I didnt watch the fight fight in full and know garcia every time he got hit he was very worried and was backing up But was ruslan backing up in the fight?
Nope. He was never visibly hurt, although he was thoroughly outclassed for much of the fight. Provodnikov is a beast.
That says a lot about his chin man garcia who has solid chin got wobbled and was holding on against lucas.
Provo could stand to learn to control distance better and not accept the clinch like GGG. Those 2 things could of helped him a lot. Mattyse should box like that more. He took too much punishment from Molina when he didn't need to.
Ruslan needs a new coach. He has done nothing new and has lost the last few fights the same way. Tremendous power, heart and chin being wasted. Needs some one who will discipline him and make him pick his shots off a lot better.
All of rounds 1, 2, and 6. He still kept coming forward but he was getting hurt repeatedly. The only time he really backed up was at one point for a few seconds where he backed up and circled (it was somewhere in rounds 7-9, IIRC).
Picking his shots, denying the clinch, better judgement of distance, cutting off the ring, and timing. He takes too long to adjust and his corner was complete sh*t. He didn't even seem to have a gameplan just come forward , get hit a lot, hopefully win. He let himself be turned and couldn't even cut off the ring! Unfortunately he has been talking about retirement but he needs a massive overhaul if he wants to do more than lose his biggest fights.
i remember one shot where lucas landed a huge flush right hand i think at the end of round 6 and ruslan still kept coming forward crazy chin never seen lucas tee of on some one like this before
The round before Provodnikovs corner were gonna stop the fight because of his cut. Matthysse hit him with uppercuts jabs to the face and it visibly hurt him and he sort of walked back a bit then came forward.
Hard to tell with Ruslan Matthysse should have went to the body more IMO because Ruslan was hurt by Bradley to the body