Forum: Lost Stories

Hi,

I am looking for a book/novel that I read online but I can't remember the title or the author.

It is about a DoOver/TimeTravel, a kid goes back to when he was young. He starts a "business" by creating patents for stuff that will be invented in the future.
Also, remember that there is a terrorist attack and he takes over the situation the moment it happens, to get everyone moving and helping, he asks a kid to get a Flag and then goes to the mast to Raise the flag and there are pictures of him and his "girlfriend" that become famous for this situation.
Another thing that I remember is that there seems to be an interest from Russia or the Soviet Union about some of his "inventions" and they have people creating a profile about him.
Also, he practices boxing and gets his girl interested in it and she also does it, again the soviet see this information and try to show the world that they are more advanced by creating a tournament for girls to compete in.

That is all I seem to remember, have tried to remember the MC name but I can't and my google fu has failed me.

Hopefully, someone seems to know which story I am talking about.

I think there's some boxing as part of their personal exercise regime but not organized fighting.

Maybe it was Magestic by gwresearch which is no longer on this site (at least I can't find it). Don't have the patents though.

Or maybe it was Second Chance by Number 7? No boxing but uses a boxing match allegory for domestic abuse suffered by one of the female character, and the patents were parent's generation.

Edit: fix gwresearch name and description of Second Chance.

Perhaps John Wales' Rebirth, MC name Jeff Congdon? I remember getting very annoyed at the way (re)inventions were handled, along the lines of 'Think of something, patent it, start producing it' without there being any of the necessary supporting tech. First was the Helium-Neon Laser, made by going into partnership with a neon sign-maker. I don't remember any boxing, but the MC fixed the attitude of his sister(s?) and her friends, and I think that had some self-defence attributes. There was a doctor (psychologist) who was pursuing him, and I think there was Russian connections there. I don't remember a terrorist attack (I thought I did, but was actually conflating it with the Richard Jackson saga), but in part 2 he rescues a kidnapped girl: at one point, he uses the girl as a weapon against his pursuers by getting her to shit on them down a cliff, giving time to get away.