Bradley will avoid Provodnikov like the plague after getting brutalized by him back in March and it looks like Marquez would rather retire than face Provodnikov so who's next for the Siberian Rocky? A matchup with Brandion Rios makes sense but I think this would be a terrible one sided beat down. Rios fights like a ******, he shook his head and smiled every time he got rocked with hard punches from Pacquiao, against Provodnikov he would take a brutal overhand right on top of that stupid smile of his. Hopefully Robert Garcia is not dumb enough to let his fighter enter the ring with a monster like Provodnikov as that would mean the end for the brain of Rios. For the sake of of his family I hope Rios takes it easy for a good year to rest and recover from the brutal beating inflicted by Pacquiao last night and was anybody else surprised by how hard Pacquiao was rocking Rios? I saw Rios eat a monster right hook during the middle rounds where Pacquiao bent down, loaded up, bounced off the ropes and ROCKED Rios with a monster right hook. Rios has an iron chin and balls of steel but the intelligence of a 7 year old.
Provo would make short work of Rios. Pacman, the old warrior on his way out, dominates Rios, so Provo, the young lion, eats Rios's heart. It would be a beat down. But both men would probably get a nice payday!
Did anybody else see Ruslan in the stands with a bigass smile on his face, fist up in the air cheering for Pacquiao.
Provo shared his thoughts after the fight in Russian: He was cheering for Pacquaio. Before the fight he asked Pac not to beat Rios badly because otherwise there would have been no sense for the potential Provo-Rios encounter. Provo also shared that he was glad he continuously refuses to fight Pacquaio as they are teammates, and he feels the latter didn't show he's 100% back and there are still some issues with confidence. He even suggested Roach to talk Pacquiao out of boxing in the future as he is not that fresh anymore. As for Rios, Provo team already approached Rios team for the potential fight, and let's see what happens next.
