What did you guys think he was some master boxer or something? Hes a banger. A very good one at that. He's gonna give us lots of great fights over the next couple years.
Props to Algieri. He's a warrior. I cant remember the last time somebody got knocked down and did a barrel roll.
It was obvious that this was going to happen, but just not Chris who was going to do it. I picked Provo as well to break Algieri down.
Honestly, I do like Ruslan due to his attitude, but if Bradley boxed him he would've beaten him very easily and then Ruslan wouldn't even have gotten the Alvarado fight, which was a pay off from his performance vs Tim. So, he would've been "exposed" as a limited fighter earlier on.
I had it 7-5 for Chris,but I really felt this fight could have been 7-5 either way in all honesty..I also felt,Prov hurting Algieri hurt his chances of winning this fight..It made his attack to focus up top,Chris was able to start timing Prov's punches cause of it..With one eye mind you,had Prov really invested to the body like he was doing early in this fight I believe he could have hurt Chris late..Prov has to learn from this,or at least I hope he will..I see nice things for both fighters down the line..
This pretty much sums it up. Well said.
Lol that barrel roll doe. #Ninja****
Also. Provodnikov has been exposed. I think people just expected Algieri to be a bum. And we all thought Provo could get to him early and often. We were sadly mistaken.
Ill admit, Algieri is much better than I had thought. Im a fan of both now.
Mak pointed out something that's very important. There's a difference between a skilled pressure fighter and a face first brawler. Ruslan is a face first brawler.
Rios is Ali compared to Ruslan....lol
not really...they're just on the same level. at least provo knows how to move his head...rios just goes in with no head movements and then smiles when he gets hit in the face.
I agree. I didnt watch it until last night so i already knew the outcome (obviosly) but provo didnt invest enough to the body. Roach should have told him to go with the body attack to slow him down and bring his hands down. Dont know what happened there.
I still think provo squeeked out a win IMO.
I had it 7-5 for Chris,but I really felt this fight could have been 7-5 either way in all honesty..I also felt,Prov hurting Algieri hurt his chances of winning this fight..It made his attack to focus up top,Chris was able to start timing Prov's punches cause of it..With one eye mind you,had Prov really invested to the body like he was doing early in this fight I believe he could have hurt Chris late..Prov has to learn from this,or at least I hope he will..I see nice things for both fighters down the line..
What did you guys think he was some master boxer or something? Hes a banger. A very good one at that. He's gonna give us lots of great fights over the next couple years.
Props to Algieri. He's a warrior. I cant remember the last time somebody got knocked down and did a barrel roll.
Lol that barrel roll doe. #Ninja****
Also. Provodnikov has been exposed. I think people just expected Algieri to be a bum. And we all thought Provo could get to him early and often. We were sadly mistaken.
I agree,Prov was not exposed..Just loss to a very good boxer in Chris,Prov needed to go to the body far more then he did..He fell in love with the bad eye of Chris..
I agree. I didnt watch it until last night so i already knew the outcome (obviosly) but provo didnt invest enough to the body. Roach should have told him to go with the body attack to slow him down and bring his hands down. Dont know what happened there.
I still think provo squeeked out a win IMO.
Mak pointed out something that's very important. There's a difference between a skilled pressure fighter and a face first brawler. Ruslan is a face first brawler.
Rios is Ali compared to Ruslan....lol
I agree, but Rios is a horrible example. Hell, at least Ruslan fucked up the three guys that outboxed him and sent them to the hospital. All his losses have been very close and could have gone either way. Rios has been nearly shut out twice (Abril and Pacquiao) and had absolutely no answers. Both guys can be outboxed but with Ruslan you have to walk through hell to do it, not so much with Brandon who's easier to naturalize. Ask Alvarado who's the better fighter of the two.
he simply doesn't have the footspeed and handspeed to deal with algieri's style...he still did well considering.
not just the style he had to dealt with...algieri's stamina was outstanding. too bad provo fought a guy with a master's degree in nutritional science or something.
Read some really borderline retarded comments on here following the fight. Saying he was exposed is laughable, he's already lost twice before the Algieri fight, against boxers, now all of a sudden he's exposed? It's laughable.
I'm pretty sure no one was calling him a master boxer or anything like that.
Thats what im saying. I read at least three or four comments saying he was exposed.
What did you guys think he was some master boxer or something? Hes a banger. A very good one at that. He's gonna give us lots of great fights over the next couple years.
Props to Algieri. He's a warrior. I cant remember the last time somebody got knocked down and did a barrel roll.
Agreed, nothing came to light that wasn't already obvious or hadn't been shown in the past. Both guys will go on to put on other great shows with their individual styles.
What did you guys think he was some master boxer or something? Hes a banger. A very good one at that. He's gonna give us lots of great fights over the next couple years.
Props to Algieri. He's a warrior. I cant remember the last time somebody got knocked down and did a barrel roll.
Mak pointed out something that's very important. There's a difference between a skilled pressure fighter and a face first brawler. Ruslan is a face first brawler.
Rios is Ali compared to Ruslan....lol
Read some really borderline retarded comments on here following the fight. Saying he was exposed is laughable, he's already lost twice before the Algieri fight, against boxers, now all of a sudden he's exposed? It's laughable.
I'm pretty sure no one was calling him a master boxer or anything like that.
What did you guys think he was some master boxer or something? Hes a banger. A very good one at that. He's gonna give us lots of great fights over the next couple years.
Props to Algieri. He's a warrior. I cant remember the last time somebody got knocked down and did a barrel roll.
I agree,Prov was not exposed..Just loss to a very good boxer in Chris,Prov needed to go to the body far more then he did..He fell in love with the bad eye of Chris..
We knew he could be outboxed and so did he..not his type of fight so I wouldnt call it exposed as he was already beat by Herrera, same type of boxer as Algeiri.