Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado 1 | GREAT FIGHTS IN BOXING

On this throwback Thursday, look back at the first fight between #BrandonRios and Mike Alvarado from October of 2012. #RiosAlvarado1
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In a war of the ages, Rios went on to finish Alavardo in the 7th round.
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[@Odog208]

Being 16 watching this made me fall in love with the sport , WARRIORS

[@gsl649]

they are idiots, they aren't getting paid enough to get brain damage.

[@markcarter9476]

One of the best fights you will ever watch. Difficult to watch at times but totally engaging.

[@amarjitdosanjh7078]

These two are pure warriors

[@miracleboyboxing]

I didn't planned on staying to watch this fight in its entirety but after the first round I stayed till the end remembering greatness.

[@fredolmos3947]

Same 💯

[@lipslikesugar8470]

These are the kind of fights that shortens the career of boxers. Fun to watch but permanently damages their bodies.

[@SuperTruthful]

yup

[@stephenlambert9826]

Tell us something we don’t know.that is why they get so much respect,not for their skills but their willingness to sacrifice their career for our entertainment

[@ric3791]

Right i see like gayweather now at the age of 45 still have speed to run to her opponent 😂

[@Steven-xv8eg]

​@@ric3791 yep, his legacy will be hurt that he did not face best guys in their primes. Or ran all night, like he did against Baldomir. The crowd were booking him all night from all the running. Boring as hell to watch.

[@BigLouJo_XVI]

“What a furious battle!” - The announcer from Pokémon Stadium on Nintendo 64

[@edgarguzman8888]

A man of class I see

[@Old299dfk]

what a fucking game that was

[@puertorock2162]

One of the best fights ever this is why I love 🥊

[@FreddyPrieto94]

a lot of people don't know this but that left to the body at 21:17 from bam bam hurt Alvarado bad. Such an amazing fight. This is a stubhub/home depot center classic. Wish i was there

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

rios punches never hurt Alvarado, Alvarado only acted that way to please the crowd, and to trick rios into thinking it hurts.. it allows rios to being reckless for an open counter shot

[@FreddyPrieto94]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 i'm glad you're still doing the TBE account haha 5 years strong from what i remember

[@MinisterJokes]

Not many casuals will know. But hardcores like ourselves seen Alvarado holding that same pose well he worked some things out in his head and knew he had to make a move or show his cards...

[@aliabdelaziz905]

Two defensive masterminds go at it

[@edgarguzman8888]

The level of technical defense is elite!

[@_DeathB4Dishonor]

Elaborate on the defense masterminds No mames... Punching bags galore ..

[@matthew-jy5jp]

There is nothing defensive about either one. Wtf are you talking about ? 😂

[@aliabdelaziz905]

@@matthew-jy5jp no shit genius 😂

[@aliabdelaziz905]

some of you guys wouldn’t know sarcasm if it hit you in the back of the head and threw off your equilibrium

[@Richard-Espanol]

This was a damn dragon ball z fight. Incredible

[@javierjeremiassanchezek5806]

Muy buena pelea los dos se dieron con todo

[@kitansalvador4707]

Muy bueno pelea esta si son pelea,! no como la de gallina Mayweather

[@godefroi]

An excellent fight - the best I have seen in ages. Not a one-sided affair. Give and take. Bravo.

[@klubhead7070]

One of my favorite fights. Good call on the ref to avoid an unnecessary knockout. 6 heavy headshots that went unanswered

[@shuntavaisjohnson345]

Great fight

[@RichardTheGreat210]

Definitely in my top 10 trilogies. They fought in the phone booth all night. What a great night for boxing

[@FreddyPrieto94]

Bam bam was a dog at 135, his 2 fights at 140 were also good. They both had good careers, became champions and fought the P4P greats like Pac-Man and Marquez. Good paydays

[@philfierro4356]

The Highlight Of Rios Career !! Enough Said !!

[@harryorcales2829]

what a classic toe to toe fight, my my ma men two great fighters!

[@brasstacksboxing409]

Any time I need a fight to pump me up, I come to this one. Maybe the best war I've ever witnessed live..

[@soldadoresweldersweldersol4391]

Check Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez you'll love those fights

[@brasstacksboxing409]

@@soldadoresweldersweldersol4391 yeah those are some bangers

[@borntofishfishtillidie6454]

What a fight 👏🏽👍🏽💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@slickrick5135]

Good fight

[@lafeyettekenny544]

This really was a great fight. They both were throwing and landing at moments, it's rare to see that. Usually it's a one sided or outmatched fight?

[@Malouco]

This is another trilogy I would watch

[@MinisterJokes]

3rd fight was sad

[@deriandaza4459]

Fool es un buen combate muy entretenido

[@josechavez3977]

Jesus christ that was Amazing

[@2012DVSONE]

Modern classic

[@josesantiago3467]

In my opinion, there were no losers in this fight. They fought and threw more punches than 2 fights put together. Both good fighters.

[@CharlesDParker]

Alvarado - Rios is a fight, a brawl where boxing is not the purpose. Fight in the back alley!

[@kingsnorkie]

This fight was a war.

[@josephmills-mw2hs]

My fauv fight eva

[@annadeguzman666]

This is a war i like this fight....

[@jilla8503]

Such an amazing fight. Great warriors in there. Viva la Mexico 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@juliocesarlechuga1977]

Lol viva la México hermosa 😉

[@moimira]

this sport has a way of chewing n spitting out, great young talent

[@sabeekazmi-vlogs9380]

Either their chins are made of Cement or the hands are wrapped in Cotton.....Great skills and love this Boxing. who is watching with me

[@thedhive6512]

Rios got cooked by Tim Bradley who is not really a puncher so i wouldn't give his chin too much credit

[@kevthegoat8774]

@@thedhive6512 Your chin weakens over time when you take shots like this

[@dedeajatsudrajat6560]

Naice...i ❤️👍

[@marcuszarate1513]

Rios is good man. Looks like he's not hurting but in the long run, he always delivers.

[@user-bk2sz6bz7j]

WoW!!!!!!

[@donmiguelarkanghel9537]

As a Filipino who grew up watching boxing, I appreciate the warrior spirit displayed by Latino fighters. They may not be flashy but you can definitely expect them to go down swinging.

[@boxmx1246]

Good fight vatos

[@user-ke8wb8bo5d]

Супер !!!

[@asareamos7675]

This is give and take fight wow

[@joeblow2069]

Good fight guys. Mike and Brandon were both winners here.

[@greggonzalez5938]

Man o man was I lucky to be there live !! electric atmosphere

[@yourlifeisyourfault.4212]

That's a tough job...

[@ketutcuy3370]

Woww 😱

[@dorgenois100]

Brandon Rios is one of the greatest inside fighter of this generation

[@larrylamonts1483]

Especially with his eat punches with your mouth defense. Pure entertainment, but great skills is a stretch.

[@dorgenois100]

@@larrylamonts1483 not so much as a "great" skill, but it was successful for him. Also, his preference of throwing uppercuts instead of hooks on the inside is smart cause it tightens your defense and destroys his

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Mike Alvarado is better, he was just going 5% in this fight

[@Joeiguana27]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 We meet again. No he is not.

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

@@Joeiguana27 Mike Alvarado already had an injury before the 1st and 3rd rios fight

[@kramyt3701]

The feel is like watching the late greats Gatti vs Ward 🥊

[@Fox_NC]

Legendary Fight,,The 2nd one was Even Better to me

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

I agree 2nd one was way better. The 1st and 3rd one seemed fixed

[@miracleboyboxing]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 Nah first was better shorter but better. 2nd one was good as well just not as good as the first because Alvarado boxed more than stayed in the pocket. The 3rd is meh nothing there happened

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

I really loved watching Rios. He was my favorite fighter. I hate how he was kind of hated on. I just wish he had been more motivated to train. He had so mang gifts. He could take so much pain and push through exhaustion better than just about anyone I've seen.

[@edwardmarquez7452]

He could've been a 3 weight class champ but he just got full of himself and stopped training and partied alot sadly.

[@martingitonga5198]

💯💯💯

[@lavidaloca744]

Upload the Alvarado vs Provodnikov fight aswell

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Mike Alvarado would have destroyed ruslan if Mike went atleast 10-15%. Mike was 5% in the provodnikov fight

[@maalenketut1394]

Saya suka nonton kalau beberandan rios bertanding

[@sabeekazmi-vlogs9380]

Huge respect for both of them...What a fight. Alvarado surprised me, Mexicans are born to take punches and then win.

[@elpanasabe579]

Es una peleota 2 barones bien fajados.👊

[@tw5336]

💪🏾💪🏾💯

[@user-gr7ui3iw5n]

NEVER GETS OLD.... 805 vs 303 ....... SUR CAL WARRIORS

[@user-nb6rj4fe3q]

Actually, Ríos is from Lubbock, Texas, and Mike Alvarado is from Denver, Colorado. But both are Warriors no doubt, Alvarado is also a very good wrestler.

[@MrMarco855]

The commentator didn't know who to give the 4th round to. Alvarado landed steadily and let go with some bombs late in the round.

[@xofatsar8592]

Floyd and rigo left the world

[@showtime3314]

This is real 100% mexican style. Sad but the truth, boxers will never fight like this again nowadays everybody is cautious

[@spyderjason5253]

Sometimes flat-footed fighters are much more fun to watch they're just throwing not running, not thinking defense only offense

[@rpo6off334]

Provodnikov-Rios...FIRE^^

[@josephmills619]

Why they didn't make tht ,I'll never know

[@MinisterJokes]

10 years ago.

[@CarlosMorales-on1hq]

exactly what the commentator said you never want to be taking so many shots like this his carrier was over fast plus at age all those punches hurt your brain!!

[@outlawaz1266]

Alvarado v Marquez was even more violent

[@khalifawaymo9774]

Stopped to soon hell of a fight

[@larrylamonts1483]

They were right...the official didn't have to interfere too much I'm this fight Whew!

[@IM-eo1qo]

Referee didn’t interfere too much? What are you smoking he didn’t interfere at all.

[@elwerouno1]

RIOS#1 💪💪💪🥊🥊🥊💰💰💰 HELD HIS OWN!!!!

[@joeblow2069]

Both were obviously paid to use Everlast gloves and have Everlast on their trunks. I would have preferred the Reyes gloves for a fight like this.

[@charleslau5814]

where the heck was this mike tonight?

[@lakvindersingh4632]

poor man's Ward/Gatti

[@adesobur4759]

Dua2 nya petarung hebat

[@E.Carrillo]

This is what you call Mexican style boxing!

[@quillanjacobson8952]

Rios has good defence in a lot of ways but his positioning leaves him in a place where he's always in a place he can get hit and his lack of any ability to counter leaves his opponents without any hesitation to pick their shots.

[@hslime551]

That is true but he’s got a chin fosho I’ve only seen him get knock out once by garcia

[@pretorious700]

Rios' defense is terrible. He plows ahead mindlessly. Witness him against Danny Garcia.

[@rayr4320]

The announcers where minimizing the efforts of Rios the entire fight. "Hes gonna have to do something different. shuddup". Rios had actually won the fight in the round before the knockout

[@crisramirez8277]

muy noatos .!. digo por la forma en que recivieron golpes de un lado y otro. no se les ocurra pelear asi con alguin experimentado por los descacannnnnnnn

[@purewk2730]

Mike Alvarado has many amazing fights under his belt

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

He’s the greatest boxer of all time, even manny pacquiao ducked him twice

[@purewk2730]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 he turned down the fight yes but I wouldn't go so far as to say he "ducked" Alvarado.

[@johnleodiez4394]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 hahhaha he's a bum

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

@@purewk2730 its a clear duck, Mike was coming off a win against rios and manny cherry picked rios instead, manny even got scared when Mike was the official opponent again thats why manny left top rank

[@NelsonVanDweller]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 whats the deluded obsession with alvarado all about?

[@ericsonjohnson3944]

Bloody weekend

[@javietgonzalez1696]

Dos Aztecas!!!!?

[@Venus6x105]

2 warriors exactly like canelo's fights 😮 Someone agrees with me?

[@mact5530]

Alvarado should of took a knee so he could of had a 9 seconds break

[@antoniomontana5778]

Should have taken....could've had.

[@cristiangomez71]

True boxing, nothing like the weak performance canelo be putting on.

[@kingsnorkie]

You should be slapped in public for such a ignorant comment 🤦‍♂️

[@outlawaz1266]

WTH...HE ALWAYS PUTS ON A SHOW

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Watch Mike Alvarado vs matthew strode, thats the real version of Mike Alvarado!, that version of Alvarado would have koed rios inside 2 rounds easily

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Because Mike is fighting a different person you dummy. Brandon Rios can take a punch and give them out as well. Comparing two different fights to two different apartments is nonsense

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

@@matthew-jy5jp Matthew strode is much better, and much more dangerous than rios. It was obvious Mike Alvarado had injury and was 5% in the 1st rios fight. strode can even beat rios

[@jcdumlao8350]

Mayweather should watch this.

[@boxmx1246]

Gayweather

[@Kevin-zc4sp]

You know he didn't always run when he had to fight he fought.

[@maalenketut1394]

Saya suka nonton tinju dunia

[@Rafael-ti8fv]

2 Mexican warriors

[@cdulero]

Debio haberle contado el arbitro .

[@miracleboyboxing]

I've always wanted to see Alvarado vs Danny Garcia at 140 🔥

[@Lovo678]

Stopped too soon

[@romehendrix6904]

Love to see mayweather fight like this

[@soldadoresweldersweldersol4391]

Never did never will

[@rb34life6]

Mayweather doesn’t have the balls to fight like this 😂

[@joice2871]

you don’t either, what’s your point?

[@rb34life6]

@@joice2871 😂 😂😂 Dont get butt hurt......point is Mayweather was boring to watch.

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Mayweather ducked Mike Alvarado a lot of times, thats why floyd retired from boxing

[@joice2871]

@@rb34life6 cause you’ve never boxed

[@MechAdv]

As boring as Mayweather is to watch at times, I would much rather fight like him than like these guys. Nullifying your opponent through precision and timing is much more impressive than throwing as hard as you can with reckless abandon and hoping you’re the guy who’s still standing at the end. I’ve watched this fight at least 10 times though, so as a fan, I love this shit.

[@ramiltiozon1515]

pacquiao vs rios please

[@OGFrylock]

Pacquiao vs the bloated punching bag😂

[@pedroaquino3368]

Paquiao. Los madrea alos os

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

pacquiao still got scared to fight Mike Alvarado

[@pedroaquino3368]

Son muy lentos poreso los madrea notienen defensa

[@benjaminreyes3674]

They must check rios for drugs...

[@worldofboxing4593]

😇

[@jalapenonewsnetwork8537]

During rios time he was the best inside fighter

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Mike Alvarado is the best, but he had injury in this fight thats why Alvarado went 5% against this rios guy

[@jalapenonewsnetwork8537]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 Come on bro all these years later and still making excuses! I'm embarrassed for you my friend....

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

@@jalapenonewsnetwork8537 hbo wouldn’t mention on there broadcast, they were trying to build it up like rios legitimately won, but real boxing fans knows what really happened

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

@@jalapenonewsnetwork8537 lets be real if rios fought the version of Mike Alvarado that koed Matthew Strode, that version of Mike would ko rios in 2-3 rounds

[@jalapenonewsnetwork8537]

@@mikealvaradoistbe9487 Just let it go! Mike was a good fighter and rios was a good fighter but both where B level fighters at there best but Rios is going to be remembered by way more fans then mike! Mike is only going to be remembered for fighting bam bam and that's really not saying much

[@maruvalencia8044]

Are you kidding BRANDON RIOS

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Rios didnt win, it was obviously fixed fight

[@franzerizer]

Manny Pacquiao's punching bag hahahahaha

[@curiouslymavismade]

Mike wanted to party, he really didn't want a successful career.

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

Its because this fight was fixed, plus Mike was going 5% in this fight

[@mikealvaradoistbe9487]

watch Mike Alvarado vs matthew strode, that version of Alvarado would easily ko the rios in this video

[@VanLe-yc5ez]

😶

[@hugofernandez7357]

Alvarado siempre le pasa lo mismo, dura hasta el 7 y caga

[@josepido7964]

Ha ha ha tuwang tuwa ang mga loko ngaun lang kasi nanalo ang human punching bag ha ha ha ha ha