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By Jake Donovan - It’s been more than two years since Mike Alvarado has enjoyed the luxury of plying his trade in front of a hometown crowd.
Given his career progress since then and the lack of substantive explanations (at the time) surrounding two separate breaks from the ring, you’d think he was stuck in a time warp.
There’s nothing you can do about the past, so instead the undefeated super lightweight contender turns to the future. The next step forward takes place this weekend when he faces Gabriel Martinez in their Fox Deportes-televised main event live from the Softball Country Arena in Denver, Colorado.
The fight will be his fourth in the past eight months as his handlers have done their best to make up for lost time. The former high school wrestling standout had only fought once in an 18 month span interrupted by two separate trips to prison for probation and parole violations.
It’s been smooth sailing ever since, though what Alvarado (30-0, 22KO) has yet to endure in his return to the ring is a formidable challenge. His past four fights have lasted a combined 12 rounds, including a third round stoppage of Ray Narh this past May on the pay-per-view undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s decision win over Shane Mosley.
Ever the gamer, he’s hoping that pattern changes this weekend and that his opponent’s performance matches the scouting report. [Click Here To Read More]
Given his career progress since then and the lack of substantive explanations (at the time) surrounding two separate breaks from the ring, you’d think he was stuck in a time warp.
There’s nothing you can do about the past, so instead the undefeated super lightweight contender turns to the future. The next step forward takes place this weekend when he faces Gabriel Martinez in their Fox Deportes-televised main event live from the Softball Country Arena in Denver, Colorado.
The fight will be his fourth in the past eight months as his handlers have done their best to make up for lost time. The former high school wrestling standout had only fought once in an 18 month span interrupted by two separate trips to prison for probation and parole violations.
It’s been smooth sailing ever since, though what Alvarado (30-0, 22KO) has yet to endure in his return to the ring is a formidable challenge. His past four fights have lasted a combined 12 rounds, including a third round stoppage of Ray Narh this past May on the pay-per-view undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s decision win over Shane Mosley.
Ever the gamer, he’s hoping that pattern changes this weekend and that his opponent’s performance matches the scouting report. [Click Here To Read More]
Hope to see Alvarado get a legit top 10 opponent after this. He need the exposure, he'll be 31 this month...
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