Alvarado vs. Prescott - official scorecards at the time of the stoppage?

He did, I saw that at least two cards were 87-84 in favor of Prescott. Will try to find the link.

 

87-83 87-83 86-85 Prescott
Hell of a fight

 

Best I can do at the moment: http://twitter.com/#!/HBOboxing/status/135568495663529984
Unfortunately it doesn't say which judges had which scores.

 

For me, the KD evened out the fight. I had Prescott ahead 5-1-3 (one was a draw) . The KO rulling was legit though and Mike deservedly got the win. Alvarado has won me over with this fight.
I disagree with those who say he's not skilled, he's a skilled boxer, just seems to have big time problems with length and getting by a stiff jab.

 

I also had it close, IB. The commentary was pretty awful on Top Rank. Prescott was visibly fading after the first 3-4 rounds and was getting caught more and more by Alvarado. I'd be lying if I said I saw the knockout coming, but no way did Alvarado need a knockout. Not in my diagnosis. He closed the gap and was controlling the fight at the time of the stoppage.

 

I would have had it even 4-1-4, but for some reason, Alvarado stepped off the gas in the ninth. A bit like Pacquiao in the 11th and 12th. At that point, I thought the fight was done in Prescott's favor, but maybe the tactics in the ninth were a ploy to get to Prescott in the final round. Risky tactics.

There's a possibility both guys will never be the same after this fight. They've endured so much punishment. Prescott's chin looked to be cracking, which is worrying to see. No doubt, Mike hits like a mule, but fresh iron chinned Prescott would take those punches.

 

I believe Prescott was winning but probably just barely; Alvarado was closing the gap in those middle rounds after he adjusted. The knockout sealed the deal though.

Great fight. I hope both guys have their profiled raised because of this performance.

Also, maybe Prescott should move up already .

 

had prescott winning. great fight. fights like this makes me realize sitting in a bar there nothing more than dumb ignorant fans. they said this was a boring fight! and then when timothy bradley and joel casseymayor fought they said why did hbo just get a bunch of amateurs on this card. i said timothy bradley was a champ at 140 who never lost his belt in the ring. his opponent is an olympic gold medalist and future hall of famer. who would you have wanted on the undercard. these fans coudln't name anybody they'd put on an undercard because all they know is mayweather and pac. sometimes watching an espn card and talking to those fans is way more interesting than talking to these fans at big fights.

 

all spotlight was on mainevent but THAT WAS A WAR!!!!

 

The gap had been closed enough for the knockdown to edge the fight to Mike imo

 

Classic Prescott in that fight: bangs early and looks great, fades fast after about 4.

 

i had it 87-84 prescott

 

Wow, crazy to see some of these cards. I had Prescott up 3 rds going into the 10th, and I was absolutely dumbfounded the way he approached an exhange with his hands at Alvardos side simply BEGGING to be UCd and KDd.

Eith way, he got up, continued to throw, and the stoppage was crap IMO.:|