Round by Round: Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II

Steve Dave keeps saying Rios won't be much at 140, well actually I think he'll be fine there. He's probably more like a natural 140er, he'll probably be stronger there, not draining himself.

 

Murray doing well, but will tire as Rios steps it up. Murray 2nd round. 1-1

 

Baker ::

Bob Sanders making excuses for Rios, telling us how hard Rios tried to get down.

Fuck that.

 

yup, it's fucking ridiculous

SAME DAY WEIGH-INS NOW, PLEASE

 

Murray working well, but Rios' shots are hurting more

 

Murray's right has looked decent

 

Brandon Rios 28-0-1 (20 Ko's)
vs.
John Murray 31-1 (18Ko's)


Round 3

They meet in the middle of the ring...right/lefts to the body by Murray, jabs by Rios, Rios pushing out the right hand. Right to the body by Rios, right hand by Murray pushes Rios back a bit. Right to the body and an upercut to the head by Rios, left hook by Rios.

Jab right hand by Murray down the middle, Rios comes back with a right. Jab,jab by Rios, left to the body and up with the uppercut. Right hand by Rios pushing Murray back into the ropes. Jab/right hand to the body by Rios.

Right/left to the body by Rios, Murray missing with the right hand. Jab/right by Murray. In a phone booth again..shoeshin punches by Rios to the body...

Round 3: Rios

 

Murray aint backing down

 

Maybe this will last longer than expected

 

Murray trying hard

 

Fuck Rios, yeah, 20lb weight advantage I would be grinning too. Sack of shit.

 

Burns takes Rios at 137.

 

Rios is a big lightweight, but not as big as I thought. Not as big as Castillo for example. Probably not as big as Floyd either by the time he outgrew lightweight.

 

Do you know what weights they are tonight?

 

Murray looks like he's picking his spots and hoping that Rios will punch himself out a bit... I hope it works, I hate these fucking guys who come in 20 pounds over the limit on fight night

 

Brandon Rios 28-0-1 (20 Ko's)
vs.
John Murray 31-1 (18Ko's)


Round 4

They meet in the middle of the ring...Jabs by Rios, left upprcut by Rios Murry throw the jab/right hand blocked by Rios. Jab/right hand by Rios, the right lands hard. Right/left to the body and right to the head by Murray, Rios keep stalking and coming forward, Right to the body by Murray, uppercuts by both fighters, Rios punches seem to have a much stronger impact.

Right/left by Murray, Right hand by Murray snaps Rios head back, Rios smiles at him. Right/left uppercuts by Murray, Rios respond with an uppercut of himself. Slapping right hand by Murray, right/left by Murray, another RIGHT by Murray snaps Rios head back.

Round 4: Murray

 

Murray may have edged that round 4

 

Murray doing better than expected.

I also hope Rios gets tired from being weight drained and Murray takes him out.

 

Murray is a stud. I see the shit-eating grin has disappeared for the time-being.

2-2.

Daft-Punk. :doh:

 

::

Not asking for much, are you?? ::

 

Murray could take a stranglehold on this

 

Rios probably weighs more in the ring than Floyd does NOW.

 

I hope this Limey wins it by KO late, behind on the cards

 

Rios on threw 74 punches in round 4.

 

I'm enjoying tonight's card

 

Brandon Rios 28-0-1 (20 Ko's)
vs.
John Murray 31-1 (18Ko's)


Round 5

They meet in the middle of the ring...RIos comes out jabbing, Murray with his own jab. Right to the body by Murray. Both guys going to the body, but nothing hard, right to the body by Rios, uppercuts by both, left hook by Murray. Right to the body and head by Murray.

They trade jabs, Rios smiles.Right to the body by Murray, Jab,jab by Murray, REF WARNS Murray about low blows. Phone booth but not many hard punches landing, alot of arm punches. Right hand by Murray, left uppercut by Rios.

Round 5: Murray

 

Vitali sneers at his punch output.

Murray won the 5th.

Where's ya grin, Rios???:hump:

 

Murray, by one

 

Rios is breathing very hard..........

 

Well in that case he's just bloated or has heavy bones, and maybe bigger legs.

You put those 2 next to each other Floyd is going to look significantly bigger. Floyd has a pretty built upper body these days, big chest and shoulders.

Rios actually looks kind of narrow and soft, just fairly thick and beefy.

Castillo was a bigger lightweight. 5'9 and a bit more built than Rios.