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It’s the tenth and final round, and Patrick Day is fading. [qh]
这是第十轮，也是最后一轮，帕特里克·戴伊的战斗力正在减弱。 [qh]
He’s still circling the ring in search of an opening, but his punches have lost the switchblade quickness they had in the early rounds.[qh]
他仍在拳台上盘旋，寻找突破口，但他的出拳已经失去了前几回合的敏捷。 [qh]
If he doesn’t do something dramatic, he is going to lose this fight.[qh]
如果他不采取一些突然行动，他将会输掉这场战斗。 [qh]
He had once looked like a star: No. 1 amateur welterweight, Olympic alternate, undefeated in his first 10 professional fights. [qh]
他曾经看起来像个明星: 业余次中量级拳击冠军，奥运会候补选手，在他的前10场职业比赛中从未被击败。 [qh]
But boxing is unforgiving. [qh]
但是拳击是不饶人的。 [qh]
One bad loss to a weak fighter, and the glow was gone. [qh]
惨败给一名虚弱拳手后，光芒就消失了。 [qh]
Now not even a comeback can restore it. [qh]
现在，即使东山再起也无法恢复光芒。 [qh]
On this October night in 2019, at the Wintrust Arena, in Chicago, there is a sense that the 27-year-old Day is fighting for a good deal more than the mid-tier title belt officially under dispute. [qh]
2019年10月的这个晚上，在芝加哥的温彻斯特体育馆(Wintrust Arena), 人们感觉到, 27岁的戴伊似乎在为一笔比官方争议的中档冠军带更划算的交易而战。 [qh]
If this bout does not go well, Day’s career could be over.[qh]
如果这场比赛不顺利，戴伊的职业生涯可能就完了。 [qh]
And it is not going well: Day went down in the fourth round and again in the eighth, and he’s way behind on points. [qh]
但进展并不顺利:戴斯在第四轮和第八轮都被击败了，他在得分上远远落后。[qh]
“You got no choice,” his coach told him before the final round began.[qh]
“你没有选择，”他的教练在最后一轮开始前告诉他。 [qh]
Either he scores a knockout in the next three minutes or he loses.[qh]
他要么在接下来的三分钟内击倒对手，要么就输掉比赛。 [qh]
So he presses. He jabs, then hooks, then jabs again, but his blows all deflect off Charles Conwell. [qh]
所以他逼迫自己。 他猛击，勾拳，猛击，但他的拳头都偏离了查尔斯·康威尔的方向。[qh]
At 21 years old, Conwell is everything Day once was and more: an 11-time national champion, a 2016 Olympian, a perfect 10–0 since he went pro.[qh]
21岁的康威尔拥有戴伊曾经的一切，甚至更多：11次全国冠军，2016年奥运会选手，自从他成为职业选手以来，他的战绩是完美的10胜0负。[qh]
He is a defensive virtuoso, but he hits hard enough to crumple a body like cardboard, and even as he repels Day’s blows, he stalks forward in a spring-loaded crouch, peering over the tops of his gloves with a kind of predatory patience.[qh]
他十分擅长防御，但他的击打力度足以把人的身体压得像纸板一样，即使在他击退戴伊的打击时，他也会蹲伏着向前，带着一种捕食的耐心，向手套上方凝视。[qh]
Conwell knows that he can wait this round out. The fight is already his. [qh]
康维尔知道他可以等这一轮结束。战斗已经是他的了。 [qh]
But he also knows, as all boxers do, that people don’t pay to see a 10-round decision. [qh]
但他也知道，就像所有拳击手一样，人们不会花钱去看10轮比赛的结果。 [qh]
They pay to see a knockout. [qh]
他们会花钱看一场淘汰赛。[qh]
Sometimes, before fights, Conwell will write himself a short note to hang above his bed. [qh]
有时，在比赛前，康维尔会给自己写个便条挂在床头。[qh]
Before this one he wrote I will KO my next opponent and dominate.[qh]
在这之前，他写道:我将击败我的下一个对手, 争霸比赛。 [qh]
Conwell throws a straight right and an uppercut left, and another right and another left, the punches flowing together in quicksilver combinations, and all Day can do is bear-hug him. [qh]
康维尔打出了一记右直拳，一记左勾拳，又一记右拳，又一记左拳，一拳接一拳，一拳接一拳，一拳接一拳。 他的攻势瞬息万变，戴伊所能做的就是熊抱住他。[qh]
But Conwell will not have it. He shoves Day off. [qh]
但康维尔没有被限制住。 他把戴伊推到了一边。[qh]
