Life is Easier If You’re Handsome

"W-Wait, did you just say retirement?!"

Bzzzt!

As soon as the statement was made, microphones shot up, and flashes exploded.

"Are you saying that, starting today, you’re completely ending your career as an athlete?" "Not exactly. I intend to faithfully fulfill my military service."

Military service.

Foreign reporters didn’t fully grasp what was meant, but the Korean reporters understood right away.

"So, does this mean you’ll be transitioning into coaching instead of competing?" "That’s right. I plan to share my expertise. I want to run a 7-day intensive training camp for athletes."@@novelbin@@

This was already something discussed and settled with the Korean Boxing Association. Once the reporters realized this, they immediately fired more questions at Kim Donghu.

"Then why bring up retirement? I’m curious why you used that term." "I’ve accomplished everything I can in amateur competitions."

The statement was bold.

"Everything I can achieve in amateur competitions."

The impact of those words was tremendous.

"Well, it’s true—there’s never been a time where it took more than 5 minutes to win a gold medal." "Olympics, Asian Games... how boring must that be?"

• • At Kim Donghu's level, he’d probably be at the pro level too.
  • He’ll probably dominate every heavyweight championship out there, yep.

• • There’s no way anyone can learn his straight punch.
  • How are you supposed to learn a punch that makes people fly?
  • Can anyone even learn how to make people bounce off the ground like that? Haha.
    • No way, haha.

• • Don’t think he’s getting a huge advantage here.
  • He deserves it. If he naturalizes, will you take responsibility for that?
  • If it was any other country, there wouldn’t even be military service, haha.
  • The fact is, China, Russia, Japan, and the U.S. are already trying to get him to naturalize.

• There have been some articles about it already.

• • This isn’t like the controversy around actors getting special treatment, so the public opinion is good.
  • He’s just too strong; what are we going to do about it?
  • Two gold medals in a row, the Olympics and the Asian Games, wrapped up in less than 10 minutes.

• • I agree with that.
  • There’s no way, even if you throw in all the highlights and slow-mo, it’s still under 10 minutes.

• • Just let him try it out.
  • Yeah, it’s better for him to face the reality of it quickly instead of just talking about it.