Brandon Rios appeared to have his best performance against Mike Alvarado in their 3rd fight but it was later discovered that Alvarado hadn't trained adequately for the bout and was in extremely poor condition.
Against Bradley, ironically Rios had probably his career worst performance due to almost identical reasons. He'd even considered calling the bout off and retiring from boxing altogether about 5 weeks before the fight date due to the extreme difficulty he encountered when attempting to regain fitness after almost a year of inactivity, refraining from even the most basic exercises.
Were Alvarado and Rios in comparable condition in those separate two fights or was one noticeably in worse condition than the other?
Alvarado. He went to rehab shortly after the fight.
But I lost more respect for Rios. Alvarado had/has a drug problem. Rios was just lazy and showed up to collect a check. Wasted a lot of people's time and wasted a lot of hbo's money which could have been spent much better elsewhere. And when he needs another check, he will be back.
Alvarado got whipped! By rios, drugs, and his future self headed to prison.
His attorney should show that beating to the judge before sentencing!
He might get a reduced sentence!
Alvarado hands down was worst. ..drug/weight issues and getting arrested.. .Rios was just mainly weight issues bc of long layoff and lack of focus..Rios doesn't have to retire just focus on boxing. .Alvarado needs to retire n go to Rehab. .not in Las Vegas doe.
Similar situations but I'd probably say Alvarado was worse. He was getting arrested and was off his tits on drugs from what I remember. He literally looked like he'd turned retarded when he was shadow boxing.