Rios is not "the lightweight version of Margarito"

[SCtrojansbaby]

They are different styles. Margarito has a length advantage on almost all his opponents and used it to stay just in range while keeping his opponent at the end of his punches. Margarito does very little inside fighting and always leads.

Rios while big doesn't have a length advantage and likes to get all the way inside and can counter punch there he doesn't always have to lead.

Castillo is a much better comparison then Margarito

[Russian Crushin]

Die motha ****er

[puga]

lol.....rios = a stalker, a pressure fighter with high volumes of punches, who pushes for a close fight ,with a very good chin , decent power, cut's off the ring pretty effectively, and resileint as ****.......sounds like margarito to me....

[SCtrojansbaby]

lol.....rios = a stalker, a pressure fighter with high volumes of punches, who pushes for a close fight ,with a very good chin , decent power, cut's off the ring pretty effectively, and resileint as ****.......sounds like margarito to me....

Margarito fights in the pocket and never counter punches. Rios fights inside and can counter. As I said Castillo is much much better comparison.

//obviously Rios has a much better chin then Castillo

[Bushbaby]

Nope,he's better.

[TuRoK'em]

Nope,he's better.

yup.......

[UglyPug]

He is definitely similar to margarito. but he is not margarito the second or something. he has unique aspects to his game, like how he looks to counter, and he uses his guard more efficiently. A bit fleeter of hand and foot. Rios has very good foot speed too - not as good as acosta's, but good enough to cut the ring off and keep him up in his chest for large periods of every round. Kind of like how Maidana uses his feet to stay on his opponent when need be. Rios is more "explosive" then Margarito too.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

They are different styles. Margarito has a length advantage on almost all his opponents and used it to stay just in range while keeping his opponent at the end of his punches. Margarito does very little inside fighting and always leads.

Rios while big doesn't have a length advantage and likes to get all the way inside and can counter punch there he doesn't always have to lead.

Castillo is a much better comparison then Margarito

I agree with the JLC comparison 100%. :stampofapproval:

[Toney Loc]

He's like a piss-poor version of Julio Cesar Chavez, IMO.

[Jim Jeffries]

Margarito fights in the pocket and never counter punches. Rios fights inside and can counter. As I said Castillo is much much better comparison.

//obviously Rios has a much better chin then Castillo

Wait, what?