I scored it 8-4 Brandon Rios...go figure

[SplitSecond]

Then you're a ****ing idiot.

Lol. not much else to say

[-DSG-]

rios didnt win more than 4 rounds

[Sweet Pea 50]

I was trying to be diplomatic about it.

Tough crowd....

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Not sure if TS is serious...

[killamoneymike]

Why wouldn't I be serious? I'm not sure if you can properly score a fight without letting crowd reactions dissuade you.

[puga]

i like rios but thats way too generous to him imo ...scored it 7-5 alvarado ...

ref ****** tho ...

[ßringer]

Whatever. I know Alvarado was "boxing" and he was doing a good job of it but what the everyone seems to ignore is that Rios was cutting the ring off landing with many many short punches.

Rios may have been cutting off the ring effectively (though he certainly wasn't in the closing rounds where the fight was won), but Alvarado was dictating the pace at which the fight was fought - Alvarado was the ring general in there. He also landed the cleaner, more effective punches, and was more effective in his aggression.

That's 3 of the 4 scoring criteria boxes ticked for Alvarado.

Rios had the edge in defense, but that was literally it.

Bottom line : Rios lost and you can't score for ****.

[vacon04]

Then I have no doubt that either you don't understand boxing or you are ******.

[Shad0wB0xer]

I thought he took rnds 8,9,10,11 although those were given to Alvarado. I also gave Brandon the 4th round (I think). I just thought Brandon's shots were a lot more effective Mike's shots just looked worse and the crowd was on his side to amp them up to the judges. But just look at his face and look at Brandon's face. I know the face doesn't tell the story of the fight, but he was moving away from Brandon all night because of his power, so with them landing a near equal amount of punches, I give it to Brandon.

Brandon was walking him down and throwing a lot more frequent. You cant ignore 84 pitter patter punches every round, those add up. Alvarado's punches looked better to the crowd but Brandon was eating them. I believe him when he said he wasn't hurt. You dont smile when your hurt and on the verge on being knocked down. Mike, on the other hand was hurt several times.

But I dont take nothin away from Mike Alvarado that was another great fight and I look foward to the third one. I actually wanted Mike Alvarado to win and was glad when Buffer announced a rubber match, I didnt think too highly of Rios' attitude hopefully a loss on his record humbles him a little bit. But I honestly scored it 8 rnds to 4 him. His punches were simply doing more damage than Alvarado.

You have to be joking? Not only was Alvarado out boxing Rios but he was out slugging him to. If you watch closely, Mike was smothering Brandon's punches by taking 1 or 2 steps back and then getting low and pushing Rios off balance for most of the night. Just when Rios would anticipate a push or clinch, Mike would fire a sneaky over hand right followed by an uppercut or a hook.

[dan_cov]

9-3 Alvarado I had it, 7-5 at worst giving Rios the two swing rounds.

I genuinely don't think a case could be made for Rios winning never mind by an 8-4 margin.