The March 30 card featuring the rematch between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado in the main event sold 4,515 tickets and had another 675 given away for free, according to figures provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. A total of 5,537 ticke...
Brandon Rios thinks he didn’t deserve to suffer his first pro defeat in his unanimous decision loss to Mike Alvarado this past Saturday. “When I watched the fight, I did not lose that fight,” Rios said Friday morning in an ESPN.com online chat. “I...
There are plenty of months where Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov would have been plenty. March 2013 has been that and, now, much more. In the two weeks since, fans have been treated to a three-round thriller and twelve round war in big name acti...
By Robert Morales - Flash back to September 1999 and the welterweight title unification fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad Jr. at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Everybody in the world thought it was going to be a hard-hitting, toe-to-toe m...
The rematch between Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios this past Saturday night produced an all out war that has left many fans salivating for third fight to happen next. There are also those who believe both men should take a different fight and then re...
Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios spent their Easter weekend beating the hell out of each other. Both will be pleased to know that no hidden surprises were found in the commission’s Easter Egg hunt in the laboratory. Drug test results came back negat...
The March 30 “Boxing After Dark” broadcast on HBO featuring another great battle between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado pulled in an average of 1.2 million viewers, according to ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research. Many more tuned in for th...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - Mike Alvarado (34-1, 23KOs) got revenge, in another Fight of The Year war, with a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23KOs) to capture the vacant WBO interim-junior welterweight...
Mike Alvarado beat Brandon Rios on points in another excellent fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The scores at the end of a highly entertaining bout were 115-113 on two cards and 114-113 on the third. The two, who had provided a classic last Octo...
On Saturday night, inside of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mike Alvarado produced the biggest victory of his career in winning a unanimous decision over Brandon Rios in another all-action affair. The win serves as a sense of redemption fo...
Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado got revenge with a twelve round unanimous decision over Brandon Rios at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to capture the WBO interim-junior welterweight crown. Last year it was Rios who was victorious, stopping Alvarado...
By Cliff Rold - With a combination of legs, right hands, and tremendous guts, 32-year old Jr. Welterweight Mike Alvarado (34-1, 23 KO) of Denver, Colorado, avenged the lone loss of his career Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las...