On April 12, 2019, a 38-year-old Mike Alvarado (40-4, 28 KOs) and a 27-year-old Arnold Barboza Jr. (20-0, 7 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Alvarado came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 30 days. Barboza Jr. was on a 20-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 29 days.
Arnold Barboza Jr. stopped Mike Alvarado via KO in the 3rd round. Barboza Jr. improves his record to 21-0 (8 KOs), while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 40-5.
On January 24, 2015, a 34-year-old Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) and a 28-year-old Brandon Ríos (32-2-1, 23 KOs) met in the ring for the 3rd time, in a welterweight bout.
Alvarado came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 7 days. Ríos was on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
In the rematch, Brandon Ríos stopped Mike Alvarado via RTD in the 3rd round. Ríos improves his record to 33-2-1 (24 KOs), while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 34-4.
On May 17, 2014, a 33-year-old Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KOs) and a 40-year-old Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez (55-7-1, 40 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Alvarado came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 28 days. Márquez was on a -1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 5 days.
Juan Manuel Márquez defeated Mike Alvarado via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Márquez improves his record to 56-7-1, while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 34-3.
On October 19, 2013, the 33-year-old WBO super-lightweight world champion, Mike Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Russian boxer Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Alvarado came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days. Provodnikov was on a -1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 10th round, and Ruslan Provodnikov is crowned the new WBO super-lightweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Provodnikov improves his record to 23-2 (16 KOs), while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On October 13, 2012, a 32-year-old Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KOs) and a 26-year-old Brandon Ríos (30-0-1, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Alvarado came in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Ríos was on a 12-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
Brandon Ríos stopped Mike Alvarado via TKO in the 7th round. Ríos improves his record to 31-0-1 (23 KOs), while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 33-1.