Rios-Alvarado III draws over 1.2 million viewers
Brandon Rios’ victory over welterweight rival Mike Alvarado on HBO drew 1,252,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.
read moreBrandon Rios and Mike Alvarado go opposite directions: Weekend Review
Brandon Rios re-established himself as a title contender with his vicious beating of Mike Alvarado on Saturday. Alvarado could be finished.
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on Brandon Rios’ destruction of Mike Alvarado, what might have gone wrong for Alvarado, what might be next for Rios, plus fights and happenings to look forward to in 2015 and beyond (barring a zombie apocalypse) in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreGilberto Ramirez outpoints Maxim Vlasov on Alvarado-Rios undercard
THE RING’s No. 7-rated super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez outworked game fringe contender Maxim Vlasov en route to 10-round unanimous decision in the HBO-televised co-feature to the Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios rubber match on Saturday in Bloomfield, Colorado.
read moreBrandon Rios TKO 3 Mike Alvarado III live round-by-round updates
RingTV.com has a live, round-by-round update of tonight’s HBO-televised battle of welterweights between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
read moreWeigh-in result: Mike Alvarado 146.5 pounds, Brandon Rios 146.75
Welterweights Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 knockouts) and Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) weighed 146.75 and 146.5 in advance of Saturday’s rubber match at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The sluggers split their two prior bouts as junior welterweights.
read moreBrandon Rios to fight ‘brother’ Mike Alvarado ‘until somebody gets hurt’
Brandon Rios says he and Mike Alvarado are cool outside the ring, but this Saturday night won’t be a time for friendship: “We’re cool until we get into that ring,” said Rios. “That’s when we hate each other and we want to kill each other.”
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