Did team Rios know that they would win via robbery?

[RA-Box]

I'm pretty sure we all know that a Robbery took place. This was not the case of innocent "bad judging". I was on the fight thread and EVERYBODY posted that Abril was going to get robbed and sure enough Split Decision Robbery.

But I never before ever suspected a fighter or the fighter's direct team to be part of the setup, until this last sat.

Something about team Rios seemed very odd. No urgency at all. It seemed as though as soon as they saw that Abril wasn't strong enough to hurt Brandon, they just went through the paces, secure of a decision victory.

Even Brandon himself did nothing but paw away left-right-left-right to abril's guard. Making it appear to be work.

My honest question, do you think team rios and maybe even brandon himself knew beforehand that the judges were on the take?

[Wapacman]

No doubt about it! *** team rios and *** bob arum!

[RA-Box]

Poll Added.

[Jack Napier]

Rios blew the weight and had been focused on Gamboa previously
doubtful he went in there feeling 100% secure of a victory for himself
he should admit that he didn't deserve the win though

[-Spinal-]

I'm sure Top Rank fighters get a sense of comfort knowing they have Bob Arum as their promoter, when going up against another promotional company, and the fight goes the distance. Same with Don King fighters.

Get you the W by any means necessary, even if you didn't deserve it.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I'm sure Top Rank fighters get a sense of comfort knowing they have Bob Arum as their promoter, when going up against another promotional company, and the fight goes the distance. Same with Don King fighters.

Get you the W by any means necessary, even if you didn't deserve it.

^ This is pretty much what I said yesterday in a discussion I had and I agree.

However, I think Team Rios knew this time around. They knew Arum had JMM and a venue secure for him and would not throw it away cause of a loss to Abril (a nobody that no one knew). First few rounds Garcia is in there telling Rios what to do, these guys know the cameras are always on them and could've POSSIBLY been acting for them. Later as the fight progresses he showed no urgency nor told Rios what to do. Then towards the later rounds he showed some urgency. Again could've been all an act but then what hits me was that once the fight was over they paraded Rios around as the winner before the decision was made... HOW THE FK CAN YOU BELIEVE YOUR FIGHTER WON AFTER BEING SCHOOLED UNLESS YOU KNEW THE SCORECARDS OR KNEW THE FIX WAS IN?