Rios,who had often shown up out of shape himself in losing two of his last three fights and winning the other through whining about low blows on his way to a disqualification win,looked to have returned to championship form as he controlled the bout and scored the only knockdown of the three bout set when he dropped Alvarado in the third round.
Rios is a very exciting fighter when motivated,so one can hope that he is ready to fulfill his potential.
The problem is that one doesn't know just what he had in front of him in Alvarado,who has lost three in a row since winning the second bout via decision over Rios.
Alvarado has been plagued by outside the ring issues and it showed in this one.
As far as I'm concerned,Alvarado's lack of effort should disqualify him from future big fights and certainly appearances on HBO or Showtime until he could rebuild himself at a lower level,
I'm dubious of Alvarado's ability to do that at this stage of his career.
In the co-feature held at the catchweight of 170 pounds (I really hate those),Gilberto Martinez pounded out a workmanlike unanimous decision over Maxim Vlasov.
Many are showing disappointment in the touted Martinez,but Vlasov is no slouch and sometimes you learn more from going the distance and getting hit than from blowing everyone out.
I had Martinez winning the fight 97-93.
I didn't post a boxing challenge pre-fight,but the 2015 edition is tied at 6.
R.L.Malpica scored three points for Rios and his KO win along with Martinez and his decision win.
I scored two for the wins,but my prediction was Rios by decision.....
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