In boxing, even sure things aren’t sure things. The idea that Brandon Rios’ bludgeoning style would match well again with Alvarado’s boxer-puncher (with emphasis on the puncher) style for a third time was a certainty. And maybe it would have, if not for Alvarado’s tendency to err on the side of erring, but the Denver fighter is an open book, and that book is probably headed for prison at some point.
This week on Queensberry Rules Radio, James Foley of Bad Left Hook and TQBR’s Patrick Connor welcome back ESPN and Grantland contributor, and co-host of the Ring Theory podcast Eric Raskin. As talk about a three-round steamer and a fairly empty boxing schedule can only occupy so much time, that leaves the discussion open to Raskin’s recent article about James “Buster” Douglas vs. Mike Tyson in Playboy, recent significant issues in the sport, and more.
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