I think it's a likely fight in the future, but Broner said he's going to fight at 135 for a while because he can make the weight comfortably, he wants to clean up the division and he's still young. I don't see Rios going back to 135 as he struggles to make the weight and he needs to get in more fights and adjust properly to 140.
If ever a rematch is going to have the same result it's this one. Worth watching again though, you know what you're going to get.
Yeah I know that Rios is likely done at 135, but I doubt that Broner stays at 135 long, so maybe we could see this fight in the near future @140. I just like to see anybody flatten Broner, and sooner or later he'll have to move up in class face someone like Rios, Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse, et al.
Good stuff. These two could wear blind folds and stand on seperate ends of a football field and still manage to find each other with clean shots.
I have a sneaking suspicion though that this one will be mostly one way traffic. Alvarado is a fine fighter but he probally did as good a job of boxing on his feet he could have hoped for and still got worn down. I do think Rios granite is showing some slippage and he is a soaking wet sponge but punch for punch I just see him getting to an Alvarado who will be thinking and pacing too much with the first fight in the back of his mind. If I'm wrong I hope to buy him a beer and shake the hand that knocked out that hyena howling shitheel Rios.
If Alvarado boxes a bit more this time, he can win. But Rios knows he can hurt him. Should be a great fight, again.
Obviously will be a great watch, but I can't see any other result happening. Alvarado looked great in spots and landed anything he wanted the first time, but the battle of attrition was going against him in a big way from quite early on imo. These two guys are pretty well as expected each time out. Although Alvarado has more dimension he is chinny and can't resist trading, which is a really bad thing if you're fighting someone like Rios.
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