Nevertheless, by the beginning of the next
battle, Collins was considered the undisputed favorite. The young American
(nicknamed “Irishman” is related to the fact that Billy came from an
Irish emigrant family, and was also the owner of the characteristic red hair)
under the authority of his father, who also made a successful career in boxing,
looked like it should be talented and future champions . But Resto by the
time, they say, was tightly attached to the bottle and did not constitute a
serious threat.
First round It all started without
surprises – Louis missed several blows from Billy on the move. The Puerto
Rican, of course, also took out an opponent, but against the background of the
Irishman’s vigor and agility, these attempts looked sluggish.
A commission was subsequently
collected. She found that the protective soft pad had been removed from
Louis’s gloves. In addition, it turned out that a flexible tape made of
gauze, with which the boxer wrapped the hands, was soaked in a gypsum
solution. By the time the battle began, it hardened. The Irishman for
ten rounds actually smashed a sledgehammer.
In 1986, the court found both guilty of
assault, illegal use of weapons (they were considered the hands of a Puerto
Rican) and a conspiracy. It was also rumored that there was a certain
third party behind all of them, who had set a large sum to win Resta in that
battle. The coach served four years in prison, and a Puerto Rican boxer
spent two and a half. Of course, both had their licenses revoked.
For 15 years after his release, Louis tried to
regain the license, and he finally succeeded. The athlete was allowed to
train the youth. Today Resto is 64 years old. Twelve years ago, he
publicly apologized to his relatives, Billy Collins, visited the grave of an
opponent and asked for forgiveness for what was done.
Panama Lewis seems to be still alive. In
this case, he is under 80. However, he hasn’t been shown in public for a long
time, although he was seen in company with Mike Tyson back in the early
2000s. Apologies from the former coach did not wait.
Embryo (1965, author – Lennart Nilsson)
In 1965, LIFE magazine published a photo
report by Lennart Nilsson’s The Drama of Life Before Birth. For the first
time, in color, clear, high-quality images, the photographer managed to
literally in the smallest details show the whole process of the origin of life,
from conception to fetal development. On the cover there was a picture of
an embryo. This number LIFE became a legend and was sold out in a couple
of days.
Experiments began with endoscopes. The
photographer, together with the surgeons, made a small incision, as during a
laparoscopic operation, and inserted an endoscope with a diameter of less than
a millimeter and wide-angle optics into the uterine cavity. In this way,
you can take pictures of blood vessels, parts of the body of the fetus, but not
the entire embryo. Frames were obtained in black and white, and then
processed and painted in different colors.
Take the same famous shot. It seems to be
a living fruit as if in a spacesuit soars almost in space. Alas, but for
such photos I had to use the material after the abortion, which Nilsson
provided the liberal Swedish clinics. Here it was already possible to
experiment with lighting and background.
Do not think that the Swedes just allowed to
work in fact in the medical field. Lennart has a doctorate in
medicine. But, of course, photography has always remained his main craft.
After a grand photo shoot, the Swede has
repeatedly returned to the theme of “life before birth”. His works went to
space with Voyager, they are regularly exhibited in the most famous museums in
the world. Pictures of Nilsson managed to become an element of pop culture
and a banner in the struggle for life.
Lennart did not stop at what he had
achieved. In addition to the topic, which brought him unconditional fame,
he did not stop to look for new ways of expression. In particular, the
photographer was the first to use a scanning electron microscope in his work,
and in 1986 he presented the public with the first color image of HIV from the
surface of an infected lymphocyte.
