzled look.

In the first round in an amateur match, I made a KO with three punches, so everyone looked at me like a monster.

Only our director was holding back a laugh, shaking his body with the momentum to dance.

Director Kim on the other side was staring blankly at me with a face like that, not even thinking about taking care of the player who was lying on the ring.

Suyeong noona, who was watching our match next to Kim, was looking at me with a strangely distorted face, almost like she was about to cry.

“Hey, manager Kim, don’t you take care of the players here?”

When I called out in a loud voice, Director Kim, who came to his senses, quickly climbed onto the ring and took off the headgear of Cho Yoon-soo, who had collapsed.

But suddenly, loud shouts and applause erupted, and the sound of flashes exploding, as if there were reporters there.

People who had finally come back to their senses were going crazy for me.
I was awkward and scratched my head, bent over, and quickly came down the ring.

The director said he knew I would win, and he smiled happily and patted me on the shoulder.

I sat leisurely on the bench, wiped my sweat with a towel, and slowly unwrapped the bandages on my hands to tidy up.
I was thinking of changing my clothes, but after the game that started now, it was Sooyoung’s sister’s game, so I decided to change after seeing that.

I approached the people of Hansol Gym with the idea of ​​cheering for Suyeong-noona, but Director Kim greeted me with a smile and said, “I came because I was worried about Jo Yoon-soo.”

I suddenly answered yes and looked back at Jo Yoon-soo, who hadn’t even thought about it.

Jo Yoon-soo, who came to his senses before he knew it, looked at me and made an expression of boredom, and when I held out my hand, he reluctantly shook my hand.

“Hey man. I told you to take it easy yesterday, but are you going to win this cruelly today? Anyway, I knew your skills, but I never imagined that you would develop so quickly. Anyway, this guy is a monster.”

Director Kim trembled as he stroked my arm, and Suyeong noona, who was wearing her headgear next to her, smiled and tapped my shoulder with her glove.

“Sister. Go for it. Defeat it today too. Understand?”
“Huh. Thank you. Sungjin. Anyway, you were really great today.”

In the ring, two strangers were fighting really hard, but under the ring, a sweet atmosphere was created.

Jo Yoon-soo was looking at me and Soo-yeong noona, and was sending a very complicated look different from before.

Well, I was a little pitiful, but what can I do about the unfairness of the world?
There is no place in the world where a person with no ability can take over.

Soo-young noona came down with a full 3 rounds today as her body became scalloped.

Today, it was a tactic similar to yesterday’s, which was a tactic of steadily accumulating points by hitting and dropping with a long reach.
Fortunately, I was ahead on points and won, but for some reason the next match seemed difficult.

Still, he praised me for doing well, greeted Director Kim and the people, and returned home.

The next day, my second match took place, and this player was even worse than yesterday’s Cho Yoon-soo.

After exchanging jabs a few times in the beginning, I realized that my opponent was lacking in all aspects of strength, speed, and technique, so I just dug in and hit.

As Lee Seong-jin’s signature non-breathing series of punches were thrown non-stop, the opponent did not know how to block them and crouched on his back in the corner with his head wrapped around him.

Due to the proper distribution of power, I did not faint as before, but the referee declared a stoppage in the match today as the opponent hit me unilaterally without even extending his hand.

Today’s player was a player attending a physical education college, and I would have lost if he had gone to the judging.

However, in an overwhelming game, the referees were unable to provide relief.

On the third day I experienced a truly absurd case.

What does it mean to withdraw from an amateur game?

They say that the player who will play today got scared after seeing my game yesterday.
So, he says, in the morning he didn’t come to the gym at all.

So, naturally, I won the first tournament and was selected as the representative boxing player for the -75Kg (middleweight) National Sports Festival in Seoul.

After the last game was played on Friday, the awards ceremony was held, and it was no joke to see how fiercely they fought and fought, and the faces of the players receiving the plaques were bright red.

I was the only one smiling brightly with an immaculate face.

The scene at the awards ceremony was photographed and published as an article in the newspaper the next day, but with a subheadline titled, “The appearance of a new monster to watch out for,” A photo of my face was published alone in a small circle below the photo at the awards ceremony.

My mother, my entire family, and my women all made a fuss about going to dinner after seeing the photo, saying that I became famous.
If I went to the Olympics and won a gold medal, the whole town was in an atmosphere of a party.

In any case, my first debut match was held safely, and a person named Lee Seong-jin began to be imprinted in the minds of people around the world little by little.