Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) – Chris Algieri took a split decision from Ruslan Provodnikov to win the WBO Super Lightweight title on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Despite being knocked down twice in the first round, Algieri (20-0) rallied to fight a good, technical fight and landed numerous punches against the Siberian native.<\/p>\n
In the first round Provodnikov (23-3) landed a crushing left hook to the eye of Algieri, and the eye immediately started to swell up. A bit later, Algieri had to take a knee after getting hit again, but made it back up.<\/p>\n
For the rest of the fight, neither boxers connected with many big punches, but Algieri was able to keep away from Provodnikov and landed numerous small shots.<\/p>\n
After the final bell, Algieri won two scorecards 114-112, and lost the other 117-109.<\/p>\n
In the undercard, Demetrius Andrade pounded Brian Rose to defend his WBO Superwelterweight title.<\/p>\n
Andrade (21-0) had knocked down Rose (25-2) twice in the first three rounds, and had broken his nose.<\/p>\n
With Andrade pounding Rose in the seventh round, the referee intervened and stopped the fight 1:19 in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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