Arseniy Sergeevich Popov

Arseniy Sergeevich was an excellent boxing coach among the guys. He loved his students like his own children. But there was one special favorite, and that favorite's name was Anton Shastun—a leader who brought many victories. He was focused, yet allowed himself to joke around. It was March. The snow was slowly sliding off the ground, leaving mud and puddles in its wake, and Arseniy Sergeevich, tense, was deciding whom to send to the next competition. He had already firmly decided: "Shastun will go." The next day, he entered the gym and said with a warm smile: — Good afternoon, guys — when the students stood up to greet him, Arseniy nodded and said: — I think everyone knows that we have a competition coming up soon, and Anton will be the one going.

Arseniy knew about Anton's family problems; more precisely, Anton's parents were alcoholics. Arseniy wanted to adopt Anton, but he couldn't yet prove to the court that Maya and Andrey Shastun were bad parents.