The Lightweight portion of the 2014 Boxcino Tournament kicked off Friday night at the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. All four fights created fireworks, making it clear that the tournament format and six round fights created a sense of urgency within the boxers which produced the action. Chris Rudd (13-1, 8 KOs) Def. Yakubu Amidu (21-5-2, 19 KOs) via Unanimous … [Read more...]
Provodnikov Wins In Six On Great Fight Night: FNF Recap
By Fox Doucette Russian prospect Ruslan Provodnikov (21-1, 14 KOs) continued his climb through the ranks on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, winning a minor WBO trinket at junior welterweight in a 6th round KO of severely overmatched local journeyman David Torres (21-3-2, 13 KOs), who has only one win in his last six fights. In the co-feature, Ji-Hoon Kim (23-7, 18 KOs) surprisingly … [Read more...]
Ruslan Provodnikov, Ji-Hoon Kim In Must-See Night: FNF Preview
By Fox Doucette Short of setting off a brick of C-4, it's hard to imagine more explosiveness in a boxing ring than junior welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (20-1, 13 KOs) and lightweight Ji-Hoon Kim (22-7, 18 KOs). Both are in action on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights series this week; Provodnikov faces David Torres (21-2-2, 13 KOs) and Kim squares off against Yakubu Amidu (20-2-1, … [Read more...]