Manny Pacquiao vs Brandon Rios Prediction and Discussion Master Thread

[bojangles1987]

Rios felt Pacquiao's power regardless of what he or anyone else says. He didn't let his hands go. Pacquaio would stand infront of him, look to draw his lead, and Rios wouldn't pull the trigger. He'd only punch in spots. The ONLY reason a pressure fighter doesn't push forward like they usually do, or take risks like they usually do, is because they feel and respect the power of the opponent. Rios survived, Pacquaio didn't knock him out, but that's because Rios decided to forgo high volume punching and associated potential payoff's to maintain his defense.

Not going back through this thread to see the people who disagree with you, because they are dead wrong. Rios was a zombie in the championship rounds, the guy had been beaten down to nothing. He obviously was hurt by what Pac was throwing.

Pac didn't knock him out because he wasn't trying to, though. If he was trying to, he wouldn't have backed off like he did so many times.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

Highlight of the fight was Beckham in the crowd.

[The Big Dunn]

Was so happy when this was over. Pac is still as good as he was against Bradley, and that's plenty good enough to beat almost anyone.

Yeah this is a good assessmant. I was wrong on this fight. I assumed manny would krtfo without much of a problem. Didn't expect smart fighting. Kudos to manny and his team.

[bojangles1987]

Yeah this is a good assessmant. I was wrong on this fight. I assumed manny would krtfo without much of a problem. Didn't expect smart fighting. Kudos to manny and his team.

If I'm being honest, I don't think Pac looked as sharp as he did against Marquez, though that probably has more to do with motivation than anything else.

[Mister Wolf]

lols.... cherrypicker/ghost was way more boring

Guerrero is a better fighter than Rios.

[New England]

Not everyone's as broke as your ass $70 ain't **** man

this.


if $70 was a game changing amount of money i wouldn't spend as much time on boxingscene.


if you're a fan of a fighter youshould buy his ppv as long as they aren't absolutely absurd. manny was coming off of a knockout loss. he needed a lighter touch, and rios is a big, determined punching bag.

[-PBP-]

Rios said every time he get hit it's like he have a ****** well I guess he was busting nuts all afternoon in china lol

— Adrien Broner (@AdrienBroner) November 24, 2013

[Adamjr91]

Rios looked like he wanted to beat up Kellerman

[UTEP]

I wonder what the PPV numbers are gonna look like.

[UTEP]

Rios looked like he wanted to beat up Kellerman

Max was kinda shaken up.