https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280mczt1aN8&feature=youtube_gdata_player Im not judging like a lot of you but what does that say about provodnikov, that he made alvarado say no mas in his hometown, a latin warrior who been in battles with rios. I think provodnikov and tim bradley for beating him need more credit from some of you in here .
Alvarado shouldn't have even be put in that position. The corner was too hesitant. SOON as that bell rung they should have went to weeks and said "ITS OVER!". Instead, they put Mike in a situation where he basically had to save his own life. I can't fault Mike. He would have been SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY hurt if he came out for that 11th round. At the end of the day, a ring death isn't worth it. But I blame the corner. They shouldn't have hesitated between rounds. They should have stopped it immediately.
The trainer told Weeks that he was stopping the fight. Weeks ignored him and asked Alvarado if he wanted to continue.
Actually, you are correct about that. On hindsight, I just considered that. Its Week's fault. He shouldn't have even asked. He knew DAMN WELL Alvarado had nothing left.
Because the first thing a ESPN fighter wants to do in his first cable fight is moan about the decision and get back to friday night fights atsch
Spot on. Provodnikov is a beast and Bradley deserves his top 3 p4p ranking. The forum has gone to absolute **** and is now plagued with trolls and haters.
^^What's wrong with that? If the refs listen to the corner to stop the fight, Alvarado likely will say he wanted to continue which it'll be a damn lie. I think it's good the ref ask Alvarado personally to see if he wanted to continue. Most fighters lie about never say they quit and all that bs. Alvarado quit but I have no problem with him quitting. He fought with a ton of heart.
It was a good fight. But, I have my suspicions on Provodnikov. I suspect Provodnikov is on the "juice" (EPO/Steroids/HGH/ etc..). Provodnikov showed extraordinary stamina and he's a Freddie Roach fighter at the Wild Card gym, and almost every big name fighter that trains at that Wild Card gym under Roach's tutalage, has been linked to PEDs. These Wild Card fighters have been linked to PEDs accusations and/or usage: 1.) Pac 2.) Khan 3.) James Toney 4.) Lateef Kaoyode 5.) Michael Moorer 6.) Vanes Martirosyan 7.) Hopkins and the list goes on.....:-( and another thing I noticed, was at the post fight interview, when Max asks Provodikov questions, Provodnikov answers with ease, BUT, when Max asks him what improvements freddie Roach made on him, Prodvodnikov seemed nervous and was stuttering a bit, and was looking down, as if he was hiding something (maybe hiding the fact that he uses PEDs). .