Re: How does Rios do against the light welters?
Originally Posted by
fan johnny
Rios is not ready he gets blown out by the top of the division.
I have to agree. I'm not sold on Rios. He's a hack. Acosta was the right pick for Rios. For someone "with movement", he kept going straight back whenever Rios was on top of him and sat in the pocket with his hands down, looking to shoe shine offense from the hip rather than protecting his face. Acosta was fading badly from the legs up and really wasn't keeping himself composed.
Rios seems to have some beard, and seems to have some decent power, but if he fought a counter puncher with a decent jab and head movement, he'd get cut to ribbons. There's a lot there to hit and plenty of opportunity for counters because Rios has a bad habit of loading up on his punches and can't handle guys that pivot and circle out. Acosta, at one point, ducked underneath one of those Rios chicken wings and pivoted, and Rios went right by him took a long second to find him again.
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