By Dan Ambrose: Light welterweight contender Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) has signed a contract for a rematch with unbeaten former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) for a fight that will be taking place on March 30th, according to Steve Kim. Team Alvarado are now waiting for Rios to sign his portion of the contract.
Rios stopped the 32-year-old Alvarado in the 7th round last October in a fight that was competitive until the 6th round. Once Rios got Alvarado hurt, he finished him off. The fight was exciting while it lasted, which gave their mutual promoter Bob Arum the excuse to put them back in the ring together.
Arum probably didn’t need much of an excuse to put them back in together given that Arum doesn’t have a lot of options to put either guy in with. By putting them together, Arum can keep them both busy and presumably happy.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has made up his mind that boxing fans are demanding to see his fighter former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) fight Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) again, and Arum is going to give the fans what he feels they want by putting them together again for a rematch on March 30th instead of looking to match them against other opponents.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank fighter Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 25 KO’s) looks to be heading for an unnecessary rematch against Mike Alvarado in late March. It’s a strange fight that Bob Arum has put together because there’s no real point in this rematch taking place because Rios destroyed Alvarado last October in a 7th round knockout victory, but Arum thinks boxing fans want to see the fight again so he’s going to shove it down their throats instead of putting Rios in with some new blood.
By Eric Thomas: Former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) and Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) are in play for a rematch on March 30th, according to a Rios interview at diamondboxing.com. Rios would much prefer to get a big money fight against Manny Pacquiao instead.
By Dan Ambrose: The rematch between former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) and the guy he just finished knocking out Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) is heading towards March next year, according to Dan Rafael. Rios knocked Alvarado out in the 7th round last October in an exciting and competitive fight on HBO from Carson, California. 
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes that there is a high demand from boxing fans to see two of Arum’s Top Rank stable fighters former WBA World lightweight champion (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) go back and fight Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) again rather than seeing Rios move forward with his career and fight WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (32-2, 30 KO’s). 
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum’s plans to match former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) up against Manny Pacquiao in early April next year were foiled with Pacquiao’s knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8th.
By Dan Ambrose: Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) may have seen his chance at a big money fight against Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO’s) go up in smoke last Saturday night with Pacquiao’s 6th round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO’s), as Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wanted to match Rios up against Pacquiao if he had beaten Marquez but that didn’t happen.
