Brandon Rios
(31-1-1, 23 KO) is preparing for the biggest fight of his life when he
faces Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO) this coming Saturday night from
Macao, China, live on HBO pay-per-view. Here's a video look back at some
of Rios' biggest fights to date. I'll add my own comments here, for
kicks. For S's and G's.
Brandon Rios DQ-7 Anthony Peterson (Sept. 11, 2010)
Rios' HBO debut showed everyone
exactly what Rios can do, as he drew Peterson into a brawl and dropped
him in round five. In response, Peterson laid in so many low blows that
even Russell Mora had to call for the DQ.
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Brandon Rios TKO-5 Omri Lowther (Nov. 13, 2010)
This got moved up to feature on
the Pacquiao-Margarito undercard. Rios beat Lowther up as expected.
There wasn't much to this one.
Brandon Rios TKO-11 John Murray (Dec. 3, 2011)
Faced with a fellow
come-forward brawler, Rios missed weight and didn't look great early,
but he wore Murray out over the fight, demolishing him with uppercuts in
the trenches, bloodying and stopping the tough Englishman in a pretty
entertaining bout.
Brandon Rios TKO-7 Mike Alvarado (Oct. 13, 2012)
Living up to the pre-fight
hype, Rios and Alvarado tore into one another in Rios' official move to
140 pounds. Trading back and forth, Alvarado was doing pretty well until
Rios clocked him in the sixth round, stopping him in the next frame
when referee Pat Russell stepped in.
Mike Alvarado UD-12 Brandon Rios (Mar. 30, 2013)
Not quite as great as the
first fight, because this time Alvarado was able to keep his composure
and box more, and he proved the better fighter from the outside.
NOT DISCUSSED
Rios won his first world title
at lightweight in February 2011, rallying to stop Miguel Acosta, who
was handily outboxing the slugger for much of the fight. This was
televised by Showtime.
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