Brandon Rios does he have the discipline to become an elite fighter!

Miguel Vazquez presents a difficult style to anyone, but with Acosta they made a terrible mistake. Rios needs all the discipine to come through with anything but a KO loss.

Oh well, good for us.

 

That will be up to him. He has power and a decent amertur record. The sky is the limit for a guy like him. But then agian

 

I think so.

He was pretty disciplined when constantly getting lowballed by Peterson. I was impressed. I'd have lost my temper.

 

wondering why no one is giving rios a shot here...acosta has rarely been seen, and honestly i think the peterson ass whoopin was more impressive than the antillon ko...the ko was beautiful, but antillon was coming in head first all night, and was actually winning the fight....can't imagine a tougher fighter with more power and pretty much the same stlye losing to acosta......

we'll see though

 

Disciplined or not, I cant see him beating Acosta. He's all wrong for Rios, you should watch more of his fights.

 

Not elite! But I have no doubt he'll be fun and around the top for many years.......and have his fair share of big victories too

 

I suspect people who didn't follow the sport in 2010 will not know who he is in 20 years.


Rios SD12 Acosta

 

I don't believe he has the discipline to become an elite fighter. He is barely starting in his career and he already failed to make weight once, didn't he? That doesn't speak well of his mental state (in boxing). He only wants to "turn it on" when he is fighting a name opponent. That is a poor mentality to have, especially if you want to be number one for a number of years. He seems to have the physical tools to do good in boxing, but his mental lapses will be his shortfall. He'll balloon in weight against a nobody and then work like hell to lose weight when it really matters a la Ricky Hatton. It might work for a while, but sooner or later it is going to catch up with him.

P.S.

He should KO Acosta. Antillon was more than holding his own against Acosta, but he was going in with his head stationary and got caught. You can't do that unless your name is Julio Cesar Chavez.

 

Rios did not have the normal time to prepare for Lowther. It was a short notice fight. Brandon walks around at 150 pounds but he can get down to 135 if given the time to prepare. This why at the age he is now he is moving up to 140. Rios does not let anyone outside his gym see what he does to train and prepare for a fight. I have seen him, he works his ass off and suffers for his sport and then it takes it out on his opponent. The stuff you saw on 24/7 and in prefight videos are just photo ops and are not a real example of his dedication to the sport. Rios KO 7

 

Anthony peterson is/was the real deal til he fought rios. Rios has too much determination even if he seems green. Would love to see him in with judah or holt.

 

Rios has lots of potential, if he workd very hard and stays active, he could really go somewhere.

 

Maybe