Provodnikov & Roach to Hold Media Workout March 8

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (March 5, 2013) -- Top-rated welterweight champion RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV (22-1, 15 KOs), from Siberia, his Hall of Fame trainer World-Famous FREDDIE ROACH, conditioning coach GAVIN MACMILLAN and manager VADIM KORNILOV will host a Los Angeles Media Workout, This Friday!  March 8, beginning at 2:00 p.m. PT.  The Media Workout will take place at Wild Card Boxing Club (1123 North Vine St. - one block north of Santa Monica Blvd. -  Hollywood, Calif. 90038).  Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM will also be in attendance.

Interviews with Provodnikov and his team will take place before he begins his workout.

Provodnikov is in his final 10 days of training for his challenge of undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion TIMOTHY "Desert Storm"  BRADLEY, JR.  (29-0, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif.  Bradley, a two-division world champion, is making his first defense of the crown he won when he dethroned Manny Pacquiao last summer.  The Bradley-Provodnikov world welterweight title rumble will take place, Saturday, March 16, at The Home Deport Center in Carson, Calif.  The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.

Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Banner Promotions and Tecate, remaining tickets to the Bradley-Provodnikov world welterweight championship event, priced at $200, $100, $50 and $25, can be purchased online at AXS.com or by phone at 888-929-7849 as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Suites are available by calling 1-877-604-8777. For information of group discounts, please call 1-877-234-8425.

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