Brandon Rios Would Go To 154 For Cotto or Canelo

By Edward Chaykovsky

If the money is right, then former champion Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 24KOs) is ready and willing to move up in weight for a big fight. Two of the big names that would certainly persuade him to go upstairs - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.

Rios is freshly removed from last month's three round demolition of Mike Alvarado in their trilogy fight. Canelo has an opponent already set for May 2nd, when he faces James Kirkland. But WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is without a dance partner and Rios has been mentioned as being among the names considered for the Puerto Rican star. 

"Right now, if a bigger name comes up at 154lbs, I would definitely go up to 154lbs, I have no problem. Right now at 147lbs, I feel really good and comfortable. I made weight perfectly and fine this time. Actually, the night before I was 149lbs, I went to sleep and I woke up at 146lbs, I was very comfortable. I wasn’t really killing myself like I had been in the past," Rios told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .

"I’ve done everything perfect right now, I ate up all the days before the weigh ins and that never happened to me. I ate twice on Thursday, I ate twice that day. I wasn’t really killing myself, I made the weight perfectly fine, I feel comfortable at it. But if there’s a bigger name at 154lbs, definitely I would take it."