why is pacquaio fighting rios and not alvarado?

[PAC-BOY]

Couldn't agree more. This fight should be on ESPN since its not a big fight between champions or P4P fighters.

Glad to see you on. Sorry the Ghost let you down and made you look ******. Better luck next time betting against Floydie

Espn..you mean Floyds last stop in the boxing world. He lost Showtime money in last fight and HBO kicked him out on the street.:WORD: Even after a loss Manny draws more fans.

[littlemac]

Espn..you mean Floyds last stop in the boxing world. He lost Showtime money in last fight and HBO kicked him out on the street.:WORD: Even after a loss Manny draws more fans.

Sorry Floydie is the P4P king and the cash cow of the sport with the biggest contract and in the biggest fight. packie in the other has stocked up on smelling salt and is fighting an un ranked welterweight coming off a lose Floydie sells more PPVs at $60 plus then Packie does with Packie's $10 tecate PPVs.

[Kingjames6Flee]

Sorry Floydie is the P4P king and the cash cow of the sport with the biggest contract and in the biggest fight. packie in the other has stocked up on smelling salt and is fighting an un ranked welterweight coming off a lose Floydie sells more PPVs at $60 plus then Packie does with Packie's $10 tecate PPVs.

PAC always cherry picks. Except with Marquez and we know how that turned out. He always fight ps guys either coming off a recent big lose or waits until they look vulnerable.

[tibbar]

HBO wants to show entertaining prizefighting thats why.

[Mrsantiago]

Because Alvarado is a BOXER so his style and skills could make for a much tougher fight for Pacquiao

Rios is the style that Pacquiao fought against to Build Up His Name And Reputation...You know when he was fighting most Flat Footed Mexican Fighters who are easy for him to hit because they stand right in front of him and come forward! They (HBO, TOP RANK) Desperately need Pacquiao to look impressive his next fight!

Correct ^^^^^^ exactly this

[Rossman]

PAC always cherry picks. Except with Marquez and we know how that turned out. He always fight ps guys either coming off a recent big lose or waits until they look vulnerable.

Manny was the onderdog in many of his fights since moving up from lightweight. Unlike a certain cherrypicker that only fights sure wins(Mayweather)!

[el_mas_chingon]

loser vs loser. it makes sense.

This, they're both coming off losses and makes financial sense, I bet its gonna sell!

[DARKSEID]

Because Rios is the bigger draw and the more exciting fight. Nobody wants to see alvarado(who has a weaker chin than rios) try to box pacquiao when they could watch a war with Rios.

Pacquiao just came out of a Knockout Loss, he doesn't have to fight anybody. At this point he has to work his way up. Nobody even knows if he's fit to fight.

Also Rios has never been stopped. He's lost to boxers who outpointed him, but he has never been stopped. i don't think pac is going to try to mayweather rios, so it's not going to be that kind of fight.

If slow ass rios could tag Alvarado as easily as he did, almost stopping him in the second fight, what do you think Pac would do to him with his speed and angles?

[joesaiditstrue]

the alvarado hand injury was a sham, there was a denver post story a couple days prior to the rios/pacquiao fight being announced, saying Alvarado's injury wasn't serious and that "Arum decided to use Rios because Alvarado missed a therapy appointment"

google.

this thread already existed when this whole **** went down and I owned all of the riostards/*******s and had most of them admitting Alvarado was the more difficult fight and that Rios was better as a "Come back fight" for pacquiao

again, the hand injury was 100% bogus, as shown by Alvarado apparently fighting in October (CALLED IT)

[DARKSEID]

the alvarado hand injury was a sham, there was a denver post story a couple days prior to the rios/pacquiao fight being announced, saying Alvarado's injury wasn't serious and that "Arum decided to use Rios because Alvarado missed a therapy appointment"

google.

this thread already existed when this whole **** went down and I owned all of the riostards/*******s and had most of them admitting Alvarado was the more difficult fight and that Rios was better as a "Come back fight" for pacquiao

again, the hand injury was 100% bogus, as shown by Alvarado apparently fighting in October (CALLED IT)

Pacquiao would stop Alvarado, there is no doubt in my mind.

At least Rios with his chin, power and aggression can take advantage of how much that ko slowed pac down by bringing the fight to him.

Rios is the harder fight any way you look at it. Alvarado barely even made it out of the second fight to score his win.