Brandon Rios is so confident about the outcome of his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao that he's already lining up his next opponents.
Rios, a former title-holder in the lightweight division, believes he's ready to face the best welterweights right after dispatching Pacquiao in November.
In a question-and-answer forum with by ESnews, Rios said he wants to take on Danny Garcia, Adrien Broner, and Lucas Matthysse in his next three fights.
"If I could pick, I would love to fight Broner, Danny, and Lucas Matthysse." Rios said "Whatever order happens."
Broner, Garcia, and Matthysse are all highly-rated fighters in the welterweight division. However, these boxers are currently under contract with Golden Boy Promotions, making a fight with a Top Rank Promotions boxer like Rios quite impossible.
In reality, Rios believes he's lined up to fight the winner of Tim Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez clash, but he's still not ruling out the possibility of fighting Mike Alvarado again for the third time in his career.
Rios and Alvarado engaged in two entertaining but brutal bouts, with Rios taking the first bout via seventh-round technical knockout while Alvarado won the second contest via unanimous decision.
Rios, who has a 34-1 record with 23 knockouts, will be facing eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in a non-title welterweight fight on November 23 at Venetian Macao in Macau, China.
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