No talk of Alvarado-Rios III?

bad timing for that match up, both coming off losses, let them bounce back and the trilogy will be that more appealing...

Because Rios - Provodnikov has the potential to be even better than the Rios - Alvarado fights. When a unstoppable force meets and immovable object.... :burnup:

Because Alvarado actually takes a step back, Ruslan and Rios don't.

This fight will always be available for both guys. No reason to have it now when they can take on other opponents.

Rios is looking at a Ruslan fight right now don't know what Alvarado is doing at the moment if neither loses again it's the natural fight to make they might be waiting on what happens with Pac-Bradley 2 though they'd do better fighting each other than either of those 2

I know, right? And it seems like the most logical matchup at this point for both. They might have their own reasons for not pursuing a third fight at the moment though. Rios prefers come forward fighters and Alvarado started running/boxing during their last fight which I don't think is a style he is looking for as his bounce-back fight. And Alvarado might not be too interested to get inside a ring with a strong brawler right away after getting battered by one in last outing.