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When fighters representing each of the past two Fight of the Year honored bouts square off, naturally the expectation is… a Fight of the Year entrant.
So goes the universal prediction as Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov square off Saturday evening at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
It’s probably the only aspect of the fight on which fans and media can agree, as the matchup is a coin-toss as to who will prevail in the HBO-televised battle.
Matthysse (36-3, 34KOs) has emerged as a cult favorite in the sport, though amazingly is without a win on HBO. His lone two apperances on the network both resulted in debatable decisions losses, coming up short on the road versus Zab Judah and Devon Alexander.
The free-swinging Argentinean has since won eight of his last nine starts, including his last seven fights airing live on Showtime. Among the bunch was a multi-knockdown war with John Molina Jr. last April, with both fighters hitting the canvas before Matthysse emerged victorious in an 11th round knockout.
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So goes the universal prediction as Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov square off Saturday evening at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
It’s probably the only aspect of the fight on which fans and media can agree, as the matchup is a coin-toss as to who will prevail in the HBO-televised battle.
Matthysse (36-3, 34KOs) has emerged as a cult favorite in the sport, though amazingly is without a win on HBO. His lone two apperances on the network both resulted in debatable decisions losses, coming up short on the road versus Zab Judah and Devon Alexander.
The free-swinging Argentinean has since won eight of his last nine starts, including his last seven fights airing live on Showtime. Among the bunch was a multi-knockdown war with John Molina Jr. last April, with both fighters hitting the canvas before Matthysse emerged victorious in an 11th round knockout.
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