Brandon Rios looks strong and I can't wait to see him in with better competition. Obliviously a fight with Victor Ortiz would be good drama and build up. I think Ortiz has the tools to beat Rios but the question is how will he react to the pressure. I still think pretty highly of Ortiz but I saw something in the Nate Campbell fight that bothered me. He dominated the fight but there was a point that Campbell was able to apply a bit of pressure and it seemed to really bother Ortiz though he was still winning the rounds. Talented fighter that doesn't like pressure. Reminds me of Zab Judah a bit.
People are surprised Mike Jones didn't look spectacular but to me he didn't look too spectacular on showbox a while back against lesser competition. He scored a KO on what appeared to be a low blow but struggled with his offense a little. On Sat he seemed to punch himself out early but part of me wonders if making weight helped that happen. He is tall and looked huge for that weight class. He was very muscular and didn't look like a fighter that weighed 145 the day before. He is a great prospect and has potential but some people may be expecting too much too soon. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up fighting at 154 soon as well.
Everytime I see Manny Pacquaio he adds a little something to make him more dangerous. I can see that they worked on his body punching and he looked good going to the body. Early in the fight Margarito looked like he knew what Pac had and was comfortable with it. Thats when he got suckered in and shocked like the others have. Great performance though the one thing I feared for Manny did happen when he got caught with that body shot. Manny is tough though and people have to stop coming into fights thinking they can stop him by catching hard once or twice. The final piece for Manny to develop and in my opinion and the most important if he ends up fighting you know who is his defense. He doesn't anticipate too much and just deals with his opponents offense as it comes. He also uses his offense to intimidate his opponent into not throwing. For the mega fight I think he has to change that. Its very possible that he may be able to improve in that area they way he has developed in other areas. The right hand is now dangerous and strong, the body work is there, now its time to work on avoiding being timed and hit by shots he is fast/skilled enough to avoid. Styles make fights. Hopefully we get the fight that everyone wants.
People are surprised Mike Jones didn't look spectacular but to me he didn't look too spectacular on showbox a while back against lesser competition. He scored a KO on what appeared to be a low blow but struggled with his offense a little. On Sat he seemed to punch himself out early but part of me wonders if making weight helped that happen. He is tall and looked huge for that weight class. He was very muscular and didn't look like a fighter that weighed 145 the day before. He is a great prospect and has potential but some people may be expecting too much too soon. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up fighting at 154 soon as well.
Everytime I see Manny Pacquaio he adds a little something to make him more dangerous. I can see that they worked on his body punching and he looked good going to the body. Early in the fight Margarito looked like he knew what Pac had and was comfortable with it. Thats when he got suckered in and shocked like the others have. Great performance though the one thing I feared for Manny did happen when he got caught with that body shot. Manny is tough though and people have to stop coming into fights thinking they can stop him by catching hard once or twice. The final piece for Manny to develop and in my opinion and the most important if he ends up fighting you know who is his defense. He doesn't anticipate too much and just deals with his opponents offense as it comes. He also uses his offense to intimidate his opponent into not throwing. For the mega fight I think he has to change that. Its very possible that he may be able to improve in that area they way he has developed in other areas. The right hand is now dangerous and strong, the body work is there, now its time to work on avoiding being timed and hit by shots he is fast/skilled enough to avoid. Styles make fights. Hopefully we get the fight that everyone wants.
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