With no stoppage wins since 2009 and having suffered a thunderous knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez in his last fight, does Manny Pacquiao have enough left to tame the wild fury of Brandon Rios?
Rios isn’t a guy who is likely and may not actually be able – to change who he is. He’s going to be in Pacquiao’s face and he’s going to throw a lot of punches. Manny in his prime would feast on guys like that, using his underrated defense and bombing with counter shots.
This could be a 12-round war or it could simply be a few rounds of Pacquiao being an elite fighter with stopping power against a very good fighter who lacks the skills to compete.