Tweet
by Cliff Rold - For those who thought Yuriorkis Gamboa had to be an absolute moron to piss away a major HBO date against Brandon Rios, for a reported million dollars and change, with no proven ability to put butts in seats, the weigh-in results for Rios-Richard Abril should enhance the thinking.
Rios looked terrible in photos, drawn and dehydrated, in missing the Lightweight limit of 135 lbs. by two pounds for his Saturday clash with interim WBA titlist Richard Abril. Just as noteworthy, given time to burn more pounds, Rios returned to scale 139. It’s hard not to think a starched Rios wouldn’t have been easy pickings for the Cuban speedster.
The only person who looks more foolish than Gamboa right now is the brain trust who let Rios anywhere near Lightweight again.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone. Top Rank, Rios’s promoter, has signed their guys into fights they’ve shown evidence of being too heavy for in the past. It’s fair to say Rios is ultimately responsible for his weight. It’s also fair to say his promoters and managers should be looking out for him. When a fighter can’t make weight anymore, especially in this lame day-before weight-in era, then it is insane to keep signing them to abuse their bodies into divisions they don’t belong in. [Click Here To Read More]
Rios looked terrible in photos, drawn and dehydrated, in missing the Lightweight limit of 135 lbs. by two pounds for his Saturday clash with interim WBA titlist Richard Abril. Just as noteworthy, given time to burn more pounds, Rios returned to scale 139. It’s hard not to think a starched Rios wouldn’t have been easy pickings for the Cuban speedster.
The only person who looks more foolish than Gamboa right now is the brain trust who let Rios anywhere near Lightweight again.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone. Top Rank, Rios’s promoter, has signed their guys into fights they’ve shown evidence of being too heavy for in the past. It’s fair to say Rios is ultimately responsible for his weight. It’s also fair to say his promoters and managers should be looking out for him. When a fighter can’t make weight anymore, especially in this lame day-before weight-in era, then it is insane to keep signing them to abuse their bodies into divisions they don’t belong in. [Click Here To Read More]
Comment