I just can't see it and I try to be as open as the next guy. Never hold pure boxing or backfoot against a guy at all but what I saw was a lot of stay alive skirmish boxing. Watch round 2 and tell me that was solid hit and get out ring control. That was smoke and leave me alone. Tons of half punching with tons of misses. In fairness to be expected as he did well to get out of 1st and needed to recover and did so. The kid rose up and battled brass balls, just as we have seen him do before, but just feel a slower Provo with even less output controlled and dictated more to win. If I watch round 7 over and over its basically the fight. Pressure by Provo, some decent jabs and rights bounce off him, Chris shifts his hands around and postures then gets moved and takes the harder more impacting lefts and bodywork and resets. Its a pick your poison kind of fight and fully appreciate the underdog battling tough and showing some poise and gameplan, but in no way can I see him taking more than 5 rounds with what that was vs the effect and damage Provo was able to show payoff for.


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