Comments Thread For: Provodnikov Leaves To Russia For Castillo on 11/15

[tiliheels]

everyone chill out this is the same ruslan that made demarcus corley look like a contender...mixed with that ruslan might not have his coach in his corner

[Build That Wall]

Wait....honest to god I kept reading Castillo thinking it was some bum...

But The Castillo?

This is a disgrace. Take a dive and embarras Arum and Ruslan for this BS

Ruslan is not owned by Top Rank

[bojangles1987]

Disgusting. Worst fight of a disappointing year.

[nycsmooth]

JCC is completely shot...this wil b a gym workout for Ruslan b4 he ko's jcc...

[Black Barty]

I was mad at Provo and his promoter for picking Castillo until I read this interview:

Pelullo basically says they offered the fight to Herrera, Judah and other decent opponents and were willing to pay 500K, but everyone rejected it. So they had to choose between a lesser known second rater and a shot Castillo. Pelullo recommended the former, but the Russians decided to go with the name guy.

Provo is the last person to blame here.

[bojangles1987]

I was mad at Provo and his promoter for picking Castillo until I read this interview:

Pelullo basically says they offered the fight to Herrera, Judah and other decent opponents and were willing to pay 500K, but everyone rejected it. So they had to choose between a lesser known second rater and a shot Castillo. Pelullo recommended the former, but the Russians decided to go with the name guy.

Provo is the last person to blame here.

Herrera said that was a lie and he was offered substantially less. Plus, there are always much better opponents than Jose Luis Castillo in 2014 out there.

[MDPopescu]

Disgusting. Worst fight of a disappointing year.

Lately, fights on Russian soil are at least exotic -- in order to use an euphemism...

[BoxingLaw]

I just don't know how to feel about this fight.

You'd think that there are plenty of challenges out there for Ruslan but Castillo?!

At least Castillo has had a good year so far but does he deserve a Ruslan fight?

IDK make that money I guess.

[ИATAS]

No respect for Ruslan. There are a million bums to fight out there to choose from. You're not fooling anyone because Castillo is a "name".

[SonofZorro]

Provo a short average overrated robot

Why all the hype for Provo who isn't that good and is a slow plodding boxer who takes abuse well but beating Average Alvarado and Bald bradley isn't much. Letting a poor average dance queen ballerina in Chrissie Algieri last isn't much of a statement. Face the facts Provo isn't anything more than an average little pudgy fat faced Russian who takes punishment good.