By Eric Thomas: Despite fighting well enough to win last Saturday night, Ruslan Provodnikov’s chances of getting a rematch against WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) are slim and none after losing a close 12 round unanimous decision to Bradley.
It’s almost academic at this point that Bradley is going to take his narrow victory over Provodnikov and move on with his career, and he likely won’t look back in his rearview mirror.
This is one of those Rocky stories where Bradley picked out a guy with virtually no shot of winning the fight on paper, and he was supposed to breeze through him as a tune-up to get ready for the big money fights against his promoter Bob Arum’s top fighters – Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and Brandon Rios.
By Dan Ambrose: Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) may have come up short last night in losing to WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision, but Provodnikov revealed some major weaknesses in Bradley’s game that other fighters will be able to exploit in the near future. 
By Allan Fox: Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) gave a really good effort last Saturday night in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. 
By Andrew Garewal: If you tuned in to watch the Tim Bradley – Ruslan Provodnikov bout this past Saturday night, you witnessed quite a battle ending in a unanimous decision for Timothy Bradley. Both fighters engaged in exciting flurries and dangerous exchanges which had the crowd on their feet throughout the fight. 
By Gerardo Granados: WBO Welterweight belt holder Tim Bradley put on a great effort and showed to have a heart bigger than his chest winning a close 12 round unanimous decision to the brave Russian fighter Ruslan Provodnikov, but also was exposed by a hard hitting but also limited brawler who failed to take several opportunities to knock out his rival.
By Allan Fox: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) was sporting a badly swollen up face tonight after getting past #3 WBO Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) in earning a 12 round unanimous decision in what turned out to be a much closer fight than Bradley and many boxing fans expected it to be. 
By Eric Thomas: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO’s) seems to be sending mixed messages in talking about his fight tonight against Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) on HBO. For weeks now Bradley has been talking about how he’s going to hurt him and make a statement by fighting the Russian light welterweight in a toe-to-toe battle, but now Bradley is saying he wants to outbox him. 
By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank Promotions has put their fighter WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO’s) in a situation where he’s going to have to win in style tonight against little known light welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) if they don’t want Bradley’s stock to plummet any further than it already has from his highly controversial 12 round split decision win over Manny Pacquiao last June.