GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
You jogged my mind on that one. Heard Prov was upset with TR about 6 months ago, hadn't heard anything recently because he got a couple good fights with Alvarado and Algieri. Sounds like he may be starting it up again. FWIW, it is sounding like Chaves is rumored to be the leader to fight Bradley in December and Bob Arum is telling Rios that he will not let him fight anywhere under 147 now, because he doesn't trust him to make weight...and Jessie Vargas is facing Antonio DeMarco, so Prov is the odd man out. Still...you have to be able to find an opponent for Prov. Prov vs anybody is an exciting fight to end the year, even if the opponent is not great.I thought Prov was done with TR N that's why Arum doesn't wanna put his guys in with him N why HBO don't give him a fight
http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/10361/provodnikov-and-andrade-looking-for-fights
Saying the Ruslan's people asked for one of 4 fights before the end of the year: Jessie Vargas, Bradley, Rios, or Diego Chaves and Top Rank showed no interest in any of those fights. To get a fight he will be fighting his next fight in Russia.
Andrade is petitioning the WBO to become the mandatory so he can fight Korobov. The WBO granted Mikey Garcia the same request to fight Rocky Martinez. Would be cool if it happened. Sounds like Andrade is the odd man out in the Canelo sweepstakes, but is willing to move up a division for a better fight.