By Dan Ambrose: Danny Garcia, the trainer for former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s), likes the idea of Ortiz fighting former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) next if a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. can’t be made.

Ortiz was stopped in the 4th round by Mayweather last month when Ortiz dropped his guard after hugging Mayweather. Ortiz hopes that Mayweather will fight him again, but his been largely ignored and ridiculed by Mayweather. A fight against Alexander would seem like the more realistic goal for Ortiz.

Garcia said to examiner.com, “This would be a good fight [Alexander-Ortiz], because he [Alexander] only has one loss and he’s a former champion. I think that the people would like to see that fight. That way we can show the people that we’re not here to fight guys with four, five losses. We’re fighting guys near the top of the division or guys who are undefeated. Berto, Mayweather and now Devon Alexander.”

Alexander is ranked number #1 by the WBC as of now. It’s unclear whether Alexander’s people will want to match him against a puncher like Ortiz, especially with Ortiz in such a desperate situation. Alexander has looked positively horrible recently with questionable wins over Andriy Kotelnik and Lucas Matthysse, and a loss to Timothy Bradley last January.

A lot of boxing fans thought that Alexander should have lost the Kotelnik and Matthysse fights, which took place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis. And Alexander looked bad when he complained that his head hurt in the 10th round against Bradley after a clash of heads. Some boxing fans felt that Alexander quit in that fight when the going got tough for him.