DENVER – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has announced the signing of Former Boxing World Champion “Mile High” Mike Alvarado of Denver to an exclusive, multi-fight promotional contract.
Alvarado, a popular, can’t miss boxing legend in Colorado, will debut at BKFC 41, the monumental bare knuckle pay-per-view event scheduled for Saturday, April 29 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, CO.
“I’m honored to sign a promotional contract with BKFC,” said an elated Alvarado. “I’ve been a fan since they started five years ago and love what they are doing for combat sports. When I heard they were planning on returning to Denver, I knew I had to fight on this tremendous card.”
“Dave Feldman and his Team have been great to work with throughout this process and I can’t wait until fight night and the opportunity to perform in front of my hometown Denver fans.”
“Mike Alvarado is not only a former world champion but a true warrior who I watched fight in numerous, action-packed ‘Fight of the Year’ clashes,” said David Feldman, president of BKFC. “We’re thrilled to start working with him and have him fight on our massive card in his hometown.”
“As Austin Trout showed the combat sports world at KnuckleMania 3, professional boxers have a strong skillset to be very successful in bare-knuckle fighting and we look forward to Mike Alvarado putting on a memorable performance on April 29.”
Over a 15-year professional career, Alvarado, a staple on HBO World Championship Boxing, compiled a record of 40 wins with only 5 losses, 28 of his victories coming by knockout. The hard-hitting life-time Denver resident is well known for his epic trilogy with Brandon Rios, their first bout in 2012 named the consensus “Fight of the Year” by Sports Illustrated and numerous other sport media outlets.
Alvarado’s additional memorable clashes throughout his career came against Hall of Famer Juan Manuel Marquez in addition to world champions and top contenders Ruslan Provodnikov, Joshua Clottey, Cesar Bazan, Mauricio Herrera, Carlos Molina and Breidis Prescott.
HBO’s Jim Lampley named Alvarado to “The Gatti List” as one of boxing’s top 10 most entertaining fighters.
