At the moment WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios is one of the hottest names in the sport. The Oxnard, California-based fighter is coming off of a scintillating 3rd round TKO over Urbano Antillon last month that only further heightened his appeal and people are dying to see what his next move is.
While Rios admits there is business to settle at 135 pounds, he also can?t hide his interest in one day moving to the junior welterweight division. He often keeps his eye on the action taking place at 140 pounds and I thought he would be a good person to ask when discussing the upcoming Erik Morales-Lucas Matthyse clash for the vacant WBC title.
Morales meets up with the dangerous Argentinean on September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of the ?Star Power? pay-per-view event and the fight figures to be chalked full of excitement. Giving his take on the bout, Rios seems happy that Matthyse is still in the picture after losing disputed split-decisions to Devon Alexander and Zab Judah over the past nine months.
