By Steve Kim
The last we saw of Mike Alvarado was on the night of January 24th when he was beaten down in three rounds by Brandon Rios. It was an ignominious defeat that saw Alvarado get booed lustily afterwards by his hometown crowd at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
At the beginning of the year, just a few weeks before this rubber match with Rios, he was picked up on a weapons charge in what far from his first brush with the law.
The 35 year old from Denver is certainly at a crossroads, not just with his career but his life.
His manager Henry Delgado told BoxingScene.com - "Mike has been training for like six months, he went through rehab and he's looking great and I haven't seen him like that since (Mauricio) Herrera."
Delgado understands that there will be skepticism after past promises but he insists - "He's a different guy, completely different."
As for when 'Mile High' will resume his career, Delgado explained, "I've spoken to Top Rank and we're going to do something in the first quarter (of 2016).
Alvarado, who's battled the likes of Rios (three times), Herrera, Breidis Prescott and Ruslan Provodnikov has a record of 34-4 (23 KO's).
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.
