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To be honest Chief, the main reason I say bring on Ortiz/Rios is for pure excitement. The two obviously dislike each other and whole heartedly have something to prove against each other. I think it would be a straigh out war with neither one backing down. Rios is another one coming up in the ranks who is regarded to be one of the best up and coming lightweights at this time. I love to see fights based on a real desire to beat the other because of bad blood and they have a long history with a lot of issues being somewhat aired in the media. I just think it would be an exciting fight with the old adage of "Prove it in the ring once and for all" and not the "I'm better then him" "No, I'm better then him" mantra and then neither one ever ends up fighting the other. I know Vic is not going back down in weight, nor do I think he should. Only hoping somewhere down the line, if Rios continues to dominate at 140 that he will move up and fight Victor since they have real live issues between them that could be sorted out somewhat in the ring, and we could all have a front row seat to see it LOL. Hey, atleast they'd finally be able to hit each other.... what better therapy could they get than that?? LOL Besides, how many times have we seen guys with real hate or dislike for each other with a history between them go in and outright brawl - and at the end of the night they got respect for each other and huggin each other with respect and squash their beef. To me, that's the way real men air their issues (i.e. not with guns and knives and ****).
And as far as the "Berto is a hype job" disagreements here, I think some people misunderstand what "hype job" means like the way Romey is trying to explain it. I don't think (if I'm correct) that he's saying that Berto is without skills or talent. I think he's saying (and I agree) that he's a hype job in the sense that he IS NOT what has been advertised by HBO and Team Berto as far as money equals being the best. People seem to think that everyone who says "hype job" means their saying he doesn't have any skills, and in this case I think it's more of him being a hype job in the sense that any undefeated fighter who is moved very carefully and is overpaid for that job can be made to look better than he really is. Romey, you can correct me if I'm way of base here...
Side note: I think a rematch will be imperitive for Berto and who knows he could make this loss be a positive. Who knows, maybe it will turn in to a thrilling trilogy with both guys improving their defects tremendously. But something about the way Berto said in his post fight interview when Merchant said to him "It was a good fight".... Berto said "Well, maybe for you". I could be taking this wrong, but somethng in the way he answered that sounded like he wasn't thrilled with the idea of fighting any tough competitors anytime in the near future. But, I'm gonna try to cut him some slack and assume he was just disappointed in the loss. He just better not start going back down in level of competition or respect will be lost by a lot of fans.
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And as far as the "Berto is a hype job" disagreements here, I think some people misunderstand what "hype job" means like the way Romey is trying to explain it. I don't think (if I'm correct) that he's saying that Berto is without skills or talent. I think he's saying (and I agree) that he's a hype job in the sense that he IS NOT what has been advertised by HBO and Team Berto as far as money equals being the best. People seem to think that everyone who says "hype job" means their saying he doesn't have any skills, and in this case I think it's more of him being a hype job in the sense that any undefeated fighter who is moved very carefully and is overpaid for that job can be made to look better than he really is. Romey, you can correct me if I'm way of base here...
Side note: I think a rematch will be imperitive for Berto and who knows he could make this loss be a positive. Who knows, maybe it will turn in to a thrilling trilogy with both guys improving their defects tremendously. But something about the way Berto said in his post fight interview when Merchant said to him "It was a good fight".... Berto said "Well, maybe for you". I could be taking this wrong, but somethng in the way he answered that sounded like he wasn't thrilled with the idea of fighting any tough competitors anytime in the near future. But, I'm gonna try to cut him some slack and assume he was just disappointed in the loss. He just better not start going back down in level of competition or respect will be lost by a lot of fans.
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