Comments Thread For: Photos: Bradley on Point, Rios is Good on Second Attempt

[JJRod]

Rios looks horrible! He struggled to make weight when he fought at 135, struggled at 140 and is now struggling at 147. He needs a professional nutritionist in his camp.

If feel that even if he moved up to 154, he'd struggle to make that weight.

[SplitSecond]

Robert Garcia's gym have a ****** mentality, they don't have to show up so much bigger, try to lean on your skills for once.

Besides, one would probably perform better not having drained himself.

[steeve steel]

Bam bam is huge!! Bradley 's going down... his legs won't hold. Rios by late stoppage!

[jas]

geez, rios looks like an extra from night of the living dead

he didnt even have the strength to stand , that why hes leaning on his trainer garcia , dude is almost about to collapse

[SthPaw]

Well, I boxed as an amateur and was a wrestler in high school and college - losing weight and getting in shape to make weight was my thing. "Looking drained" is a byproduct of unhealthy eating, poor off-season habits and poor training techniques.

Most of this is probably on Rios to be a professional - but we've all seen pictures of his off-fight habits. I hope he fights well tomorrow but this guy just doesn't seem to be doing things healthy. But hey, its just an opinion.

For e.g. Cotto; I for one believe that his resurgence has nothing to do w/ Roach but improved off-season behaviors and it shows in his performance and appearance. He has an A-team S&C coach now and a fighter who took it upon himself to be professional. Pre-Roach we would read all the stories of drinking and of course we've all seen the videos and 24/7 of momma cooking him fried foods on HBO. I'm sure he eats all his favorite Rican food still, but it looks a whole lot less.

IF Rios want's to continue at this level, i think its clear that he needs to improve his off-season. I like Rios, he has a lot of heart

Great points. That is also why I have a ton of respect for the fighters that stay in shape year round. Often it is not just how a guy lives and eats in the two months before a fight, it is a question of what they where doing in the three/four months prior to the camps. Obviously for the guys who are constantly in the gym it is not fighting shape, but they stay in the shape you would expect a professional athlete to stay in, which seems the opposite to this situation as you say...

Some guys only train hard in camps, some train effectively constantly then pick it up in camps, huge difference. Seems to me Rios is pretty laid-back in his approach and cuts down his weight towards the end of camp, which if true, is not exactly the most efficient way in honesty.

As for the fight, I feel Bradley being the favourite is fair. He may be dragged into brawling at times, but Bradley just has that bit more too his game than Rios and I feel that will show. Got a feeling this will be a good one.

[Larry the boss]

Bumley gonna die, Look at the fear in his eyes!

Oh lord I dont know I just pray bumley doesnt get colon'd!


and to those who are gonna cry he was overweight on the first attempt to be real he had male patter baldness too he would have made weight and not been over by those .2

Punk ass Tihoethy Wackley is gonna get knocked the f out. MARK MY WORDS. HE IS GETTING BATTERED!!!!! WAR BAM BAM!!!!! LETS CATCH A ****ING BODY BRANDON!!!! DESTROY THAT MOTHER****ER!!!!!!! LETS GO BAM BAM!!!!!

^^^^^^^clowns...