What did we expect other than Rios being thrashed by Manny?

[ykdadamaja]

What did I expect from the fight? Well, given the Rios rep for being a tough guy that likes to fight, I thought that he might have tried to win the fight. He made no such effort and it was obvious that his fight plan- and that means Garcia was in on this- was to take the money and run.
His chance to win the fight was to step over to his left- to constantly move to that side- to keep Pac in front of him. Then throw punches and rough him up. Instead he put his hands over his face and let Pac work him like a heavy bag. He didn't punch, didn't try to win, he just quit.
Rios ain't no fighter because he quits when presented with a problem. He should quit and go bag groceries.

It's not easy to fight Manny. People don't take that into consideration. Personally, if the economics of Mexican money wasn't at the core of it, he should have stopped the Marquez fights after the second one.

It was obvious too that Manny Paciuao took his foot off of the gas. Probably had stuck in the back of his mind the knockout loss he had to Marquez. But, he still looked impressive. Thrashed Rios for the entire fight. Wasn't even close.

Who's next for Manny?

Its easy to say all that after the fight but going into the fight there were a lot of question about if Pac is still Pac. That was determining Rios chances. I personally thought Rios would constantly pressure and get inside to do damage but he couldn't and was completely clueless on dealing with pacs speed and footwork. I didn't expect Rios and Garcia to be so surprise by Pacs speed cause they've seen it first hand before in the Margarito fight.

There was no questions from me on Manny. He was robbed by Bradley. And Marquez fought til he won. See the above response.

Manny is still Manny. He needs to fight Floyd.

[greynotsoold]

It isn't easy to fight many people at a world championship level. That doesn't mean you don't try. And the Rios camp did not try, not in their preparation, not in the ring. "I didn't try for the knockout because I probably would have got knocked out myself" is what a coward says. He didn't even try to win a world title, a win that would have opened up a treasure chest for him.