Provo is not a bum, he's a professional boxer that is very limited, but isnt that what most of the people here want in a fighter? A mindless come forward brawler. We've seen his type before, have a good brawl against someone who does the same and he gets hyped up by those that dont pay attention to the nuances of "boxing". Rios comes to mind, but a decent boxer will beat those guys most times. Provo is known not for his boxing skill but his ability to take punishment, he's most famous for losing to Bradley. And you can look at that fight and figure out how to beat him...Box his ass, cause when Bradley used movement with his boxing he easily handled this guy and Algeri used movement to throttle Provo. Provo even admitted that this style is difficult for him. But the Mindless brawler fan club is disappointed, so you know they are gonna whine about Algeri "boxing". If Floyd fought GGG would you expect him to "box" or go toe2toe with him? So why would a "boxer" not box against him and elect to brawl? it doesnt make sense.
Everytime Ruslan touched Algieri you could feel the power.
I was actually incredibly impressed, because Algieri showed great speed, footwork, and boxing ability and Ruslan was still able to close the distance, counter successfully, and cut the ring off well.
That's all I needed to read. Algieri is a tough guy and a very good boxer, he won but I thought the fight was relatively close.
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