Photo: Provodnikov vs. Algieri Official Scorecards
Jun 15, 2014 • 4:29 AM ET
By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
On Saturday night, undefeated Chris Algieri (20-0, 8KOs) secured the biggest win of his career. Algieri got up from two knockdowns in the first round, and overcame a closed right eye, to win a twelve round split decision over heavily favored Ruslan "Siberian Rocky" Provodnikov to capture the WBO junior welterweight championship in an HBO televised main event from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Two judges scored 114-112 for Algieri and the third had it 117-109 for Provodnikov.
