I believe Rios is going to load up on his right hand in this fight and try to produce the same results that Marquez got.
Unless Pac becomes Roy Jones(vs. Glenn Johnson),...This will backfire badly. I'm actually very excited to see this fight.
If you watch the last Marquez vs. Pac fight,..That First knockdown/Right hand by Marquez was NOT a really well timed shot. He just led with it....and it worked. The second right hand that laid out Pacquiao was a more "perfectly timed" shot. Pacquiao needs to be on point for this fight. He needs a solid 8-9 week training camp. No politics or multi-tasking.
If he's unfocused in this fight,...he will feel that right hand.
Rios has definitely got a punchers chance in this fight.
Rios isn't going to do that and his trainer knows better than that and no one is going to make a fight plan just in the hopes of the right hand producing such a rare set of circumstances. Rios will fight his typical fight and take it from there.
He's just too slow and doesn't have a shred of boxing IQ of Marquez to even be close to competitive. He's going to get his hits in, but Pacquiao is just going to storm through him and beat him up bad.
I agree homie, and being that Rios is A Fat dude, I expect him to bring his power up to 147lb easy. The guy rehydrated to 161lb in his last fight with Alvarado so he could be much stronger come fight night. He knows if he pulls off the upset he's a star, so I would say he's definitely got the hunger more than Pac.