Brook vs Rios is pretty much set in stone according to Robert Garcia

[bigjavi973]

I think its a good fight. Khan vs algieri was surprisingly good & prety much everyone shiiitted on that fight.

[dan_cov]

just don't jump back on the bandwagon. Rios is a good fighter, did much better vs Pac than Algieri.

He also did better than Ricky Hatton, Oscar Dela Hoya and a string of others it doesn't suddenly make him a great fighter or better than them. Just a tough guy who can take one hell of a beating. Did he even land a single punch against Manny? or Abril for that matter. He did nothing in either fight and won't against Brook.

I like Brook, always have but its time people started calling a spade a spade and said enough of these cherrypicked mismatches. I give many other fighters **** its only fair I do the same to fighters I am a fan of.

Rios is not world class the only win he has in years is to a junkie who practically had to be put on a drip just to have the energy to walk himself to the ring.

[dan_cov]

To top it he has not only fought Jojo Dan, Gavin and soon to be Rios but all three will of been PPV!

He could beat all 3 of these guys in the same night! The reason promoters get away with it is because boxing fans will buy any old **** they are fed. Eddie Hearn is taking you guys for a ride and laughing his way to the bank.

Speaking of Chris Algieri that will probably be Kells next PPV opponent, Hearn knows you will buy it on the hope Kell does better than Khan so you can try get a 1 up there.

[daggum]

for people who think this will be som exciting fight...just go back and watch porter-brook. was that entertaining? on second thought don't watch it again.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Rios is a good way to start gaining more momentum in the US.

This guy gets it.

Well Bradley fights in a few days so he is hardly out of the picture. He probably will have looked elsewhere by the time the Rios fight is over with.

Thurman is also not that far away from his Collazo fight and will most likely have found another opponent by the time Rios fight is done. He is crying out for a decent name to fight him too so he would be ****** not to jump at a chance to fight Brook.

Brook holds the only title not held by Mayweather so I think he is worth the risk for Bradley or Thurman.

I feel like all this Rios fight is achieving is taking Brook off the market for when negotiations for proper fights could take place.

If Deontay Wilder (similar situation to Brook) did the same thing, fighting a **** mandatory, then a complete no hoper, then a faded former ok Cruiserweight we would rightly call him out. Brook deserves the same criticism.

Bradley is on a huge guarantee at Top Rank for each fight. If Hearn thought that Rios was asking for too much money, how much do you think Bradley would potentially want to travel to Sheffield in September? It would have to be in the US. Hearn has said he'd love the Bradley fight in a unification later this year or early next year (should Bradley get the WBO) which seems far more realistic.

Same thing with the Thurman fight. It will likely need to be in America. Thurman can yabbber all he wants about coming to the UK but Haymon makes the decisions for him as seen by this Collazo fight. Haymon bid over $3m to get homecourt advantage for Andre bloody Dirrell. He isn't just going to send one of his prized assets over here willy nilly.

Fans need to be more patient. Brook is still a virtual unknown quantity over there. Rios is just a way of putting him over with a US audience more.

It depends if it benefited Wilder's career or not. If Wilder fought David Haye who is basically a faded former cruiserweight who hasn't fought in 3 years, would it be criticised? Maybe by some but it would be huge for Wilder's career to beat him.

[Infamous]

Anyone want to make a bet? 1 to 1 odds... I got Rios over Brooks

[ElMeroChingon]

Rios has a punchers chance. They have to work on fighting dirty to contrast the Brooks tendency to clinch.

[PAC-BOY]

War Rios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[STAX ON DECK]

i hope rios flattens this uk bum

[BOXEO _]

Rios's approved gloves for the fight.