Alvarados Conditioning

training in denver has to be a hell of an advantage, my friend went hiking in colorado and told me as soon as he landed he had to check his breath every 5 seconds Weak. :haha: Jk That's some serious sh*t.

training in denver has to be a hell of an advantage, my friend went hiking in colorado and told me as soon as he landed he had to check his breath every 5 seconds

You should never question his conditioning. Alvarado's conditioning is always top notch that's why a lot of us say the first one was stopped prematurely. He shouldve been given a second chance. But he got it in the rematch and came thru. Of course training and living in Colorado helps. Rios is toast if they rematch in Colorado. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Mike definitely has a nice little advantage of training and living in denver

Yea I was very impressed with his stamina. He looked very fresh in the 12th round. Never slowed down despite the torrid pace. I think that not letting rios tee off on him made a big difference meanwhile rios ate one overhand right after another and slowed down in the later rounds. Rios punches did not have any sting in the second half of the fight.

Great conditioning, he was able to maintain whereas Rios dropped off and was hurt because of it. I just can't believe how much punishment Rios is capable of taking and still moving forward. He was getting absolutely drilled with those right hand bombs and he never went down. The guy is like a Neanderthal or something (referencing his brute abilities), a complete savage.

I think it was more-so the game-plan than his conditioning. He's shown in other fights that he has dependable conditioning, but the way he fought Rios in the first fight did him no favors. He absorbed a lot of unnecessary shots by not being defensively aware on the inside. Not only that, but he averaged 114 punches in 7 rounds, which is a ridiculous number for any fighter, let alone at 140. So he was taking lot of punches, throwing a lot of punches, and he wasn't clinching....a recipe for disaster against a pressure fighter like Rios who depends on his own ability to take whatever you throw at him. Alvarado abused his ability to take punishment in the first fight and wound up not being able to take advantage of his superb conditioning.

You should never question his conditioning. Alvarado's conditioning is always top notch that's why a lot of us say the first one was stopped prematurely. He shouldve been given a second chance. But he got it in the rematch and came thru. Of course training and living in Colorado helps. Rios is toast if they rematch in Colorado. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

He trained in Denver for this fight, high altitude.