Comments Thread For: Richard Abril: I Want Brandon Rios Rematch After Bogere

[kokingbill]

If he genuinely believes he won already, there is nothing left to prove and it does nothing for his career. He's not coming into the fight to score a knockout or put an exclamation point on anything, just holding and trying to cloud the judges scores to squeak by with a crappy decision in a boring fight. The guy needs to stop fixating on Rios, like he was doing since before the first fight, and just move on. Why doesn't he want Broner, who is actually a champion in his own weight class and might be a bigger money fight?

[Bullrider]

Why doesn't he want Broner, who is actually a champion in his own weight class and might be a bigger money fight?

I'd like to see Broner take this guy. But Broner will avoid this guy at all costs along with another runner, Vasquez. Both boring guys who are deficient in the art of inside fighting and their only answer for it is hold.

I won't blame Broner for ducking these guys, but I'd still be curious to see both fights, though. See how Broner would deal with high risk, low reward runners and huggers.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Keep dreaming Rios will never fight dude again.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Rios ain't got **** on Abril.

[*ANGRY CUBAN*]

I want to bet 5 billion in Abril favor..

[-PBP-]

Richard Abril holds the whole fight, that's not boxing, I could understand you sticking and moving and turning, side stepping but not Holding like he dose. Abril fight's like a girl, like most people on here that support him.

In boxing we call that using the ring and neutralizing the attack of a one-dimensional brawler.

[omyblaze57]

Going in face first and stopping punches with your face isn't boxing either. The name of the game is hit and don't get hit.


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That's what people does NOT understand about boxing. Boxers will use their best strategy to win fights. Some boxers' best strategy is to brawl (Brandon Rios's style), and others' strategy is to avoid getting hit by holding, etc. As long as the referee does not advise the boxer of taking a point away for holding, he can continue doing it for his advantage. Like you said, hit and don't get hit. Most of the boxing fans don't like this game plan, but it is the best game plan you could execute if you want to enjoy your post-boxing career. Go ask Margarito if stopping pinches with his face was the best strategy. Yes, it was for him, because that was the only way he could stand a chance at winning a fight, by doing that while making his opponents get tired, but at the long run, taking too many blows is not an intelligent way to fight through 12 rounds against a PEDs suspect. So, hitting and not getting hit is the logical thing in boxing. If you don't like the style, don't watch it. As simple as that. Good post!

[omyblaze57]

Is not Richard Abril's fault if Rios couldn't get to 135 without draining himself down, or if he didn't respect Abril's boxing ability. Contracts are made, and you get to read them all, and sign them if you AGREE to the conditions. If you didn't have a good night for boxing, your problem. Everyone who watched the Rios-Abril fight, knows that Abril won that fight. I know Rios won't give Abril a rematch because is too much risk, very very low reward for him. Abril EXPOSED Rios by limiting his inside game. That was it!

[CubanGuyNYC]

That's what people does NOT understand about boxing. Boxers will use their best strategy to win fights. Some boxers' best strategy is to brawl (Brandon Rios's style), and others' strategy is to avoid getting hit by holding, etc. As long as the referee does not advise the boxer of taking a point away for holding, he can continue doing it for his advantage. Like you said, hit and don't get hit. Most of the boxing fans don't like this game plan, but it is the best game plan you could execute if you want to enjoy your post-boxing career. Go ask Margarito if stopping pinches with his face was the best strategy. Yes, it was for him, because that was the only way he could stand a chance at winning a fight, by doing that while making his opponents get tired, but at the long run, taking too many blows is not an intelligent way to fight through 12 rounds against a PEDs suspect. So, hitting and not getting hit is the logical thing in boxing. If you don't like the style, don't watch it. As simple as that. Good post!

Good post.

I've gotta be honest with you. I don't think too much about a fighter's preferred style costing him his health while I'm watching him fight. But you make a good point: You're much better off not brawling if you want to enjoy the rest of your life. In a recent interview, Rios is already slurring. Is it worth it to entertain a few strangers that ultimately don't really care about you?

[omyblaze57]

Good post.

I've gotta be honest with you. I don't think too much about a fighter's preferred style costing him his health while I'm watching him fight. But you make a good point: You're much better off not brawling if you want to enjoy the rest of your life. In a recent interview, Rios is already slurring. Is it worth it to entertain a few strangers that ultimately don't really care about you?

Yes, and I know that watching two fighters going at it is very entertaining for the fans' eye, but watching other fighters just finding a way to win, without getting too much punishment, for me, is very pleasing too. Tipically, those kind of boxers frustrate the most offensive fighters, and it happened in that April-Rios fight. If you're going to watch PPV boxing, you won't spend money for watching a kind of fighter like Abril, but you can't blame him for fighting his fight. He will fight the most comfortable way for him to win, like you, me, or the rest of the people would fight on our most comfortable way to win a boxing fight. Styles make fights, and that's his style, a style that will let him enjoy his retirement.