By Jason Kim: Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KO’s) could very well be the best light welterweight in the division after destroying Vivian Harrison (29-5-1, 19 KO’s) in three rounds last Saturday night on the undercard of the Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Ortiz, 23, knocked Harris down four times in the fight before it was stopped by referee Raul Caiz Sr. at 0:45 of the 3rd round.
Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley
Team Alexander accepts offer from King to fight Bradley on 1/29
By Jim Dower: A unification fight between IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) just came one step closer to becoming reality, as Team Alexander accepted an offer from promoter Don King for the unification bout with Bradley for January 29th, 2011. Team Alexander is now waiting for a bout agreement. Hopefully, this can be taken care of soon, because this is so boring and not interesting to see the two sides haggling forever.
Khan says after Maidana, he wants the Bradley-Alexander winner
By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) says he’ll be the unified light welterweight champion by the end of 2011. In Khan’s twitter, he says “After [Marcos] Maidana, I want the winner of [Timothy] Bradley vs. [Devon] Alexander. I promise by the end of next year I will be unified champ.” That’s pretty interesting given that we’re not even clear yet whether Khan will be fighting Maidana next. He’s supposed to be fighting Maidana on December 11th, but there’s been complaints from Khan’s manager that Maidana is asking for too much money for the fight because he wants $1 million for the fight.
Khan says he wants Maidana next and then the Bradley vs. Alexander winner
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) now seems to be changing his tune from wanting a fight against WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on December 11th to now talking about wanting to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) next in December, according to boxing news from the 23-year-old Khan’s Twitter page. Khan said this about fighting Maidana: “Looking @ fighting Maidana. Hopefully, Golden Boy Promotions [Khan’s promoter] can get the fight in the UK in December 11th, and then go for the winner of Alexander vs. Bradley in the new year.”
Roach thinks Khan can beat Bradley, Alexander and Maidana
By William Mackay: You can usually expect a trainer to have a certain amount of loyalty and confidence about his or her particular fighters, but trainer Freddie Roach’s confidence toward his fighter World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) borders on the extreme.
Bradley says “After I beat Devon, he’ll [Khan] have nowhere to hide”
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By Dan Ambrose: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) will be looking to take IBF/WBC Devon Alexander’s titles when/if they meet up in January 2011. Bradley really wants that fight and will be looking to take Alexander’s titles and move up as one of the biggest stars in boxing. After that fight, Bradley really wants to go after WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who Bradley has been chasing after for some time now without success.
Timothy Bradley not impressed with Alexander’s win over Kotelnik – News
By Matt Stein: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) wasn’t very impressed with IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander’s performance last Saturday night in beating Andriy Kotelnik by a 12 round unanimous decision in Saint Louis, Missouri. Bradley, 26, has been easily beating his opponents for the last couple of years and not having any problems even against the top fighters in the division. Bradley, after seeing the way that Alexander struggled to beat Kotelnik by a controversial decision, had this to say in an interview at boxingtalk.com: “I wasn’t too impressed with this fight. If Kotelnik did that against him [Alexander], imagine what I am going to do to Alexander.”
Alexander vs. Bradley won’t be taking place in Devon’s home town of Saint Louis
By Dan Ambrose: After Saturday’s controversial 12 round unanimous decision win by IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) over Andriy Kotelnik in Devon’s home city of Saint Louis, Missouri, Gary Shaw, the promoter for World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s), reportedly said that if there is a fight between Bradley and Alexander in January of next year, it won’t be taking place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis. Shaw, and a lot of other boxing fans, felt that Alexander won a home town decision and he doesn’t want the same thing to happen to his fighter.
Alexander gives himself a D- for Kotelnik bout and says he’ll be better for Bradley fight
By Jim Dower: As IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) likes to say, he’s his own worst critic. Alexander defeated former WBA junior middleweight champion Andriy Kotelnik last Saturday night in front of a home audience at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri, winning a 12 round unanimous decision by the judge’s scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. Alexander didn’t look good at all and should consider himself very lucky to have won the fight. Although there are a certain amount of boxing fans that feel that Alexander did more than enough to get the win, there seems to be an even larger amount that feel that he should have lost the fight.
Shaw thinks Bradley will do really well against Alexander after watching how good Kotelnik did against him
By Dan Ambrose: Gary Shaw, the promoter of World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, likes his fighters chances against IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander if they’re able to get a fight lined between them. In an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Shaw says “If a very slow Kotelnik can keep hitting Alexander, can you imagine how many times Timmy [Bradley] will hit him, and the damage that Timmy will do to him?”