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By Thomas Gerbasi - It doesn’t seem like nearly a year and a half ago, but in January of 2013, my great discovery (probably later than everyone else, but I’ll blame it on old age) was current middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. “Everybody loves GGG” I wrote in this space, I meant it, and I’m not swaying from that assertion.
But there’s always room in the hearts of boxing fans for another great love, and these days, it’s pretty clear that everybody loves Ruslan, as in WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov. Like Golovkin, Provodnikov brings a no nonsense approach to the fight game, and when I say no nonsense, it means that this dynamic duo are trying to hurt you. Not on a personal level, as this is strictly business, but in a way that for all the handshakes and smiles before and after the fight, when the gloves are on, it’s war.
In Golovkin’s case, he is a precision sniper, dropping opponents with no mess. Provodnikov? Now he wants to get in your face and rip your heart out up close and personal. Again, nothing personal, it’s just that where this guy comes from in Beryozovo, Russia, life was hard, and it made hard men.
“I know suffering,” said Provodnikov during a media workout in Brooklyn this week to promote his Saturday bout at Barclays Center against Chris Algieri. “I grew up in it.” [Click Here To Read More]
But there’s always room in the hearts of boxing fans for another great love, and these days, it’s pretty clear that everybody loves Ruslan, as in WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov. Like Golovkin, Provodnikov brings a no nonsense approach to the fight game, and when I say no nonsense, it means that this dynamic duo are trying to hurt you. Not on a personal level, as this is strictly business, but in a way that for all the handshakes and smiles before and after the fight, when the gloves are on, it’s war.
In Golovkin’s case, he is a precision sniper, dropping opponents with no mess. Provodnikov? Now he wants to get in your face and rip your heart out up close and personal. Again, nothing personal, it’s just that where this guy comes from in Beryozovo, Russia, life was hard, and it made hard men.
“I know suffering,” said Provodnikov during a media workout in Brooklyn this week to promote his Saturday bout at Barclays Center against Chris Algieri. “I grew up in it.” [Click Here To Read More]
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