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Jose Luis Castillo is alltime great who's way past his prime, everyone knows this and Provo could have easily spared Castillo from taking

that type of punishment. Hopkins is an alltime great who's past his best years but he was still competitive at the elite level.

Castillo has been out of the mainstream boxing picture, basically washed up for the past 10yrs and Provo beating him the way he did

shows this scum's character

You see how Manny spared Shane Mosely???? He did just enough to let Shane know who was boss but he didn't viciously try to leave Shane

with life long physical complications either.

Say what you want....But Provodnikov has it coming soon and I hope it's a painful one.

With Provo's style, damage is almost certainly coming, but the real SCUM is BNOVELIST.

He hammered Castillo's face and head like a damn dog!!!! It just shows his character.......

the commission is SCUM for approving this abomination of a mismatched fight

Provodnikov is a professional boxer; it is his job to hit his opponent and it shows his professionalism that he left his emotions out of it and got Castillo out of there, if he'd have taken it easy and got knocked out by Castillo, what then for Ruslan? I agree that it is the commissioners and managers who have put Castillo in danger.

licktheballs wrote:the commission is SCUM for approving this abomination of a mismatched fight

This is the truth.The promoter should take a beating for allowing this to happen.

Everyone knew what the outcome would be, including the shop-worn Castillo.

Poor guy needs the money and he'll take any bout even if he's in over his head.
Provo did what you do in boxing---take the other guy out.
He was under no obligation to hold back. I was surprised Castillo made it to the 5th.
Figured the only way the bout goes past 2 is if Provo decides to carry him for the sake of the Russian crowd.

But give the Mexican credit for not looking for a soft place to land early.
He gave a game effort and Provo fired back.

No one need apologize or be demonized. It was a mismatch from the day the contracts were signed, but everyone here knew that.

Its always happened and always will, boxing is a pretty grim place away from the glitz and glam of Saturday night slick TV fights, behind the scenes things are very different, you know that studio sky pundits sit in on domestic shows? Ain't a studio they just sat on top of a tall load of scaffolding with no walls or nothing (seriously) !

In my humble opinion bnovelist is well on the road to becoming the most irrelevant poster here.

Castillo was game, and did not "bow out". It was a fairly fought fight, and yep Castillo was a long shot.

Ask Castillo if he would have like to have passed on the opportunity. I'm thinkin' he was happy to be there, and give it his best. And nothin' wrong with makin a bit of money in his losing effort.

bnovelist would make a good golf fan.

Well.... Until some crazed golfer started tearing up the turf with the ol' 5 iron. Then he'd probably suggest that golf should be shut down in order to preserve the grass. He'd probably also suggest that the clubs be made of something softer like nerf material.

You can never be too careful!

You know what? Anyone entering the squared circle knows exactly what they are getting into. I don't care how old you are or what your status is. I don't hear him crying because Provo was too mean and had no mercy. Some of the old guys need a beat down to show them it is time to quit. Calling a boxer scum for beating up a guy and not showing pity is about the most stupid thing I have heard in a long time.

I would have less respect for a guy that is more superior to "carry" a guy that doesn't belong in the ring with him. It isn't about showing "respect" to guys that were good at one time, it is about one thing...winning. If you don't have it in the ring, don't have the sand or skill anymore, don't get in there. If you don't approve of watching it, follow a different sport.


Sorry, but I have a real problem with stupid fornicating trolls like Bnov posting shit like this. Boxing does not need dipstick trolls like him/her. Keep it real, and try to stay positive about the sport. Provo did what he was supposed to do. Tough shit for his opponent.

bnovelist wrote:Jose Luis Castillo is alltime great who's way past his prime, everyone knows this and Provo could have easily spared Castillo from taking

that type of punishment. Hopkins is an alltime great who's past his best years but he was still competitive at the elite level.

Castillo has been out of the mainstream boxing picture, basically washed up for the past 10yrs and Provo beating him the way he did

shows this scum's character

You see how Manny spared Shane Mosely???? He did just enough to let Shane know who was boss but he didn't viciously try to leave Shane

with life long physical complications either.

Say what you want....But Provodnikov has it coming soon and I hope it's a painful one.

Do you honestly believe the crap you write??

fergusg wrote:Ruslan did his job.

End of thread!

Yep, about sums it up.

Some people are hard to take in they really are.

It's not a tickling contest.

That f*cker had ZERO compassion.....NONE.

Larry Holmes beat a washed up Ali but also spared him and even kept advising the ref to step in.....

Marvin Hagler beat up a washed up Duran but you can tell he had great respect for Duran and carried him a bit, did enough just to let the

people know who was the superior fighter.

Provo? Yeah!!!!

He's simply a scumbag cover it up or whatever.

Commission, promoter and the fans that paid money to see it are scum. Provodnikov doing his job.

Reminds me of Ali verse Holmes. Why does boxing keep repeating history.

bnovelist wrote:That f*cker had ZERO compassion.....NONE.

Larry Holmes beat a washed up Ali but also spared him and even kept advising the ref to step in.....

Marvin Hagler beat up a washed up Duran but you can tell he had great respect for Duran and carried him a bit, did enough just to let the

people know who was the superior fighter.

Provo? Yeah!!!!

He's simply a scumbag cover it up or whatever.

In the case of Holmes I suppose it's possible. Ali would do that on occasion as well.

But Marvin? He almost got his ass handed to him by Duran, Marvin did not "play" he was all business.

Why do you imagine that a highly ranked pro boxer would show compassion to his opponent?

BoxBuzz wrote:

bnovelist wrote:That f*cker had ZERO compassion.....NONE.

Larry Holmes beat a washed up Ali but also spared him and even kept advising the ref to step in.....

Marvin Hagler beat up a washed up Duran but you can tell he had great respect for Duran and carried him a bit, did enough just to let the

people know who was the superior fighter.

Provo? Yeah!!!!

He's simply a scumbag cover it up or whatever.

In the case of Holmes I suppose it's possible. Ali would do that on occasion as well.

But Marvin? He almost got his ass handed to him by Duran, Marvin did not "play" he was all business.

I'm not sure why I'm answering to such a silly thread BUT..... Holmes's so called mercy probably damaged Ali as he beat him for 11 rounds and worsened the long term damage.

If he'd just jumped on him and stopped him he would've caused less damage.

He also would've causd less damage if he hadnt agreed to the fight, but Larry's a greedy b@stard so took his payday over Ali's health. I don't necessarily blame him though.....

In "comeback" fights after a loss or a long inactivity period, top fighters usually always try to KO their mismatched opposition.

reggaereggae wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:

bnovelist wrote:That f*cker had ZERO compassion.....NONE.

Larry Holmes beat a washed up Ali but also spared him and even kept advising the ref to step in.....

Marvin Hagler beat up a washed up Duran but you can tell he had great respect for Duran and carried him a bit, did enough just to let the

people know who was the superior fighter.

Provo? Yeah!!!!

He's simply a scumbag cover it up or whatever.

In the case of Holmes I suppose it's possible. Ali would do that on occasion as well.

But Marvin? He almost got his ass handed to him by Duran, Marvin did not "play" he was all business.

I'm not sure why I'm answering to such a silly thread BUT..... Holmes's so called mercy probably damaged Ali as he beat him for 11 rounds and worsened the long term damage.

If he'd just jumped on him and stopped him he would've caused less damage.

He also would've causd less damage if he hadnt agreed to the fight, but Larry's a greedy b@stard so took his payday over Ali's health. I don't necessarily blame him though.....

I think that's a little unfair. To label Holmes greedy for taking, what I assume was his biggest payday to date. We all know how Ali was prescribed thyroid medication that rendered him completely useless on the night, but how was Holmes to know anything about the condition of Ali on the night?
I'm sure Holmes was confident but he was facing a 38 year old fighter who looked in good shape and had a history of causing monumental upsets every decade or so.

Edit : I'm only posting to defend Larry against Reggae's accusation of greed, I didn't read the other posts preceding. But holy shitt, did I really just catch a glimpse of someone telling boxrec that Hagler carried Duran??????

Did his job?
I'm surprised it took him 5 Rounds

last time i remember seeing Castillo was live at Pac/Clottey undercard, i thought he was long done even then

This fight was a joke and so is Ruslan-- there was article about a year ago, about him only having a short time left boxing, as he wanted to pursue other things outside the ring-- i knew once i read it, the guy was done, you gotta be 100% focused on fighting and in the ring-no surprise he lost and looked like crap in last few fights.

i guess now he can claim "he beat the man, who 10% of boxing fans think beat the man"

bnovelist wrote:He hammered Castillo's face and head like a damn dog!!!! It just shows his character.......

Call the humane society or animal control. Put him in the dog pound.

This mfer still ain't banned. I'm utterly amazed.

Its boxing!!! You have to do what you have to do!! Pacquiao did not carry Mosley----He does not knock out many people anymore and Mosley was an experienced Hall of Fame fighter-----Stop the nonsense!!!

Fvck off