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Timothy Bradley retained his WBO welterweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Ruslan Provodnikov.

Bradley (30-0) was knocked down in the 12th round and got pounded early, but he won two cards by a score of 114-113 and the other card by 115-112 to defeat Provodnikov (22-2).

Bradley landed numerous shots of his own that caused several cuts and bruising of the face of Provodnikov.