Originally posted by jas
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Going into 2013, I would've ranked Rios, Maidana and Matthysse as about even.
More people were picking Rios to beat Pacquiao going into the fight than they are picking Bradley to beat him now. Go back and read the threads.
We've already seen what Bradley can do against Pacquiao in the ring. He came into the ring with 2 healthy feet and left in a wheelchair and wanted to commit suicide. He then fought Prov and got a concussion and was slurring his words for 2 months.
Rios came into the Pacquiao fight having lost a razor close fight against Alvarado in a fight he didn't really take any heavy damage in. And he has an iron chin and high workrate and he hits much harder than feather fisted Bradley
The thinking was that Rios was gonna throw alot of volume at Pac and see if his chin was cracked. Pacquiao knew that and boxed the **** outta him but hindsight is 20/20
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