Chapter 1030: Chapter 34: The Last Day of Modern Boxing

“Lu, I hope you can fight less aggressively. You don’t want to lose your best boxing sparring partner forever, right?”

These were the first words spoken by heavyweight Vasily when he met Lu Xuanyu in the arena.

At this moment, both of them were already standing in the center of the ring.

Vasily said this.

In fact, Vasily is not someone who likes to joke around, but now he is nervous to death.

As the match progressed, Lu Xuanyu’s momentum became increasingly powerful. Meanwhile, his opponent was growing more and more anxious.

As martial artists, few are willing to admit defeat before starting the fight. That’s the nature of a spirited martial artist. Even if it’s an exhibition match, even if the rules are against them, they will rack their brains to exploit their strengths.

But Lu Xuanyu is indeed too exceptional.

Throughout his journey, he has almost always crushed his opponents head-on in the rules they were most proficient in and in the strongest domain of the opponent.

And often, he relied on power slightly weaker than his opponent’s.

Lu Xuanyu’s endurance far surpassed all martial artists, but he almost never entered into endurance battles. Almost all opponents were defeated before their stamina declined.

Unmatchable technique.

However, Vasily still believes there’s a glimmer of hope.

Vasily is a typical “heavy fist hand.” “Heavy fist” describes his punches. Throughout his career, Vasily maintained a KO rate of over sixty percent. In recent years, his form has been excellent, elevating the KO rate to eighty percent.

He has a possibility of defeating Lu Xuanyu.

As long as he lands a punch on Lu Xuanyu’s chin, Lu Xuanyu could still become unconscious.

He is also one of the boxing kings who insist on using the original boxing rules.

Furthermore, Vasily is the one most familiar with Lu Xuanyu among the boxers.

Among Lu Xuanyu’s boxing sparring partners, he was one of the best ones before—there were others with similar technical levels, but not in the same league. Vasily knows Lu Xuanyu’s level well.

The overall strength of Lu Xuanyu is just above his, but not to an unattainably high degree. He still has a glimmer of hope.

He must fight one more time.

Still that familiar aggressive guard stance. Vasily’s left hand drooped, his right hand positioned below his face. His right hand is always in a charged state. It’s Vasily’s proudest move. Nearly half of his opponents have fallen to this straightforward right-hand straight punch.

Of course, if ignored his left hand due to this, the price must be paid.

His left hand’s hook and swing punch have the same power as the right-hand straight punch.

Vasily’s upper body swayed like a metronome needle.

He’s not the type of boxer with obvious muscle definition. Among athletes of the same level, his body fat percentage is higher, with muscle definition obscured by fat. However, no one ignores his power due to this. That layer of fat can only be considered an extra shock absorption layer. The muscles beneath his fat layer don’t lie.

Visually, such a “fatty” suddenly showing such an unusual movement technique indeed defies intuition of ordinary people.

Lu Xuanyu is the first to launch the attack. Lu Xuanyu always felt that since he had stronger endurance, he should play the offensive role.

Moreover, the request of Superman Enterprise is to “win beautifully.” A passive match can’t be considered beautiful.

Vasily’s left hand executed several consecutive stabbing fist maneuvers, dexterous like a swarm of bees. Lu Xuanyu blocked these consecutive punches with his arms crossed in front of him. But Vasily’s objective was already achieved. He disturbed Lu Xuanyu’s sight.

In this extremely brief moment, Vasily switched stance, sliding step cutting into Lu Xuanyu’s ninety-degree angle side, while his right hand straight punch shot out heavily like a cannonball.

Lu Xuanyu even heard a distinct whistling sound.

However, Lu Xuanyu’s reaction was fast enough. At the moment of witnessing the opponent’s footwork, sensing the change in the stabbing fist, he adjusted his footwork, shifted direction, swayed his body, and ducked.

Lu Xuanyu did not confront Vasily’s punch head-on. Over the past year, Lu Xuanyu has fought Vasily many times. Despite those times Vasily wearing protective gear, and neither of them going all out, without a doubt, Lu Xuanyu is familiar with Vasily.

Vasily is a genius. His arm span is quite remarkable. And Lu Xuanyu’s prosthetic limb with a “neutral stature” is inferior to Vasily in length. His punch speed is also not faster than Vasily’s.

After the ducking move, Lu Xuanyu’s stabbing fist struck Vasily’s liver area.

Vasily retreated several steps, his complexion changed dramatically, his fists trembling a bit. He hurriedly distanced himself, adjusting his breathing.

For a boxing king’s anti-strike ability, this blow isn’t enough to send him away, but the pain has interrupted his rhythm.

Lu Xuanyu did not pursue the attack immediately but slowly approached with immense pressure, of course not lowering his guard. Although this move seems to hold back, Lu Xuanyu knows his technical level isn’t enough to act too arrogantly in front of Vasily.

He simply desires to witness Vasily’s strongest punch again and send off his friend in the most spectacular manner.

“Oh!” Vasily shouted, rushing forward with swinging fists. He sensed Lu Xuanyu’s intent, knowing that delaying further would make his chances even slimmer, better to fight with all his might.

He started with a left-hand stabbing fist to attract attention…

Lu Xuanyu raised his right hand, accurately intercepting this feigned attack in mid-air.

Vasily’s right-hand straight punch shot out again…

Lu Xuanyu leaned his head backward, dodging this punch.

—This is the last opportunity…

Vasily advanced with his rear foot, smoothly coordinate with the front foot like a spring initiation, charging forward rapidly, and the just retracted left hand struck with a big arc Russian-style swing punch…

“Boom”…

It sounded like metal clashing.

Vasily fell on the ring, only came to slow awakening when the referee counted to eight. He recalled what happened with Lu Xuanyu just now.

Lu Xuanyu also leaned over, landing a precise fierce hook punch on Vasily’s chin.

He wobbled, pressing hands down to support himself, intending to halt the countdown.

However, unexpectedly, he felt a surge of fatigue. During a brief distraction, the countdown ended.

This is the only time in his career.

In the past, even if his consciousness hadn’t returned, his body would autonomously support him upright. But this time, though his consciousness returned, he felt his body particularly heavy.

He watched the referee raise Lu Xuanyu’s hand.

He exhaled and said: “I also want to sign up for the transformation surgery…”

…………………………

After defeating heavyweight champion Vasily, Lu Xuanyu’s momentum seemed to change once again.

Perhaps, it was his image in people’s eyes altering once more.

His aura became more terrifying.

The ending of “Boxing Day” was Lu Xuanyu facing his first unbalanced rule fight. He was to face the challenge of two lightweight champions in a one-on-two contest. These two champions had lost to Lu Xuanyu in the previous days, so they agreed to this exhibition match. On the other hand, Lu Xuanyu also lifted some restrictions. The referee would not warn him for passive play on the grounds of “negative match.” He could use elbows and other areas traditionally banned in boxing—to some extent—of course, kicking was still prohibited.

The roped ring was originally prepared for two-person battle, and with three people plus a referee, this narrow space looked even more dangerous. The three fighters on the ring formed three whirlwinds.

History records this day like this: “A day that changed the modern boxing movement’s historical status.”