Brandon Rios VS Victor Ortiz 2-4-17!!!!

[Dr Rumack]

Ortiz will outbox Rios for a few rounds, but once he feels Bam Bam's power he'll end up folding.

Yeah but they'll need a winch to get Bam Bam into the ring.

[paulf]

Torn on this one.

Ortiz filled out and belonged at welterweight.

Brandon looks flabby, slow, and has zero power or pop. His wins at 47 are a DQ over Chavez and KOing Alvarado, who had zero sleep after getting out of jail and his meth power had worn off.

I roll with Rios, but my gut says Ortiz wins this fight.

[daggum]

should be a fun fight if Rios can maintain some stamina and Ortiz doesn't breakdown mentally

lol good one

[Chrismart]

I'm trying , but i'm just not feeling this one.

[deathofaclown]

As long as Rios hasn't lost his ability to take a shot, he should find a way to win. I'm not reading too much into the Bradley KO in terms of his punch resistance. It's well known that Rios had to lose an insane amount of weight during camp and even the day before the fight. He's only got himself to blame for that of course.

Ortiz is totally finished though, probably even more than Rios is because Rios will always have an element of fight and toughness that Ortiz doesn't.

Ortiz can definitely crack though, in any fight you at least have to give him a punchers chance. It's a shame really because he has bags full of ability, it's just his mental strength that makes it count for nothing. Talent-wise, he's way beyond Rios but i don't think he has the heart to beat him. Their toughness is at opposite ends of the spectrum really to the point where it overtakes the skill level.

I still like the fight though, yeah they're both finished but it will be a good build up and i'm certain we will all be watching come fight night, just out of curiosity.

[SCEN3RY]

Fights like this should be on undercards not main events

Edit: BTW it's not showing on their Boxrec now.

Tempted to agree. Timing really is important because I don't really care at this point if the fight gets made or not.

On the flip side, I find myself thinking, "if" Ortiz does this or "if" Rios does that - it's turned into a very uncertain matchup at this point. Rios, tbf, has shown better consistency so he may well end up being the favorite with the oddsmakers.

[7_rocket]

Ortiz will quit. What a shame, he had such potential

[soul_survivor]

lol good one

we can all hope

[-Antonio-]

Rios would make Ortiz quit. It's not even a matter of will he, it's when will he.

[sicko]

Might need security at the Presser for this one when it does become official because the bad blood is real