Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado II - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Mars_ax]

Rios vs. Alvarado, should be another war next Saturday on HBO.


March 30th
At Las Vegas (HBO): Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim junior werlterweight title; Terrance Crawford vs. Breidis Prescott, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Jose Ramirez vs. Charles Dubray, 4 rounds, lightweights.

Rios knows he can stop Alvarado now, and I figure he'll do it a little quicker this time, Rios by 6th round TKO.

[Tam Seddon]

I can't wait for this rematch, IMO it was fight of the year last year, it was better than Pacquiao - Marquez 4. I think Alvarado was hurt when he got stopped but maybe he could have carried on for a bit longer, it was a very close war and I am expecting the same again. Alvarado IMO can box better than he did the first time around , he got drawn into a war, which was no doubt entertaining but that type of fight was more suited for Rios hence why he won the fight.

If Alvarado can box more he will have a better chance of winning, but I think it will just turn into another war with Rios winning another stoppage victory. Alvarado does have to not get involved as much on the inside though if he wants to take rounds.

[Mars_ax]

I can't wait for this rematch, IMO it was fight of the year last year, it was better than Pacquiao - Marquez 4. I think Alvarado was hurt when he got stopped but maybe he could have carried on for a bit longer, it was a very close war and I am expecting the same again. Alvarado IMO can box better than he did the first time around , he got drawn into a war, which was no doubt entertaining but that type of fight was more suited for Rios hence why he won the fight.

If Alvarado can box more he will have a better chance of winning, but I think it will just turn into another war with Rios winning another stoppage victory. Alvarado does have to not get involved as much on the inside though if he wants to take rounds.

Alvarado was done, the ref stopped it just before Rios was going to knock him out:



Good stoppage, Alvarado, lives to fight another day and gets a rematch.

[Tam Seddon]

I can't wait for this rematch, IMO it was fight of the year last year, it was better than Pacquiao - Marquez 4. I think Alvarado was hurt when he got stopped but maybe he could have carried on for a bit longer, it was a very close war and I am expecting the same again. Alvarado IMO can box better than he did the first time around , he got drawn into a war, which was no doubt entertaining but that type of fight was more suited for Rios hence why he won the fight.

If Alvarado can box more he will have a better chance of winning, but I think it will just turn into another war with Rios winning another stoppage victory. Alvarado does have to not get involved as much on the inside though if he wants to take rounds.

Alvarado was done, the ref stopped it just before Rios was going to knock him out:



Good stoppage, Alvarado, lives to fight another day and gets a rematch.

He was on the way out I do agree, but maybe in Alvarados eyes he might have preferred to put knocked out instead of being stopped? I do agree he lives to fight another day and the referee did the right thing, but fighters have pride and some dont like being stopped, maybe that could have been the case for Alvarado.

[bzkfn]

Rios is a great brawler but his skill set is massively overrated. I think he'll probably win this but I'd expect he gets easily oitboxed when he steps up.

[Mars_ax]

Rios is a great brawler but his skill set is massively overrated. I think he'll probably win this but I'd expect he gets easily oitboxed when he steps up.

When he steps up?, who the fuck is he going to step up to at Jr. Welterweight?

As for being massively overrated, kind of like you on this forum.

[Mars_ax]

I can't wait for this rematch, IMO it was fight of the year last year, it was better than Pacquiao - Marquez 4. I think Alvarado was hurt when he got stopped but maybe he could have carried on for a bit longer, it was a very close war and I am expecting the same again. Alvarado IMO can box better than he did the first time around , he got drawn into a war, which was no doubt entertaining but that type of fight was more suited for Rios hence why he won the fight.

If Alvarado can box more he will have a better chance of winning, but I think it will just turn into another war with Rios winning another stoppage victory. Alvarado does have to not get involved as much on the inside though if he wants to take rounds.

Alvarado was done, the ref stopped it just before Rios was going to knock him out:

Good stoppage, Alvarado, lives to fight another day and gets a rematch.

He was on the way out I do agree, but maybe in Alvarados eyes he might have preferred to put knocked out instead of being stopped? I do agree he lives to fight another day and the referee did the right thing, but fighters have pride and some dont like being stopped, maybe that could have been the case for Alvarado.

Well warriors like Mike Alvarado will go out on their shield, but a good ref will stop the fight before they get seriously hurt. Mike, protested a little bit, but he was looking defenseless, and Rios was going in for the kill, the ref did exactly the right thing.

I'll be surprised we see a different result in the rematch, I believe Rios will end it even earlier this time.

[Spicoli]

Both of these guys sponge more than a Sunday afternoon carwash. First fight was awesome but Alvarado isn't a backfoot boxer and I think he will try to be based on first few rounds, but he has always swaped shots in the end.

I cannot get away from thinking Rios will walk right through him, brutally and early in rematch. Its not that Rios improves but he at least knows his identity and has come to terms with being a punching bag throwing bricks.

[beenKOed]

Like both these fighters, don't really care who wins. Looking forward to another genuine slugfest.