Teodor has hit in 1000 percent on the head.
Brandon Rios is the worst combination...a person taught to box that LIKES to fight. Contrary to popular opinion, Rios actually can box when he wants to...not elite SRL or Floyd like....
But SRL and Floyd box because they dont like to engage. Rios boxes as a WAY to engage more. He likes when the fight breaks down into a war of wills. He smiles at the idea of a will of attrition...point blank, he flat out has bloodlust. Whether it be someone elses or his own. He boxes to get in and do damage, but he switches from boxing to fighting to boxing....
Canelo I see on the other side. For all this heralding he hasnt really fought anyone yet...AND, to make matters worse I dont really think he has been tested at his own division. He has a resume of no names. Hes very reminiscent of a young Cotto....loves to do damage...but then virtually changed his whole game around when he found out his chin was suspect.
I honestly think, one way or the other, we are going to see who the real Canelo is....I think for the first time he will as well. Im not sure what that will be...but he finally has the big fight he wants. I hope he can do something with it.
To answer your question, I think Pac took Rios as a soft match back in....and I think hes going to find out awfully quick he bit off more than he could chew...and hes going to lose pretty bad to Rios.
Guess who is fighting a grinder but who is one not noted for rolling with the punch, hence he got knocked out face first in his last fight?
Between Rios and Canelo, I strongly believe that Rios is the more dangerous, harder punching fighter who would not hesitate to finish his opponent once he gets him hurt and in deep ****.
Between Pacquiao and Mayweather, there's no argument who is the better defensive fighter.
It's not hard to figure it out. Do a simple math...er logical analysis.
If I had to choose one, I think Pac could be in more danger of getting hurt than Floyd. While Rios is not a crushing puncher, he can bang and he throws so many punches, and Pac gets hit an awful lot for an elite fighter. Plus we just don't know how Pac will react to getting hit after coming off such a brutal KO in the Marquez fight. If Pac is gun shy or timid, and doesn't trust his chin, it could be a long night for him, and he could get hurt by the aggressive Rios.
Canelo has the size and power to hurt Floyd, but Floyd's defense is so good that he rarely gets hit with more than one punch at a time. Not to say Canelo can't hurt him with one shot like he did Trout, but it's probably not likely. Canelo is going to have to wear Floyd down with hard shots over the course of the fight. He's gonna have to hit Floyd anywhere he can, arms, shoulders, chest, make him even feel the punches that DON'T land cleanly. I think if he can slow Floyd down a bit with hard body shots also, he has a better chance of getting to him and hurting him. But I say Pac stands the better chance of getting hurt.
Floyd Mayweather Jr does not really get hurt too much during fights, being the defensive wiz that he is. He will use his movements, shoulder rolls, and other defensive tactics to avoid everything Saul Alvarez throws at him. He's faced young, fast, and strong fighters before, so I don't know if Alvarez will hurt Floyd too much.
Manny Pacquiao however is a toe-to-toe fighter with pretty good defense when he needs it, but obviously less defensive then Floyd. He is coming off that horrific knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez as you said, and we don't know how Pacquiao is going to step in that ring. We don't know if Manny is still in his prime. He didn't look terrible before getting knocked out by Marquez, so I still think he has a great chance. I won't countout Brandon Rios. He showed us those two great wars with Mike Alvarado, and he will surely show action here in this fight.
So the more likely to get hurt is Manny Pacquiao, but don't count him out. Never count a great fighter like Pacquiao out.
after that fu
while the hard punchin rios is so hungry to take this fight as the biggest fight of his career???
canelo's a dangerous opponent too... besides the stamina problem and the 152 catchweight, he can still put floyds health at risk before running out of gas on the late rounds...right??? =)
