Pacquiao wins against Rios

Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios didn't plan to become Many Pacquiao's punching bag or become his tune up game but that is what happened. Pacquiao is coming from two consecutive defeats with Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez. He plans to redeem himself when he faces off with Brandon Rios. Rios on the other hand is coming from a lost against Mike Alvarado and plan to get this win. The match is set in Cotai Arena Macau.

The match was one-sided with Pacquiao landing 281 out of 781 punches (36%) while Rios Landed 138 out of 502 punches (27%). Winning this match earned Pacquiao the WBO international welterweight belt.Judges score at the end of the bout is 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 all favoring Manny Pacuqiao. 

According to Rios they expected that Pacquiao will be fast but his speed during the match was something their camp didn't expected. Pacquiao’s speed has caused problems for Rios. He was waiting for the chance to give Pacquiao one big punch that could knock him out but unfortunately for Rios the opportunity never came. Rios that Pacquiao did not hurt him but said in a post press conference “But he was quick. I did train for quickness but he was much quicker than my sparring partners.”

Pacquiao improves his record with 55 wins, 5 loss and 2 draws while Brandon Rios' records 31 wins, 2 loss and 1 draw.  Talks has already begun that Pacquiao would return to the ring of April 2014. Currently they have to opponents in mind. He would either fight Ruslan Provodnikov or Timothy Bradley.