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Trevor Berbick(English) Trevor Berbick; August 1, 1955, Norwich, Port Antonio, Jamaica - October 28, 2006, Norwich, Jamaica) is a Canadian professional boxer of Jamaican origin, who competed in the heavy weight category. Bronze medalist of the Pan American Games (1975). Member of the Jamaican team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. WBC heavyweight world champion (1986). Two-time Canadian heavyweight champion (1979-1984; 1999-2000). British and British Commonwealth heavyweight champion (1981-1984). US USBA Champion (1985). On April 10, 1986, Berbick received the Commendation Medal of Recognition from the Jamaican Prime Minister, becoming the third boxer to receive this title (the others being Mike McCallum (June 3, 1986) and Lloyd Honeyghan (November 10, 1985)). The first Jamaican in history and the second Canadian in history (after Tommy Burns) to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
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- Who knows how, put a photo of Berbick from the English Wikipedia site, I’ll put the site below
- Biography
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- 1979-1981
- Fight with Bernardo Quecardo
- Fight with Count Maclia
- Fight with John Tate
- Championship fight with Larry Holmes
- Fight with Conroy Nelson
- Fight with Muhammad Ali
- 1982-1986
- Fight with Greg Page
- Fight with Renaldo Snipes
- Fight with S T Gordon
- Fight with David Bay
- Fight with Mitch Green
- 1986-1987
- Championship fight with Pyclone Thomas
- Fight with Mike Tyson
- 1988-1996
- Challenger fight with Carl Williams
- Fight with Buster Douglas
- Fight with Jeff Sims
- Fight with Melvin Foster
- Fight with Jimmy Thunder
- Fight with Luis Monaco
- Fight with Hasim Rahman
- 1997-2000
- Fight with Lyle McDowell
- Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 1
- Fight with Irene Barkley
- Fight with Tony LaRosa
- Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 2
- 1979-1981
- Outside the ring
- Problems with law
- Feud with Larry Holmes
- Pension
- Murder
- Interesting Facts
- Notes
- Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Berbick
BiographyHe was born on August 1, 1955 (although the year is often reported as 1954) in Norwich, Port Antonio, Jamaica. At the age of 16, he claimed to have seen God.
Amateur careerTrevor started boxing at the age of 19. At 21, Berbick represented Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a heavyweight boxer, despite only having 11 amateur bouts. His lack of experience was clearly evident as he lost on points to eventual silver medalist Mircea Shimon of Romania. However, he still showed great promise as a heavyweight boxer. Berbick then competed in the 1975 Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal, losing by decision to future world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes.
Professional careerHe made his debut in September 1976.
Won his first 11 fights, 10 of them by knockout
1979-1981 Fight with Bernardo QuecardoIn April 1979, Berbick faced Bernardo Mercado for the WBC Continental American heavyweight title. As an amateur, Berbick soundly defeated Mercado, but in their only professional meeting, Berbick lost by knockout in round 1, catching a hard punch with 10 seconds left in the round.
Fight with Count MacliaIn May 1979, in a fight for the Canadian heavyweight title, Berbick defeated Count Macleay by technical knockout in the 7th round.
Fight with John TateIn 1980, Berbick met with John Tate. This fight took place on the undercard of the fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Berbick knocked Tate out with a punch that hit the back of the head and knocked Tate unconscious. This victory allowed Berbick to advance to a title fight with Larry Holmes.
Championship fight with Larry HolmesIn April 1981, Berbick faced WBC world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. Berbick put up a strong fight against Holmes, becoming the first boxer to hold out against Holmes to the end since he won the championship title. Nevertheless, Holmes won by unanimous decision.
Fight with Conroy NelsonIn July 1981, Berbick met with Conroy Nelson. The Canadian title and the vacant British and Commonwealth heavyweight title were on the line. Berbick won by knockout in round 2.
Fight with Muhammad AliIn December 1981, Berbick met with 39-year-old Muhammad Ali. Ali, despite his financial success, Mohammed again decided to enter the ring and was surprised to find that none of the leading boxers wanted to fight him, and also that the athletic commissions of most states were not going to issue him a license to fight due to his condition his health. Despite all the difficulties, Ali managed to get permission to fight in the Bahamas with Canadian heavyweight Trevor Berbick. Mohammed looked much better than in the Holmes fight and even dominated the fifth round. However, despite this, Ali lost by unanimous decision in a 12-round fight. After this fight, Mohammed announced his retirement and never entered the professional ring again.
1982-1986 Fight with Greg PageIn June 1982, he defeated the undefeated Greg Page by unanimous decision.
Fight with Renaldo SnipesIn October 1982, he met with Renaldo Snipes. In the 1st round, Snipes sent Berbick to a flash knockdown. In a close fight, Snipes narrowly won by unanimous decision.
Fight with S T GordonIn May 1983, he met with former cruiserweight champion S. T. Gordon. Gordon won by unanimous decision.
In September 1983, he met with Ken Lakusta. Berbick won by knockout in the 10th round.
In September 1984 he met with Andors Ernie Barr. Berbick won by knockout in the 4th round.
Fight with David BayIn June 1985, in a fight for the title of the US USBA champion, Berbick defeated David Bay by technical knockout in the 11th round.
Fight with Mitch GreenIn August 1985, Trevor Berbick defeated the undefeated Mitch Green by unanimous decision.
1986-1987 Championship fight with Pyclone ThomasIn March 1986, Trevor Berbick defeated undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas by unanimous decision.
Fight with Mike TysonIn November 1986, Trevor Berbick entered the ring against Mike Tyson. This battle was called Judgment Day. Berbick only won the champion title in February 1986 and only made his first defense. In the 1st round, Berbick went into an open fight with Tyson, but missed several hard blows and stopped attacking. 20 seconds before the end of the round, Tyson hit a left hook, Berbick could hardly stay on his feet, and in the last seconds Berbick was on the verge of a knockout. Already in the first seconds of the 2nd round, Tyson carried out a series of blows, knocking Berbick down, Berbick got up. 40 seconds before the end of the round, Tyson delivered a right uppercut to the jaw, and then hit Berbick in the head with a left hook. Berbick pressed himself against Tyson for a moment, and then fell. Berbick tried to stand up twice, but lost his balance each time. On the third attempt he got up, but he was very unsteady. The referee stopped the fight. After this fight, Tyson set 2 world records, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion and becoming the first man whose punch caused his opponent to rise and fall three times in a row. At the same time, the record was set by Kevin Rooney (he was 27 years old at that time), becoming the youngest coach to lead his ward to the championship title.
In October 1987, he defeated Lorenzo Boyd by technical knockout in the 3rd round.
1988-1996 Challenger fight with Carl WilliamsIn June 1988, at the Porthole, the IBF lost a unanimous decision to USBA US champion Carl Williams. Carl Williams moved into position for a possible heavyweight title shot on Monday night, taking a 12th round unanimous decision over former champion Trevor Berbick. Williams piled on the points with an effective left jab en route to a lopsided decision in a lackluster IBF heavyweight eliminator between two top contenders. Berbick, the former WBC heavyweight champion picked up the pace midway through the fight, but Williams managed to land the most effective shots against Berbick in a criticized tactic. Williams was cut near his right eye in the 6th round, but the cut bled infrequently and did not seem to bother him." - Associated Press Unofficial AP Scorecard - 118-109 Williams Williams lost his momentum in the 8th round. This one stood out. fight on the undercard to Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks heavyweight fight.
Fight with Buster DouglasIn February 1989, he lost by unanimous decision to James Buster Douglas.
Fight with Jeff SimsIn July 1990, he defeated Jeff Sims by technical knockout in the 6th round.
In March 1994, he defeated Danny Wofford by unanimous decision.
In July 1994, he defeated Paul Phillips by knockout in the 4th round.
Fight with Melvin FosterIn September 1994, he defeated the undefeated Melvin Foster by split decision.
Fight with Jimmy ThunderIn March 1995, he lost a unanimous decision to Jimmy Thunder in a fight for the WBC Continental Americas title.
In August 1995, he defeated Bruce Johnson by technical knockout in the 3rd round.
In April 1996, he defeated Ken Smith by technical knockout in the 4th round.
Fight with Luis MonacoIn September 1996, he defeated Louis Monaco by unanimous decision.
Fight with Hasim RahmanIn October 1996, Berbick faced undefeated American Hasim Rahman. Berbick entered the fight with a clear advantage. At the beginning of the 1st round, Rahman threw a long right hook to the head. Berbick staggered. Rahman repeated the same blow to the jaw. The Canadian collapsed on the canvas. He rose to the count of 5. Rahman immediately rushed to finish off. He pressed his opponent to the ropes and carried out several series of blows to the head. Berbick was on the verge of being knocked out, but was able to survive. For most of the 1st round he stood behind the block. Despite a one-sided opening round, the fight eventually went the full distance. At the end of the fight, all the judges gave the victory to Hasim Rahman with a large advantage. This was Berbick's last fight in the USA.
1997-2000 Fight with Lyle McDowellIn September 1997, IBO lost a split decision to Lyle McDowell in a fight for the vacant Intercontinental title.
Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 1In February 1999, in the fight for the Canadian champion title, he defeated Sutcliffe Shane by technical knockout in the 12th round.
Fight with Irene BarkleyIn June 1999, Berbick defeated Irene Barkley by unanimous decision.
Fight with Tony LaRosaIn August 1999, he lost by split decision to Tony Larose.
Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 2In May 2000, he met Sutcliffe Shane for the second time. Berbick won by unanimous decision.
Subsequently, a CT scan showed a blood clot in his brain and he was stripped of his boxing license.
Outside the ringBerbick was the preacher at the Miracles of the Pentecostal Church in Las Vegas.
Problems with lawBerbick was arrested several times throughout his life and was sentenced in Florida to 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting his children's nanny in 1992. He served 15 months. In 1997, he violated his parole and was deported from the United States.
Feud with Larry HolmesBerbick's feud with Larry Holmes, with whom he boxed in 1981, is widely known. Their feud culminated in a public brawl in 1991 that was caught on film. Holmes climbed onto the hood of the car and jumped on Berbick as he was being escorted by police.
PensionRetired to Florida to be with his wife and four children (he had three children with his first wife in Montreal) and began training boxers at Kenny Barrett's gym in Tamarac, Florida. Berbick's problems with the law worsened. He was again deported from the United States on December 2, 2002.
MurderOn October 28, 2006, Trevor Berbick was found dead. He was killed by his own 20-year-old nephew with several blows to the head from a steel pipe. For this crime, his nephew Harold Berbick was sentenced to life in prison with the right to appeal for parole after 20 years.
Interesting Facts- Berbick was never knocked out after his fight with Mike Tyson.
- One of 3 Canadian citizens who are world heavyweight champions. Besides him, Tommy Burns and Bermane Stiverne
- Trevor Berbick and Larry Holmes are the only boxers to have faced Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
- Throughout his professional career, he met 10 world champions, of which he defeated 5
- In 1991, he went to the UWFI in Japan to fight Nobuhiko Takada in a fight billed as "boxer vs. wrestler." Berbick expected the fight to be fought under American kickboxing rules, but it turned out that the rules allowed Nabuhiko Takada to kick Berbick below the belt. Berbick was not ready to offer Nabuhiko Takada any resistance; instead, Berbick repeatedly complained to the referee that Nabuhiko Takada had kicked Nabuhiko Takada several times below the belt (low kick). Takada was victorious as Berbick ran out of the ring during the bout.
- In February 2004, George Foreman announced that he was training for another return to the ring to show that turning 55, like 40, is not a "death sentence." A fight against an unspecified opponent (rumored to be Trevor Berbick) never materialized (it was widely believed that Foreman's wife was a major factor in the change of plans)
- Boxer Watson from The Simpsons is a parody of Berbick.
- Former WBC world heavyweight champion, 42-year-old American veteran Trevor Berbick lost on points in a rating fight to 23-year-old Hasim Rahman.
- Former world heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick died tragically.
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(2006-10-28 ) (51 years old)Professional career
Won his first 11 fights, 10 of them by knockout
1979-1981
Fight with Bernardo Quecardo
In April 1979, Berbick faced Bernardo Mercado for the WBC Continental American heavyweight title. As an amateur, Berbick soundly defeated Mercado, but in their only professional meeting, Berbick lost by knockout in the first round, catching a hard shot with 10 seconds left in the round.
Fight with Count Maclia
In May 1979, in a fight for the Canadian heavyweight title, Berbick defeated Count Macleay by technical knockout in the 7th round.
Fight with John Tate
In 1980, Berbick met with John Tate. This fight took place on the undercard of the fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Berbick knocked Tate out with a punch that hit the back of the head and knocked Tate unconscious. This victory allowed Berbick to advance to a title fight with Larry Holmes.
Championship fight with Larry Holmes
Fight with Renaldo Snipes
Fight with Mitch Green
Championship fight with Pyclone Thomas
Fight with Jeff Sims
Fight with Jimmy Thunder
Fight with Hasim Rahman
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Fight with Lyle McDowell
In September 1997, IBO lost a split decision to Lyle McDowell in a fight for the vacant Intercontinental title.
Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 2
In May 2000, he met Sutcliffe Shane for the second time. Berbick won by unanimous decision.
Subsequently, a CT scan showed a blood clot in his brain and he was stripped of his boxing license.
Outside the ring
Berbick was the preacher at the Miracles of the Pentecostal Church in Las Vegas.
Problems with law
Berbick was arrested several times throughout his life and was sentenced in Florida to 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting his children's nanny in 1992. He served 15 months. In 1997, he violated his parole and was deported from the United States.
Feud with Larry Holmes
Berbick's feud with Larry Holmes, with whom he boxed in 1981, is widely known. Their feud culminated in a public brawl in 1991 that was caught on film. Holmes climbed onto the hood of the car and jumped on Berbick as he was being escorted by police.
Pension
Retired to Florida to be with his wife and four children (he had three children with his first wife in Montreal) and began training boxers at Kenny Barrett's gym in Tamarac, Florida. Berbick's problems with the law worsened. He was again deported from the United States on December 2, 2002.
Professional career
Won his first 11 fights, 10 of them by knockout
1979-1981
Fight with Bernardo Quecardo
In April 1979, Berbick faced Bernardo Mercado for the WBC Continental American heavyweight title. As an amateur, Berbick soundly defeated Mercado, but in their only professional meeting, Berbick lost by knockout in the first round, catching a hard shot with 10 seconds left in the round.
Fight with Count Maclia
In May 1979, in a fight for the Canadian heavyweight title, Berbick defeated Count Macleay by technical knockout in the 7th round.
Fight with John Tate
In 1980, Berbick met with John Tate. This fight took place on the undercard of the fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Berbick knocked Tate out with a punch that hit the back of the head and knocked Tate unconscious. This victory qualified Berbick for a title fight with Larry Holmes.
Championship fight with Larry Holmes
Fight with Renaldo Snipes
Fight with Mitch Green
1986-1987
Championship fight with Pyclone Thomas
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Challenger fight with Carl Williams
Fight with Jeff Sims
Fight with Melvin Foster
Fight with Jimmy Thunder
Fight with Luis Monaco
Fight with Hasim Rahman
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Fight with Lyle McDowell
Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 1
Fight with Irene Barkley
Fight with Tony LaRosa
Fight with Sutcliffe Shane 2
In May 2000, he met with Sutcliffe Shane for the 2nd time. Berbick won by unanimous decision.
Subsequently, a CT scan showed a blood clot in his brain and he was stripped of his boxing license.
Outside the ring
Berbick was the preacher at the Miracles of the Pentecostal Church in Las Vegas.
Problems with law
Berbick was arrested several times throughout his life and was sentenced in Florida to 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting his children's nanny in 1992. He served 15 months. In 1997, he violated his parole and was deported from the United States.
Feud with Larry Holmes
Berbick's feud with Larry Holmes, with whom he boxed in 1981, is widely known. Their feud culminated in a public brawl in 1991 that was caught on film. Holmes climbed onto the hood of the car and jumped on Berbick as he was being escorted by police.
Pension
Retired to Florida to be with his wife and four children (he had three children with his first wife in Montreal) and began training boxers at Kenny Barrett's gym in Tamarac, Florida. Berbick's problems with the law worsened. He was again deported from the United States on December 2, 2002.
Murder
On October 28, 2006, Trevor Berbick was found dead. He was killed by his own 20-year-old nephew with several blows to the head from a steel pipe. For this crime, his nephew Harold Berbick was sentenced to life in prison with the right to appeal for parole after 20 years.
- Berbick was never knocked out after his fight with Mike Tyson.
- He is one of three Canadian citizens who are world heavyweight champions. Besides him, Tomy Burns and Bermane Stiverne were champions.
- One of 3 boxers to receive a Commendation Medal from the Jamaican Prime Minister (the others being Mike McCallum (June 3, 1986) and Lloyd Honeyghan (November 10, 1985)).
- Trevor Berbick and Larry Holmes are the only boxers to have faced Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
- Has much in common with boxer Donovan Ruddock: both were Jamaican-born Canadians, both defeated multiple world champions, both faced Mike Tyson and Greg Page, and both faced Larry Holmes (Ruddock in sparring) and Michael Dokes (Berbick in the amateurs). )), both were Canadian champions, but Ruddock never won the championship belt
- Throughout his professional career, he met ten world champions, of whom he defeated five.
- In 1991, he went to the UWFI in Japan to fight Nobuhiko Takada in a fight billed as "boxer vs. wrestler." Berbick expected the fight to be fought under American kickboxing rules, but it turned out that the rules allowed Nabuhiko Takada to kick Berbick below the belt. Berbick was not ready to offer Nabuhiko Takada any resistance; instead, Berbick repeatedly complained to the referee that Nabuhiko Takada had kicked Nabuhiko Takada several times below the belt (low kick). Takada was victorious as Berbick ran out of the ring during the bout.
- In February 2004, George Foreman announced that he was training for another return to the ring to show that turning 55, like 40, is not a "death sentence." A fight against an unspecified opponent (rumored to be Trevor Berbick) never materialized (it was widely believed that Foreman's wife was a major factor in the change of plans).
- Boxer Watson from the animated series The Simpsons is a parody of Berbick.
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In the booth into which Pierre entered and in which he stayed for four weeks, there were twenty-three captured soldiers, three officers and two officials.All of them then appeared to Pierre as if in a fog, but Platon Karataev remained forever in Pierre’s soul as the strongest and dearest memory and personification of everything Russian, kind and round. When the next day, at dawn, Pierre saw his neighbor, the first impression of something round was completely confirmed: the whole figure of Plato in his French overcoat belted with a rope, in a cap and bast shoes, was round, his head was completely round, his back, chest, shoulders, even the hands that he carried, as if always about to hug something, were round; a pleasant smile and large brown gentle eyes were round.
Platon Karataev must have been over fifty years old, judging by his stories about the campaigns in which he participated as a long-time soldier. He himself did not know and could not determine in any way how old he was; but his teeth, bright white and strong, which kept rolling out in their two semicircles when he laughed (which he often did), were all good and intact; There was not a single gray hair in his beard or hair, and his whole body had the appearance of flexibility and, especially, hardness and endurance.
His face, despite the small round wrinkles, had an expression of innocence and youth; his voice was pleasant and melodious. But the main feature of his speech was its spontaneity and argument. He apparently never thought about what he said and what he would say; and because of this, the speed and fidelity of his intonations had a special irresistible persuasiveness.
His physical strength and agility were such during the first time of captivity that it seemed that he did not understand what fatigue and illness were. Every day, in the morning and in the evening, when he lay down, he said: “Lord, lay it down like a pebble, lift it up into a ball”; in the morning, getting up, always shrugging his shoulders in the same way, he said: “I lay down and curled up, got up and shook myself.” And indeed, as soon as he lay down, he immediately fell asleep like a stone, and as soon as he shook himself, he immediately, without a second of delay, took up some task, like children, getting up, taking up their toys. He knew how to do everything, not very well, but not badly either. He baked, steamed, sewed, planed, and made boots. He was always busy and only at night allowed himself conversations, which he loved, and songs. He sang songs, not as songwriters sing, who know that they are being listened to, but he sang like birds sing, obviously because he needed to make these sounds just as it is necessary to stretch or disperse; and these sounds were always subtle, gentle, almost feminine, mournful, and at the same time his face was very serious.
Having been captured and grown a beard, he apparently threw away everything alien and soldierly that had been imposed on him and involuntarily returned to his former, peasant, folk mindset.
“A soldier on leave is a shirt made from trousers,” he used to say. He was reluctant to talk about his time as a soldier, although he did not complain, and often repeated that throughout his service he was never beaten. When he spoke, he mainly spoke from his old and, apparently, dear memories of “Christian”, as he pronounced it, peasant life. The sayings that filled his speech were not those, mostly indecent and glib sayings that soldiers say, but they were those folk sayings that seem so insignificant, taken in isolation, and which suddenly take on the meaning of deep wisdom when they are spoken opportunely.
Often he said the exact opposite of what he had said before, but both were true. He loved to talk and spoke well, decorating his speech with endearments and proverbs, which, it seemed to Pierre, he was inventing himself; but the main charm of his stories was that in his speech the simplest events, sometimes the very ones that Pierre saw without noticing them, took on the character of solemn beauty. He loved to listen to fairy tales that one soldier told in the evenings (all the same ones), but most of all he loved to listen to stories about real life. He smiled joyfully as he listened to such stories, inserting words and making questions that tended to clarify for himself the beauty of what was being told to him. Karataev had no attachments, friendship, love, as Pierre understood them; but he loved and lived lovingly with everything that life brought him to, and especially with a person - not with some famous person, but with those people who were before his eyes. He loved his mongrel, he loved his comrades, the French, he loved Pierre, who was his neighbor; but Pierre felt that Karataev, despite all his affectionate tenderness towards him (with which he involuntarily paid tribute to Pierre’s spiritual life), would not for a minute be upset by separation from him. And Pierre began to feel the same feeling towards Karataev.
Platon Karataev was for all the other prisoners the most ordinary soldier; his name was Falcon or Platosha, they mocked him good-naturedly and sent him for parcels. But for Pierre, as he presented himself on the first night, an incomprehensible, round and eternal personification of the spirit of simplicity and truth, that is how he remained forever.
Platon Karataev knew nothing by heart except his prayer. When he gave his speeches, he, starting them, seemed not to know how he would end them.
When Pierre, sometimes amazed at the meaning of his speech, asked him to repeat what he had said, Plato could not remember what he had said a minute ago - just as he could not tell Pierre his favorite song in words. It said: “darling, little birch and I feel sick,” but the words didn’t make any sense. He did not understand and could not understand the meaning of words taken separately from speech. His every word and every action was a manifestation of an activity unknown to him, which was his life. But his life, as he himself looked at it, had no meaning as a separate life. She made sense only as a part of the whole, which he constantly felt. His words and actions poured out of him as uniformly, necessarily, and directly as a scent is released from a flower. He could not understand either the price or the meaning of a single action or word.
Having received news from Nicholas that her brother was with the Rostovs in Yaroslavl, Princess Marya, despite her aunt’s dissuasions, immediately got ready to go, and not only alone, but with her nephew. Whether it was difficult, not difficult, possible or impossible, she did not ask and did not want to know: her duty was not only to be near her perhaps dying brother, but also to do everything possible to bring him her son, and she stood up drive. If Prince Andrei himself did not notify her, then Princess Marya explained it either by the fact that he was too weak to write, or by the fact that he considered this long journey too difficult and dangerous for her and for his son.
Within a few days, Princess Marya got ready to travel. Her crews consisted of a huge princely carriage, in which she arrived in Voronezh, a britzka and a cart. Traveling with her were M lle Bourienne, Nikolushka and her tutor, an old nanny, three girls, Tikhon, a young footman and a haiduk, whom her aunt had sent with her.
It was impossible to even think about going the usual route to Moscow, and therefore the roundabout route that Princess Marya had to take: to Lipetsk, Ryazan, Vladimir, Shuya, was very long, due to the lack of post horses everywhere, very difficult and near Ryazan, where, as they said the French were showing up, even dangerous.
During this difficult journey, M lle Bourienne, Desalles and Princess Mary's servants were surprised by her fortitude and activity. She went to bed later than everyone else, got up earlier than everyone else, and no difficulties could stop her. Thanks to her activity and energy, which excited her companions, by the end of the second week they were approaching Yaroslavl.
During her recent stay in Voronezh, Princess Marya experienced the best happiness of her life. Her love for Rostov no longer tormented or worried her. This love filled her entire soul, became an inseparable part of herself, and she no longer fought against it. Lately, Princess Marya became convinced—although she never clearly told herself this in words—she became convinced that she was loved and loved. She was convinced of this during her last meeting with Nikolai, when he came to announce to her that her brother was with the Rostovs. Nicholas did not hint in a single word that now (if Prince Andrei recovered) the previous relationship between him and Natasha could be resumed, but Princess Marya saw from his face that he knew and thought this. And, despite the fact that his attitude towards her - cautious, tender and loving - not only did not change, but he seemed to rejoice in the fact that now the relationship between him and Princess Marya allowed him to more freely express his friendship and love to her, as he sometimes thought Princess Marya. Princess Marya knew that she loved for the first and last time in her life, and felt that she was loved, and was happy and calm in this regard.
But this happiness on one side of her soul not only did not prevent her from feeling grief for her brother with all her might, but, on the contrary, this peace of mind in one respect gave her a greater opportunity to fully surrender to her feelings for her brother. This feeling was so strong in the first minute of leaving Voronezh that those accompanying her were sure, looking at her exhausted, desperate face, that she would certainly get sick on the way; but it was precisely the difficulties and worries of the journey, which Princess Marya took on with such activity, that saved her for a while from her grief and gave her strength.
As always happens during a trip, Princess Marya thought only about one journey, forgetting what was its goal. But, approaching Yaroslavl, when what could lie ahead of her was revealed again, and not many days later, but this evening, Princess Marya’s excitement reached its extreme limits.
When the guide sent ahead to find out in Yaroslavl where the Rostovs were standing and in what position Prince Andrei was, met a large carriage entering at the gate, he was horrified when he saw the terribly pale face of the princess, which leaned out of the window.
“I found out everything, your Excellency: the Rostov men are standing on the square, in the house of the merchant Bronnikov.” “Not far away, just above the Volga,” said the hayduk.
Princess Marya looked fearfully and questioningly at his face, not understanding what he was telling her, not understanding why he did not answer the main question: what about brother? M lle Bourienne asked this question for Princess Marya.
- What about the prince? – she asked.
“Their Lordships are standing with them in the same house.”
“So he is alive,” thought the princess and quietly asked: what is he?
“People said they were all in the same situation.”
What did “everything in the same position” mean, the princess did not ask and only briefly, glancing imperceptibly at the seven-year-old Nikolushka, who was sitting in front of her and rejoicing at the city, lowered her head and did not raise it until the heavy carriage, rattling, shaking and swaying, did not stop somewhere. The folding steps rattled.
The doors opened. On the left there was water - a large river, on the right there was a porch; on the porch there were people, servants and some kind of ruddy girl with a large black braid who was smiling unpleasantly, as it seemed to Princess Marya (it was Sonya). The princess ran up the stairs, the girl feigning a smile said: “Here, here!” - and the princess found herself in the hallway in front of an old woman with an oriental face, who quickly walked towards her with a touched expression. It was the Countess. She hugged Princess Marya and began to kiss her.
- Mon enfant! - she said, “je vous aime et vous connais depuis longtemps.” [My child! I love you and have known you for a long time.]
Despite all her excitement, Princess Marya realized that it was the countess and that she had to say something. She, without knowing how, uttered some polite French words, in the same tone as those spoken to her, and asked: what is he?
“The doctor says there is no danger,” said the countess, but while she was saying this, she raised her eyes upward with a sigh, and in this gesture there was an expression that contradicted her words.
- Where is he? Can I see him, can I? - asked the princess.
- Now, princess, now, my friend. Is this his son? - she said, turning to Nikolushka, who was entering with Desalles. “We can all fit in, the house is big.” Oh, what a lovely boy!
The Countess led the Princess into the living room. Sonya was talking to m lle Bourienne. The Countess caressed the boy. The old count entered the room, greeting the princess. The old count has changed enormously since the princess last saw him. Then he was a lively, cheerful, self-confident old man, now he seemed like a pitiful, lost man. While talking to the princess, he constantly looked around, as if asking everyone whether he was doing what was necessary. After the ruin of Moscow and his estate, knocked out of his usual rut, he apparently lost consciousness of his significance and felt that he no longer had a place in life.
Despite the excitement in which she was, despite the desire to see her brother as quickly as possible and the annoyance that at this moment, when she only wanted to see him, she was being occupied and feignedly praising her nephew, the princess noticed everything that was happening around her, and felt the need to temporarily submit to this new order into which she was entering. She knew that all this was necessary, and it was difficult for her, but she was not annoyed with them.
“This is my niece,” said the count, introducing Sonya. “You don’t know her, princess?”
The princess turned to her and, trying to extinguish the hostile feeling towards this girl that had risen in her soul, kissed her. But it became difficult for her because the mood of everyone around her was so far from what was in her soul.
- Where is he? – she asked again, addressing everyone.
“He’s downstairs, Natasha is with him,” Sonya answered, blushing. - Let's go find out. I think you are tired, princess?
Tears of annoyance came to the princess's eyes. She turned away and was about to ask the countess again where to go to him, when light, swift, seemingly cheerful steps were heard at the door. The princess looked around and saw Natasha almost running in, the same Natasha who she had not liked so much on that long-ago meeting in Moscow.
But before the princess had time to look at this Natasha’s face, she realized that this was her sincere companion in grief, and therefore her friend. She rushed to meet her and, hugging her, cried on her shoulder.
As soon as Natasha, who was sitting at Prince Andrey’s bedside, found out about Princess Marya’s arrival, she quietly left his room with those quick, as it seemed to Princess Marya, seemingly cheerful steps and ran towards her.
On her excited face, when she ran into the room, there was only one expression - an expression of love, boundless love for him, for her, for everything that was close to her loved one, an expression of pity, suffering for others and a passionate desire to give herself all for in order to help them. It was clear that at that moment there was not a single thought about herself, about her relationship to him, in Natasha’s soul.
In professional boxing, the Jamaican fighter with Canadian citizenship Trevor Berbick experienced the most fruitful period for the stars. His track record of eminent rivals includes two legendary names - Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
Gifted Jamaican Berbick Trevor
Berbick Trevor himself remained as a talented, but still mediocre fighter against the backdrop of great athletes. It is unlikely that any of the analysts in this sport will want to equate him with the great and best. Yes, he was a gifted hard worker with a warm heart, but it would be unfair to give him a place at the very top.
Already in his youth, the guy discovered the inclinations of a fighter; the future world champion in the professional ring was Jamaican by origin. Later, many of his rivals will have to reckon with this fact, whom the hardy heavyweight simply drives into the ring. His ability to withstand enormous loads matched even the reputation of Jamaican runners. But then the adult fighter leaves Jamaica and receives citizenship in Canada.
Heavy weight
Trevor was born in 1955 in one of the port towns among poverty and cruelty, among the same boys. But unlike many others, the gifted guy also shows an enviable ability to work in the training process.
The 21-year-old boxer is going to the Olympic Games as part of the Jamaican national team. There were no medals there, but the young athlete still received a tangible boost in his sports career at the games in Montreal with the confidence of his coaches.
Soon his track record in amateur boxing will be replenished with a list of new titles, and then Trevor Berbick will enter the professional ring. There, at the age of 31 (1986), the Jamaican will receive the WBC world heavyweight title. He will also be the best in Britain and Canada for a long time, and will hold this championship for a long time until the very last steps in his career. Berbick tried to stay longer in the ring.
Two legends in battle with Berbick
It is customary in boxing to measure the success of fighters by the strength of their opponents - those whom Trevor Berbick saw in the opposite corner of the ring formed his track record. And there are two people worth mentioning with special words.
After the fight with Berbick, the great Muhammad Ali left boxing. Trevor Berbick saw the legend retire with his punches and won a landslide victory (1981). His fight with Tyson in 1986 turned out completely differently. Then the newly crowned champion Trevor had to defend his title for the first time with a young talent named Mike.
From the first seconds, the champion was determined to cut down the future legend in the world of boxing, but young Tyson responded to the Jamaican’s blows several times and stopped his aggression. And at the end of the round, Mike was already in a hurry to finish off the current champion on the verge of a knockout before the gong. But he survived only to reach the second round. Under the blows of “Iron Mike,” the belt holder stood for almost another round, but this time he never heard the saving gong. After being knocked down, he tried to confidently get to his feet 3 times, but he failed, and the referee converted his fall into a knockout. The Mike Tyson-Trevor Berbick fight attracted a lot of attention back then.
With two fights with Ali and Tyson, the Jamaican of Jamaican origin connected two great eras; no one else could boast of such experience in boxing. After that, Mike was still awaiting a rise in his career.
Fury and Mercy
Outside the ring, Trevor never hesitated to emphasize his religiosity and even preached in one of the churches. Moreover, he declared his personal communication with God during one of his difficult periods in life. But this did not stop him from hating, throwing his fists at people and leaving his mark in crime with sexual overtones.
Judging by the jury's decision in court, the boxer attempted to rape his children's attractive nanny. Later, he will violate the terms of his parole and will be deported from the United States; the boxing star is willingly accepted in Canada.
In the Berbick ring, Trevor wanted to stay longer and reacted nervously to cunning hints from journalists regarding his age; he even tried to resume his career after 50. But still, the former champion decided to spend his last years with his family.
He did not die a natural death, but in a sense still in the family circle; his nephew had a hand in his murder. Apparently, in a fight he hit his uncle on the head with an iron pipe. The killer is now serving a life sentence in prison; in 2006, the boxer was found dead in his home.
1976-2000
He made his debut in September 1976.
April 11, 1981 Trevor Berbick - Larry Holmes
- Venue: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Result: Holmes wins by unanimous decision in a 15-round fight
- Status: Championship fight for the WBC heavyweight title (9th defense of Holmes)
- Referee: Mills Lane
- Judges' scores: Joe Swessell (135-150), Chuck Minker (139-146), Lou Tabat (140-146) - all in favor of Holmes
- Weight: Berbick 97.70 kg; Holmes 97.50 kg
- Broadcast: HBO
In April 1981, Berbick lost on points to WBC world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes.
1981-1986
In December 1981, he defeated 39-year-old Muhammad Ali on points. This was the last fight of the legendary Ali.
In March 1986, Trevor Berbick defeated WBC world heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas on points.
November 22, 1986 Mike Tyson - Trevor Berbick
- Venue: Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Result: Tyson wins by technical knockout in the 2nd round in a 12-round fight
- Status: Championship fight for the WBC heavyweight title (Berbick's 1st defense)
- Referee: Mills Lane
- Judges' score: Harry Gibbs (10-8), Dave Moretti (10-9), Rudy Ortega (10-9) - all in favor of Tyson
- Time: 2:35
- Weight: Tyson 100.40 kg; Berbick 99.10 kg
- Broadcast: HBO
In November 1986, Trevor Berbick entered the ring against Mike Tyson. In the 2nd round, Tyson landed a right uppercut to the jaw, and then hit Berbick in the head with a left hook. Berbick pressed himself against Tyson for a moment, and then fell. Berbick tried to stand up several times, but lost his balance each time. The referee stopped the fight.
1987-1996
In February 1989, Berbick lost on points to James Buster Douglas.
October 15, 1996 Trevor Berbick - Hasim Rahman
- Venue: Caesars Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Result: Rahman wins by unanimous decision in a 12-round fight
- Status: Rating battle
- Referee: Tony Perez
- Judges' scores: Steve Weisfeld (89-99), Barbara Perez (91-97), Alan Rubenstein (90-99) - all in favor of Rahman
- Weight: Berbick 108.0 kg; Rahman 105.7 kg
In October 1996, Berbick faced undefeated American Hasim Rahman. Berbick entered the fight with a clear advantage. At the beginning of the 1st round, Rahman threw a long right hook to the head. Berbick staggered. Rahman repeated the blow, the same blow to the jaw. The Canadian collapsed on the canvas. He rose to the count of 5. Rahman immediately rushed to finish off. He pressed his opponent to the ropes and carried out several series of blows to the head. Berbick was on the verge of being knocked out, but was able to survive. For most of the 1st round he stood behind the block. Despite a one-sided opening round, the fight eventually went the full distance. At the end of the fight, all the judges gave the victory to Hasim Rahman with a large advantage. This was Berbick's last fight in the United States. It was also the last fight of his career with a serious opponent.
1997-2000
In June 1999, Berbick defeated Irene Barkley on points.
In May 2000, he had his last fight, after which he retired from boxing.
Murder
On October 28, 2006, Trevor Berbick was found dead. He was killed by his own nephew with an ax to the head.
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