The former Wbo light-Ww champion Ruslan Provodnikov entered this fight with a boxing record of 24-4-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford) but he lost two out of his last three bouts: against Chris Algieri (=Provodnikov vs Algieri) and Lucas Matthysse (=Matthysse vs Provodnikov); between these two fights he won over Jose Luis Castillo (=Provodnikov vs Castillo).
His opponent, the undefeated Jesus Prudencio Alvarez Rodriguez, has a perfect record of 14-0-0 (11 KOs=79%) but he has not faced any notable opponents in his professional career. Provodnikov vs Rodriguez is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-11-07
Where: Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Provodnikov’s previous fight: Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov
Provodnikov’s next fight: Ruslan Provodnikov vs John Molina Jr
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
An easy fight for Prod for once.
But very low caliber opponent.
Muy novato este Alvarez para semejante rival.Le erraron los manejadores de este ex invito.Ruslan de todas formas,sigue recibiendo muchos golpes,no ha mejorado su defenza,y confia en su fisico.Creo ha llegado a su tope.Saludos
I like Provodnikov a lot, it was about time he got an easy opponent in front of him to get some confidence back. They found an opponent with a blown-up record who did just the trick.
A fight a little bit slow on the first two rounds gaining action only during the 3 round.
Good win for Provodnikov beating a reasonable boxer but with low exposure in the ring and most likely with previous low degree opposition for his nice record..