Comments Thread For: Team Provodnikov Explain Protest of Tim Bradley Fight

[-PBP-]

Nothing will come out of this. The ref made a judgement call.

The WBO didn't do anything about Burgos vs. Martinez and they won't do anything about this either.

[ddangerous]

Rally for an immediate rematch, not an overturn of the outcome. They should know it will not happen and just hurt Provo's newfound very positive image.

[mathed]

Dude shoved him down, end of....

[onechance87]

There should be a rematch,Unless bradley gets marquez.

[JAW]

Dude shoved him down, end of....

Lol, That series of pics was from the twelfth wasn't it? But you are right. Just because he fell in the first trying to stand back up, doesn't mean the fight should have been stopped either. He was clearly standing a couple seconds after the punch and was pushed down. He may have been hurt by the punch, but the push is what got him on the canvas.
Besides that, the Pac fight was WAAAAAY more disputable and THAT didn't get overturned. This is just useless whining by Ruslan/Roach.

[Hougigo]

Dude shoved him down, end of....

IMO, smart to take a knee and risk the ref trying to stop it.
Now the old Taylor/Chavez fight comes in where the ref could've stopped the fight if he wanted to, but Tim was able to gather his senses and get back up

[fceeviper]

Provodnikov puts his life on the line every time he steps in the ring, he has every right in the world to protest this decision. Good on him.

Deal with it.

[Supreme Being]

How about an immediate rematch? Who the fuck wouldn't want to see this fight again?

Bob Arum...

Plan for September:
MARQUEZ vs PACMAN V or

MARQUEZ vs BRADLEY or
BRADLEY vs PACMAN 2

[alembic]

the fight should of been stopped in the first round it was clearly a knockdown and when he got back up he fell over again which means it should of been a 1st round ko

This is my thinking also. Pat Russell's blown call allowed fans to enjoy a great fight but it nixed a TKO for Provodnikov. To be fair to the ref, Bradley didn't go down immediately after getting tagged but leaned forward trying to grab Provodnikov. Still, it was clear that Bradley was badly hurt. I was like, WTF??

[mathed]

Lol, That series of pics was from the twelfth wasn't it? But you are right. Just because he fell in the first trying to stand back up, doesn't mean the fight should have been stopped either. He was clearly standing a couple seconds after the punch and was pushed down. He may have been hurt by the punch, but the push is what got him on the canvas.
Besides that, the Pac fight was WAAAAAY more disputable and THAT didn't get overturned. This is just useless whining by Ruslan/Roach.

Just the last one was....I was going to go in super slow motion and get like 10 images and do a GIF but I didn't want to take the time. Everyone keeps looking at it from the other view where you can't see any of the elbows on the back but they were there. I just put the one in the twelfth in there because Ruslan shoved him down there too. The one in the twelfth, Tim was taking a knee anyways but still Ruslan had a tendency to push him down.

In the first though, he was leaning all over him and played a large role in forcing him down. Tim was hurt though but Ruslan forced him to the canvas and shot himself in the foot.