Boxing cognescenti have offered up Saturday's Brandon Rios-Urbano Antillon clash as the antithesis of this past Saturday's deeply disappointing heavyweight fight between champ Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye. It's not a bad offering, that's for sure. Rios and Antillon are two of the few boxers today who could be considered true pressure fighters, the kind of lightweights who want to get in your face and never stop punching you no matter what. No. Matter. What. Antillon was one half of the 2010 TQBR Fight of the Year, against Humberto Soto. Rios is one half of a leading 2011 Fight of the Year contender against Miguel Acosta.Maybe it's just my Klitschko-Haye hangover talking, but part of me is worried about a letdown. Most people thought Klitschko-Haye would feature can't-miss action, like they think about Rios-Antillon. Rios and Antillon have grown to deeply dislike one another, just as Klitschko and Haye had. If there's a difference, it's that Klitschko and Haye had turned in boring performances before. Antillon and Rios never have. But there's another reason I'm worried Saturday's Showtime battle won't deliver on its promise.
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