Rios vs. Alvarado 3 to be announced today

rios56By Dan Ambrose: A fight between former WBO 140lb champ Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) and former WBA 135lb champion Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 KOs) will be announced today in a press conference in Denver, Colorado.

Rios and Alvarado will be facing each other next month on January 24th at the 1stBank Center, in Bloomfield, Colorado, USA. This will be the third fight between them, and likely not the last. Both guy’s careers have tanked recently, and it’s hard to see where they can go from here after this fight.

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Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado 3 on January 24th in Bloomfield, Colorado

rios2By Dan Ambrose: With the careers of both fighters seemingly going downhill, former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 KOs) and former WBO 140 pound belt holder Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) will be facing each other next month in a rubber match on January 24th on HBO at the 1stBank Center, in Bloomfield, Colorado, USA.

It’s pretty much academic that neither of these guys are going anywhere in their perspective divisions. About the best they can hope for is to keep winning long enough to get a crack at Manny Pacquiao.

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