Comments Thread For: Provodnikov: I Have a Good Chance To Beat Pacquiao

[Heavy Heart]

Siberian Rocky vs Pacman...It's gonna be a WAR...I like both of them but hey it's boxing. I edge Pacman by UD.

[Fetta]

The career ESPN staple makng push huh. TR stable is garbage.

Joke of a fight but ok then Bradley then hopefully hes smart enough to be free

[Evol]

Well I guess it's PAC vs ruslan in April then.

[ironmt]

I prefer it to a bradley rematch.

I agree In the sense that It would be a more dramatic fight but I think a win(If possible at this point) over Bradley helps to elevate Manny.

[IMDAZED]

Really not interested in seeing Pacman fight his sparring partner. Especially not one who was busted up by the dynamite fists of Timothy Bradley. No sir.

[mexicali90]

Hmmm roach said that Provo said he rather retire than face PAC.... Somebody lyin

[The Big Dunn]

I agree In the sense that It would be a more dramatic fight but I think a win(If possible at this point) over Bradley helps to elevate Manny.

Manny IMO beat tim when they fought so beating him again doesn't elevate him. If you mean he would move up p4p rankings, yeah, assuming you held the tim "loss" against him. And he'd get his title back.

Just my preference.

[john_uphold]

I really hope this fight gathers momentum, we as boxing fans deserve this fight. History will be made, great fight. This will show if Ruslan's boxing skills and movement have improved. He looked scary fighting Alvarado, but that is Alvarado and not Pacman. Pacman has decent footwork and movement to get out of danger. Ruslan seems to be more relentless and has great speed in his hands, he will definitely land more on Pac compared to Rios. Bottom line is we have to wait till these 2 square off in the ring.

I see Ruslan having the bigger power, better chin, and possibly enough movement to force Pacman into a fight pulling him into his strategy. Speed is about equal.

Pacman has the better boxing hands, able to throw at all angles to confuse Ruslan. Pacman's footwork may be able to help get out of dangerous situations as well.

In the end, I see Ruslan getting the better of Pacman and winning this fight by stoppage in the late rounds. Hard to say that knowing we are talking about Pacman, but that is my prediction.

[Southpawology]

glorified sparring match

[Mayabang]

as long as it's not Gamboa.

This fight could potentially be a 'passing of the torch.' The only problem with Provo is that we don't know how confident he'll be without a headgear on.