Phil Baroni looks to steam roll through Joe Riggs
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On June 6, “The New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni will meet Joe “Diesel” Riggs.
Bother fighters are veterans of the sport. The fight should be a stand up battle, as both fighters are heavy handed.
Phil Baroni was pretty explicit about his plan to knock Riggs out at the Strikeforce press conference yesterday.
“Really, there’s not much to say. Joe’s 25 years old and he’ll have his day. On June 6, I’m knocking him the (expletive) out. I’m going to (expletive) him up bad. I’m going to bust him up the whole (expletive) fight. It’s up to him how long he wants to last. Whether he wants to last one round or he wants to last three – I’m going to (expletive) him up.”
“Never mind being in shape. I’m not thanking anybody for being here. Any promotion that has me, it’s lucky for them. No one’s kissing anyone’s asses. I’m just ready to fight and beat the (expletive) out of him.”
“He looks like he’s been overtraining. I’d say he’s about maybe 155 (pounds). You don’t look like that big at 170 right now. Something’s wrong with him.”
“I asked my agent – I said ‘hey get me a southpaw to fight.’ My agent’s pretty stupid. He said ‘What’s that? He didn’t know what a southpaw was. So, I said “It’s a (expletive) left-handed fighter. I’m real good at fighting lefties. Lefties are made to order for me. They eat straight right hands and I’ve got a pretty (expletive) big one. I’m going to put it right on his kisser.”
“It’s do or die for me and I ain’t (expletive) ready to die. I got a lot of fighting left in me. Joe’s young. I’m a man now and I think he’s a boy. Someday I’ll probably commentate for Joe when he’s fighting for a world title. This is my time. I’m going to take care of my business and that starts with Joe and everyone else at 170 pounds with Strikeforce.”
It’s tough to call this fight. Both fighters go on hot/cold streaks and are terribly inconsistent. Baroni has 3 consecutive wins, but those wins come by way of fighting in the smaller shows.
Both fighters have the ability to knock out anyone in the welterweight division at will.
Joe Riggs has suffered some pretty serious injuries over the past two years, and the fact that Baroni says Riggs looks pretty small is a little suspect to me. Hopefully Riggs will come into this fight 100%.
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