Ruslan Provodnikov vs Jose Luis Castillo II

About time

 

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I remember when Ricky Fatton embarrassingly pulled a washed up, untrained JLC into a showcase fight to heroically win by stoppage. That was 18 years ago.

 

Was just thinking about Provodnikov the other night when watching the WBC Grand Prix. Used to love him and his style back in the day, always wanted to see him in with Garcia.

Will be tuning in. However, if I was coming back to boxing at 51 years old - stylistically Provo would be one of the last people I would want to risk any brain cells against.

 

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****, I had to check that your maths was correct then! 18 years!! Feels like yesterday I was sat in the pub with my mates watching that : (

 

It feels like Provodnikov-Algieri was about 5 years ago and it was 11. Can't believe Ruslan is 41.

 

Two athletes in their absolute prime!
(Decades ago)

 

How does something like this even come together? Genuinely, how?
They live in the opposite sides of the world, their management has no overlap... Sure, they fought once before, but how did they even end up negotiating this - given that both are retired?

 

God, that’s depressing

 

One reaches out to the other on social media maybe?

 

Yeah, but... how does Campas fit into this?

 

They're only a combined 92! That's a full presidential term limit shy of a century.