Devon Alexander Boxing News

By Jason Kim: The last two times that Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) fought at home in Saint Louis, Missouri, his opponents went home losers by very, very questionable decisions.

By Jason Kim: According to fighthype.com, the winner of the February 25th fight between Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) could face welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) in a fight in June with the winner of that fight a possibility for a Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout in the [...]

By Jason Kim: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is going to need to put a lot of pressure on Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) next month in their important welterweight showdown at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

DEVON ALEXANDER AND MARCOS MAIDANA SET FOR FEBRUARY 25 BATTLE AT ST. LOUIS’ SCOTTRADE CENTER ADRIEN BRONER TO MAKE FIRST TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST UNDEFEATED #1 RATED CONTENDER ELOY PEREZ DOUBLEHEADER TO BE TELEVISED LIVE ON HBO’S BOXING AFTER DARK ST. LOUIS, MO (January 16) – On Saturday, February 25, four of boxing’s most compelling athletes [...]

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) has struggled in his last three fights to try and get wins. Luckily for him, he’s fought two of three fights at home and won both of the home fights by questionable decisions.

QUOTES FROM TODAY’S DEVON ALEXANDER VS. MARCOS MAIDANA AND ADRIEN BRONER VS. ELOY PEREZ ST. LOUIS PRESS CONFERENCE DEVON ALEXANDER “THE GREAT”, Former Two-Time World Champion “These last few fights at 140 pounds were hard for me to make weight. I’m going to be stronger and faster at 147.

By Eric Thomas: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to face Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) next month in a fight at welterweight in the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) fights well when he’s allowed to fight at a slow pace and pick his shots in a methodical manner. But in his fights where he’s had to pick it up a little and fight at a fast pace, such as in his bouts against DeMarcus Corley, Amir [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) still doesn’t know what he’s got himself into in facing Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) on February 25th at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is going to really regret his choice of facing former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in his next fight on February 25th at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) moves up in weight to face former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in a fight in the welterweight division on February 25th in Alexander’s home city at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alexander must be like the spider to the fly, [...]

By Eric Thomas: The last two fighters that have chosen to fight Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in his native Saint Louis, Missouri has lived to regret, with both Lucas Matthysse and Andriy Kotelnik losing by controversial 12 round decisions.

By Dan Ambrose: According to news reports, the proposed fight between former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and the WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is a done deal, set for either February 18th or February 25th in Alexander’s home city of St Louis, Missouri.

By William Mackay: Marcos Maidana could wind up moving up to the welterweight division for his next fight against Devon Alexander in February of 2012. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is currently working on trying to put the fight together.

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is saying that slugger Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) and former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) have agreed to fight in a bout that will take place at welterweight instead of light welterweight.

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.

By William Mackay: Welterweight contender Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is looking to take Brook to the next level in early 2012 against two top welterweights Mike Jones and Devon Alexander. Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, now a fringe welterweight contender, is also someone that Hearn is interested in matching Brook [...]

LOS ANGELES, September 17 – A gifted boxer whose talent and compelling story has captivated fans around the world, former Junior Welterweight World Champion Devon Alexander “The Great” is on track to regain his title after his June win over Lucas Matthysse, and to help him get there, he has enlisted Golden Boy Promotions to [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) has been given a very generous #2 ranking by the World Boxing Council in the welterweight division after the 24-year-old Alexander recently moved up in weight to try and campaign at this weight level.

By Dan Ambrose: For boxing fans that care, former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (29-4, 6 KO’s) says he won’t be fighting Devon Alexander next. Malignaggi dismissed the idea of fighting Alexander on his twitter page today, although he still didn’t say who he will be fighting next.

By Eric Thomas: Coming off of another controversial decision while fighting in his home state of Missouri, former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) is moving up in weight to the welterweight division to try his hand at that weight class.

By Dan Ambrose: After having looked poor in his last three fights, former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) will be moving up to the welterweight division because of his problems making the light welterweight division limit of 140 lbs. Alexander, 24, will immediately target former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Last weekend light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) lost a controversial 12 round split decision to former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 Ko’s) in a fight that took place in Alexander’s home state and nearby city of Saint Charles, Missouri. The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 95-94 [...]

By Robert Dean: I’m not a naive fool. I saw that the fight would be held in Devon Alexander’s hometown, and I knew a robbery was possible. But when I saw on HBO that one of the judges for Alexander’s fight with Lucas Matthysse was the very same person that scored in Alexander’s favor for [...]

By Simon Hirst: Some very good boxing was on offer last night to warm the tastebuds of next week’s fight of the year. Three interesting matches with different expectations for all of them. Brook’s test against N’dou was to see how good Brook was. Macklin had his first world title shot to see if he [...]

By Jim Dower: Argentinian knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) found out first hand how difficult it is to beat former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) when he’s fighting in his home state last Saturday night when Matthysse was beaten by Alexander by a very, very controversial 12 round split [...]

By Jim Dower: In a loaded undercard of the Lucas Matthysse vs. Devon Alexander fight card at the Family Arena, Saint Charles, Missouri, IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KO’s) stopped #1 International Boxing Federation challenger Yusuf Mack (29-4, 17 KO’s) in the 8th round. Cloud, 29, making his fourth defense of his [...]

By Jason Kim: What we saw from Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) in his last two fights is that he struggles if his opponents put continuous pressure on him and tag him with hard jabs, as Timothy Bradley and Andriy Kotelnik both did. Alexander won the Kotelnik fight by controversy in a 12 round unanimous [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) is taking a big risk by agreeing to face former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) in his own home town on Saturday at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri. Timothy Bradley wanted no part of fighting Alexander in Missouri and the [...]

By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night Don King at the age of 79 is still doing business and has set up another great show. Unfortunately IBF Cruiserweight champ Guillermo Jones won’t be fighting on the card but that doesn’t mean we’re not in for a treat.