Acosta-Rios

By Eric Thomas: Saturday night’s 10th round TKO win for Brandon Rios (27-0-1, 20 KO’s) over WBA lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-4-2, 22 KO’s) was a costly one for the 24-year-old Rios, as he reportedly broke his right hand while bludgeoning the 32-year-old Acosta into submission in a three knockdown win over the champion.

By Francisco Hernandez: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – The boxing gods are praising Brandon Rios and Miguel Acosta for putting on a great fight tonight in Las Vegas. The first great fight of the year. Brandon Rios looked like an Alfredo “Perro” Angulo of the lightweight division; at times Rios looked as tough as Jake [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – Newly crowned WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (27-0-1, 20 KO’s) looked great tonight in taking out WBA champion Miguel Acosta (28-4-2, 22 KO’s) tonight in an exciting bout at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada. Rios showed excellent power and pressure to wear down Acosta and [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – Brandon Rios (27-0-1, 20 KO’s) came on strong after a poor start in the first four rounds on Saturday night and ended up stopping WBA World lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-4-2, 22 KO’s) in the 10th round to capture his WBA title at the Palms Casino Resort, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA World lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KO’s) is moments away from defending his title against number #1 challenger Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 19 KO’s) at the Palms Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rios has earned a shot at the title by beating the likes of Anthony Peterson, Omri Lowther and Jorge [...]

LAS VEGAS / GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (Feb. 25, 2011) — Four of the world’s best lightweight boxers each weighed in at 134.5 pounds on Friday night. In Las Vegas, World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KOs) and unbeaten No. 1-ranked contender Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 18 KOs) stepped on the scales at [...]

Born in Texas, reared in Kansas and now “living the life” in Southern California, World Boxing Association (WBA) No. 1 contender Brandon Rios will fight for his first world title belt on the year’s first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast Feb. 26 LIVE in Canada in vivid HD only on Super Channel courtesy of SHOWTIME at [...]

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 23, 2011) – As Miguel Acosta and Brandon Rios met with media members for a light workout on Wednesday, newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion and Top Rank-promoted fighter Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire stopped by the Top Rank Gym, laughing and joking with the fighters and the media and even playfully snatched award-winning [...]

By Jim Dower: Number #1 ranked WBA contender Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 19 KO’s) faces WBA lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KO’s) this Saturday on February 26th at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a big step up for the 24-year-old Rios from the guys that he’s been facing since he [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: As the fight with Miguel Acosta gets closer, it is looking more dangerous for both fighters. There are a lot of hopes on Brandon Rios that he become the next Mike Tyson at lightweight eventually taking on Humberto Soto, then moving up to junior welterweight to hunt down Amir Khan and blast [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Cocky kid Brandon Rios was disappointed that he couldn’t face Humberto Soto as had been planned and instead Bob Arum is supposed to of scheduled a rematch between Soto and Urbano Antillon.