Comments Thread For: Rios Returns To Form, Alvarado's Career Crumbles Down

[Cinci Champ]

rios did look great but lets be real did u hear alvarado and how much he was slurring after the fight? were talking about a guy who fought prescott got beat up in a win fought rios back to back marquez provo all brawls where he took massive damage back to this fight i mean at some point the guy is not going to be the same train hard or not i highly doubt this was first time he didnt train hard enough. I mean thats why u cant take brawling for granted it will catch up to u and not only that if he has mental problems its probably from all the beatings and then people want to ****ing boo him? give me a ****in break people the guy has pretty much giving his health and in return his life for our entertainment if he had a bad fight or 2 so be it he has earned that ****in right but other then that glad to see rios is back on track

[FasTHarD]

Anyone notice how when the doctor asked Alvarado "how many fingers am I holding up?" Alvarado answered FOUR even though the doc was only holding up two fingers?

His brain might be seriously scrambled. My man needs to retire ASAP

lolssss........

[Psylence83]

Rios clearly wanted it more. Alvarado didn't want it at all.

[Saul_Good]

Alvarado certainly fought like a man distracted out there. Those charges were probably weighing heavy on him because he looked nothing like the fighter in his last encounters with Rios..

And neither did Rios.

Rios looked like a hungry and determined man going out to prove that he still has what it takes to perform at a high level in the ring. Best shape I've seen him in coming into a fight. Not all sunken eyed and emaciated.

Shame it wasn't more competitive, but hope Mike can bounce back and looking forward to seeing Rios in his next fights.

[jas]

Give Alvarado a shot vs jermain Taylor's belt if it hasn't been stripped off him already

No drug testing

[R_Walken]

Props to Rios, He came to fight and delivered , good to see him get the W

Alvarado clearly didn't want to be there from the start, Didn't engage in the first and It looked like he wanted out after the 2nd and was looking for excuses after the 3rd. His trainer wanted it more then him . He should have just got counted out in the 3rd

Was it a disgraceful performance yeah

Does he have a drug problem possibly

But who cares the rubber match needed to happen and the better man won.

[jas]

I can't wait for arum to set up rios Alvarado 4 smfh

[boxingfocus]

Rios vs Mayweather on Cinco de Mayo. "I fought the very best Brandon Rios. I fought a Brandon Rios coming off a victory. I proved yet again that I'm better than Manny Pacquiao so I don't need to fight him."

[cabalas]

Alvarado arrested and charged with weapons offense and few days later, at fight night, his performance was well below of expectations. Mike really looked distracted, unprepared, troubled and absent minded. On the other hand Rios seemed to be well prepared and ready and ended benefiting from Alvarado's troubles (although I think Brandon appeared to be landing more precisely than in his last 2-3 fights). Should Alvarado consider retirement after that poor performance? Probably yes considering all the difficulties he is getting in his life.

[TheFlashKnows]

rios did look great but lets be real did u hear alvarado and how much he was slurring after the fight? were talking about a guy who fought prescott got beat up in a win fought rios back to back marquez provo all brawls where he took massive damage back to this fight i mean at some point the guy is not going to be the same train hard or not i highly doubt this was first time he didnt train hard enough. I mean thats why u cant take brawling for granted it will catch up to u and not only that if he has mental problems its probably from all the beatings and then people want to ****ing boo him? give me a ****in break people the guy has pretty much giving his health and in return his life for our entertainment if he had a bad fight or 2 so be it he has earned that ****in right but other then that glad to see rios is back on track

There's losing... and then there's Alvarado's pathetic showing last night. He didn't look like he wanted to be there from the opening bell. He was paid like $750k and fans paid good money to see him. Looked like a cash out so yea I would have booed his a$$ too! I get it, he has nothing left in the tank after taking beatings from Provo and Roidquez, but dude he didn't even throw punches in round 1!