Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov: A brutal 12-round war for Light Welterweight supremacy

Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov 18 Apr 2015 Light Welterweight contest — 12 Rounds Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York No world title on the line. It didn’t need one. Two of the hardest, most feared punchers at 140lb were thrown together in a fight almost guaranteed to become a war. Matthysse boxed brilliantly behind the jab, while Provodnikov, badly cut by an accidental clash of heads in the 2nd, simply kept walking through everything. As the fight went on, Provodnikov dragged Matthysse into deep water and had him in serious trouble late. After 12 brutal rounds, Matthysse took a razor-thin majority decision: 115-113, 115-113, 114-114