JMM vs. Fedchenko and Rios vs. Abril - Saturday night fight thread

[Mars_ax]

The only way Rios wins this now is if Abril gets the worst decision in the history of boxing.

Prophetic words my friend.

Towards the end of the fight it started becoming clear to me, Rios had a big possible fight with JMM coming up in Sept. and Abril was a relatively unknown Cuban... bingo! Abril was gonna get fucked on the scorecards unless he knocked Rios out. As a protest i'm not going to watch another Rios fight, including the alleged one against Marquez in Sept.

Mars, I don't really agree with blaming Rios for the judge's scorecards. It's not his fault Jerry Roth and Glen Trowbridge were aweful on Saturday.

However, if Abril can take Rios apart, imagine what Marquez would do.

Rant, I just don't believe Rios deserves a shot @ Marquez, but yeah Marquez the master counter puncher would school Rios. Thing is, i'm not that big of a fan of either pug, and chances are the fight would be another PPV that i'm not even going to bother finding a stream for. Arum can stick his PPV's up his ass.

Likar Ramos and Sergiy Fedchenko didn't either. Like Cotto, Marquez has faced a lot of tough competition in his hall of fame career. At this stage, he should be able to pick and choose his opponents. He wants Pacquiao again and I can see him taking another easy fight in the hopes that Pacquiao beats Bradley and they can arrange part 4 in the fall. Plus, the whole division, and Pacquiao, happen to be unavailable right now: Bradley, Pacquiao, Khan, Matthysse, Soto, Peterson, Garcia is with Golden Boy. The fight that may make the most sense is Morales even though he lost against Garcia. It would be a fun fight to watch and big business in Mexico.

How about Alvarado versus Rios? It has barnburner written all over it.

Alvarado-Rios would make a good fight, anybody besides Marquez. Rios shouldn't be rewarded for being irresponsible about making weight in his last 2 fights, and losing/looking like shit against Abril.

Until Rios starts acting like a fucking Pro, he doesn't deserve to get title shots, especially against JMM.