Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 633 - 277: Robot Boxer

Chapter 633: Chapter 277: Robot Boxer

After Xiang Shan threw his punches, the robot immediately swayed its upper body backward and to the left several times, dodging all of Xiang Shan’s blows.

"My clothes are a bit tight today," Xiang Shan rotated his shoulders and took off his boxing gloves, handing them toward Lu Xuanyu and Novich, "Do you want to give it a try?"

Lu Xuanyu was not accustomed to boxing gloves and, following the custom of yielding to the elderly, looked toward Novich. Novich walked towards Xiang Shan, took the gloves, and said, "My old bones can’t handle too much. It won’t break my wrist, will it?"

Xiang Shan reached out intending to tap the robot’s surface. But the robot maintained its evasive stance, and Xiang Shan tapped on empty air. He smiled, "I can’t demonstrate it for you, but its shock-absorbing layer should still provide some protection."

Novich raised an eyebrow, adopted a guard stance, and swung his fists toward the robot’s head and chest.

Although Novich’s expertise was in jujitsu, his club also offered boxing classes, and he had a basic understanding of boxing. As a fighter, his control over distance and rhythm was far superior to Xiang Shan’s.

This time, the robot swayed even more, with its waist, hips, and legs all in motion.

The robot, like a weathervane in the wind, swayed in response to Novich’s punches.

Novich was already advanced in age, so his punches were neither forceful nor fast. Nevertheless, the robot also matched this pace in its dodging.

This made it even clearer to everyone that the robot relied not on speed, but on... "skills"?

From below the ring, a robust voice spoke up, "Mr. Xiang, may I try as well?"

The speaker was a sturdy Black man, with a round face and not a low body fat percentage, but the fat did not obscure his muscles.

This was a well-known heavyweight boxer, ranked high in the world and still in his Ascending Period. With some effort, he might have a shot at a Boxing King’s golden belt in the future.

Novich looked toward Xiang Shan, who nodded and gestured for him to go ahead.

The boxer skillfully climbed into the ring, took the gloves, but instead of starting immediately, he took off his shirt and warmed up a bit on the spot.

Then, he approached the robot.

Different from the complete novice Xiang Shan and the aged Novich, the active boxer’s fists were like a swarm of bees, attacking the robot from every direction. The robot, at the first blow, lost its balance due to leaning back too quickly. But its hands quickly grabbed the ropes of the ring, and using its hands and feet, it quickly twisted and bobbed and weaved, like the pendulum of a mechanical metronome.

It dodged them all.

The boxer’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Admittedly, the combination punches were not the best he could deliver under ideal conditions. He hadn’t warmed up fully, nor had he made the adjustments usually done before a match. Yet, even so, his punches were not something ordinary people could withstand.

"Hmm." Xiang Shan nodded, "How does it feel? To spar against the skills of Boxing King Li."

The boxer exclaimed in astonishment, "Boxing King Li?"

This was a milestone figure in the industry!

"We’ve collected all of Li’s training records and footage and fed them to the AI. Additionally, Boxing King Tyson—of course, I did this after obtaining legal authorization."

The room erupted in a buzz.

Even Novich was startled, "Doesn’t that mean any fighter with video footage can be imitated?"

"No," Xiang Shan shrugged. "These artificial dummies can currently only mimic fighters in single aspects like evasion and footwork. Additionally, integrating ground techniques, joint techniques, locking techniques, and wrestling would increase the difficulty of simulation, so it is currently limited to clear sports rules under standing striking skills."

Novich said, "Are there many standing fights open to joint techniques now? This already encompasses a significant portion of professional competitions, right?"

The boxer, eager to try, exclaimed, "My God, I can hardly believe it... Mr. Xiang, may I try again?"

For this athlete, sparring with the techniques of iconic figures was nothing short of a dream.

"There’s plenty of time, sir," Xiang Shan spread his hands. "You can stay here until your next competition period. The same goes for everyone else. Moreover, there are also weapons categories."

Xiang Shan clapped his hands again and a cabinet next to the wall opened, revealing robots of different heights and weights.

"Then..."

Xiang Shan pointed at the drone. The drone immediately played a promotional video.

It was about 3D printing.

"If you have bought stock in our company and researched me in the tech sector, you would know my university career was based on fundamental research in 3D printing. It is also one of our signature technologies," Xiang Shan continued. "We support fully customized training equipment. If you have any ideas for new equipment, you can also discuss it with our staff."

"What we welcome most is ’innovation’—not constrained by tradition, always breaking new ground."

Xiang Shan did not expect these athletes to invent some highly effective training equipment all at once. This speech was a form of ’public relations’, as well as creating an atmosphere that valued ’creative spirit’ within this group.

A few minutes later, Xiang Shan, along with the head coach and Lu Xuanyu, entered the office.

"Mr. Xiang," Novich sighed, "I love innovation too. But you should also know that many times, ’tradition’ means ’proven effective.’"

Xiang Shan waved his hand and pointed at Lu Xuanyu’s legs, "Sir, have you seen such legs in your tradition?"

Novich raised his hands, signaling he did not wish to argue further on this point, "Okay, you’re the boss."

"What else?" Xiang Shan asked. "What do you think of this group?"

"I didn’t see any physical therapists, nutritionists..."

In the early days of sports training, coaches handled all aspects of an athlete. However, as technology advanced and techniques evolved rapidly, coaches no longer held absolute expertise in certain specialized areas. Professionally trained experts were more authoritative in specific aspects.

Therefore, top professional athletes all have a whole team of training staff. Coaches are responsible for the overall training plan, while specific aspects of the plan are tailored by specific personnel based on data.

"It’s impossible to have those. He isn’t even Homo sapiens anymore," Xiang Shan spread his hands, "Those positions are held by our company’s researchers. You don’t need to worry about that."

"Besides, let’s talk business for a moment. Coach Novich, I hope Lu Xuanyu can focus more on skill training. As for physical training, it just needs to be enough not to hold him back. Additionally, his actual combat training frequency can be higher than that of Homo sapiens athletes."