Nope. That was one of Team Rios' lies to validate why they ducked the fight but as everyone knows that is a commission rule, Brook doesn't give two f**ks what gloves Rios wears because he won't be landing one on The Special One Iron Jawed Ed lays the smack down from 6.45: [YT]Vp-_QXa_huM[/YT]
But that was common knowledge before Hearn opened his mouth about it. Do you believe what Roberto Garcia and Brandon Rios have to say instead? Like Rios failed his drug test after Pacquiao fight because he pee'd in a dirty glass?
Another lie was Brook demanded a rematch clause but that is standard procedure for a voluntary defense and the IBF ordered it. And that they order the rematch in the UK which also turned out to be BS. If I was Robert Arum, and Rios wanted to duck a fight, I'd instruct him and his trainer to keep quiet because they make themselves look like fools and just prove it's a duck.