Monte Carlo, Nov 7 – Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KO sika) wathembisa abukisa futhi akazange ukudanisa njengoba bakhungethwe unbeaten UJesu Rodriguez Alvarez (14-1, 11 KO sika) emahlandla amane glitzy Salle Des Etoiles e Monte Carlo ngomgqibelo ebusuku.

With HRH Prince Albert bebukele, yangaphambili WBO iqhawe junior-welterweight wayengembathisile ngokungenasidingo welula njengoba hit igxathu lakhe ekuseni bese yashaywa sadlula sekugcineni yabo ihlelelwe 10-round welterweight Ukungqubuzana. The Russian kwaba umhlaseli futhi nakuba Umphikisi wakhe Mexican zibe nempumelelo ethile counter-isibhakela, akazange abe amandla uyeke Provodnikov.

Rodriguez wathunyelwa ukuthandela lesine, ukuthatha i eziyisishiyagalombili-count emva ukulandelana izingwegwe emzimbeni. Ngemuva Rodriguez kwaba wembethe aphinde ngokushesha ngemva, unompempe Stan Christodoulou ngokuhlakanipha ngokuthi ukulinda. Kwaba win Provodnikov lokuqala kusukela ewumngcingo Ephreli esehlulwe ukuba Lucas Matthysse.

“I kumele ukudumisa Rodriguez,” uthe Russian kamuva. “A lot of amagama big wayengafuni ukulwa, kodwa wenza.”