Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Chris Algieri & Demetrius Andrade vs. Brian Rose RBR

Legend :good

 

6,8,9,10,11,12 chris

10-7 round 1, 2,3,4,5,7 ruslan

:conf

 

I think Provodnikov was headhunting. I thought it was a close fight but I believe in you have to beat the champion or else if the fight is (essentially) a draw then the champ retains the title.
I mostly would like to see a rematch. I'm tired of punchers condemning a boxer's style because of sour grapes. You have to face all styles. Just say you would like a rematch.

 

Close fight, could have gone either way as long as it wasnt blatant

 

i mean hes from ny

 

Agree, just trying to understand the thinking behind some. I wouldn't argue with a close decision either way, the only score that was out of line was the wide margin for Provo IMO.

 

:good

 

a coincidence then

 

i meant hes in his home state

 

I agree that sometimes power is overrated in regards to scoring a fight. Power, many say is something you are born with; if this is the case, why should a guy be discounted if he lacks that trait? It's one of my personal gripes with scoring, and particularly the commentating of many fights we watch of television (who almost always favor the more powerful fighter, today was an excellent example of this). Of course, many of the criteria for scoring is subjective but categorically Algieri was winning many rounds. Ring generalship, activity, defensively... you name it, you could checkmark a box for Algieri for many rounds based on those categories. In fact, I would go so far as to say power in regards to the sweet science actually has little to do with what we should be thinking of when we consider the sweet science (particularly for balancing the subjective nature of scoring). It is obviously one of the more notable things when watching a fight, but in many cases doesn't have a lot to do with the bigger picture of who represented the sport in the ring at it's finest principles.