Ruslan Provodnikov - a puncher from Siberia

The modern world of Russian boxing is literally full of real stars, whose names have been learned in many countries of our planet for their skill and professionalism in the ring. In the cohort of the best it is worth noting a man named Ruslan Provodnikov - a fighter who blew up the boxing universe, won the world title and always worthy of opposing the best athletes. His fate will be discussed in our article.

Short biographical digression

Ruslan Provodnikov was born in a small village called Berezovo on January 20, His native town is very small and has only about seven thousand people. By nationality is Mansi. The first steps in boxing the guy began to do at the age of 10, when his father brought him to the boxing hall with the goal to distract his son from the street, where he took part in numerous fights. The first coach of Ruslan was Evgeny Vakuev, and already under the direction of Stanislav Berezin Provodnikov became a master of sports of Russia.

Amateur achievements

In the amateur Ruslan Provodnikov took part in 150 battles and was able to defeat 130 of them. Of the significant victories is worth noting the win of the tournament in Greece in 2000, the year under the name of the Eurocadet Junior Championship. In 2005 he reached the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Cup, which was held in Nizhnevartovsk, for the prize of TNK-BP.

Professional work

Ruslan Provodnikov made his debut in the status of pros in 2006. His first opponent was Russian Cyril Artemiev, who was also a beginning boxer among the professionals. The battle lasted all of the 12 rounds that were assigned, according to which Prokodnikov was awarded a victory on points.

The second fight was against Ruslan Toropchinov. In that fight, the opponent Provodnikova refused to go out to the third round. Such a positive reserve in his career contributed to the beginning of Ruslan's appearances in Armerica, where he conducted the next three bouts, which ended up positively for him. After that, 12 more fights were held with the fighters of a not too high level.

Serious level

The first truly dangerous opponent for Ruslan was the American Mourisio Herrera. The fight went all the way, and, unfortunately, the result was unsuccessful for the Russian.

You can not ignore the fight with the Mexican Ivan Popoka. The battle took place in the United States and ended in a victory by knocking out Provodnikov in the eighth round, which is a natural thing for the wave, since he completely controlled the course of the match.

In December 2011, Ruslan fought with former world champion Demarcus Colia. This fight was held in Yekaterinburg and was quite dramatic, because the Russian received a fairly strong dissection in the second half of the fight. The American, however, adhered to the tactics of holding Provodnikov at the distance. But in the end all the judges gave victory to Ruslan.

The first title

Russian boxer Ruslan Provodnikov won his first trophy on January 27, 2012 - the title of intercontinental world welterweight champion. This victory was waiting for him in a duel with David Torres. After this success, Ruslan elected as his head coach eminent Freddie Roach, due to which he had the opportunity to train and spar with the best boxers of our time, including with Manny Pacquiao himself.

Historical confrontation

March 16, 2013 was the day when the whole world knew who Ruslan Provodnikov was. The best fight was then expected with Timothy Bradley - WBO world champion. The match was very dramatic and full of technical actions. The Russian acted aggressively and aggressively, but the American accurately counterattacked, wisely acting on the waste. At the end of 12 rounds, the referees were supportive of the current belt-holder, and this despite the fact that he was down in the last three minutes, and did not seem to be too self-assured at all. As it turned out later, after the battle, Bradley was hospitalized with a concussion of the brain.

Respected by many experts, the magazine "Ring" recognized this fight as the best fight of 2013, while Provodnikov himself was nicknamed by the audience "Siberian Rocky".

On the top

But, as life has shown, Ruslan Provodnikov (his biography is worthy of attention of many young sportsmen) nevertheless became the world champion. October 19, 2013, the Russian was able to defeat Mike Alvarado and take away his belt. And this despite the fact that the American was considered the favorite. During the fight, Mike refused to continue the fight during the break between 10 and 11 rounds.

Loss of title

Who would have thought, but on June 14, 2014, Provodnikov gave his belt in battle with the little-known Chris Algieri. The referee's decision was controversial, but, nevertheless, Ruslan lost then. Many experts felt that the verdict was ambiguous and incorrect, but the belt passed into the hands of an American.

However, the most difficult fight in his career, according to Ruslan, for him was with the famous puncher Lukass Matisse. The match was held on April 18, 2015. A separate decision of the judges was given to the Argentine. The Russian also received many cuts and "ate" a lot of heavy blows, although this did not break him.