By Lem Satterfield
Unbeaten lightweight Brandon Rios provided his thoughts on the upcoming mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito, which takes place on November 13 for the vacant WBC 154-pound title at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Rios and Margarito are both trained by Robert Garcia.
Rios gives Margarito the edge based on his consistent pressure and high workrate. Based on Rios' comments, we could see a potential repeat of Margarito's career-defining performance against Miguel Cotto. After Cotto built an early lead, Margarito's pressure broke him down in the later rounds before the fight was stopped in the eleventh. Cotto went to a knee, twice, before his corner threw in the towel.
"Margarito is going to put the pressure on him, and he's going to fold like Anthony Peterson did. I put so much tremendous pressure on him that he folded and that was his way out. Manny Pacquiao is going to be the same way. Margarito is going to put so much pressure on his ass, that he's going to fold. He [Pacquiao] might do a Mike Tyson and bite an ear off to get out of the game. I think it's going to happen," Rios told FanHouse.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
