RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV

When hard-hitting veteran Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KOs) was matched up against the young Thomas Dulorme of Puerto Rico last fall, it was supposed to be a coming out party for the up and coming prospect, not a come back party for the Argentine. Prior to their October encounter, Dulorme insisted that he would “dictate [...]

Should Luis Carlos Abregu win his upcoming bout on April 27th in Argentina, Bob Arum is looking to do a co-promotion with Ruslan Provdnikov’s promoter Banner Promotions. Banner and Top Rank have a good working relationship and Abregu was recently signed with Top Rank. Abregu has lost only once in his career to Timothy Bradley [...]

Fresh off a life and death victory over Ruslan Provodnikov, Tim Bradley was on hand to witness the war that was, Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado [...]

The world was introduced to Ruslan Provodnikov in his fight with Timothy Bradley. It was a fight that delivered above expectations and is the early clubhouse leader for fight of the year. Many boxing fans have known Provodnikov because of his numerous appearances on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fight Series where Provodnikov has been successful every [...]

When the fight with Ruslan Provodnikov and Tim Bradley was signed as an HBO main event, not many people gave it much of a chance and not many people gave Ruslan a chance. Oscar De La Hoya took to twitter and even asked if Tim Bradley’s next fight would be on ESPN, poking fun at [...]

HBO Boxing has a knockout one-two punch for fans of the sweet science, beginning with a prime-time encore of last Saturday’s epic welterweight title showdown WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: TIMOTHY BRADLEY JR. VS. RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV this SUNDAY, MARCH 24 at 10:35 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman and [...]

Last Saturday HBO put on display a potential fight of the year candidate when Tim Bradley made his return to the ring against Ruslan Provodnikov. In what most people felt wasn’t supposed to be more than a fight to get Bradley back on our televisions screens, Provodnikov had other intentions, giving Bradley the fight of [...]

ON THIS EPISODE WE DEBATE IN DEPTH THE PERFORMANCE WE WITNESSED ON SATURDAY NIGHT TIMOTHY BRADLEY VS RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV. ALSO INTERVIEW MIKE ALVARADO BEFORE HIS BIG FIGHT WITH BRANDON RIOS. WE GET A SURPRISE CALL FROM ALANTEZ FOX AS HE GIVES HIS THOUGHTS ON HBO DOUBLE HEADER. Podcast: Play in new window | Download [...]

In the main event of HBO’s World Championship Boxing, top welterweights Timothy Bradley (30-0, 12 knockouts) and Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 knockouts)were set to battle in an effort to legitimize their standing in the division. Going into this bout there was no doubt that Bradley was carrying a massive chip on his shoulder. After a [...]

  In the opening bout of HBO’s Bradley vs. Provodnikov televised card, welterweights Wale Omotoso (23-1, 19 knockouts) and Jessie Vargas (22-0, 9 knockouts)  took to the ring in a bout that would declare the victor as a potential contender. Going into the bout, many felt that Vargas would win the bout handily. This was [...]