A little birdie tells me that there is a 90% chance that Provodnikov-Rios happens.

[Southpawology]

rios doesn't want to fight ruslan for some reason.

This is completely false. Rios has been posting on social media how the ruslan fight is the only fight he wants

[FlatLine]

Provo actually has the balls to face Rios and isn't a notorious bum-magnet like Brook who ducked Rios of all people and instead tried to fight a Rios leftover!

[Dean_Razorback]

i love bam bam, but i don't see him beating provo. provo took everything lucas threw at him and didn't go anywhere. it will be awesome while it last

[GMAN SUPREME]

This is completely false. Rios has been posting on social media how the ruslan fight is the only fight he wants

really how come ruslan has been calling rios out for years and rios is always silent? Im just saying it seems to me like ruslan is chasing after him.

[Don Pichardo]

I certainly hope they're getting paid well however this is the epitome of savagery and we luv it.

Agreed. Don't know how much more savage it can get from the Bradley fight though. Barley himself said brain connections were severed.

[Bigg Rigg]

The ultimate slugfest!! Lucas ****** with Ruslan but boxed him up at some points to avoid damage. Can't knock him at all for that. That fight was still a war! This one right here though will be violent as ****!! No bull****!! It'll be be brutal!!

[7_rocket]

Man someone is going to get brain damage after this fight.

[Beater_of_ass]

This is a fun fight to watch but Rios is the heavy favorite here, he has to be. He's the bigger guy and Ruslan's face reminds me of Gatti. He busts up super easily which will affect him a bit. Again he's also the smaller guy and in a war like this it'll make a difference. I'd have to go with Rios in this.

[BrometheusBob.]

This is completely false. Rios has been posting on social media how the ruslan fight is the only fight he wants

Rios' twitter does have a lot of posts that suggest he wants Ruslan. Also saw on there that Bradley turned down the fight, which strikes me as a surprise.

[BigAlexSand]

Rios is one slugfest away from brain damage or early set Parkinson's. I do give Rios the fact he is one tough individual but I'm not sure how he will do against someone who ****s more than damn near his whole resume and someone who is gonna be there the whole fight, not boxing 50% of the time.

I remember when he got buckled by Alvarado and later claimed "he didn't hurt me"... Provodnikov has the power to put you away including if your trying to go head to head with him. Rios is good but I believe the power and skill is in Provodnikov's favor.