?What did him in?? Was it the accumulation of damage accrued by Alvarado in a run of meat-grinder matches and a blood-and-guts career? Was it the extracurricular habits that have garnered him an arrest record nearly as long as his boxing resume?? ?Jacob Mazer. BLH
“I wasn’t living right, like I should have been. I was partying, I was drinking…I wasn?t grounding myself. I had to open my eyes,” he told reporter Terry Frei. That was back in 2010, on completing a 90-day program at the Buena Vista Corrections Complex
Mike ?Mile High? Alvarado has seldom been in a dull fight and therein lies the rub. At 35, Mike is closer to 45 in ring age. After a blowout loss to Brandon Rios In January 2015, Mike is scheduled for a match in Houston, Texas against a TBA opponent, but some have said, ?it?s not like what?s next?” More like “Why bother?”
Since a life and death struggle with Breidis Prescott in November 2011, Alvarado has gone 2-4 against Mauricio Herrera, Brandon Rios (thrice), Ruslan Provodnikov, and Juan Manuel Marquez. Those fights have taken a terrible toll from which recovery is highly questionable. Getting hit with neck snapping uppercuts and unimpeded hooks by a rampaging Rios was painful to watch. And taking two to give one against other opponents has an accumulative impact. It doesn?t take a neurologist to note the deterioration in Mike?s game.
More to the point, unless Mike Alvarado comes back in a measured and cautious manner against confidence-building opponents, he could be risking his long term health.
