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On August 26, without a doubt, the main fight of the year in martial arts will take place. As part of the first middle weight (69.9 kg), a 12-round fight according to boxing rules will be held by the outstanding boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, who has no experience in this sport.
All attention will be focused on the central couple of the evening, as usually happens in boxing; only the headliners provide the pay-per-view box office, and all other participants in the show simply so that the audience does not get bored and stir up interest in the main event. Immediately after the official announcement of the megafight, it was said that the McGregor-Mayweather fight would be the only crossover fight of the evening and the entire undercard would consist entirely of fights of “pure” boxers and the UFC would have nothing to do with the organization of the evening at all - Mayweather takes full responsibility for this. Promotions.
The undercard show - a potential record holder for sales of paid broadcasts - cannot be ignored, and I would like to take a closer look at those who will perform on the main (pay-per-view) card.
vs Francisco Fonseca
22 year old Gervonta Davis (18-0, 17 KOs)- one of the most promising boxers of Mayweather Promotions. He has already been dubbed the “second Mayweather” and there is hope that he will not repeat the path of the other “second Mayweather” Adrien Broner. Davis, an excellent amateur boxer in the past, has already achieved champion heights at the professional level. At the beginning of the year, in 7 incomplete rounds, he dismantled Jose Pedraza for parts, snatching the IBF champion belt from the Puerto Rican’s hands. At the end of May, the newly crowned champion went to Foggy Albion to quietly destroy mandatory challenger Liam Walsh in three rounds.
In the boxing community, many people want to soon see Davis in the same ring with Vasily Lomachenko, the WBO champion in this weight. At the very least, Mayweather Promotions is demanding an increase in the level of opposition for the young talent. The fans were partly satisfied with the information that Davis would box with former world champion Roman Martinez at this show, but for some reason “Rocky” was replaced by a little-known Costa Rican. Francisco Fonseca (19-0-1, 13 KOs) at the age of 23, he has not achieved such significant success; he has not yet boxed outside his region, therefore he is not known to the general public and is a “dark horse” in this pair, from which, in principle, no one expects a surprise. On paper, everything looks like a miss match and another early victory for “Tank.”
Everything here is much more interesting. "Regular" WBA light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KOs) was supposed to meet with the "interim" champion, Russian Dmitry Bivol, to determine the mandatory opponent for the "super" champion Andre Ward. But as often happens in boxing - especially in situations with mandatory WBA defenses - one of the boxers, without any losses for himself, chose a more profitable option. So the Welshman chose a much more prestigious and money fight against the Swedish representative of Mayweather Promotions Badu Jacka (21-1-2, 12 KOs).
Cleverley once again managed to return to the champion's pinnacle after a black-and-white streak in his career, which included a crushing defeat to Sergey Kovalev, a rather unsuccessful trip to cruiserweight and a lost battle to Andrzej Fonfara. The Welsh boxer has not competed since his stoppage win over German veteran Jurgen Bremer in October last year.
Jack held the WBC super middleweight title for several years, but in January, after a drawn unification fight with IBF champion James DeGale, he decided that the weight cut had finally finished him off and it was time for him to move to a heavier division.
vs Steve Cunningham
The first truly serious test in the career of the 22-year-old Mayweather Promotions heavyweight Andrew Tabiti (14-0, 12 KOs) coming at the end of summer. The prospect, who does not yet have big names on his list of victims, will face the most experienced Steve Cunningham (29-8-1, 13 KOs).
At 41, Cunningham is still a serious opponent, especially for an inexperienced boxer. In his best years, he was a two-time IBF heavyweight champion, defeating the likes of Guillermo Jones, Marco Huck, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, and Wayne Braithwaite. In 2012, in pursuit of money, he moved to the heavyweight division, where he scored equal fights with Tomas Adamek, Antonio Tarver and Vyacheslav Glazkov, one step away from a fight for the world title. Cunningham also noted that he knocked down Tyson Fury. Last year, the Philadelphian returned to his home division to lose to then-WBO champion Krzysztof Glowacki, who pinned him to the canvas four times.
"Free" card
The “free” card is not yet fully formed, but there is already at least one worthwhile fight. Former world welterweight champion Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) will meet with the once promising Puerto Rican techie Thomas Dulorme (24-2, 16 KOs). If Porter wins, he could face Danny Garcia to determine the official challenger to Keith Thurman's WBC welterweight title.
A British woman is also expected to appear on the show Savannah Marshall, who has not yet set foot in the professional ring. She competed twice at the Olympic Games in the weight category up to 75 kg, but never reached a medal. But Savannah can boast of a victory over two-time Olympic champion and now professional world champion Clarissa Shields, which she defeated in the first round of her victorious 2012 World Championships. Shields had never lost before or since.
On August 26, at the T-mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), the unbeaten IBF super featherweight world champion, American Gervonta Davis, will defend his title in a duel with the undefeated Costa Rican Francisco Fonseca. The 12-round fight will be part of a boxing evening, the centerpiece of which will be the epic meeting between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.
Davis last entered the ring in May of this year and won ahead of schedule against Liam Walsh. Fonseca had his last fight in March and also recorded an early finish.
22-year-old Davis had a brilliant amateur career, and in the professional ring before the battle with Fonseca he had 18 fights, each of which he won, and only one match he failed to finish ahead of schedule. The fighter began his professional career in 2013 and since then has fought 53 rounds. That's not much, but if you look at the American's performance against Jose Pedraza and Liam Walsh, he's an exceptional prospect.
Gervonta Davis
Of course, the main reason for the small number of rounds carried out by Davis is the incredible power of his fists, which provided the fighter with an early victory rate of 94%. The boxer has only gone the full distance once, and that was a six-round fight against German Meraz in 2014. During the fight, Meraz was knocked down in the third and fifth rounds.
If Gervonta has a weak spot, it's the level of opposition he faced before meeting Pedraza in January 2017. Among his entire list of victims, there is another rival whom you may know. We are talking about Cristobal Cruz, whom Davis stopped in the third round of the fight, which took place in October 2015. Davis's height is 168 centimeters, his arm span is 175 centimeters.
23-year-old Fonseca has also not yet suffered the bitterness of defeat. He currently stands at 19-0-1 with 13 knockout victories. I was unable to find his anthropometric characteristics, but it is known that this fighter began his professional career in 2013 and has already managed to box 91 rounds. Fonseca also boasts some serious punching power, although his knockout success rate is only 65%. Moreover, if Davis’s level of opposition was mostly questionable, then none of Fonseca’s rivals is even close to the top.
Frankly speaking, Fonseca is an opponent of the wrong qualifications, who should fight the current champion of one of the prestigious boxing organizations, and even within the framework of such a grandiose event. Moreover, Francisco actually learned about this appointment two weeks before the fight, and such a short period of time, of course, is not enough to prepare for such a master as Davis, for whom a meeting with Fonseca will be an unconditional step back.
Fonseca may be a good prospect, but even so, he got the title shot early. The fighter has made too much of a leap in terms of improving the quality of the opposition, and he will immediately go up against a fighter who ends almost all his fights with knockouts.
That doesn't mean he won't have a chance for the one kill, and we don't know how strong of a chin Davis has. However, continuing the theme of chins, we should still admit that a granite jaw will be more useful to the challenger in the upcoming meeting. I will be extremely surprised if Davis fails to retain his title here and does not do it early.
Final forecast from the site
Gervonta Davis wins by knockout in the first half of the fight
Jose Francisco Fonseca Guzman(Spanish: Jos Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmn; October 2, 1979, Leon, Guanajuato) - Mexican footballer, forward. He played for the Mexican national team and took part in the 2006 World Cup.
Club career
Fonseca began his career in the club of the same name from the city of La Piedad, FC La Piedad. Two years later he moved to the Pumas UNAM club. In 2004, he helped the Pumas become Mexican champions, after which he moved to Cruz Azul. After the 2006 World Cup, he moved to the Portuguese Benfica, but played only 8 official matches for them. In the winter of 2007, he moved to UANL Tigres, and four years later to Atlanta.
International career
On October 27, 2004, in a friendly match against the Ecuador national team, Fonseca made his debut for the Mexican national team. In the same match he scored his first goal for the national team.
In 2005, Francisco was included in the application for participation in the Confederations Cup. At the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of Japan, Brazil, Greece and Germany. In fights against the Germans and Japanese, Fonseca scored two goals.
A year later, Francisco was on the list for the World Cup in Germany, becoming the team's top scorer in qualifying. Only in the match against the Guatemalan national team did Fonseca make a “poker”. At the tournament itself, he played in matches against teams from Portugal, Angola and Argentina, and scored a goal against the Portuguese team.
In 2007, Francisco won silver medals in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. At the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of Cuba, Honduras and Panama.
Jose Francisco Fonseca Guzman(Spanish) José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzman ; October 2, Leon, Guanajuato) - Mexican footballer, forward. He played for the Mexican national team and took part in the 2006 World Cup.
Club career
Fonseca began his career in the club of the same name from the city of La Piedad, FC La Piedad. Two years later he moved to the Pumas UNAM club. In 2004, he helped the Pumas become Mexican champions, after which he moved to Cruz Azul. After the 2006 World Cup, he moved to the Portuguese Benfica, but played only 8 official matches for them. In the winter of 2007, he moved to UANL Tigres, and four years later to Atlanta.
International career
On October 27, 2004, Fonseca made his debut for Mexico in a friendly match against Ecuador. In the same match he scored his first goal for the national team.
In 2005, Francisco was included in the squad for participation in the Confederations Cup. At the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of Japan, Brazil, Greece and Germany. In fights against the Germans and Japanese, Fonseca scored two goals.
A year later, Francisco was on the list for the World Cup in Germany, becoming the team's top scorer in qualifying. Only in a match against the Guatemalan national team did Fonseca make a “poker”. At the tournament itself, he played in matches against teams from Portugal, Angola and Argentina, and scored a goal against the Portuguese team.
In 2007, Francisco won silver medals in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. At the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of Cuba, Honduras and Panama.
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“And I remember: they told me that you were born under cabbage,” said Natasha, “and I remember that I didn’t dare not believe it then, but I knew that it wasn’t true, and I was so embarrassed.”During this conversation, the maid's head poked out of the back door of the sofa room. “Miss, they brought the rooster,” the girl said in a whisper.
“No need, Polya, tell me to carry it,” said Natasha.
In the middle of the conversations going on in the sofa, Dimmler entered the room and approached the harp that stood in the corner. He took off the cloth and the harp made a false sound.
“Eduard Karlych, please play my beloved Nocturiene by Monsieur Field,” said the voice of the old countess from the living room.
Dimmler struck a chord and, turning to Natasha, Nikolai and Sonya, said: “Young people, how quietly they sit!”
“Yes, we are philosophizing,” Natasha said, looking around for a minute and continuing the conversation. The conversation was now about dreams.
Dimmer started to play. Natasha silently, on tiptoe, walked up to the table, took the candle, took it out and, returning, quietly sat down in her place. It was dark in the room, especially on the sofa on which they were sitting, but through the large windows the silver light of the full moon fell onto the floor.
“You know, I think,” Natasha said in a whisper, moving closer to Nikolai and Sonya, when Dimmler had already finished and was still sitting, weakly plucking the strings, apparently indecisive to leave or start something new, “that when you remember like that, you remember, you remember everything.” , you remember so much that you remember what happened before I was in the world...
“This is Metampsic,” said Sonya, who always studied well and remembered everything. – The Egyptians believed that our souls were in animals and would go back to animals.
“No, you know, I don’t believe it, that we were animals,” Natasha said in the same whisper, although the music had ended, “but I know for sure that we were angels here and there somewhere, and that’s why we remember everything.” ...
-Can I join you? - said Dimmler, who approached quietly and sat down next to them.
- If we were angels, then why did we fall lower? - said Nikolai. - No, this cannot be!
“Not lower, who told you that lower?... Why do I know what I was before,” Natasha objected with conviction. - After all, the soul is immortal... therefore, if I live forever, that’s how I lived before, lived for all eternity.
“Yes, but it’s hard for us to imagine eternity,” said Dimmler, who approached the young people with a meek, contemptuous smile, but now spoke as quietly and seriously as they did.
– Why is it difficult to imagine eternity? - Natasha said. - Today it will be, tomorrow it will be, it will always be and yesterday it was and yesterday it was...
- Natasha! now it's your turn. “Sing me something,” the countess’s voice was heard. - That you sat down like conspirators.
- Mother! “I don’t want to do that,” Natasha said, but at the same time she stood up.
All of them, even the middle-aged Dimmler, did not want to interrupt the conversation and leave the corner of the sofa, but Natasha stood up, and Nikolai sat down at the clavichord. As always, standing in the middle of the hall and choosing the most advantageous place for resonance, Natasha began to sing her mother’s favorite piece.
She said that she did not want to sing, but she had not sung for a long time before, and for a long time since, the way she sang that evening. Count Ilya Andreich, from the office where he was talking with Mitinka, heard her singing, and like a student, in a hurry to go play, finishing the lesson, he got confused in his words, giving orders to the manager and finally fell silent, and Mitinka, also listening, silently with a smile, stood in front of count. Nikolai did not take his eyes off his sister, and took a breath with her. Sonya, listening, thought about what a huge difference there was between her and her friend and how impossible it was for her to be even remotely as charming as her cousin. The old countess sat with a happily sad smile and tears in her eyes, occasionally shaking her head. She thought about Natasha, and about her youth, and about how there was something unnatural and terrible in this upcoming marriage of Natasha with Prince Andrei.
Dimmler sat down next to the countess and closed his eyes, listening.
“No, Countess,” he said finally, “this is a European talent, she has nothing to learn, this softness, tenderness, strength...”
- Ah! “how I’m afraid for her, how afraid I am,” said the countess, not remembering who she was talking to. Her maternal instinct told her that there was too much of something in Natasha, and that this would not make her happy. Natasha had not yet finished singing when an enthusiastic fourteen-year-old Petya ran into the room with the news that the mummers had arrived.
Natasha suddenly stopped.
- Fool! - she screamed at her brother, ran up to the chair, fell on it and sobbed so much that she could not stop for a long time.
“Nothing, Mama, really nothing, just like this: Petya scared me,” she said, trying to smile, but the tears kept flowing and sobs were choking her throat.
Dressed up servants, bears, Turks, innkeepers, ladies, scary and funny, bringing with them coldness and fun, at first timidly huddled in the hallway; then, hiding one behind the other, they were forced into the hall; and at first shyly, and then more and more cheerfully and amicably, songs, dances, choral and Christmas games began. The Countess, recognizing the faces and laughing at those dressed up, went into the living room. Count Ilya Andreich sat in the hall with a radiant smile, approving of the players. The youth disappeared somewhere.