How the f*** did Tim Bradley knockout Brandon Rios?!

Brandon Rios survived wars with Alvarado, Pacquiao, and Chaves... so how the hell was a non-puncher like Bradley able to stop him??? Bradley only had 12 KO's and hadn't KO'd someone in 5 years. It doesn't make sense. Can someone explain how Timothy was able to KO Rios? Thanks. I know Bradley is physically fit and a good boxer who knows how to throw good solid accurate punches. But he's a not a knockout guy. He's known for just throwing a lot of punches and outhustling his opponents. http://i.imgur.com/Y48CPBB.jpg https://media.guim.co.uk/7e58d61e732eff8792bdb27e551f380a1828237c/0_284_4494_2695/master/4494.jpg

Comments (20)

Dean_Razorback

rios was in awful shape man

10y ago

BrometheusBob

Body shots and poor conditioning of Rios

10y ago

Motofan

Rios was in the worst shape of his life for that fight. He hardly even fought back. Many of the top guys would have beaten him by knockout that night.

10y ago

hectari

Rios body gave out, similar to when Margarito just dropped after getting fatigue from a pummeling by Mosley, they just said fuk it and went down.

10y ago

soul_survivor

Rios is a fat piece of **** who quit cos he hadn't trained and was too eager to cash in his cheque. The guy has been a bland and rubbish fighter since moving up from lightweight.

10y ago

Bombs_Away

Blame Hearn and Brook. They destroyed Rios' momentum by making fake negotiations, just like what they did to Chaves. Rios thought he'll be fighting Brook in the UK and was so upbeat about it. He waited, waited, got fat, became restless, a year passed, and the rest is history. It's Rios' responsibility to stay in shape.

10y ago

BreWall

10y ago

RussB23

Rios was coming off of a layoff and was in bad shape . So bradley just hit him with body shots and that did the job.

10y ago

HanzGruber

teddy atlas is the goat

10y ago

turnedup

Rios has been struggling with weight for eons, dropping that kind of weight at the speeds he has to takes a toll on you. He refuses to do it naturally through year round nutrition and instead has to start camp even earlier than normal. Unlike Maidana who it never really caught up with Rios was done by the time he hit the scales.

10y ago

paulf

Rios came into camp completely out of shape and looked like he was being carried away by Robert at the weigh in. He was soft as hell and there for the taking. And that is no excuse; Bradley worked harder and it paid off, he kicked Brandons ass. Pretty much the same thing as Rios-Alvarado III only it was Brandon who was completely unprepared this time.

10y ago

SthPaw

Rios lost just as much as Bradley won...Bradley was on his way towards winning anyway, don't get me wrong, but Rios was fighting his own situation just as much as he was fighting Tim.

10y ago

Boxfan83

I was there live man, Bradley just beat the $h1t outta Rios plain and simple, he was just to fast and overwhelmed him. Soft body/didnt train are just excuses. Rios had no answer to Tims onslaught. Tim went at him knowing that he could hit him at will and not get hit clean back. I think Tim couldve won that fight without sparring during training camp, it was like bag work against Rios.

10y ago

bigdunny1

Obviously says more about Rios then it does about Bradley. Rios was in terrible shape and basically retired after the fight. Shot fighters get knocked out all the time. A prime Rios doesn't quit/get knocked out. He probably still doesn't beat Bradley but it still doesn't end the way it did. Bradley didn't get some new pop he just fought a shot fighter.

10y ago

j0zef

Rios was extremely dehydrated because he wasn't in any shape to fight. Once Bradley saw that, he started raining body blows and Rios couldn't breathe.

10y ago

Snoop_Frog

Rios was softer than normal, even for him. I don't think he was in the fight mentally, either.

10y ago

ricky1978

Rios wasnt there at all, I think he already had "retirement" running in his brain before the fight even started.

10y ago

lopetego

probably a combination of PEDs and Rios being in the worst shape of his life

10y ago

Aztekkas

Body shots and punches to the head have different effects, for one. Two, Rios wasn't all there physically nor mentally in my opinion. And last but not least, Bradley came out with a point to prove. His first fight under a new trainer and was coming off a string of shaky performances.

10y ago

Reloaded

Body shots will stop the hardest of chins .

10y ago