In the main event of an HBO televised card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Chris Algieri overcame being knocked down twice and his right eye a swollen in the first round to defeat Ruslan Provodnikov by split decision this was Ruslan’s first title defense. Algieri totally outboxed the cruder Provodnikov and clearly deserved the decision. In the end, two judges scored the bout 114-112 for Algieri, while the third scored it for Provodnikov, 117-109.Ruslan Provodnikov seemed to accept the defeat and conceded several times that Algieri had the “worst style” for him.
Provodnikov is a slugger who intimidates with his punching power. He has knockout power with either hand, and he displayed it in the first round on Saturday night, but also showed his a one trick pony.