Why Knicks brawler Jose Alvarado gave up boxing for the sweet science of scrapping with opponents

Source: New York Post

TORONTO — If you saw Jose Alvarado’s perfectly placed right hook on the cheek of Suns center Mark Williams, you wouldn’t be surprised by his background. Alvarado’s first passion, as a Brooklyn-bred Boricua, was boxing. He learned it from his father, also named Jose Alvarado, who was steering toward a pugilist career before raising children took precedence.