Comments Thread For: Team Provodnikov: Algieri Should Prove He Really Won!

[PunchyPotorff]

Algieri beat Provo with smart aggression, speed, good lateral movement, great jab... What's Provo doing different in a rematch? He's extremely limited, a step or two above tough club fighter really. Let Algieri have a defense of his title, THEN the rematch. And we'd see it would be even worse for Provo a second time. His head was snapped back several times from Algieri jabs. How does he escape that with his face first brawler style? If he thinks everyone is supposed to stand in front of him to win, he's mistaken.

[MrRolltide91]

Lol @ ruslan not being motivated

[Foreign Soil]

Is Algieri turning down a rematch? People defending that are shocking.

[dre23000]

But he's not gonna just stand there in front of you doe

lmao Too damn funny


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[badass316]

This rematch would be a good undercard in the next Pacquiao fight for two reasons. One, it's a perfectly understandable rematch given how close their first fight was. Two, and perhaps the most important reason, it means Algieri is NOT fighting Pacquiao.

[FerFAL]

Nothing can happen in the rematch that changes anything or proves anything about the first fight.

Ruslan's going to lose fans with all the b*tching he and the people around him are doing.

Agreed, chances are Algieri will not get his eye shut in round one and outbox Ruslan even more. Ruslan wants a guy that comes at him, Algieri is more interested in avoiding getting punched while punching. You get punched less and land more of your own and you win, simple as that.
Instead of bching about losing Prov should think about why he lost.
Ruslan sure has a chance in a rematch and he may as well KO Algieri if he lands well, but I'd put my money on Algieri just moving and outboxing him again, maybe even more clearly with two good eyes.

[Mr. Philadel]

I thought it was a close fight,,,but i dont feel algeri did enough to beat the champ,,i always felt u gotta beat the champ with alittle authority and i felt it wasnt enough,,,and what was ruslan doing telegraphing that right hand all the time were algeri can see it comming from a mile away with his good eye,,,

this^^^^^^^^^^

if they do a rematch...Chris better not let Provo rub his head like a kid again....he did it at the weigh in and he did it before the fight....smh....didn't lil CP3 snap on big Pau Gasol for doing that ish?!?....you don't rub a grown ass man's head like some kid or something...nah....Chris better put him in his place if they dance again

[theboxingguru]

I hope Ruslan does not get into the habit of judging the fight by who went to the hospital. Rope-a-dope was a good short-term strategy, but definitely not a good strategy for the long-term. Proving you can take a punch will always win fans, but it won't always get you victories. That being said; why was the champ fighting in the opponents backyard? Why was Arum so confident that Algeri could win, and nobody else was (including Freddie Roach)? I'm just sayin'.

Stop it!!!!! Arum had to sell the fight to HBO. Secondly, Algieri is not a TR fighter, so kill the conspiracy talk

[Bronx2245]

Stop it!!!!! Arum had to sell the fight to HBO. Secondly, Algieri is not a TR fighter, so kill the conspiracy talk

The fight was already sold. Neither fighter is signed with TR (Ruslan's company uses TR/HBO), so he could have supported either fighter. He chose to get behind Algeri.

[Suavecito80]

I actually see Algeiri outboxing him even easier in a second fight. Just accept the fact that Provo is a limited fighter. He says it himself. I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch still.