Here’s some of what Rios said in the interview with Radio Raheem:
“Bob Arum already said I get the winner of Marquez-Pacquiao, so I’m here to scout out everybody…I’m the new Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.”
It was hard to understand some of what Rios was saying because he sounded like he had a mouth full of bubblegum when he was speaking, at least I hope that’s what the problem was because I could barely understand what he was saying at times.
What would really mess Rios up is if Marquez ends up beating Pacquiao on Saturday, because I don’t think a Marquez-Rios fight would bring in huge numbers on pay per view like a Pacquiao vs. Rios fight would do. I’m thinking a Rios-Marquez fight would do in the neighborhood of 200,000 PPV buys at best, because there are a lot of boxing fans that probably won’t be eager to pay to see Rios fight. He’s not a big star, and I don’t think Marquez is a big enough star on his own to make up for what Rios lacks in bringing in fans.
I think Rios is dreaming if he thinks he’s the next Chavez Sr. He’s not even as good as Chavez Jr. in my view. The way that Rios got out-boxed by Richard Abril last April, I would think Chavez Sr. would be the last person Rios would be comparing himself to right now. I had Abril beating Rios by a 11 rounds to 1 score. It was that one-sided, and there are very few fans that saw Rios as the winner. He didn’t help himself by choosing not to give Abril a rematch, because when you win a fight as controversial as Rios did over Abril, you really need to get back in there to show boxing fans that it was just a fluke thing. But Rios didn’t do this, and he doesn’t plan on doing it either given that Arum has scheduled him to fight the Marquez-Pacquiao 4 winner.
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