Nonito Donaire vs Toshiaki Nishioka, Bam Bam Rios vs Mike Alvarado Oct 13th

[2-0-Sixx]

Great card.

Home Depot Center in Carson. Tickets are priced at $150, $75 and $35, and can be bought online at AXS.com, by phone (888-929-7849) or at the Home Depot Center Box Office (Monday-Friday; from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. PDT).​

Main event - unification bout between #1 Toshiaki Nishioka (true WBC belt owner), against #3 Nonito Donaire (WBO, IBF belts). The Ring Belt as well as the meaningless Diamond belt will be on the line as well.


Nonito Donaire
29-1
5'6
68″ reach
orthodox
San Leandro, California
Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
Last 5 fights: Jeffrey Mathebula UD, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr SD, Omar Andres Narvaez UD, Fernando Montiel TKO2, Volodymyr Sydorenko KO4

vs


Toshiaki Nishioka
39-4
5′ 6½″
68½″ reach
Tokyo, Japan
Last 5 fights: Rafael Marquez UD, Mauricio Javier Munoz KO 9, Rendall Munroe UD, Balweg Bangoyan TKO 5, Ivan Hernandez RTD 3

Co-feature

Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios
30-0 (22 KO's)
5′ 8″
orthodox
68″ reach
Oxnard, California
Last five fights: Richard Abril SD, John Murray TKO11, Urbano Antillon KO3, Miguel Acosta TKO 10, Anthony Peterson TKO7

vs

Mike "Mile High" Alvarado
33-0 (23 KO's)
5'9
orthodox
69½″ reach
Denver, Colorado
Last five fights: Mauricio Herrera UD 10, Breidis Prescott TKO 10, Gabriel Martinez UD 10, Ray Narh TKO 3, Dean Harrison TKO 4

 

[2-0-Sixx]

[video=youtube;icCDmUWN_K4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icCDmUWN_K4[/video]

 

[T-Rip]

Donaire is gonna whoop him, Rios aint the same anymore. What weight is this at? I thought Rios was gonna move up cuz he has a hard time making 135

 

[2-0-Sixx]

its at 140 so hopefully no more weight problems. should be a war they both come to fight.

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

Rios and Alvarado are probably equally skilled with an edge to Rios because he started boxing much younger.
It looks like a toss up, but more importantly it looks like a real entertaining fight.

That being said, I believe Rios has the pressure and determination to win that fight.

 

[Johnny Truelove]

rios fight should be good I'll try my hardest not to fall asleep with nonito as his last 3 fights have been boring as fuck.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Nishioka is a technically sound fighter, with speed on top of that.
I wasn't too impressed with Donaire's last outing. Not that he looked bad per say, but that he should have looked a lot better. The height differential was crazy, but the guy was sloppy as hell. As long as the judges keep it fair and Nonito doesn't land any flash knock downs, Nishioka should edge this one out just by taking advantage of Donaire's flashy jumping in style.

Rios Rd 8 KO.
Alvarado is big and strong, but Rios can take the shots. Rios is sneeky strong. His punches don't look like they hurt, but puts a lot into them without snapping his punches. All his punches are thudding shots that don't look bad, but they really go deep. In all fairness, Rios got outboxed in his last outing. Alvardo isn't Abril though. Alvarado had issues with Prescott, and Rios is by far a greater fighter than Prescott.

I know I'm going off each opponents last fight, which I usually don't like to do, but in this case I think it's valid.

I was going to get tickets. $35 seats in the back, but I might just watch it from home.
Not sure yet.

 

[bigface]

This will be a great night of boxing. I have to give PROPS to Donaire for finally fighting a threat. Nishioka can become a superstar with a impressive win. Alvardo vs Rios should be a war. Let see if Rios can handle the punching at 140lb. Remember was a beast against guys smaller then him, I don't know if his style will work against better guys. Top Rank and Golden Boy have been making some great free fight cards lately. As a boxing fan I'm very happy.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

the only thing that sucks is golden boy has a really solid card on this same night, mares vs moreno, etc.

I hate when promoters do that. like chavez vs martinez, and Canelo vs Lopez

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I have 2 TV's and 2 boxes, right on top of each other.
Just have to switch between the audio.

Set up just for occasions like this.

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

Alvarado had issues with Prescott, and Rios is by far a greater fighter than Prescott.

I know I'm going off each opponents last fight, which I usually don't like to do, but in this case I think it's valid.

Alvarado's last fight was against Mauricio Herrera.

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

I like both Garcia guys in this event...should both be competitive.

 

[JLMACN]

This HBO???

 

[2-0-Sixx]

HBO.

6-7 thousand expected, pretty good numbers for the little guys. Although I'm sure half of that at least are there for Bam Bam vs Alvarado.

Alvarado training camp pics:

Donaire randomly tested couple days ago, clean. To date, Donaire is the only fighter in all of boxing to be randomly tested year round.

Donaire training (from 9/22)

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

KELLERMAN talked this card up big time last weekend. Especially the Rios Alvarado fight.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Rios makes weight 140 exactly

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

why does Rios still look like a zombie when the fight is at 140?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

he looks better than his last few fights though no doubt, but yeah he'll probably be at 147 real soon.

anyone pumped yet? gonna be a bloodbath.

donaire vs another southpaw and #1 in the division is interesting to say the least, I really don't know what to expect.

 

[WYNO707X4]

This shit going to be war. I dont even know whos going to win on either figthts. They even

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Rios a slight fave (-160) and Donaire a huge one (-600)

With that being said, I could see upsets on either one of those.

I don't think either of the favorites have looked that good as of late. Both of them can't afford to fight like shit tonight.