Kastidis vs Rios?

I was looking at this in terms of excitement

Total mismatch. Its a worse fight then Antillon. Katsidis is shot. He doesn't take punches as well as he used to and his legs are gone. Thats why he doesn't really have any power anymore. Kats aint even a contender at 140, so whats the point.

What do you guys think about this fight at 140 for Rios's coming out party? Fireworks all the way and most likely a KO. katsidis lost to a pretty ordinary ghanaian last night. the guy had some talent but he looked like a complete novice in terms of his boxing. katsidis took hellish punishment rios would stop him and it would be ugly.

i don't really see the point in moving up to 140 to take a gimme fight against another lightweight. if mensah had any kind of power he probably would have stopped katsidis last night. i would rather see him in with a guy like kendall holt or ali funeka. alvarado would be a pretty decent fight. provodnikov is trash though, he's a so-so ESPN guy. if rios is gonna be on hbo/ppv he better start fighting some opponents that are worthy of being on those airwaves. i would just prefer not seeing him fight someone with a style tailor-made for him so he can look good. let him earn the hype a lot of you guys give him.

Decent test the waters fight for Rios...... Personally would like to see Rios/Alvarado vs Provodnikov at some point Those would be interesting fights as well

Decent test the waters fight for Rios...... Personally would like to see Rios/Alvarado vs Provodnikov at some point