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World middleweight champions Arthur Abraham and Kelly Pavlik could meet in the ring next year. The promotion company Top Rank Boxing has already begun negotiations about this unification fight with IBF title holder Abraham and representatives of WBO and WBC world champion Pavlik.
But this meeting in the ring, although it promises to become one of the central events of professional boxing, may take place no earlier than the middle of next year, and during this period the two boxers intend to have two more fights. First, Pavlik will have to fight on October 18 against Bernard Hopkins, and then, possibly, make a mandatory defense of his title. Hopkins has already spoken out in the spirit that one of the strongest punchers, Pavlik, will have a hard time, and his famous knockout blows will not save him.
In turn, Abraham fights Raul Marquez in October, and then is not averse to fighting in the ring with former undisputed junior middleweight champion Ronald Wright, and only then will it be the turn of the fight with Kelly Pavlik, which, if it takes place, will certainly be very entertaining.
Milan and Roma come out of the dark
Football. Italian Championship. 3rd round. Catania - Atalanta - 1:0, Roma - Regina - 3:0, Cagliari - Juventus - 0:1, Fiorentina - Bologna -- 1:0, Lecce -- Siena -- 1:1, Palermo -- Genoa -- 2:1, Sampdoria -- Chievo -- 1:1, Torino "-"Inter" - 1:3, "Udinese" - "Napoli" - 0:0, "Milan" - "Lazio" - 4:1. Leading : Inter, Juvenuts - 7 points each.
As soon as Shevchenko and Ronaldinho remained on the Milan bench, Carlo Ancelotti’s team won their first victory in the championship, and a major one. The Brazilian appeared on the field when all the goals had already been scored. Roma also broke out of their losing streak.
French Championship . 6th round. "Le Havre" - "Lyon" - 0:1, "Grenoble" - "Bordeaux" - 0:1, "Toulouse" - "Sochaux" - 2:1, "Lorient" - "Caen" -- 1:1, "Nantes" -- "Valenciennes" -- 2:0, "Lille" -- "Auxerre" -- 3:2, "Nice" -- "Le Mans" -- 2:2, “Nancy” – “Rennes” – 0:0, “Saint-Etienne” – “PSG” – 1:0, “Marseille” – “Monaco” – 0:0. Leading : Lyon - 16 points, Marseille - 12, Toulouse - 11.
Spanish Championship . 3rd round . Atlético - Recreativo - 4:0, Espanyol - Getafe - 1:1, Deportivo - Mallorca - 0:0, Valencia - Osasuna -- 1:0, Almeria -- Malaga -- 1:0, Betis -- Sevilla -- 0:0, Numancia -- Villarreal -- 1:2, Athletic "- "Valladolid" - 2:0, "Racing" - "Real" - 0:2, "Sporting" - "Barcelona" - 1:6. Leading : Valencia, Almeria, Villarreal, Espanyol - 7 points each.
Barcelona seems to be feeling its way. The defeat caused by the “blue garnets” in Gijon gave hope to Barça fans that the Spanish championship standings will soon take a more familiar look. Messi's double, even though it was scored in the last minutes, also suggests that the Argentine playmaker has returned to his fighting condition. Zenit's Champions League rival Real is also gaining momentum. The “royal” club easily dealt with “Racing”.
German Championship. 5th round. Bayer - Hannover - 4:0, Bayern - Werder - 2:5, Schalke - Eintracht - 1:0, Energie - Bochum -- 1:1, "Arminia" -- "Cologne" -- 2:0, "Borussia" M -- "Hertha" -- 0:1, "Wolfsburg" -- "Hamburg" -- 3:0, " Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - 3:1, Hoffenheim - Borussia D - 4:1. Leading : Schalke - 12 points, Hoffenheim, Stuttgart, Hamburg - 10 each.
Bayern suffered a crushing defeat. The German champion was defeated at home by Werder Bremen - 2:5. Moreover, Klinsmann’s team managed to score two prestige goals only at the very end of the match, when the Bremen team, leading by five goals, had already relaxed. The German Championship tour turned out to be rich in big scores. But Hoffenheim's victory stands out: the Bundesliga debutant defeated one of its regulars. At the same time, the sniper of the “village” team, Ibishevich, led the scorers’ race with six goals.
The strongest tennis players in the world will come to Moscow
At the beginning of October, the prestigious Kremlin Cup tennis tournament starts in the Russian capital, which promises to be extremely interesting. Considering that contenders for the women's crown change almost weekly, the Moscow tournament is guaranteed to be intriguing. The women's seeding of participants will be led by the leader of the championship race, Jelena Jankovic from Serbia. She will be accompanied by numerous Russian tennis players - Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadezhda Petrova and others. The Williams sisters also plan to come to Moscow, and this week Ana Ivanovic from Serbia, who has already been granted a wild card by the organizers, confirmed her participation in the Kremlin Cup. Let us remind you that the prize fund of the women's Kremlin Cup tournament was $1,340 thousand, and the champion will score 4,320 points for winning the competition.
For men, the first racket of the tournament will be Russian Nikolay Davydenko. Spectators will also see matches with the participation of French tennis players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Russian tennis players Marat Safin, Mikhail Youzhny, Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev and others.
Dinara Safina will not perform in Beijing
This week, the BTA tournament with a prize fund of $600 thousand started in the Chinese capital. The Russian seed, Dinara Safina, who won this weekend in Tokyo, will miss the competition in China due to injury. Back pain has plagued Safina throughout the season, but after the final match in Japan, where Safina won the Russian derby against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the winner’s back problem worsened again. Prepared by Ilya TRISVIATSKY, Andrey VDOVIN and Olga ERMOLINA