On November 28, 2014, Ruslan Provodnikov (23-3, 16 KOs) and José Luis Castillo (66-12-1, 57 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Ruslan Provodnikov is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision loss to Chris Algieri, 5 months and 14 days ago. José Luis Castillo is on a 2-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over José Luis Payan, 5 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ruslan Provodnikov at 99-1 winning odds. José Luis Castillo really doesn't have much to present against Provodnikov.
Ruslan Provodnikov stopped José Luis Castillo via TKO in the 5th round. Provodnikov improves his record to 24-3 (17 KOs), while Castillo adds a loss to his record at 66-13-1.