Comments Thread For: Danny Garcia vs. Brandon Rios is Now WBC Final Eliminator

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How is it any different than when a champion makes a voluntary defense and an undeserving fighter gets an opportunity over the other 8 contenders in the division more respectfully in line for the shot?

Porter is already confirmed as mandatory and is sitting and waiting until Thurman is ready. They can't force Porter to fight a third eliminator.

It is very different, the fighter chooses that not the commission. The commission literally picked a former champion to get a soft touch (yet again) against someone who doesn't have a right to be anywhere near title contention and made him a contender. Anyone arguing for Rios to be in a title opportunity eliminator isn't thinkings straight. Sorry.

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It is very different, the fighter chooses that not the commission. The commission literally picked a former champion to get a soft touch (yet again) against someone who doesn't have a right to be anywhere near title contention and made him a contender. Anyone arguing for Rios to be in a title opportunity eliminator isn't thinkings straight. Sorry.

No, that's not what happened. Garcia was fighting Rios regardless. Since Garcia is #2 and next in line after Porter gets his shot and since Garcia was fighting a ranked WBC opponent, Garcia asked if he could put his status on the line in an eliminator, no different than Porter did with Granados.

No different than Kovalev already having a fight scheduled and since he was #1 already, he asked the WBO to put the vacant title at stake. If you have a high rankings and have already scheduled a fight against another ranked fighter in the same organization, you are allowed to request this. The organization doesn't have to say yes, but why would the WBC say no to Garcia volunteering to put his ranking at stake against Rios? If Rios happens to beat Garcia, why shouldn't he get the #2 ranking?

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No, that's not what happened. Garcia was fighting Rios regardless. Since Garcia is #2 and next in line after Porter gets his shot and since Garcia was fighting a ranked WBC opponent, Garcia asked if he could put his status on the line in an eliminator, no different than Porter did with Granados.

No different than Kovalev already having a fight scheduled and since he was #1 already, he asked the WBO to put the vacant title at stake. If you have a high rankings and have already scheduled a fight against another ranked fighter in the same organization, you are allowed to request this. The organization doesn't have to say yes, but why would the WBC say no to Garcia volunteering to put his ranking at stake against Rios? If Rios happens to beat Garcia, why shouldn't he get the #2 ranking?

Bro, so you are cool with Rios jumping from #20 something to #2 because he fought Garcia? So that means the other 20 something fighters more deserving get what "a pat in the back?" Dude call it what it is, Promoter influence and nothing more. Rios does not deserve a title shot, there is zero logic to making a case for it. Sorry to break it to you.

[STREET CLEANER]

Thurman has his hands full. I see another injury coming soon

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Bro, so you are cool with Rios jumping from #20 something to #2 because he fought Garcia?

We couldn't care less about any of this. Why would we be cool or not cool? What we care about is the truth. So we are not cool with you saying Rios would be jumping from "#20 something to #2" when he'd really be jumping from #11 to #2.

Why would that upset us? When the champion fights #11 and loses, #11 jumps all the way to champion. Why would we lose sleep over that?

Rios does not deserve a title shot, there is zero logic to making a case for it. Sorry to break it to you.

If he beats Danny Garcia, then he's far more deserving of a shot than many who receive title shots.

[Gigantes]

thurman keeps fighting porter and garcia over and over. in house fights against the same guys over and over. sounds like top rank but it cant be....

lol

lol "yea top rank is ******, they only do in house fights and the guys fight the same guys over and over again. but we need to see keith/porter/Garcia and now rios doe" lmao

[RyanjLarose]

LOLOL great post

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We couldn't care less about any of this. Why would we be cool or not cool? What we care about is the truth. So we are not cool with you saying Rios would be jumping from "#20 something to #2" when he'd really be jumping from #11 to #2.

Why would that upset us? When the champion fights #11 and loses, #11 jumps all the way to champion. Why would we lose sleep over that?




If he beats Danny Garcia, then he's far more deserving of a shot than many who receive title shots.

Who is we? You subscribe to the Miguel Cotto school of speaking in the third person? Yeah, it's fckd up and if you can't accept that it's fcked up then cool but don't try selling meon this bullshhh farce of a fight being a title eliminator. Why not go get Malignaggi out of retirement while are at it and make him also a title eliminator. Garcia has literally had his hand held through his career and it pisses me off to see fans still being ok with this kind of bullshh. So make of it what you will but I guarantee you that you would not be ok with certain fighters getting this easy road but it's Garcia so "it's ok." Demand more of your sport, Porter is available and wants that fight..nuff said.

[Rip Chudd]

perfect gif

[Scipio2009]

Good point so now LATE 2019 possibly early 2020.

Yeah Garcia / Thurman is goibg be anpther 50/50 or 55/45 fight.

Simply follow the calendar of Keith Thurman; return fight and then he'll either have to fight Shawn Porter again or Errol Spence to unify the division before the Fall.

If he fights Porter, then he still would have to choose between Spence Jr and Garcia for December-February 2019 (possibly the WBA obligation would be coming due as well)