HBO/BOXNATION- PACQUIAO v RIOS -The Clash in Cotai-SATURDAY NIGHT CHAT THREAD

[beenKOed]

Rios picks a fight with Kellerman cause he couldn't pick one with Manny. Dude, Come on.

Great fight. But the difference in class shows up AFTER the fight. Manny goes around and congratulates the entire Rios camp on a good show. Then he does a classy interview. Rios and his puffed up face claims he never felt Pac's power, and decides to pick a fight with Max instead.

Par for the course.

Personally, I wish he had knocked Kellerman on his ass. If Rios was Puerto Rican, Kellerman would have been falling all over him.
I don't have anything against Puerto Ricans, but I don't like journalists or color men who think they can say anything they want and never get called out for it.
I was feeling good last night, RJJ was hammering Max all night and Rios stood him up at the end.
I'm a Manny fan, I wanted him to win, I'm glad he won and his post fight comments were what I expected.
I like Rios too, his fights with Alvarado were great, but he is Mexican from a Mexican gym so you are not going to hear any 'We are the World' stuff come out of his mouth. When Rios said, referring to Manny, "His speed bothered me a little." that was a HUGE admission for him.
It's who he is, coming from the culture he grew up in, and I respect it. You don't have to respect it but you should try to understand it, because it's not going to change any time soon.
By the way, I used to be a Kellerman fan, but he's turning into a younger version of Larry 'The Pompous Ass' Merchant.
Hey, I feel much better now! Hahaha

[TitoFan]

Rios picks a fight with Kellerman cause he couldn't pick one with Manny. Dude, Come on.

Great fight. But the difference in class shows up AFTER the fight. Manny goes around and congratulates the entire Rios camp on a good show. Then he does a classy interview. Rios and his puffed up face claims he never felt Pac's power, and decides to pick a fight with Max instead.

Par for the course.

Personally, I wish he had knocked Kellerman on his ass. If Rios was Puerto Rican, Kellerman would have been falling all over him.
I don't have anything against Puerto Ricans, but I don't like journalists or color men who think they can say anything they want and never get called out for it.
I was feeling good last night, RJJ was hammering Max all night and Rios stood him up at the end.
I'm a Manny fan, I wanted him to win, I'm glad he won and his post fight comments were what I expected.
I like Rios too, his fights with Alvarado were great, but he is Mexican from a Mexican gym so you are not going to hear any 'We are the World' stuff come out of his mouth. When Rios said, referring to Manny, "His speed bothered me a little." that was a HUGE admission for him.
It's who he is, coming from the culture he grew up in, and I respect it. You don't have to respect it but you should try to understand it, because it's not going to change any time soon.
By the way, I used to be a Kellerman fan, but he's turning into a younger version of Larry 'The Pompous Ass' Merchant.
Hey, I feel much better now! Hahaha

Kellerman doesn't bother me too much.... he's nothing like Jim Grey, a guy I can't stand, and one that I'm happy doesn't do too many fights. Now there's a guy who goes out of his way to antagonize fighters and be controversial. You gotta expect to get some pointed questions when you're being interviewed. I was the first to blast JuanMa Lopez for his ridiculously stupid comments about the ref having a betting problem after JuanMa had gotten TKO'ed by Salido.... so I'm not about to cut Rios any slack. Also, Rios "made up" for his admission of Pacquiao's speed by claiming that Pac had no power. Sorry, but his face begs to differ. I've never liked Rios. He comes from that punkish mentality I've come to abhor in boxing. He's tough and has a granite chin, so that gives him a free pass to be an a-hole. Wrong.

[walrus]

My link cut out a couple times during the fight but I heard a couple exchanges where RJJ was heated at Kellerman. It seems they have disagreements in a majority of the fights they call. Is it turning into some genuine disdain?

[Beanflicker]

Yeah I agree, Kellerman is nowhere near as disrespectful and arrogant as Jim Grey.

There's a fine line between being the journalist with integrity who asks the tough questions, and being a disrespectful shit disturber.

I'm a fan of Kellerman, usually he is much better. But don't be disrespectful to a guy who went out there and gave it his all and got dominated. If Rios came out just looking to collect a payday, sure, fire away. He wanted to win the fight, he just got outclassed by an ELITE level boxer, who he never had much a chance against anyway.

Rios did what was expected, he came forward and fought until the end. Don't disrespect the guy and call him a punching bag.

[ruthless rocco]

Max was being an asshole.