Mike Alvarado vs. Juan Manuel Marquez has been signed?

Marquez would kill the guy. His ability is getting blown out of proportion based off his win over Prescott. I agree totally

Marquez would kill the guy. His ability is getting blown out of proportion based off his win over Prescott.

Here's what I think happened. I bet Arum and Top Rank had Alvarado sign his end of the contract, getting the hopes of Alvarado and his camp up. TR getting their ducks in a row to perhaps offer Marquez a "fight one of our guys and then get a 4th Pacquiao fight". Just my guess... While I do agree with your theory, why not have JMM fight Timothy Bradley instead, who is relatively the same size as JMM and would probably be a much more entertaining/competitive fight? Alvarado is a big 140, dude could easily make 147. Maybe Arum just wants JMM to get beat the **** up so in the 4th fight with Pac, he might be easy pickings.

Here's what I think happened. I bet Arum and Top Rank had Alvarado sign his end of the contract, getting the hopes of Alvarado and his camp up. TR getting their ducks in a row to perhaps offer Marquez a "fight one of our guys and then get a 4th Pacquiao fight". Just my guess...

Marquez vs. Alvarado would be interesting. It doesn't do much for JMM's legacy, other than add a decent/pretty good win. I wanted to see Alvarado-Rios, Marquez-Bradley. Alvarado fights just like Rios.

Wanted to see Rios-Alvarado at 140, they have such similar styles. Maybe Bob didn't want to risk a future money maker, Rios, against someone who could possibly KO him.

why do people always make the Katsidis reference? Alvarado doesn't fight like Katsidis and other than 1 shot he did nothing. Fine, no need to Reference. Alvarado would be the strongest young fighter he's ever fought and JMM aint getting any younger. Alvarado was working off the rust vs Prescott and had to deal with a very tall fighter(5'11) with one shot power. He won't have that issue vs smaller Marquez.

No Bradley fight.... that's disappointing.

I don't believe it, cuz the match-up makes very little sense. Mike Alvarado might be one of the best LWW, but his name value isn't high enough. He's also not an established draw yet. Let's look at the LWW division shall we? Khan and Peterson are entangled in some stupid ****, so throw them out. Morales and Garcia are gonna fight, so they're out. Maidana and Alexander are gonna fight, they're out. Zab Judah has a fight, he's out. Matthysse has a bum fight, so he's out lol. All that's left are Mike Alvarado, Jessie Vargas, and Humberto Soto. Vargas is undoubtedly the easier of the 3, but if the fight is happening in Mexico, then JMM should fight Soto, no questions asked. That s a better opponent than Alvarado.. Can you imagine how big it would be in MExico? Marquez VS Soto please!!!

I don't believe it, cuz the match-up makes very little sense. Mike Alvarado might be one of the best LWW, but his name value isn't high enough. He's also not an established draw yet. Let's look at the LWW division shall we? Khan and Peterson are entangled in some stupid ****, so throw them out. Morales and Garcia are gonna fight, so they're out. Maidana and Alexander are gonna fight, they're out. Zab Judah has a fight, he's out. Matthysse has a bum fight, so he's out lol. All that's left are Mike Alvarado, Jessie Vargas, and Humberto Soto. Vargas is undoubtedly the easier of the 3, but if the fight is happening in Mexico, then JMM should fight Soto, no questions asked.

horrible fight morales is fighting garcia and i dont want to see it. waste of a morales fight marquez is fighting alvarado and i dont want to see it. waste of marquez fight morales should fight marquez if you dont like that fight i'll put you on ignore and garcia and alvarado would make for a nice scrap

And I don't see Mike actually "forcing" Marquez to get into a shooting. Let's not forget that Alvarado was being outboxed by the "amazing" Breidis Prescott... I just don't see how he's going to be able to do anything against Marquez, who's technically a lot better than Prescott and has a significantly higher IQ than him. JMM get's hit tho bro,let's not forget he was getting tag by Diaz and Kat's..Neither have high ring I.Q.'s but both were able to get to JMM..I think Alvarado will be stronger then both of those fighters and will be able to take a better shot..Not to mention he seems to hit a lot harder as well..

I hope this is not true,I wanted Bradley vs JMM...

Mike would have a great shot. He's so much stronger then Katsidis. If Mike forces a fire fight, lets just say I don't see JMM getting the better of the two. And I don't see Mike actually "forcing" Marquez to get into a shooting. Let's not forget that Alvarado was being outboxed by the "amazing" Breidis Prescott... I just don't see how he's going to be able to do anything against Marquez, who's technically a lot better than Prescott and has a significantly higher IQ than him.

i prefer this over the david diaz fight. but it's still not the kinda fight i wanna see my dude marquez in. i want bradley or guerrero, peterson, khan, or maidana

I wouldn't assume JMM would have a non-Pacquiao fight lined up because he is a part of Arum's 'four front runners'. If the Mayweather fight doesn't occur in May (which is likely), Pacquiao v. JMM IV makes most monetary sense, although it is potentially risky (as Marquez would be close to even odds to be victor). I think Arum acknowledges this risk and will match Pacquaio with Cotto, even though it won't make as much as Marquez IV. I would personally love Marquez/Pac IV if Mayweather doesn't happen.

I can't see Alvarado beating JMM. Alvardo has a tough time fighting inside, he needs space to throw his big shots. JMM would press him inside. No doubt that it has potential to be a good fight if it is indeed signed, but I still can't see why it would be made. No 140lb belt up for grabs, unless they're getting one of the sanctioning bodies to make it for a vacant belt.

wow that would be a nice fight but in the end i see jmm skull fukking him...left upper threw the guard all night long

Mike would have a great shot. He's so much stronger then Katsidis. If Mike forces a fire fight, lets just say I don't see JMM getting the better of the two. why do people always make the Katsidis reference? Alvarado doesn't fight like Katsidis and other than 1 shot he did nothing.

Alvarado deserves the shot at Marquez, he put on a great show last time out against Prescott. That was one hell of a fight.. he'll probably lose the fight but at least he can look back and say that he fought the legendary Marquez! Mike would have a great shot. He's so much stronger then Katsidis. If Mike forces a fire fight, lets just say I don't see JMM getting the better of the two.