Rios- I don’t understand all the hype surrounding him!!!

dont feel bad TS, i dont understand most of the hype surrounding 95% of fighters who get shoved down our throats as the next all-time great.

He got shut down by a boxer that was to be expected at some point in his career there's always going to be hype around an aggressive face first slugger like Rios This was not a good style match-up put him in with someone who's easier to hit and will bang abit and he'll provide some brutish entertainment

dude's a bum....get him out of here Agree with you boss man... But take that guy off your avi B..

dude's a bum....get him out of here

DAMNN!!! I was so right about Rios hype..... But got Khan so wrong loll oh well sh1t happens.

I don't think it was the pressure. Linares had two cuts. Bleeding all over the place and it started affecting his vision late in the fight. No cuts, he would possibly could have boxed to a UD. Rios would be an interesting fight for Linares. Good enough to get his career on track if he wins but challenging enough to keep him honest in ring. I think with Rios, what you see is what you get. If Linares can keep him on the end of his punches, I think he could win. nah he was fading like he was in the Juarez fight a few us noticed it at about the 6th round he was huffing a bit. He was gassing the cut might have drained him but what DeMarco was doing in there was a large part of why Linares was stopped as well Linares would have to fight a flawless fight to win IMO

you really think Linares would beat him? Linares is good kid and a very skilled fighter but if DeMarco's pressure could get to him don't you think Rios would absolutely burst his pipes with the pressure he brings? I don't think it was the pressure. Linares had two cuts. Bleeding all over the place and it started affecting his vision late in the fight. No cuts, he would possibly could have boxed to a UD. Rios would be an interesting fight for Linares. Good enough to get his career on track if he wins but challenging enough to keep him honest in ring. I think with Rios, what you see is what you get. If Linares can keep him on the end of his punches, I think he could win.

Would he fight Linares? Be perfect opponent for Linares to get his career back on track. you really think Linares would beat him? Linares is good kid and a very skilled fighter but if DeMarco's pressure could get to him don't you think Rios would absolutely burst his pipes with the pressure he brings?

I like Rios. Thats all I have to say on the matter.

When you look back, Rios arguably beat the best boxer in the division at the time, Anthony Peterson. Rios was supposed to get owned in that one. and with Acosta and there were even sum who thought the Antillon fight would be a war

JCC was still a veteran and like you said ODLH was a up and comer, veterans tend to win but not on their case because ODLH out boxed the brawler... JCC was not a brawler, and ODLH had already become champ at two different weight classes and was in his prime. not to mention he was consider top 5 p4p before they even fought.

Ok if there where another 10 secs left of Rd 1 Khan would of won by 1st Rd KO lol, we could go with these silly theories. Who said Khan is great? Why do people on this site love to use their own intellect and twist another posters words? Rematch Maidana! Fighting bums? Since the Maidana fight Khan has been fighting ranked top 10 fighters in his division, grabbed another title in the process. Come on b what are you on? A washed up Zab Judah and Paul McCloskey are both bums. Was there any doubt in your mind that Khan wouldn't beat either of them? There was no doubt in my mind. I knew Khan would win, just like he is going to beat Lamont Peterson. Come on man, these fights are jokes. Khan has done nothing but cherry pick since his fight with Maidana.

What was ODLH more closer to a brawler or boxer? You said "you made an ali example in one of your posts before, who put ali through the most hell in his career?" And I'm asking you who won the trilogy? So how did that prove your point? well a brawler is an inside fighter/pressure fighter a boxer is an outside fighter a boxer puncher is exactly like oscar, a dumbed down version of a boxer with less defense and movement of a pure boxer but makes up with power, basically a hybrid between a slugger and a boxer, ray robinson is a good example of a boxer puncher and would occassionally go to war, something "boxers" usually lack as not getting hit is their first priority the general consensus is boxer > slugger because sluggers are punchers who looks for the ko whilst boxers are working for points at a distance slugger > brawler because a slugger is a big puncher whilst the brawler is usually lacking in defense brawler > boxer because a boxer will have no room to operate when he has the ring cut off and is being worked on the ropes and are you suggesting ali dominated the trilogy, do you know how it played out, you realise ali fainted? ali didn't fight as a boxer in that fight, he took a more aggressive role early on that made the different, and that's what makes great fighters, adaptablity also brawlers usualy have their best moments late in the fight

Ok if there where another 10 secs left of Rd 1 Khan would of won by 1st Rd KO lol, we could go with these silly theories. Who said Khan is great? Why do people on this site love to use their own intellect and twist another posters words? Rematch Maidana! Fighting bums? Since the Maidana fight Khan has been fighting ranked top 10 fighters in his division, grabbed another title in the process. Come on b what are you on? McCloskey and Judah? Okayyyyyyyy lol

you lot have the styles wrong, oscar was not a boxer in terms of styles boxer = outside fighter oscar is more of a boxer-puncher(think manny pacquiao) and chavez did not fight anything like a brawler in that fight and i have no idea what you meant with your reply to me, seems like you only proved my point What was ODLH more closer to a brawler or boxer? You said "you made an ali example in one of your posts before, who put ali through the most hell in his career?" And I'm asking you who won the trilogy? So how did that prove your point?

The result was, Khan barely escaped with the "W". If it wasn't for Joe Cortez, Khan might not have come out of it with the win. If Khan is so great and schooled him like you said, then why doesn't he give Maidana a rematch instead of fighting a bunch of bums? Ok if there where another 10 secs left of Rd 1 Khan would of won by 1st Rd KO lol, we could go with these silly theories. Who said Khan is great? Why do people on this site love to use their own intellect and twist another posters words? Rematch Maidana! Fighting bums? Since the Maidana fight Khan has been fighting ranked top 10 fighters in his division, grabbed another title in the process. Come on b what are you on?

JCC was still a veteran and like you said ODLH was a up and comer, veterans tend to win but not on their case because ODLH out boxed the brawler... you lot have the styles wrong, oscar was not a boxer in terms of styles boxer = outside fighter oscar is more of a boxer-puncher(think manny pacquiao) and chavez did not fight anything like a brawler in that fight and i have no idea what you meant with your reply to me, seems like you only proved my point

Khan vs Maidana what was the result again? Plus Khan was skooling that guy until he got that punch in the 10th, so it was looking out to be a typical outcome where a boxer skooling a brawler. Khan still won. The result was, Khan barely escaped with the "W". If it wasn't for Joe Cortez, Khan might not have come out of it with the win. If Khan is so great and schooled him like you said, then why doesn't he give Maidana a rematch instead of fighting a bunch of bums?

Rios is what we all though he was. A great brawler, tough as nails. Will give you great action packed fights each and every fight. He's must see TV, he will never be a great boxer but I don't think he'll get outclassed either even if he faces a technical boxer like Khan. He's one of my fav boxers, those uppercuts and his infighting in general is a thing of beauty.

after a 90+ fight career while DLH was just an up and comer still and out weighed JC by a considerable amount on FN. JCC was still a veteran and like you said ODLH was a up and comer, veterans tend to win but not on their case because ODLH out boxed the brawler...