Marcos Maidana vs Ruslan Provodnikov at 147, Who Wins?

[Build That Wall]

Provo wins because Maidana is a brawler. Not a boxer. Algieri beat Provo with superior boxing skill.

[ballbreaker]

Maidana without robert garcia could win

[Dean_Razorback]

Provo wins because Maidana is a brawler. Not a boxer. Algieri beat Provo with superior boxing skill.

what is provo then?

[Chrismart]

Close to call. A 50/50 fight IMO..if pushed, i think i'd pick Maidana to win.

[UTEP]

FOTY if it happens.

I'd pick Provo to win but you can never count a guy like Chino out.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Ruslan would be tailor made for chino..

Slugfest but I can see Maidana stopping him late on cuts.. Maidana just has a few more dimensions to his game

[Foreign Soil]

Ohh c'mon already... Do we follow the same sport? Broner is better and has more talent than Alvarado. That's crystal clear. And no, I don't say cause I like Broner, I don't like him. I know that on this site is cool to be biased but luckily not for me...

I've seen your posts, your bias runs deep. Alvarado is clearly more skilled in the art of boxing. Broner couldn't outbox Rios, he doesn't have the skill for it. Broner doesn't outbox anybody.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

This would be a brutal fight that I definitely wouldn't mind seeing. I don't know who to pick in this fight.

However, if Maidana is still weak to bodyshots, then I can picture Provodnikov dropping him at the least.

[Dinamita 03]

Maidana is bigger, hits harder, and far more skilled. Would be a great fight but Provdnikov wouldn't have enough to beat Maidana. The fact that he bruises easily wouldn't help either.

[HEND]

I've seen your posts, your bias runs deep. Alvarado is clearly more skilled in the art of boxing. Broner couldn't outbox Rios, he doesn't have the skill for it. Broner doesn't outbox anybody.

No bias here, I NEVER bought up the Broner hype even when most of the boxing fans ran wild with it. I also predicted that Maidana will beat him, BUT Broner is at least talented just he has (already) well known flaws and he hasn't learned some very important and basic elements of this sport,like footwork/movement. But otherwise he is talented, pretty accurate, with nice combinations, quick hands and some pops in his hands.
Alvarado on the other hand never was that taleneted and never thought anyone that he was. He looked extremely sluggish both against JMM and Provodnikov. It doesn't take much boxing skills to be able to outbox Rios. Rios just walk straigth, no jabs, no traps, can't cut the ring well. He does good sometimes when his opponent stands in front of him but that's all. Alvarado is naturally a slow, sluggish guy just like Rios but he has slightly better boxing skills than Rios (well that's not that hard...) so he could win in their rematch. Not a big deal at all.
And try not to pretend that because Broner lost to one of the best brawlers today in Maidana, then every sluggish brawler will beat his ass and they are even more skillfull than him no matter on which level are they compared to Maidana. Broner hasn't got a good footwork but he has enough to step away from the front of Rios or Alvarado and embrasse them with quick, accurate combinations from the outside.
I'm not high on Broner but he is definitely levels above Alvarado and Rios. Broner IMO is a B class fighter, definitely not B+ (yet?), but simply B or B- but Alvarado and Rios are probably and maximum C level fighters and they won't be any better in the future.