Johannesburg, October 19 – Crowd-pleasing former world junior-welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov of Russia will fight unbeaten Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez of Mexico in the headliner of the \u201cNight of Champions\u201d tournament in Monte Carlo on November 7.<\/p>\n
This bout replaces the WBA championship fight between Juergen Braehmer and Tommy Oosthuizen after the German sustained a hand injury in training. Frantic efforts to secure a highly-rated replacement for Oosthuizen were unsuccessful, although promoter Rodney Berman was delighted to get Provodnikov\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s in great shape as he was in training,\u201d said the South African, who reached agreement with Art Pelullo of Banner Promotions. \u201cProvodnikov is all-action, a made-for-TV fighter who will add great value. I\u2019m disappointed the Braehmer-Oosthuizen fight has fallen through, but I\u2019ve been around long enough to know that such things are an occupational hazard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working on finding a new date for the event,\u201d said Braehmer\u2019s promoter, Kalle Sauerland.<\/p>\n
Provodnikov\u2019s opponent is 23-years-old and unbeaten in 13 fights (although it is understood that five additional pro bouts are unrecorded).<\/p>\n
Provodnikov (24-4, 17 KOs) has come off a remarkable run of five fights against top-level opposition: Tim Bradley jr, Mike Alvarado, Chris Algieri, Jose Luis Castillo and Lucas Matthysse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Siberian Rocky\u201d is a former WBO junior-welterweight champion rated number four by both the WBC and the WBO. His fight against Bradley in 2013 was named Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. More recently, his fight against Matthysse was another candidate for Fight of the Year.<\/p>\n
On the undercard, cruiserweights Youri Kalenga (21-2, 14 KOs) and Roberto Bolonti (36-4, 25 KOs) will fight a 10-rounder.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Venezuelan Charlie Navarro\u2019s (25-7, 20 KOs) will meet David Avanesyan (20-1-1, 10 KOs) of Russia for the WBA Interim welterweight belt.<\/p>\n
Also, Yonfrez Parejo (16-1-1, 7 KOs) of Venezuela, the WBA\u2019s number one-ranked bantamweight, defends his Interim belt against Kazakhstan\u2019s Zhanat Zhakiyanov (25-1, 18 KOs)<\/p>\n
Rounding out the tournament is a fight for the WBC Silver super-bantamweight title between French champion Amor Beladhj Ali (14-3-1, 2 KOs) and Qiu Xiao Jun (17-2, 7 KOs) of China.<\/p>\n
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