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>> BRANDON IS SCREAMING I GAVE
YOU A REMATCH.
>> I GAVE YOU A REMATCH.
I DON'T MIND GIVE YOU A REMATCH
BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH WARRIORS.
>> BRANDON GAVE ME A SHOT TO
REDEEM MYSELF.
I WILL GIVE HIM A SLOT FOR A
TRILOGY.
>> I PUT IN HIS BACK CARD.
I DON'T CARE.
I'M BRINGING THIS TITLE BACK
HOME TO MY TEAM.
I WILL DEFEND IT.
>> I AIN'T SCARED.
I NEVER SCARED YOU KNOW HOW I
ROLL.
YOU WANT NUMBER THREE IS?
YOU WANT NUMBER THREE?
LET'S DO IT.
I'LL TAKE YOUR HOMETOWN.
>> BRANDON RIOS AND MIKE
ALVARADO ARE MADE FOR EACH
OTHER.
YOU HAVE TWO FIGHTERS BOTH OF
WHOM ARE ALMOST MORE COMMITTED
TO ENTERTAINING THAN TO WINNING.
THEY CARE MORE ABOUT FIGHTING
THE WAY THEY FIGHT AND LIVING UP
TO THEIR OWN INTERNAL PRINCIPLES
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
PRIZEFIGHTER THAN THEY DO ABOUT
WINNING THE COMBAT.
IN THAT SENSE THEY HAVE AN
INNATE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER
WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO EXCEED
THEIR RESPECT FOR ANY OTHER
OPPONENT.
SO, IT WAS NATURAL FOR THEM TO
FIGHT ONES, IT WAS NATURAL FOR
THERE TO BE A REMATCH AND IT WAS
INEVITABLE THAT ONE WIN APIECE
IN THE FIRST TWO FIGHTS WOULD
COMPUTE TO A THIRD FIGHT BETWEEN
THEM AND I EXPECT TO SEE THE
SAME COMBAT WE SAW THE FIRST TWO
FIGHTS.
>> THE EXPECTATIONS HEADING INTO
RIOS-ALVARADO ROAD BEST FIGHT OF
THE YEAR.
THE REASON FOR THAT WAS WHILE
RIOS WAS A TOUGH SLUGGER COMING
UP THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
THAT MADE YOU SAY HE WANTS IT
MORE.
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO
WIN AND SAME WITH ALVARADO.
WHEN I HAVE TWO GUYS LIKE THAT,
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE HOW THAT
DOESN'T WIND UP BEING A GREAT
FIGHT.
SO, AS SOON AS THE FIRST ROUND
STARTS IT WAS THE FIGHT YOU WERE
EXPECTING.
>> BOMBS AWAY.
RIOS AND ALVARADO.
>> WHAT I THINK ABOUT YOU TAGGED
ME NOW IT IS MY TURN TO TAG YOU
BACK.
I KNEW IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIGHT.
I KNEW IT WOULD SPARK A LOT OF
ACTION, A LOT OF GOOD EFFORT
MOMENTS.
WE WENT AT IT AND KILLED EACH
OTHER.
>> I FELT EARLY IN THE FIGHT
ALVARADO WAS GETTING THE BETTER
OF IT WITH HIS LENGTH AND HIS
BOXING ABILITY FROM THE SOUOUTS.
ALVARADO'S SUCCESS COULD HAVE
BEEN HIS UNDOING WHERE YOU GET
CONFIDENT, FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
DOING WELL AND START EXCHANGE
BEING WITH THE GUY.
>> HE WAS LANDING EVERYTHING ON
ME AND HE THOUGHT I WAS HURT AND
DONE AND HE STOPPED AND I PUT MY
PRESSURE ON.
>> GOOD LEFT RIGHT COMBINATION
TIME NOR RIOS TO GO TWO WORK.
>> IN THE SIXTH ROUND IN WAS AN
RIGHT AND I HURT HIM WITH THE
BESIDE SHOT AND KNEW IF I KEPT
MUTTING PRESSURE ON I COULD GET
HIM OUT OF THERE.
THERE WAS A MOMENT IN THAT FIGHT
WHERE HE CAUGHT ME WITH A GOOD
BLOW, YOU KNOW AND IT CHANGED
THE FIGHT.
>> DEFENSE, DEFENSE.
KEEP THROWING YOUR UPPER CUTS.
BODY.
NOTHING ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> WHEN I HAVE A FIGHTER HURT
I'M TKPWG GOING TO TRY TO FINIS
OFF.
>> ANOTHER RIGHT HAND.
ALVARADO.
RIGHT HAND AGAIN AND THE REFEREE
STEPS IN AND STOPS IT.
>> THE REFEREE I WAS NOT ABLE TO
FIGHT I'M STILL ON MY FEET.
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED IT.
>> I CAN'T CRITICIZE HIM FOR
STOPPING IT.
HE FELT AS THOUGH HE WAS
PROTECTING MIKE FROM TAKING MORE
PUNISHMENT THAN HE DESERVED TO
TAKE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT WAS A TOUGH DECISION MADE
IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE WHICH WAS
JUST AS GOOD A DECISION AS
LETTING IT GO WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> THE ADAGE IN BOXING IS WHEN
ONE FIGHTER KNOCKS OUT ANOTHER
FIGHTER HE'S GOING TO DO IT
AGAIN IN THE REMATCH ONLY QUICK
ARE.
PROBABLY RIOS KNEW FINISHES WHAT
HE STARTED FEEL
>> IT IS THE SECOND TIME ARNOLD
AND THE CROWD IS ALREADY WARMING
UP.
>> MY CONFIDENCE IN THE REMATCH
CAN'T GIVE MYSELF TOO MUCH
CONFIDENCE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO KNOCK
HIM OUT IN TWO ROUNDS.
THE THIRD ROUND WHEN I CAME WITH
THE JAB.
>> RIOS HITS ALVARADO WITH THE
SHOT.
ALVARADO IS IN TROUBLE.
>> HE CAUGHT ME OFF BALANCE AND
I WASN'T HURT THOUGH.
>> I WAS LIKE I'M TKPGOING TO G
HIM AND I WENT IN THERE AND
THREW ALL KINDS OF PUNCHES AND
GOT MYSELF TIRED.
>> GOOD LEFT HOOK BY RIOS.
ALVARADO HOLDING ON.
>> THERE WERE BIG MOMENTS IN
THAT FIGHT THAT LIKE HERE WE GO
AGAIN.
>> THEY ARE TRADING SLOTS
AGAIN.
HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
>> THE ADJUSTMENTS I MADE FOR
THE SECOND FIGHT IS THAT I HAD
TO PUT MY PRIDE ASIDE AND GET
INTO A WAR.
>> HE IS LANDING THE BLOWS WITH
CRUSHING FORCE AGAINST THE IRON
JAW OF BRANDON RIOS.
>> EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID.
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
DO NOT GIVE HIM OPPORTUNITIES.
>> IT WAS A DIFFERENT GAME PLAN.
HE RAN MORE.
I WAS FOLLOWING HIM AND A LOT OF
MISTAKES ON MY BEHALF.
>> A RIGHT HAND.
RIOS ALMOST WENT DOWN.
>> ONCE ALVARADO TURNED IT INTO
HIS KIND OF FIGHT RIOS
DEPARTMENT HAVE AN ANSWER --
DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> YOU ARE SMARTER THAN THIS.
LET'S GO.
OK?
>> GOOD LEFT HOOK BY ALVARADO.
ANOTHER RIGHT HAND.
>> I DIDN'T COME OUT.
I FELT LIKES A LOST PUPPY IN
THERE.
I WAS A LOST PUPPY IN THERE.
>> TO THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS
DECISION, LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A RUBBER MATCH.
MIKE "DIE HARD" ALVARADO.
>> YOU SEE BRANDON RIOS HOLDING
UP THREE FINGERS.
WHERE ARE THE CONTRACTS?
WHEN WILL THEY SIGN?
WHERE WILL IT BE?
WHAT A SHOW!
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
ALVARADO MY NEXT FIGHT BUT THEN
WE TOOK THE PACQUIAO FIGHT.
>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT I'M
FIGHTING PACQUIAO.
WHAT HIT ME THE MOST WHEN I GOT
I'M LIKE THERE IS REALLY SSUR-
HAPPENING
HAPPENING.
IT WAS [BLEEP] AMAZING.
HT HAND BY PACQUIAO.
>> FOR HIS TROUBLE HE LOST EVERY
MINUTE OF EVERY ROUND, TOOK A
LOT OF HARD SHOTS.
>> I FELT LIKE I WAS FIGHTING
THREE PACQUIAOS.
LOOK LIKE A
>> BRANDON RIOS'S FACE AND HEAD
BASKETBALL TOMORROW MORNING.
>> IT WAS THE PACQUIAO FIGHT,
YOU KNOW, IT SHOT MY DREAM DOWN.
I FORGOT WHO I WAS.
I BECAME SOMEBODY ELSE.
JUST A LOT OF THINGS AND I HAVE
TO START ALL OVER.
I REALLY GOOD BAD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT NO MORE.
I WAS JUST DOWN ON MYSELF AND I
WAS JUST DEPRESSED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY TOLD ME
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT
AGAIN.
OH, YEAH?
I THOUGHT I WAS READY.
I FELT READY.
>> WHEN HE CAME BACK SEVERAL
MONTHS LATER AGAINST CHAVEZ HE
WASN'T THE SAME AND DIDN'T FIGHT
AS WELL.
>> OH, ANOTHER BRILLIANT RIGHT
HAND BY CHAVEZ.
>> IT WAS GETTING ROUGHER AND
ROUGHER.
CLIPPIER AND CHIPPIER.
>> HE IS GOING TO DEDUCT A POINT
FROM CHAVEZ FOR HOLDING.
ALL RIGHT
>> EVENTUALLY YOU HAD WHAT
SEEMED TO ME TO BE AN UN TPHES
UNNECESSARY DISQUALIFICATION IN
A SITUATION WHERE CHAVEZ MAY
HAVE BEEN HEADED TOWARD AN UPSET
VICTORY OVER BRANDON RIOS.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY I WANTED TO
WIN ON MIRROR W BUSH -- MY WAY
BACK.
IT IS AN URGENCY TO GET BACK TO
THE TITLE.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGGRESSIVE
BUT THIS TIME I GOT COMFORTABLE
BLOCKING SLOHOTS AND WE ARE GOI
BACK TO BASICS AND COMING IN
WITH MY HEAD.
I KNOW THE FACT THAT THIS FIGHT
IS REALLY A DO OR DIE FIGHT FOR
ME.
I'M PUTTING EVERYTHING I HAVE TO
DO IN IT.
>> I WOULD SAY BRANDON RIOS
RIGHT NOW IS AT A CROSS ROADS IN
HIS CAREER WHERE WE NEED TO SEE
IF HE STILL HAS THAT THING IN
HIM THAT ATTRACTED EVERYBODY TO
HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> ALVARADO WINS THE SECOND
FIGHT AND SETS HIMSELF UP FOR
THE ENVIABLE CHANCE TO GO HOME
AND DEFEND HIS TITLE ON HIS HOME
TURF NEAR DENVER.
AND HE MAKES THE QUESTIONABLE
CHOICE OF HIS NEXT FIGHT.
HE IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE AND
ALL OVER AND A VERY STURDY
DESTROYER.
>> WE DIDN'T REALLY PREPARE
PROPERLY FOR THAT RUSLAN FIGHT.
THERE WERE TOO MANY
DISTRACTIONS.
BEING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, ONE
OF DENVER'S BOXING CHAMPIONS IN
ABOUT 10 OR 15 YEARS AND HE GOT
CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT A LITTLE
BIT I WOULD SAY.
>> HE IS HAMMERING ALVARADO
AGAINST THE ROPES AND KNOCKS HIM
DOWN.
>> NOW ANOTHER RALLY AND HE GOT
ALVARADO IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
HAS HIM AGAINST THE ROPES.
>> HE BROKE HIM IN THAT FIGHT.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO STOP IT.
HE HAS A 10TH AROUND TECHNICAL
KNOCKOUT VICTORY OVER MIKE
ALVARADO.
>> IT IS INCREDIBLY COMPELLING
TO WATCH.
IT IS HARD TO LOOK AWAY.
>> I WAS HUMILIATED.
BUT I PULLED IT TOGETHER.
I WILL GET BACK TO WHAT I WANT
TO DO.
>> TRAINING IN DENVER RIGHT NOW
IS I'M MORE FOCUSED, MORE OF A
FOCUSED MENTALITY OF WHAT I NEED
TO DO, HOW I NEED TO FIGHT.
>> THIS FIGHT IS IMPORTANT TO ME
AND MY FANS.
I LOST IN FRONT OF MY HOMETOWN
SO IT MEANS A LOT.
THIS FIGHT IS THE WORLD TO ME.
>> BREAKING NEWS ABOUT
PROFESSIONAL BOXER MIKE
ALVARADO.
THE INTERNATIONALLY RANKED
FIGHTER WAS PULLED OVER IN LOW
DOUGH OVER THE WEEKEND AND WHEN
THEY SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE THEY
FOUND A GUN IN THE GLOVE BOX.
>> IN THE EARLY MORNING OF
JANUARY 3 ABOUT 4:15 A.M. HE WAS
A PASSENGER IN A CAR PULLED OFF
AND THERE WAS A HRAUG AND
BECAUSE HE'S A FELON HE HAS TO
DEAL WITH TO THE FORTUNATELY FOR
HIM IT WILL PROBABLY COME AFTER
THE FIGHT.
>> THE GUY I WAS WITH HE HAD A
GUN AND I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD IT
AND I SAID WHAT ARE YOUR DOING
AND I TRIED TO STASH IT AND I
GOT CAUGHT.
HE OWNED UP TO IT SO AT THE END
OF THE DAY HE WILL END UP BEING
THE ONE TO PAY FOR T. THE FIGHT
IS DESTINED JAIL OR NO JAIL.
>> MIKE ALVARADO HAS PROVEN TIME
AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE CAN'T
STAY OUT OF TROUBLE OUTSIDE THE
RING.
AND UNTIL HE GETS A HANDLE ON
THAT AND WE ARE GETTING LATE
NOW, IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE AS
GOOD A BET THAT ALVARADO WILL
FIGHT AT HIS BEST AS IT IS THAT
BRANDON WILL FIGHT AT HIS BEST.
>> HE IS A GUY LIKE ME, MAN.
HE IS HUMAN LIKE ME.
WE BOTH ARE GHETTO.
WE ARE BOTH ALWAYS IN TROUBLE.
>> WE DON'T HATE EACH OTHER.
WE JUST KNOW WHAT KIND OF FIGHT
WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF EVEN
OTHER.
>> WE ARE COOL WITH EACH OTHER.
BUT ONCE WE GET IN THAT RING WE
HATE EACH OTHER.
>> PEOPLE HAVE HAD THAT THING IN
THEM THAT WHEN THEY GET LIT THEY
WANT TO HIT THE OTHER GUY HARDER
AND TWICE.
THE TWO GUYS WHO BOTH HAVE THAT
THING IN THEM WILL MAKE A GREAT
FIGHT.
>> HE IS GOING TO COME AT ME AND
TRY TO KILL ME.
TRYING TO SAVE MY LIFE IN THERE
IS ME TRYING TO KILL HIM FIRST.
>> I COME TO HUNT.
I HUNT TO KILL.
WHEN I SMELL BLOOD YOU BETTER BE
DAMN STRAIGHT I WILL BE RIGHT
THERE IN FRONT OF YOU HITTING.
>> I'M GOING AFTER HIM WITH ALL
MY HEART, MY WILL, EVERYTHING.
AND I KNOW THAT IS WHAT HE WILL
DO AS WELL.
IT WILL BE THAT BIG.
>> WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING AGAIN?
IT IS DESTINED.
THEIR IDENTITY AS BOTH BROILERS
ALMOST DICTATED THEY WERE GOING
TO FIGHT EACH OTHER.
NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN HEADING
FOR FIGHT NUMBER THREE.
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