Brandon Rios: I want to shut up my critics and prove I’m #1 against Alvarado

By Boxing News - 08/22/2012 - Comments

Image: Brandon Rios: I want to shut up my critics and prove I'm #1 against AlvaradoBy Dan Ambrose: Former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) will be looking to impress boxing fans and shut up his critics in his next fight against unbeaten light welterweight contender Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KO’s) on October 13th at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.

Rios said to the Koncrete Jungle “I want to prove to the world I’m #1, and shut up the critics and show what happened in my last fight [against Richard Abril] was a fluke. Like I said, I was trying to make weight.”

It’s interesting that Rios’ promoters at Top Rank aren’t putting him back in with Abril so that Rios could actually show that the poor performance was a fluke. It was beyond a strength thing in that fight. Abril simply had Rios looking utterly confused in there, and it’s strange or maybe not so strange that Rios’ promoters at Top Rank aren’t putting him back in with Abril. You would think that the way for Rios to prove that his questionable win was a fluke thing would be for him fight Abril again, so he could show the world that it was a weight problem. But that’s not going to happen because Rios has moved up in weight.

It’s a good fight for Rios to be taking on Alvarado, but Rios may not get too many other important fights at this weight unfortunately, even if he gets past Alvarado. The Top Rank – Golden Boy rivalry will likely keep Rios from being able to fight Golden Boy fighters like Amir Khan, Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse, and Robert Guerrero, to name just a small amount. Rios might find himself fighting a bunch of obscure guys at this weight and failing to win a lot of fans. Of course, that’s if he can get past Alvarado and I’m not so certain he can.

Rios really should get back on the horse and try and actually beat Abril without controversy this time, because Rios’s 12 round split decision win is seen as a loss by a lot of boxing fans. That’s really the fight that Rios needs to take. Unfortunately, he’ll likely never face Abril again and will have to live with his questionable decision over him.



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