Monte Carlo, Nov 7 – Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KO o) ki te hoatu i runga i te whakaaturanga i korero a kihai ia i te akamareka rite ia taupokina iho e ia hinga kore Ihu Rodriguez Alvarez (14-1, 11 KO o) i roto i te wha rauna i te glitzy Salle Des Etoiles i Monte Carlo i runga i Rāhoroi po.

Ki te HRH Prince Albert titiro i runga i, kihai i te toa teina-Welterweight o mua WBO tōtu'a totoro rite patua e ia tona hikoi wawe a ākina atu ra ano te mutu o ratou whakaritea Welterweight tukinga 10-a tawhio noa. Ko te Russian ko te tangata nana te me ahakoa tona hoariri Mexican i etahi angitu counter-pahaki, kihai i whai ia i te kaha ki te pupuri atu Provodnikov.

I tonoa Rodriguez wiri i roto i te wha o, tango i te waru-tatau i muri i te riiwhi o matau ki te tinana. I muri i whakapaipai ano Rodriguez hohoro muri, kaitautoko Stan Christodoulou te paari i huaina he kopa. Ko te wikitōria tuatahi o Provodnikov kuiti tona mate April ki Lucas Matthysse mai.

“Me whakamoemiti ahau Rodriguez,” ka mea te Russian i muri. “E kore te rota o te ingoa nui i hiahia ki te whawhai, engari i ia.”