Matthysee looked like a doctor tonight doing glove surgery on Provos face. Hell Lucas looked better as boxer than a brawler. Ruslan has 0 defence he just launches his face into punches hoping to break a man's hand. What a caveman.
Despite his limitations, at least three of his four loses were razor-close and arguably could have gone his way too (I've not seen the Herrera fight though). He damn near killed Bradley and he was robbed of at least a draw in that fight, IMO). Controversial loses to Garcia's daddy Herrera P4P top 5 Bradley And Algieri All in their countries with US refs and judges.
Provo could have been unbeaten this morning if judges were kinder to him in those close fights. Today he clearly lost, and it is hard to see how one could score a draw.
:yep In the ones I saw. Both him and Lucas have been hard done by numerous times in their opponent's backyards or countries.
No, he has plenty of defense for that kind of pressure fighter. That's why he's constantly dipping down and slipping punches. The problem is that Ruslan stays in his opponent's range almost all the time, even when he gets tired. Provodnikov's main weaknesses, in my opinion, are: 1) a lack of a good jab; 2) not busy enough, too easy to tie up on the inside; 3) not enough volume overall, seems to "load up" too much.
