Chapter Ninety
Lucas was hitting the speed bag when Coach Fumio called his name.
Coach Fumio: "Lucas. The Jr. Lightweight C rank champion has called you out. He says wants to expose you for the C-1 rank fraud you are. But you won't let him right?"
Lucas stops and grinned.
Lucas: "Usmapo? He's been a big mouth since our rookie days."
Lucas said as he slowed down but kept his rhythm on the speed bag.
Coach Fumio: "Renjiro failed right as he was about to touch gold."
Coach Fumio walked up to Lucas.
Coach Fumio: "Jr. Lightweight is full of killers nowadays. I need you to show them what you still got. Your getting old and if I'm being honest you'll get cut soon if you don't get a title soon. So either you do this and win the title. Or you lose and are forced to retire."
Coach Fumio said as Lucas stopped hitting the bag.
Lucas: "Alright coach. I'll do it. How many rounds?"
Lucas asked.
Coach Fumio: "8 rounds. You better be ready because this won't be an easy fight. We'll be training stamina and power. You're defense is already good due to being so awkward that it's hard to find gaps in your defense."
Coach Fumio says to Lucas.
Lucas: "how long until I fight?"
Lucas asked.
Coach Fumio: "Four weeks. Four weeks of stamina and power training."
Coach Fumio said to Lucas.
The first week comes quickly as Lucas starts training.
Lucas starts stamina training and everyday he's pushed to exhaustion before real training even starts, and when real training starts everything is Explosive nothing can be slow every dash in and every counter is a quick slam of power.
Coach Fumio: "Now we train your knuckles."
Coach Fumio said confusing Lucas.
Lucas: "How do you train knuckles other then endurance?"
Lucas asked confused.
Coach Fumio: "We sharpen them."
Coach Fumio said pointing to his knuckles.
Coach Fumio: "Your punches need to be at angles. Don't let them land flat land them at angles. You probably won't win by KO so a stoppage is the most likely. You won't win by points either because your style is hated by judges."
Coach Fumio said as Lucas thinks.
Lucas: "So cut him up and end the fight?"
Lucas asked.
Coach Fumio: "Yes. Usmapo is a pretty boy. He's scared of his own blood so he might stop himself early."
Coach Fumio said as Lucas thought for a second.
Lucas: "You're right. So train angles? I already pop from weird angles."
Lucas said as Coach Fumio grinned.
Coach Fumio: "To build your stamina I'll bring in alot of sparring partners. And to build power I'll be making you do alots of heavybag training."
Coach Fumio said as Lucas nods.
The next week Lucas spars six times a day.
All of Lucas sparring partners look like bloody sponges with major Swells and cuts.
Coach Fumio: "Your punches do so much damage because you are so unpredictable that every entry is hard to perfectly defend. At this point you'll have the best title run you could. That is until someone figures out you're weakness."
Lucas looks at him confused.
Coach Fumio: "You have no strengths. Just like Renjiro. You don't have fighting capabilities. Renjiro is- well was tough and he was able to block with his face. And now you. The best strength you have is unpredictable. But Usmapo has never bled. And I'm sure he doesn't want to bleed."
Coach Fumio said as pointed to his eyes.
Coach Fumio: "Target his eyes. Don't punch him in the eye. But right... here."
Coach Fumio points right under his eye.
Coach Fumio: "Target the infraorbital region. One your hit that his eyes will swell badly. And then you can fight a blind and maybe easier to cut target."
Coach Fumio said as Lucas nods and starts hitting the heavy bag yet again.
Lucas: "(I need this belt.)"
Lucas said as he punched the heavy bag.
Naoki: "Hey Fumio. What's up with Lucas?"
Naoki asked as Coach Fumio whips Naoki in the Back with his cane.
Naoki: "Hey! What was that for!?"
Naoki argued.
Coach Fumio: "For being away for so long! Have you even fought recently?"
Coach Fumio argues.
Naoki: "No. I'm still 30-0."
Naoki said making Fumio mad.
Coach Fumio: "You better not rely on the zero losses!"
Coach Fumio grumbled.