Comments Thread For: Brandon Rios Stops Miguel Acosta In Ten

[Catrin]

HELL OF A FIGHT MR. BAM BAM RIOS! today u show the heart of a true MEXICAN WARRIOR & CHAMP... and u did it wit CLASE! LIL HOMIE... salud Homie...you are now the new WBA lightweight champion! Viva Mexico! Puro Sur Califas... Rios vs katsidi honda center complete sell out!!

[twosweethooks]

Game Guts and BLOOD,,,,,GOOOOOOOOOOOO RIO's !!!!!!!!!

[Drunk Punch]

This was an awesome fight. Rios is one tough guy, he deserves all the plaudits.

I'd like to see him up at 140 with Maidana!! That would be something.

[lopez36]

Not really impressive by Rios.

He was getting outboxed by Acosta, but Acosta lacked the stamina, had no legs later in the fighter, and his punches had no power behind them.

He's still a one dimensional brawler, with good power, with a good chin, and no defense.

Garcia and Arum should keep Rios away from someone like JMM because JMM will pick him apart if JMM can take Rios' power. JMM will land any punch he wants on Rios because has no defense with no head movement.

huh?....so he lost because acosta lacked stamina and had no legs in the later rounds?..why do you think that was?? maybe rios' hard punches had something to do with it? and his constant pressure?? i saw acosta fine in his last fights,his stamina was good but now that rios really pressured him he lost,thats why he lost,who cares if he was out boxing him,rios hit harder and pressured him,this isn't a 5 round fight it's twelve and it's who does their part better and rios did,acosta is better boxer ok,but rios hits harder,better stamina and takes a punch better,for this fight those three qualities were better than acostas boxing..you can be one of the best boxers but if you can't take a good punch you'll lose,being a boxer isn't only the best quality of a fighter,i'd rather a fighter hit hard and TAKE a punch and great stamina,if he had better defense great,but i'm sure he'll work on that

[lopez36]

Guys like Rios make me wonder how the phuck does he get down to lightweight. The guy looks huge in every fight/

acosta looked bigger

[lopez36]

He was supposed to get outboxed by Acosta. That was a given going in. You've seen Acosta fight before?



Give him a little more credit than that. Could we at least say that he's brawler with some skill.
I don't see to many (exclusively) brawlers putting together short, accurate, combinations like Rios did on occasion. He's no defensive wizard (but how many boxers are?) but he did do pretty well after getting touched up the first 4 or 5 rounds. Of, course that also could've been because he was taking the starch out of miguel.



I don't want to see that fight. And I would hope that JMM would win. But as we saw today, Rios would be able to take that punch plus JMM isn't getting any younger and does get hit with that left hook. Wonder if Rios has a good left hook...

that would be the end of jmm,,,i agree marquez looks his age in every fight now,he's slower,gets hit more and rios is huge,if rios was able to take acostas' punches,he'll take marquez too and rios hits harder at lightweight than katsidis,i think it would just be rios winning not because he's better,we all know that,but he's younger,and stronger and never been in battles like marquez has,exept for this fight,marquez is at the end of his career

[Ray*]

This is what you call pressure fighting!!! Great fight by both and hopefully we get to see them again.

[Buffalo]

Bam bam smash.........the man is a warrior. That fight turned around after acosta had rios beaten and backing up yet couldn't seal the deal. The next round pressure resumed and that has to take a lot out of a fighter. You hit your opponent with everything and you know you hurt him yet here he comes again and still hitting HARD.

Rios is the best at 135 right now. I didn't think so before but after that performance I have no doubts. Big ring, Fast, accurate opponent and yet he was able to take him out. Marquez is smarter and a better counter puncher but he is nowhere near as mobile or as fast as acosta is. Don't see marquez posing a problem for the rios garcia express. That train is just starting to roll............

[El 7 Mares V.2]

"Mini Margarito" is going to be a tough out for anybody at LW.

I expect Soto to avoid him again and fight Demarco instead.

It is what it is.

"Mini-Margarito" lol good one, he does remind me of my boy Tony. What a fight that was man, so happy to see Rios completely destroy Acosta.

[twosweethooks]

Not really impressive by Rios.

He was getting outboxed by Acosta, but Acosta lacked the stamina, had no legs later in the fighter, and his punches had no power behind them.

He's still a one dimensional brawler, with good power, with a good chin, and no defense.

Garcia and Arum should keep Rios away from someone like JMM because JMM will pick him apart if JMM can take Rios' power. JMM will land any punch he wants on Rios because has no defense with no head movement.

YOU are a total DumbA$$ !!

All of you who use the words "one dimensional" are DumbA$$'$ !!!

You think you sound like some hotshot know it all.

Do you think Rocky Marciano was any good ? Rio's and Rocky fight the same,,both are game, neither have the slick skills , can a fighter like them make it ?????

Rocky's record : 49 fights no losses , 43 KO's

Rios UNDEFEATED

One dimensional my A$$