Breakdown of Provodnikov's skills (gifs)

[DoktorSleepless]

In none of those gifs did Ruslan ever bend below the belt, what are you complaining about, i dont get it

These two are pretty clear.


A couple others are pushing it.

[apocalypto]

The thing I like the most was the pivoting to the side to create angles to land his hook. It kept working on alvarado. More boxers should use that but very few do

[Light_Speed]

Provodnikov looked very good but he is still missing uppercuts from his arsenal

He does throw it every once in a while :

and could throw combinations a little more frequently. I was begging for him to throw some uppercuts inside when Mike would square up leaned over but he never did and he still throws one or two punches the majority of the time. Whenever he puts 3 or more together guys just can't handle it and he needs to make that his default.

I think it has more to do with conditioning, in the Bradley fight he gave two rounds away because he punched himself out trying to get an early KO. He didn't even throw that many punches but he was still winded quickly, he needs to get his cardio up.

His footwork was very good, faster than people give him credit for, efficient at cutting off the ring and can get his punches off quickly after moving, pivoting, small angle re-adjustments and staying lighter on his feet.Roach has him doing alot of drills and excercises for his feet and it is paying dividends. You can see alot of them in this video.https://<iframe width="420" height="...reen></iframe>

Good video, those exercises are very interesting, never seen that before.

[Augustane]

Always nice to see these gif threads. Shows the shining moments of a fighter and what they do great.

[Alx.]

Not bad, great thread

[Atharee]

Provodnikov definitely has more skills than given credit for. Certainly more skilled then Rios, thats for sure.

[RichCCFC]

Would love to see Rios vs Provodnikov

[Firefist]

They REALLY emphasize balance in his conditioning which leads me to believe they're still just building on the basics. If he makes another improvement on the level of his jump from his ESPN days too the Alvarado fight we have a real interesting contender on our hands.

[hectari]

Ruslan has skills, its only the flowmos and racists who think otherwise.

They keep saying lies like all he do is get hit by shots? so every pressure fighter does, but they don't acknowledge his head movement and counters from inside and up close.

Rusland had to have skills when you fight in the amateurs and are successful you are not a scrub you have to adjust to certain styles to win he saw them all.

[.Mexico.]

Ruslan has skills but its more of what Alvardo cant do then what Ruslan can do.