This would be a very action-packed fight IMO, who would win in five months at welter? In addition, how would a 140 lb. fight go down?
My opinion hasn't changed. Provo. I still think he has bigger power, and takes a better punch. Both of them would hammer Bum Bum Rios.
In his own bizarre, crude way, Maidana is a half decent pressure fighter, evidently. But Nikov is more violent and seemingly tougher, he'd probably win.
All I know is that the Russkie, while short on aesthetic replay value, is completely exciting the first time around with his horrible flat face and his uniquely Russian lack of value for human life