i'd shade rios. he's been active, and he doesn't look to be faded at this point. we don't know what berto's got left, but we know it's a lot less than he had at his best.
While Rios is nothing special at all, I can't imagine Berto wins. Berto does not get enough credit for his heart, and he has good power. But his defense sucks, he doesn't take a great punch and his stamina is no good. Plus he might be damaged goods as others have mentioned.
Rios wins but I think the fight would be entertaining while it lasted.
I remember when Berto was blowing through nobodies, like a hot knife through butter and everyone had him so hyped up, they though he could give almost anyone in the WW division more then they can handle. Now that he has been exposed by a bunch of mediocre brawlers, people would pick, "Anyone with a pulse" (as someone referred to) to beat him now. lol.
Berto takes the early rounds, that's for damn sure. But it seems like that pressure style is just the kind that is always going to make Berto fold. If he can't stop Rios early (if that's even possible) Rios probably walks him down.
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