Video: Alvarado's Trainer Admits Wrong Strategy Used

Mike would have gotten blasted like he did in the first fight with rios. He won the second fight cuz he boxed.

hard to understand why mike came out and fought the same way he did against rios in the first fight. i would have thought mike would box and move around more against ruslan.

Rusland landed on the head and body. Moving that much as Mike did is a huge circumference and will get you tired as well as the body shots. Ruslan has power and they may tire him out when he throws, but it will effect any fighter if he lands enough. Ruslan cuts the ring well enough, he's cool-headed and doesn't throw like a robot... That's why Bradley was so "big" while winning that fight...

it was the wrong strategy. he should have used the wlad-povetkin strategy. hold everytime opponent gets close! that way he would be called the most dominant 140 pounder. ... Well, you're not far from the truth! Not far at all...

Alavarado is a brawler first. He moves at times but isn't effective when he does it. He needs to plant his feet and exchange to stage his attack. You can't change his instincts. Very few will outbrawl Provodnikov. Rematch will be no different. Provodnikov isn't just a brawler... You guys are not familiarized with the "ex-Soviet school of boxing" -- that school is based on hard punching and endurance, but there is number of other skills (taught by the above mentioned school) which are not transparent for fighters in the Americas...