Mike Alvarado. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)
Mike Alvarado quickly returned to camp this week after , in preparation for a third fight against Brandon Rios in Broomfield on Jan. 24.
And his longtime manager, Henry Delgado, said Wednesday he’s sticking by Alvarado through the mess to focus on the fight.
“I would never leave Mike,” Delgado said. “We’ve been together since Day 1. And we’ll be together until the end. He’s like a son to me.”
Delgado on Monday was frustrated about the decision to keep Alvarado’s camp in Denver, saying, “After this fight, that’s it” — that he’d rather not train in Denver again.
For Alvarado’s preparation before the Juan Manuel Marquez fight last May, they moved training camp to Los Angeles.
For Alvarado’s third fight against Rios — they split the first two, in 2012 and ’13 — the Denver boxer decided to train in his hometown.
“We’re just trying to focus on camp, trying to keep all that out,” Delgado said Wednesday.
Good day, now time for some strength & Conditioning..I promise Jan24th I will rise to the occasion,
— Mike Alvarado (@MileHighMike303)
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on Monday that he hopes the arrest after a traffic stop early Saturday morning doesn’t affect Alvarado against Rios.
But Alvarado has a history of overcoming obstacles, even the self-inflicted ones.
Alvarado slow-played Breidis Prescott through eight rounds in 2011 — even though Prescott was overmatched — before rallying for a dramatic 10th-round knockout. And he started slow against Rios in Las Vegas in 2013 before buckling down to earn a unanimous decision and the WBO junior welterweight title.
