Was last night an anomaly, or will Rios do well @ 140?

It mostly depends on how Rios is matched at 140. He'd look like a beast once again versus Peterson or a Maidana or an Alvarado, someone who'll come forward and trade punches with him. If he gets matched with brawlers and in-fighters, he'll look good. He will, however, look bad if he fights another tall, awkward, quick, slick boxer like Abril.

I don't know how much of it was due to him being drained, but Rios looked AWFUL. Very slow, no punch variety, bad footwork,no head-movement, no jabbing, NO use of the right hand, no uppercuts, predictable attack- I scored that one 10-2 for Abril. Abril put a clinic on him. Rios was lucky his chin is good/Abril is feather-fisted, because Abril honestly couldn't miss with his right hand.

In short, I think some of his performance was due to drainage, but it'll take a few fights at 140 to see if he doesn't look as sluggish there before making an assessment. Either way, Abril has his number.

 

Who would Rios struggle with @140?

 

he will f**k lamont up worse than anthony.

he will walk right through amir's punches and knock him tf out.

he will break devon down and ko's him late.

zab quits after/in between 7-10 round.

bradley-rios is 50-50 at 140.

 

atsch :rofl

 

Was last night an anomaly, or will Rios do well @ 140?

not sure that makes

rios would be top 4-7 at LWW

 

You don't happen to be mexican right? that's a stretch for even me...

 

my spanish maybe better than yours. :yep

 

Its is painfully obvious that Rios has flaws , this has been a long time in coming , he is a very limited fighter , he's world class at what he does !! , but his overall game is well short of being " world class " , he doesn't have the variety , and if you can keep him off , you've beaten him :deal

Bigger men @140 , who punch harder , how does he fare ??? time will tell , can he become an effective LWW , i believe he can , but he'll lose to the top echelon in the division , thats a guarantee , can you imagine what Marquez would do to him for heavens sake !!!!

If he fought Marquez he'd never fight again :deal

 

I have to agree with the majority of this post :good

 

rios is gonna be a EsPN fighter at 140.

Can't see Rios beating any of the top 15 at 140 actually.

 

Guerrero , JMM , Bradley , Peterson , Khan & Judah everyone one of these men would find Rios's chin , with little to no problem