Can Judah land clean and hard enough to stop rios. Can rips slow Judah down enough to stop him late Would love to see this fight
This fight is a mismatch. Rios too damn strong, aggressive and tough for the mentally weak and predictable Judah. I love Zab but he gets stopped against the relentless rios
yes lol. rios has faced nowhere near as a hard puncher as zab. not to mention zabs speed. zab would school rios
Maybe stun him a few times, but that's it. Rios is a terrible fight for Judah. He brings pressure, and Judah, quite simply, doesn't like pressure. He's also the type of guy that one or two bombs aren't enough to finish off or deter him. His chin is solid enough to survive/walk through the limited bursts that Judah gives. It would be Cotto-Judah II.
Judah realizes his punches aren't getting Iron Chinned Rios out of there and his brain melts with the pressure. Rios goes on to tear apart Judah's paper skin and shatter his fragile glass jaw. Rios KO mid rounds
Who did Cotto face with the punching power and hand speed of Judah, before facing Judah himself? Noone. But it still didn't stop him from ****ing Judah up. Because, you know, if you look at it the other way round - has Judah faced the power and pressure close to that of Rios in the past? The answer is - yes. And one more than one occasion, he's proven to crumble.
It's hard not to give Rios the edge. So far what we know is that Rios is the type of guy that could be down but not out, while Zab doesn't need to be down to already be out (not necessarily speaking literally about knock downs ;] ). Zab has excellent qualities in the ring, but he's shown they can be nullified with strong pressure. Rios would be able to d that at 140 while still being strong enough to hurt Judah in the process. I guess Zab's best shot is to catch him early, or fight his heart out and maybe stop him a bit later with a punch Rios doesn't see. But for as long as it lasts Zab will not be having fun in there with Rios, and I doubt he wins a decision.