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Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Chris Algieri ‘done’ for june 14

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Ruslan Provodnikov (L) fighting Mike Alvarado for the WBO jr. welterweight title on Oct. 19, 2013. Photo by Chris Farina/Top Rank.

It's official.

Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO 140-pound belt against Chris Algieri on June 14 at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y., promoters Artie Pelullo and Joe DeGuardia announced on Thursday. The fight will be shown on HBO.

"The fight is a done deal," said Pelullo, who is holding a press conference on Tuesday in New York.

In his past two fights, Provodnikov (23-2, 19 knockouts) scored a 12th-round knockdown during a unanimous-decision loss to WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley in RingTV.com's 2013 Fight of the Year, followed by a 10th-round stoppage over Mike Alvarado for his current belt. Algieri (19-0, 8 KOs) was last in the ring for a unanimous decision over Emmanuel Taylor in February.



"It is an interesting fight. It's a good fight. It's an interesting choice of venue," said Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who is co-promoting the event. "I conferred with Artie on that, and I can't wait for that fight. It should be very interesting. There's a big Russian community and Algieri has a great following, so it should do very well."

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