By Chris Williams: While trainer Freddie Roach still insists that his fighter Ruslan Provodnikov (23-3, 16 KO’s) should have been given a decision victory over challenger Chris Algieri (20-0, 8 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Barclays Center, the well-respected commentator Paulie Malignaggi, who was working the fight for the UK television company Sky Sports, said that he saw Algieri beating Provodnikov by a comfortable margin by out-boxing and outclassing him in their New York fight.
Malignaggi was impressed with how Algieri, the weaker puncher, was able to school Provodnikov after the 1st round and pretty much dominate him in the last 11 rounds of the fight.