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Mirco Cuello vs Sergio Rios: Who has the edge heading into their fight?
A pair of undefeated fighters will look to take a giant leap forward in their respective careers Friday when Argentina’s Mirco Cuello clashes with Mexico’s Sergio Rios for the WBA interim featherweight world championship.
The bout will be held at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya, and live on DAZN.
Cuello (15-0, 12 KOs) is coming off a thrilling 10th-round TKO of Christian Olivo in February, while Rios (19-0, 7 KOs) produced a first-round TKO of Gustavo Molina in May.
With plenty on the line for this pair of undefeated 24-year-olds, DAZN News analyzes who has the edge between Cuello and Rios.
DAZNBoxing Styles
Mirco Cuello is a southpaw high-volume puncher who works behind the jab well, especially making his deposits to the body register as he pressures forward.
If there is a knock on his style, it is that the Argentinian sometimes shows a lapse of a guard and that leaves him vulnerable to be clipped with the right hand. This happened to him against Christian Olivo in February as the latter dropped Cuello with a counter right in the second round.
Cuello’s style will be met by a pot-shotting Rios who boxes behind a high, tight guard and also bangs the body with emphasis in order to unload more damaging blows.
While Rios is more selective with his punch palette and placement, Cuello aims to be overwhelming with output. He gets the edge because of that.
Edge: Cuello
Power
Simply put: Mirco Cuello manufactures ways to unload his power with 12 of his 15 victories coming by the way of knockout.
Against Olivo, after tasting the canvas, Cuello rebounded with his commitment to the body where he landed crushing left hooks to drop Olivo twice in the final round for a stirring stoppage win.
The 19-0 Rios possesses power, too, though it’s more pointed as evidenced by his seven knockouts.
Edge: Cuello
Mental Warfare
Cuello is fresh off of an eye-opening, gritty victory where he had to bounce off the canvas and fight his way to a statement victory.
He has more of a wave of momentum in confidence on his side when it comes to the mental advantage.
Edge: Cuello
Who has the edge in Cuello vs Rios?
Cuello got here by producing fireworks to get a stoppage win in the 10th and final round of his last fight.
Now, another emphatic win would put him in position to challenge the WBA featherweight world champion Nick Ball who faces Sam Goodman on August 16, live on DAZN.
DAZN News has Cuello with the 3-0 edge as he is on the precipice of opening up a special chapter in his career.
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