Team Alvarado: Mike Looks Very Strong, He Wanted Rios
Dec 4, 2014 • 8:36 AM ET
By Ryan Burton
Top Rank President Todd duBoef recently announced that an agreement had been reached for Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23KOs) and Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23KOs) to meet for a third time on January 24th in an HBO main event.
The fighters split their first two fights with the first encounter taking place close to Rios residence in Southern California while the second meeting took place in neutral territory in Las Vegas. The third installment will take place in Alvarado's backyard at the First Bank Center in Broomfield, Colo. which is a suburb of Denver.
BoxingScene.com had a brief conversation with Alvarado's manager, Henry Delgado, who said that his fighter is very excited to square off in what most people expect to be another memorable battle.
"He's looked very strong in training. This is a fight Mike's wanted. He's very excited. This fight had to happen. It was inevitable," Delgado told BoxingScene.com.
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