6/11 "Keep An Ambulance Ringside At All Times" Provodnikov v Molina(SHO)/Lomachenko vs Martinez(HBO)

[yawn]

Provodnikov made a move across the street and into a bevy of potential opponents to brawl wit

First opp he's chosen is the always fun John Molina Jr who has a habit of being in exciting fights

Ruslan like Molina is always in exciting fights and putting the 2 together is just

Last time I saw Molina he looked sloppy but that power like always bailed him out

Spoiler

FOTY written all over this but also a potential upset of the year in this matchup

Undercard features the television return of Andrade who faces the always tough Willie Nelson

And future world champion Dejan Zlaticanin fights for a vacant world title Linares gave up


SHOWTIME Boxing Presents: What's That I Hear? A Potential Fight Of The Year

Ruslan "Siberian Rocky" Provodnikov 25(18KO) - 4(0) - 0

VS


John Molina Jr 28(23) - 6(2KO) - 0

Plus


Demetrius " Jay Z Lied To Me" Andrade 22(15KO) - 0 - 0

VS


Willie "The Great" Nelson 25(12KO) - 2(0) - 1 Draw

And The Championship Emergence of


Dejan "Dynamite" Zlaticanin 21(14KO) - 0 - 0

VS


Emiliano Marsili 32(14KO) - 0 - 1 Draw

 

[patscorpio]

also on HBO

Main Event​

Roman "Rocky" Martinez (WBO Super Featherweight Champion 2nd title defense - 29-2-3 17 ko's) vs Vasyl "Hi-Tech" Lomachenko (5-1-0-3 ko's)​

Undercard

Felix Verdejo (21-0-0 14 ko's) vs Juan Jose Martinez (25-2-0 17 ko's)​

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rocky vs lomachenko is a toss up...i dont really know who might win

verdejo is on an upset alert for me because of how bad he looked in his fight

prov should get molina out of there..but molina i feel may have enough power to at least give prov a first career KD

andrade will beat nelson pretty easily i feel

Zlaticanin is a beast and he will prolly make short work of dude hes facing

 

[desjardins]

Andrade vs Nelson should be the main event , should be interesting

Molina looked like he should retire when I saw him fight Broner. Ruslan probably has a few more fights in him but i could see him looking overnight given his age and all the wars he's been him.

 

[patscorpio]

Prov and Molina = Lucas's sons ...the beating he laid on both....awesome..just awesome

 

[patscorpio]

Andrade vs Nelson should be the main event , should be interesting

Molina looked like he should retire when I saw him fight Broner. Ruslan probably has a few more fights in him but i could see him looking overnight given his age and all the wars he's been him.

I'm actually surprised Ruslan is not showing any type of slippage or boxing damage yet tbh

 

[JDee323]

Prov and Molina could fight in a 10x10 ring and probably won't even use all the space.

all the left hooks that are gonna land flush

 

[patscorpio]

So after a dry spell of FOTY's on the US front..it's possible June will hit us back to back...if this and vargas-salido don't live up to it to FOTY hype then 2016 just might be on some bullshyt for real

 

[Newzz]

#Androids in the building


Why he gotta be fighting an #OhioPlayer though?


And @yawn why you gotta use that picture of him breh

Put some Respek on his name

 

[mr. smoke weed]

How Molina getting a top fight after that bagel he laid against AB?

@patscorpio if Lucas couldn't KD Ruslan I doubt Molina can

 

[patscorpio]

How Molina getting a top fight after that bagel he laid against AB?

@patscorpio if Lucas couldn't KD Ruslan I doubt Molina can

i fully expect Ruslan to wreak havoc on John's already compromised nervous system but dude still has some crack left

 

[patscorpio]

@yawn whenever you can..could you edit the thread to add the rocky-loma card on saturday too?

 

[L68]

totally forgot about this shyt

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

at the photo of Andrade used.

Andrade has top of 154 talent, he just needs to be active.
I don't know why I was thinking Nelson was a bit chinny and had been KO'd in the past.
Should be an interesting fight as well. Nelson has good height for JMW.

Prov vs. Molina will be a slugfest. No technical display. All who can take and give back the firepower.

I think Molina has slipped a bit and maybe isn't quite up for the bear meat eating Provodnikov. Should be fire as long as the fight lasts.

 

[patscorpio]

Ruslan Provodnikov vs. John Molina: Boxing Comfort Food

By Cliff Rold

There are some things that just always bring a little extra ease of mind.

A cold beer after working outdoors in the sun…

Warm popcorn and your favorite old movie…

Knowing that Ruslan Provodnikov is fighting in a couple days.

The latter, for boxing fans, is pure comfort food. Last week, fans got a dose of how tasty comfort food can be. After a year largely drowning in mismatches and fights that didn’t meet their perceived possibilities, Orlando Salido and Francisco Vargas came through.

Salido is becoming a regular in that regard.

It’s hard to believe a guy who has been around so long would become the sort of action generator he has in the last five or six years. Like Glen Johnson a decade ago at light heavyweight, he’s found his best game late in life and the fans benefit.

Salido, with four straight Fight of the Year contenders, is boxing comfort food.

Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KO) has been a regular in that regard for years. Since his days as an ESPN2 staple, he’s been the sort of fighter you can circle the calendar for every time. No, he’s not what some might call ‘elite.’ He doesn’t always win.

What Provodnikov does is regularly meet the expectations of the viewing audience coming in. He comes forward. He takes leather. He lands leather. He fights his ass off.

He’s Mr. Reliable in that regard.

This weekend, Mr. Reliable, the debatable loser of the 2013 Fight of the Year against Timothy Bradley, faces the decidedly defeated John Molina (28-6, 23 KO) of the 2014 Fight of the Year against Lucas Matthysse. We probably won’t get another Vargas-Salido.

We can rely on knowing we’re going to get a fight (Showtime, Saturday, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST).

No title will be on the line. It’s not likely to draw the biggest rating of the night with HBO going head to head. That’s okay.

There is always room for Provodnikov.

How much fight will we see?

Much of that may depend on Molina. Since his loss to Matthysse he hasn’t been nearly as good as he was that night. He lost a tough decision to aged veteran Humberto Soto and was almost casually outboxed by Adrien Broner. The Soto fight was rugged stuff though as have been other Molina outings like his stoppage of Hank Lundy and last round miracle against Mickey Bey.

Molina has been stopped twice but, matched right, he makes good fights.

Provodnikov makes them pretty good even when not matched right. He looked outclassed to come heading into his bout with Bradley. That turned out to be far from the case. He’s the sort of fighter fellow BoxingScene scribe Steve Kim has pointed to as a man you might fight once but few want to see twice.

In the old days, we might have called him a hard man. Provodnikov has the sort of mug that wouldn’t be out of place in old black and white photos. With at least a little physical resemblance, he’s almost like a welterweight-ish version of the old heavyweight contender George Chuvalo. What he lacks in athleticism he makes up for in heavy hands, a ridiculous chin, and deep reserves of ring character.

He showed all of them against Bradley, in winning a 140 lb. title against Mike Alvarado, and last April against Matthysse. While he lost, Provodnikov was the one coming on in the second half, bleeding and swollen and taking some unreal shots from the more technically refined Argentine. In the Alvarado fight, the most indelible memory of Provodnikov to date was made.

Alvarado, later in the fight, landed a building leveling shot to the chin. Provodnikov came forward, a mess of spit flowing from him like one might see on a pit bull. It was what Jim Ross might call a slobber knocker.

Literally.

He won that fight not long after. That sort of thing can just collapse a will.

Already 32, Provodnikov might not last many more years. Even if his heart holds up, his flesh can only take so much. As long as he’s still around, he remains worthy of a look every time he steps in the ring.

Provodnikov fights are fun. Last weekend was fun. Comfort food always is.

Cliff’s Notes…

Vasyl Lomachenko may set the record for fastest fighter ever to titles in two weight classes. How one answers that question depends on whether his six wins in the pro-am World Series of Boxing. Most don’t count them…72 win Bulls or 73 win Warriors? The ballot is still out…The Demetrius Andrade-Willie Nelson fight on the Provodnikov-Molina undercard is another to keep an eye on. Andrade is talented but it’s still hard to erase some memories of a listless Andrade early in his career. Nelson might be the most interesting technical challenge of his career

 

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(WBO super featherweight title)

Felix Verdejo 134.8 vs. Juan Jose Martinez 133.8
Zou Shiming 112 vs. Jozsef Ajtai 111
Mike Reed 142 vs. Abraham Cordero 139.4
Julian Rodriguez 144.6 vs. Adam Mate 143
Christopher Diaz 126 vs. Neftali Campos 125.8
Jean Carlos Rivera 125.2 vs. Heriberto Delgado 124.8
Jose Gonzalez 125.2 vs. Sean Acosta 125.2