Alvarado did the best he could do it was just not good enough. Provodnikov is an animal and he walked through the best that mike could dish out. It is a hard pill to swallow to hit a man with a flush shot as hard as you can and him smile at you and coming running toward you like he wants more of it!
Provodnikov beat the Hell out of Bradley, was cheated out of a knockdown early, left Bradley on the canvas at the end of the fight. Bradley had a hard time talking for two months, was dizzy. You can't beat Bradley's judges and referee, just ask Pac who was also cheated. Alvarado had planned on outboxing Provodnikov. Siberians are very strong, tough people.............
No matter what game plan Alvarado had, it would've went away because he can easily be suckered into a brawl.