Brandon Rios picked up a one-sided third round TKO of Mike Alvarado last month. They met for the third time after two memorable battles - this time in Alvarado's hometown of Denver. Alvarado had nothing to show in the fight. He barely threw any punch...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - There are Ali-Frazier and Gatti-Ward trilogies to wax sentimental about. And then there are Leonard-Duran and Pacquiao-Morales series that start out monumental and tick down to simply interesting before fooling their follower...
Welterweight contender Mike Alvarado was not ready to fight in his trilogy encounter and Brandon Rios took full advantage from the opening bell. Rios landed an average of 40 punches per round, while Alvarado landed 20 punches the entire fight! The r...
1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colorado - BoxingScene.com catch up with welterweight contender Brandon Rios to discuss his third round demolition of Mike Alvarado within three rounds of their HBO televised trilogy. Rios breaks down his strategy and tact...
1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colorado - BoxingScene.com catch up with welterweight contender Brandon Rios, trainer Robert Garcia, and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum to discuss Rios' demolition of Mike Alvarado within three rounds of their HBO televised trilogy...
Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 24 KOs) saw Saturday's victory over former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) as the best performance of his career. Before a hometown crowd at the 1st Bank Center, in Broomfield, Colorado - Alvarado wa...
On Saturday night, welterweight contender Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 24 KOs) easily pounded former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) in three rounds before Alvarado's hometown crowd at the 1st Bank Center, in Broomfield, Colorad...
Former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) had nothing left in his tank, according to his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. Before a hometown crowd at the 1st Bank Center, in Broomfield, Colorado - Alvarado took a once sided bea...
By Jake Donovan - It was a familiar scene for Mike Alvarado fighting just outside of his hometown – planning to go to war, only to fall behind and eventually quit on his stool. The sequence just never happened at any point in his in-ring rivalry...
1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colorado - BoxingScene.com catch up with Robert Garcia, trainer of welterweight contender Brandon Rios, to discuss his fighter's demolition of Mike Alvarado within three rounds of their HBO televised trilogy. Garcia breaks...
It was all going well for Brandon Rios through his first fight with Mike Alvarado. He was unbeaten, earning six and seven-figure paydays, and was the talk of boxing. Bigger stages and fights against the elite in the sport were right around the cor...
In their two fights, Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado combined to throw 158 total punches per round- 42 more than wgt. class avg. Of their 44 combined punches landed per round, 34 were power shots (77%). Alvarado fought more in control in rematch, thro...