Santos-Rivera Quotes

07/10/2007

Santos-Rivera Quotes

Press Release: Daniel Santos (31-3-1, 22 KOs), who stopped Jose Antonio Rivera in a WBA 154-pound eliminator, said, “it was a good fight and he’s a hard puncher.  He hit me with some good shots early but my conditioning was so good it wasn’t a problem.  Our game plan was to take him into deep water in the later rounds and that’s what I did. Now I am the mandatory challenger to new WBA super welterweight champion Joachim Alcine.  If he’s ready, I’m ready to do it tomorrow.” Rivera, (38-6-1, 24 KOs),  who announced his retirement before the fight was quoted as saying, “I had good moments early but I was unable to explode the way we did in the gym leading up to the fight.  I stayed in the same rhythm and was unable to pick it up.  He had a field day with me. Daniel fought a great fight.  I was in great shape.  I did my best.  You have to tip your hat to Daniel Santos tonight.”