[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]NEW YORK (December 23, 2013) — Boxing fans can wrap last-minute Christmas gifts by the glow of the 2013 Fight of the Year between the year’s two Fighter of the Year candidates — undefeated WBO welterweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY, JR and reigning WBO junior welterweight champion, “The Siberian Rocky” RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Banner Promotions and Tecate, the outcome of the fight went down to the wire with two judges scoring it by a razor-thin one point difference. Then Bradley vs. Provodnikov telecast will be replayed Tomorrow — Christmas Eve — beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on HBO 2.
Here are a few highlights from Media Central:
Greg Beacham, Associated Press: “Bradley Beats Provodnikov by Decision in Thriller”
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_22809149/bradley-beats-provodnikov-by-decision-thriller?source=most_viewed
Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: “Timothy Bradley Managed to Change Public Opinion with One Thrilling, Albeit Foolish, Fight Tactic”
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boxing–timothy-bradley-managed-to-change-public-opinion-with-one-thrilling–albeit-foolish–fight-tactic-011446419.html
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: “Bradley Wows ‘Em, Wins in a Thriller”
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9061146/timothy-bradley-jr-wows-em-wins-thriller-ruslan-provodnikov[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]