Brandon Rios talks about his style, his approach, and whether or not he's letting his first pro loss get to him.
You've had
tremendous success as a professional. You fought undefeated for nearly
10 years. You enter this fight in unfamiliar territory after falling to
Alvarado. Will you prepare for this fight any differently than you
always have? If so, how do you prepare so that you don't completely
alter approach as a fighter to the point that you've moved away from
what has made you a success?
"I'm going to fight the way I
always fight. The only difference is I have to train in a smarter way. I
can't train to fight the way I fought with Alvarado and other fighters I
have fought. I have to train smart, train to fight Manny Pacquiao. I'm
going to train the same way and fight the same way but in a smarter way,
because I can't change my style of fighting. I can't change something
that has got me where I am now. The way I fight is the reason I have the
wins I have, the reason I have the fans I have and the reason I'm
fighting the biggest fight in my career on November 23 in Macau, China.
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"Falling to Alvarado in Rios
vs. Alvarado II didn't affect me at all, what affected me was training
to the Alvarado I fought the first time at the Home Depot Center. That's
what affected me. I trained to fight hard, yes but to fight the
Alvarado I fought before. When I trained for Alvarado the first time on
October 13, 2012 I was confident and I was ready 100% for the fight.
When I trained for Alvarado second time, I would say I was over
confident because I knew I had hurt him the first fight I had already
beat him. Therefore I believed I could do it again. That's where I
messed up because I didn't really think he was going to change his game.
I didn't train for a different Alvarado, I honestly didn't think he was
going to change his routine. I trained for the Alvarado I had fought a
few months back, that's where I messed up.
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