By Dan Ambrose: With Top Rank promoter Bob Arum opting not to put former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 KOs) back in with Diego Chaves to clear up the controversy of his tainted in over him from last August, Rios now could be facing former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) in January of 2015, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.
It looks like Rios will be out of the ring until then because he’s got a sprained right arm that he’s dealing with right now. But besides that, it’s probably too risky to continue to match Rios against other fighters after the way he looked against Chaves and Manny Pacquiao.