Took rounds off aint the what happened this muthafukker was dead tired around 8-9, Rios being the c class fighter that he was couldnt expose this not one bit.....
All in all Manny gets a C for his win, he looked like shyt body wise showing that he's past it from the very start, hepossessed the hand speed still but his foot work has declined immensely, Manny should have been able to put a ODH performance on Rios bum ass, but he could barely stop Rios from cutting off the ring, a Rios who aint even try to get his lead foot on the outside of Manny's, and also when Rios got close Manny held for dear life, or amateurishly turned his back with his guard completely dropped to run and evade, a good fighter throws a double left hook when Manny tries that bull shyt, in the past he used to be so fast foot speed wide he could get away from it not even being in the vicinity of harm, but sat he was barely squeaking by Rios slow wide shots, on the ropes a few times Rios dipped Manny a few times with overhand rights, had he straightened up that right, he might have dropped Manny. Now Manny handspeed was a site to watch but it worried me, he was throwing p*ssy ass keep Rios off of me punches, instead of Im a knock this nikka out Hatton type of shots, he even as much as backed off in the 12, where he had a spectacular KO/TKO written all over it. Manny was ok, but he's not prime, and not Manny, I give him a pass and not critique his performance like Merchant was complaining about him not being able to ko a blown up lightweight in Rios, and questioning whether he could beat a opponent in his current division with what he showed, he won 10 rounds vs a zombie Rios, a fighter that always is tough, whether or not I feel if Rios tried like he usually does. Manny was coming off a year of inactivity so rust may be some of the blame for the simply ok performance, but I will say this any elite fighter like Manny should mop the floor with a Rios, ODH fresh out of rehab and years of inactivity can ko a Rios; early. I waver on the performance like I wavered with the fight result......
Manny has a lot to prove, Manny is not Manny, he needs another easy touch to back into the fighting spirit of things, a Josito Lopez type fighter would be perfect but networks, so I can see a Manny facing a Jesse Vargas, from what I seen, he don't want a improving Bradley problems right away, and he defintiely dont want Prov type of issues