All the hater talk about Rios is laughable.

All the supposed concern for Brandon's health after boxing is just passive resistant speech. It is a futile attempt to hide irrational hatred for Rios. Brandon is no more going to end his career with brain damage than any other boxer. In fact, Brandon gets hit with less clean punches per round than most pro boxers. His defense is subtle but it is a tight defense. He rolls with most of the clean punches and he completely slips the rest. He is one of the most complete inside fighters in the business today.

 

I would never bet against Pac but Manny did say that Margartito hurt him several times during their fight. Brandon is better at in fighting and he hits harder than Margarito so Rios will always fight a good exciting fight and will always have a puncher's chance.

 

Serious as I can be. Boxing itself is a potentially harmful sport. As are most other contact sports. My point is that many of the people posting these comments and those sort of questions are not interested in Rios' present or future health but are instead only interested in downgrading his skills and hating on him as a person. I never heard people saying things like this about Erik Morales or Castillo in the early careers. Or Gatti or Ward for that matter. Rios takes a good shot and comes back with better shots of his own. Some day the wear and tear of any sport will take it toll on the body. This is why the sports are normally for the young. As a trainer, coach, referee and as a man you loves and respects his boxers I worry about all of their healths but I don't see Rios taking anymore abuse or flush shots than anyother boxer with his style. Brandon likes to get in and take shots to land his shots. He has learned how to do this without getting hurt or getting hit cleanly. Brandon does not get into a fight if there is no danger of him getting hurt or getting hit. This is why he never got into the Abril fight like he normally does. There were no real threat of getting hit or hurt. He was flat emotionally for that fight. Erik Morales got hit with more flush shots in one 12 round fight than Brandon has in his career.