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Brandon Rios: 'Manny Pacquiao picked me because I lost'

Rios: 'Pacquiao picked me because I lost'
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Brandon Rios claims that Manny Pacquiao has made a mistake if he thinks their welterweight bout later this year will be easy.

Brandon Rios has claimed that Manny Pacquiao has only agreed to fight because he is coming off the back of a loss.

Rios was beaten in a rematch with Mike Alvarado earlier this year, but has agreed to fight former world champion Pacquiao in November.

Pacquiao himself is coming off a couple of losses, but Rios insists that the fight will be tougher than he thinks.

"He picked me because I lost," Rios told the Boston Herald. "They probably think 'Brandon is easy to hit, Brandon gets hit all the time.'

"It's a very different story when you get the in the ring with me, they made a mistake picking me."

Rios is due to fight Pacquiao on November 24th this year.

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