Photo by Doug Pensinger
Lucas Matthysse wasn’t the only name that Mauricio Herrera dropped after his win over Hank Lundy on Saturday night, he also called out tough brawler Ruslan Provodnikov.
This would be a rematch of their first fight from January 2011, a fight that was won by Herrera, and was all action to say the least.
Some even scored the bout, which was televised on ESPN Friday Night Fights, for Provodnikov, including ringside commentator Teddy Atlas.
One would think the “Siberian Rocky” would be interested in revenge on Herrera who he’s seen before, thinks he already beat, and who would bring zero mystery into the ring.
Provodnikov is coming off a loss to Matthysse back in April 2015 in a fight that’s no-brainer fight of the year candidate.
Once again he leaves boxing fans wondering how much gets taken out of him every time he gets into one of these physically battering brawls.
This could be enticing to Herrera, who fought a younger, fresher and less beaten-up Ruslan in the first fight.
Banner Promotions represents Provodnikov and he’s a regular on HBO, it’s politically a makeable fight and unlike Herrera-Orozco it could certainly headline a Boxing After Dark event.
Stylistically we know what it is, great, awesome and amazing. Everything we want to see in a boxing match with the factor of a rematch to a controversial first fight.
