Brandon Rios

Rios: I could KO Pacquiao and Marquez just like Alvarado

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Image: Rios: I could KO Pacquiao and Marquez just like AlvaradoBy Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBO light welterweight Latino champion Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) stopped Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) tonight in then 7th round in a highly competitive fight on HBO. After the fight, Rios spoke with Max Kellerman of HBO and said that he thinks he can KO Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez in the same way that he did with the 32-year-old Alvarado.

Rios said “You see what happened to Mike Alvarado? I think I could do the same thing to them [Pacquiao and Marquez], too. Mike Alvarado’s tougher, and Pacquiao’s an in and out guy, but you know what? Like I always do, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. taught me very well. Break the body down and the head will fall down.”

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Rios TKO 7 Alvarado

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Image: Rios TKO 7 AlvaradoBy Jim Dower: Trailing on the cards going into the 7th round former WBC World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) hurt Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) and took him out tonight in their WBO light welterweight title eliminator at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA. Rios was pounding on Alvarado briefly before referee Pat Russell jumped in and halted the fight at 1:57 of the round. I thought it was a little premature because Alvarado might have been able to recover if the fight had been allowed to continue.

Alvarado had looked good up until the 6th, when he was hurt by a hard right hand from Rios in the 2nd half of the round. I don’t think Alvarado ever fully recovered from that because Rios was easily able to hurt him in the 7th to get the stoppage.

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Donaire destroys Nishioka; Rios stops Alvarado

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Image: Donaire destroys Nishioka; Rios stops AlvaradoBy Jim Dower: In a fight that failed to live up to the high billing that Top Rank had made it to be, IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) had an incredibly easy time beating Japan’s Toshiaki Nishioka (39-5-3, 24 KO’s) in stopping him in the 9th round on HBO on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA.

Nishioka, 36, never really got off with his shots, as he averaged around 20 punches thrown per round and it was not a particularly interesting fight to watch from a spectators viewpoint. If you’re a Donaire fan you were probably happy to see him win so easily but it wasn’t a good fight for boxing.

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Weights: Donaire-Nishioka, Rios-Alvarado, More!

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Image: Weights: Donaire-Nishioka, Rios-Alvarado, More!(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) easily made weight on Friday during his weigh-in for his bout on Saturday night against Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KO’s) in a fight card that will be televised on HBO from the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Donaire, looking nervous and not as confident as usual, weighed in at 121.6 pounds. Nishioka, 36, looked much more at ease during the weigh-in, and came in at 121.8.

Donaire has been saying over and over again for anyone that’s interested in hearing him repeat himself that Nishioka is the best fighter in the entire super bantamweight division. If Donaire is actually right and not just talking to make himself look better, then he could be in for a really tough fight on Saturday night against the hard hitting Nishioka.

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Arum wants Rios-Alvarado winner to fight Pacquiao in April

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Image: Arum wants Rios-Alvarado winner to fight Pacquiao in April(Photo credit: Chris Farina – Top Rank) By Chris Williams: In a move that’s not all that surprising, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is reportedly interested in putting the winner of this Saturday’s clash between Top Rank stable fighters Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KO’s) and Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) in with his number #1 cash cow fighter Manny Pacquiao next year in April in a Top Rank in house fight.

Arum told the Manila Standard that a fight between Pacquiao and the winner of the Rios-Alvarado fight “Could be unbelievable. The public would go crazy for that fight. Imagine Manny against either of these animals. Manny will have to become an animal himself.”

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Broner interested in fighting Rios or Alvarado after he beats DeMarco next month

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Image: Broner interested in fighting Rios or Alvarado after he beats DeMarco next monthBy Scott Gilfoid: Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO’s) doesn’t want to be constricted to the lightweight division after he destroys WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KO’s) next month on November 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Broner, 23, says he’s interested in fighting from lightweight all the way up to junior middleweight in order to get the biggest fights possible.

While Broner has only been a pro for the last four years, Broner is already on the verge of becoming the next pay per view star for HBO. His last fight against Vicente Escobedo hauled in 1.4 million viewers on HBO, the high for Boxing After Dark for the year. Those kinds of stats are usually reserved for PPV stars and you have to figure the fans that tuned in for that fight were fans of Broner more so than Escobedo.

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Rios looks weight-drained for Alvarado; Bradley’s next fight possible for February

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Image: Rios looks weight-drained for Alvarado; Bradley's next fight possible for February(Photo credit: Chris Farina – Top Rank) By Dan Ambrose: Despite moving up in weight to 140 lbs in order to have less of a struggle to make weight former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) is looking like he’s STILL having problems trying to make weight, as he looks painfully thin going into his fight this Saturday night against unbeaten Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KO’s) on the undercard of Nonito Donaire vs. Toshiaki Nishioka on HBO at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.

Rios, who failed to make weight for his last fight against Richard Abril six months ago in April, moved up five pounds from the lightweight division to the light welterweight division so that he could safely make weight. However, I had a feeling that this still wouldn’t be enough because five pounds is really nothing given how badly weight drained Rios had been for his last two fights.

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Alvarado: I can slug or box Brandon Rios, it doesn’t matter

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Image: Alvarado: I can slug or box Brandon Rios, it doesn't matterBy Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten light welterweight contender Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KO’s) and former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) will be fighting it out for the vacant WBO Latino light welterweight title on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA.

In addition to the WBO Latino 140 lb title being on the line the fight will also a WBO light welterweight eliminator bout to decide who will be the mandatory challenger for WBO champ Juan Manuel Marquez.

While the Alvarado-Rios fight will be an undercard fight the winner of this bout won’t have to fight on an undercard if they’re able to get a fight against Marquez. However, it’s still up in the air whether Marquez will even bother to defend his WBO title against Alvarado or Rios because they don’t bring much to the table in terms of big money at this still early point in their careers.

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Rios vs. Alvarado on Saturday

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Image: Rios vs. Alvarado on SaturdayBy Chris Williams: In a fight that really should be scheduled as the main event instead of the co-main event, former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) will be stepping up in weight to the light welterweight division to fight unbeaten contender Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KO’s) in a WBO light welterweight title eliminator at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.

Presumably, the winner of this fight will be soon getting a shot against WBO light welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Don’t count on it happen, though. I’m sure Top Rank promoter Bob Arum would love to put Alvarado or Rios in with Marquez for his WBO belt in 2013, but I bet Marquez won’t go for it unless he’s offered a lot of money. Going from the big, big payday Marquez will be getting for the Pacquiao fight on December 8th to a much smaller payday against Rios or Alvarado will likely be a serious buzzkill for Marquez. I bet he vacates and leaves the winner of the Rios-Alvarado fight with no one to fight except someone like Ruslan Provodikov. I bet they can’t to fight him in a fight that few boxing will even care about.

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