Abril/Rios Compuclinch: 83 clinches total [Video]

At times Abril smothered Rios by good body positioning and leverage. Other times he straight grabbed him and pinned Rios' left hand close to him. Big difference and pretty clear

I found the fight entertaining. People are speaking as though Rios was not able to throw a punch in the fight because he was clinched to death when that is simply not true. Rios was able to get his offense going, I didn't see Abril preventing Rios from hitting him, what I saw was Abril preventing Rios from connecting by smothering him-closing his angles, or keeping his distance. People's issue lies in the fact that it did not go according to what they had planned. A bunch of you slobs were licking your lips at the prospect of Rios KOing another stiff and now you are making excuses because your boy got schooled. Slating Abril because he opted to put on a match winning performance as opposed to standing in front of Rios like a sacrificial lamb. All the result proves is that legacies nowadays are manufactured.

Abril will have less fans after this fight. He only hugs, runs, and jabs. HBO won't care about him. 95% of Boxingscene had never heard of him until a month ago, how the hell is he gonna lose fans he never had.

Abril will have less fans after this fight. He only hugs, runs, and jabs. HBO won't care about him.

Both fighters were involved in the clinch, Rios holding him and swinging with his free arm. Putting that to the side 80 clinches that lasted no more than 3 seconds because the ref did a good job of pulling them apart, that's 240 seconds out of a 2160 second fight.

I liked Rios going into the fight and was a fan of his but I'm not sure anymore. Abril beat him fair and square. I don't like using the word exposed but I think if it had to be used this would be a situation in where you could use it. Funny how it is mostly Latino fighters getting jobbed in the U.S. Matthysse, Lara, Marquez, Campillo, and Abril.

yep but no point bringing this up on nsb. abril at times stood inches away from rios and rios couldn't land a shot! he did it all fight.Exactly, where's the argument for when Abril did this? Which, mind you Abril did through MOST of the fight. But, of course there's no argument for it. Rios was thoroughly out-boxed by an unknown world class level boxer and given the fact everyone's fallen in love with Rios' fan friendly style, they're judgement has been astonishingly clouded and now they've been forced to see the fact Rios is a LIMITED fighter and was EXPOSED. People use the word exposed alot in boxing to the point it's turned into a cliche, but next to the word exposed in the dictionary is a link to a video of the Rios-Abril fight, real talke.

The actual WAY he clinched and for how LONG was NOTHING and I mean NOTHING compared to say what Molina did with Kirkland and Akinwande with Lewis, and astonishingly enough, I'm seeing some of the same people in here who PRAISED Molina for his tactics against Kirkland. But now 'cause it's Rios, and everyone's been riding his bandwagon and up and to including his dick, are singing a different tune now. All of the sudden it's a disgrace. Akinwande and Molina CHARGED their opponents and clinched them with both arms and held them for long stretches of time on the ropes, Abril would do it BRIEFLY when he was being pressured, but usually he did what you saw him do throughout the fight, he'd sit in the pocket, lean back and get into the philly shell and smother Rios' left hook and pick him off with short uppercuts. NOT once would he HOLD Rios, the hands were COMPLETELY free, so could someone elaborate as to how and why Rios was getting his ass kicked illegally then? Not to mention, when Abril was on the outside sticking the jab in is face and ripping him with combinations. Some so called "hardcore" fans are so funny "Ohh Abrilzzz poonchezz hadzz noo powerzz so Riossszz won JAJAJAJAJAJ LAWLZZ" A F.UCKING joke.

i thought abril using his shoulder on the inside was PERFECT. brilliant strategy that took away both rios' left and right hooks on the inside. i still didn't like the fight but i gotta give props to whoever came up with that strategy.

What a disgusting style of fighting. It's even more so when you see the clinches compiled in one video. It's terrible. :usa2:

Is holding with one arm ruled differently than holding with both arms? The rulebook just states holding so it's hard to know exactly how they meant it.

totally different compared to the Alexander and Molina...they was clinching with BOTH ARMS...Abril grabs that left Arm...WHEN RIOS WOULD TRY TO WRAP IT AROUND ABRIL these videos are edited down, you could actually do this for most fighters believe it or not, because tie ups and clinches happen in every fight, if they didn't then a ref would not be necessary because he wouldn't have to break them up

abril taxed that ass

Now a video of Rios doing anything effective...

I can't believe someone actually stayed awake long enough to count all the holding. That would be worse then watching paint dry.

I thought Abril won...but all that excessive holding was annoying to watch..definitely wasn't wow'ed by either guys performance.

This is an embarrassment to the sport.

Abril clearly won the fight and that's all init.

People keep bringing the Molina and other fights up, yes we know they are wrong to but one thing they did different then Abril was land real solid shots and combinations that would have the crowd applauding, that didn't happen one time in this fight with Abril he ran and threw shots that Joe Calazaghe would laugh at. It was a pathetic display of fighting but a decent display of defending He landing way better shots then Rios. Rios only possible claim to "winning" is outworking him, which he didnt anyway Rios showed a horrific display of offense

Rios definitely got raped in that fight, and should have lost a shutout, but Abril's boxing style sucks. I bet Carlos Molina was jerking off to him the entire night. :wank: