Rios may still look drained at 140.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I'll just copy/paste what I posted on a related thread:

he would rather go through this **** everytime so he could have the size advantage his people know he will get exposed at 140

I've said something like this before. There's a reason why Rios goes through this crap: size advantage. Why else would anyone put themselves through that hell? Bad news for Brandon, though; the higher weights are probably going to be too much for him.

Rios doesn't need to move up to 140; he needs to go straight to 147. The man looks like a corpse at 139. A healthy and decent junior middleweight would take deadly advantage of "Bam Bam's" condition. A major welterweight like Victor Ortiz would smash him. What's left?

[BattleAxePurist]

He'll be drained at 140 but at least he can make the weight or at least should be able to but for how long??This will be a re-occuring problem it appears

[turbotime]

But still, 3 lbs WILL help immensely. Who knows, maybe he felt pretty good weighing back in at 139. Reports were saying he looked a lot better at 139 than 137. Every pound counts at these lower weights. 140 can only help.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I'll just copy/paste what I posted on a related thread:

I'll just copy/paste what I posted on a related thread:



I've said something like this before. There's a reason why Rios goes through this crap: size advantage. Why else would anyone put themselves through that hell? Bad news for Brandon, though; the higher weights are probably going to be too much for him.

Rios doesn't need to move up to 140; he needs to go straight to 147. The man looks like a corpse at 139. A healthy and decent junior middleweight would take deadly advantage of "Bam Bam's" condition. A major welterweight like Victor Ortiz would smash him. What's left?

I just finished saying something like this in the other thread.

According to The Ring, Rios was only fined $45k which is absolutely horse****. Is he paying Abril as well on top of those $45k? Or is the fine going to Abril?

Lol my bad I couldn't resist.

[Russian Crushin]

Rios has simply outgrown 135, his body is maturing and he simply cant handle it anymore

Those 5 pounds or 3 pounds are huge for him

[BattleAxePurist]

then go the corrales and mosley route skipping JWW straight to WW...

problem is, will he bring all the advantages he had at LW over at WW?

mosley did bring some... it was enough for a while but what those twin losses to vernon tells us?

and chico? he looked out of place there in his fight with clottey... clottey was just too strong for him...

with that said... who knows? rios might prove to be a genuine WW afterall...

corrales was done as a fighter by then the castillo fights made certain of that
maybe with the right regiment he'll maintain his strenght and not having to drain himself actually be effective but more like take the biggest paydays he can get at whatever weight bcse his shelf life is ticking

[BattleAxePurist]

I'll just copy/paste what I posted on a related thread:




I just finished saying something like this in the other thread.

According to The Ring, Rios was only fined $45k which is absolutely horse****. Is he paying Abril as well on top of those $45k? Or is the fine going to Abril?

Lol my bad I couldn't resist.

Is there a weigh in where he'll have to be a certain weight in the morn??

[talip bin osman]

corrales was done as a fighter by then the castillo fights made certain of that
maybe with the right regiment he'll maintain his strenght and not having to drain himself actually be effective but more like take the biggest paydays he can get at whatever weight bcse his shelf life is ticking

he didnt look shot at that fight with clottey... he was competetive and was trying really hard to win...

difficult to say if he was "done" really... with just one fight?

but i really think he was just simply overpowered by a naturally bigger clottey... JMO...

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Is there a weigh in where he'll have to be a certain weight in the morn??

No idea... But don't they have those weigh ins during camp like they did with Canelo and Mosley to see where they are?

[catalinul]

he didnt look shot at that fight with clottey... he was competetive and was trying really hard to win...

difficult to say if he was "done" really... with just one fight?

but i really think he was just simply overpowered by a naturally bigger clottey... JMO...

Disagree,Chico was obvisouly past his best by the Clottey fight.He got a beating that night.

Maybe ''shot'' is overused but he was obviously on the downside of his career by that point.