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Rios: I was just totally mind-****ed by Pacquiao
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***8220;Honestly, it was speed, man. The speed really got to me. It was really a factor. I had some guys in sparring with speed but this guy had tremendous speed,***8221; said Rios. ***8220;I think also too it had to do with the southpaw [style]. I hadn***8217;t fought a southpaw in a really long time. I was never used to a southpaw until Pacquiao. So sparring southpaws in the gym, they weren***8217;t as great a southpaw as [Pacquiao]. He***8217;s not only a unique southpaw but [the most] awkward southpaw out there and that what was had a lot to do with it.***8221;
***8220;Because honestly, after the second round, I got frustrated I just, like***8230;once you get mind-****ed in a fight, you lose the fight. You lose everything you have to do. You forget about the game plan; you forget about everything because you***8217;re mind-****ed. I was just like stuck, so that***8217;s what happened,***8221; explained Rios. ***8220;We had a great game plan going in. I was executing it in the gym. I was doing everything. I was doing a great job. Then all of a sudden and I get to the fight and we were doing great out there.
And then the second round, I was just totally mind-****ed. I just, it just seemed like everything I***8217;d throw, I was going to get countered. Every time I tried to do something, I was going to get caught. I really got mind-****ed. It***8217;s just one of those things. I fought one of the best southpaws in the world and not just a southpaw but one who is one of the best in the world, so **** it.***8221;
Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until you get hit." -this must be what Rios was explaining. All goes out the window when a fighter is to conscious to not get hit.
***8220;Honestly, it was speed, man. The speed really got to me. It was really a factor. I had some guys in sparring with speed but this guy had tremendous speed,***8221; said Rios. ***8220;I think also too it had to do with the southpaw [style]. I hadn***8217;t fought a southpaw in a really long time. I was never used to a southpaw until Pacquiao. So sparring southpaws in the gym, they weren***8217;t as great a southpaw as [Pacquiao]. He***8217;s not only a unique southpaw but [the most] awkward southpaw out there and that what was had a lot to do with it.***8221;
***8220;Because honestly, after the second round, I got frustrated I just, like***8230;once you get mind-****ed in a fight, you lose the fight. You lose everything you have to do. You forget about the game plan; you forget about everything because you***8217;re mind-****ed. I was just like stuck, so that***8217;s what happened,***8221; explained Rios. ***8220;We had a great game plan going in. I was executing it in the gym. I was doing everything. I was doing a great job. Then all of a sudden and I get to the fight and we were doing great out there.
And then the second round, I was just totally mind-****ed. I just, it just seemed like everything I***8217;d throw, I was going to get countered. Every time I tried to do something, I was going to get caught. I really got mind-****ed. It***8217;s just one of those things. I fought one of the best southpaws in the world and not just a southpaw but one who is one of the best in the world, so **** it.***8221;
Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until you get hit." -this must be what Rios was explaining. All goes out the window when a fighter is to conscious to not get hit.
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