Rios/Provodnikov is going to happen

[bose]

I know Rios wants Prov. but for his career he need 1 or 2 tune up fights, tough fights back to back is tough on a career he don't need to be involved in another tough fight so soon with no in between fights. Someone has to look out for him. Look what happened to Ortiz a guy who should have had an easier opponet not an ex-champ.

[HeroBando]

After Rios feels Provs power he'll do the earmuff defense like he did against Pac

This is easy work for Prov

Its PACs speed that made him shell up, not power

[way2strong]

Ruslan is not a toprank fighter but he has said he will remain loyal to hbo for making him a star his next fight will probably be some unknown guy..Rios would fold.

[Weebler I]

Disappointed there's no source

[boliodogs]

Provo would have won anyway but I think Pacquiao's thrashing of Rios make it even easier. Rios is very hard to KO but I think he will lose a ud if this fight happens. I don't like the way Rios said he would retire Pacquiao and then threw less than 30 punches a round and took a beating in every round. If he had said after the fight that Pacquiao is a damn good fighter that would be good but he never did. Maybe face fighter Rios should retire before he gets serious brain damage.

[boliodogs]

Actually Rios would not make a good sparring partner for Pacquiao. He is too easy for Pacquiao to improve his skills.

[HanzGruber]

Rios will be retired by 30

Ruslan is not a toprank fighter but he has said he will remain loyal to hbo for making him a star his next fight will probably be some unknown guy..Rios would fold.

I think ruslans promoter is good friends with arum. So he's essentially a tr fighter lol

[hhs661]

If true this ain't much of a surprise. I'm sure we'll be seeing this mix and match between the stable at top rank for quite some time

[GhostBlade]

Why should Provodnikov fight a no-name like Rios? Rios doesn't deserve any big fights after his performance against Pacquiao where he managed to be a punching bag for an entire 12 rounds. Provodnikov would stop Rios in four rounds at most.

[charliepaerker]

Ruslan by brutal TKO if it does indeed go down