Alexander-Bradley

By Jim Dower: Photo: David Martin Warr – WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) came in at 139.5 lbs. for his fight against WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Pontiac, Silverdome, in Michigan. Alexander, 23, came in right on the light welterweight limit at [...]

DETROIT—The final press conference for “The Super Fight” featuring undefeated 140-pound world champions Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from North Palm Springs, Calif., and Devon Alexander “The Great” (21-0, 13 KOs), from St. Louis, was held today at the Motor City Casino in Detroit. This world championship unification match will take place on [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) got to get some pointers from former world champion Thomas “Hitman” Hearns at the final press conference before Bradley’s unification bout against WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) on Saturday at the Pontiac Silverdome, in Michigan.

By Cliff Bayres: In a sport where risk vs. reward is measured before every contest we have the benefit of an actual fight with lots at stake. Two undefeated champions climb into the ring, both hoping to make a mark in the boxing world. They will be fighting for the WBO & WBC light welterweight [...]

“Like most boxers, I have great respect for the champions who have come before me. Since I was 7, I have known that boxing is what I wanted to for my career. I have been soaking up the history of the sport since then.

DETROIT—Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns was at Kronk Gym in Detroit yesterday and today (Tuesday and Wednesday) for fighter media workouts before Saturday’s world championship unification at the nearby Silverdome in Pontiac between undefeated 140-pound world champions Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from North Palm Springs, Calif., and Devon Alexander “The Great” (21-0, 13 [...]

By Bert Randolph Sugar (with Steve Small) STRENGTHS OF BOTH FIGHTERS TIMOTHY “DESERT STORM” BRADLEY – 26-0, 1 no-contest, (11 KO’s)

HBO Sports kicks off the 2011 boxing season with a highly anticipated junior welterweight title slugfest when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: DEVON ALEXANDER VS. TIMOTHY BRADLEY is presented live SATURDAY, JAN. 29 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team of Jim Lampley, Larry [...]

January 25, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of World Boxing Council (WBC) President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By William Mackay: Kevin Cunningham, the trainer for unbeaten WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s), isn’t worried about Alexander beating up WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) after Alexander gets through with defeating WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Pontiac Silverdome, [...]

Inspirations: “My mom has been a great inspiration to me because she raised 13 kids with practically nothing but determination and hard work. She has been one of my best role models. She always taught me to reach for what I want to achieve. I always looked up to her because she got all of [...]

By Lewis Croft: This Saturday at the Silverdome, Michigan we will witness the eagerly awaited Light-Welterweight unification bout between Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) and Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) . Both WBC and WBO titles will be on the line to help decide who is the best 140 lb in the world. Awaiting the [...]

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, Devon Alexander’s WBC light welterweight title will be at stake when WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley faces Alexander on January 29th at the Pontiac Silverdome, in Michigan. Bradley has reportedly agreed to pay the sanctioning fees to have the opportunity to win that strap, although it hardly [...]

Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ Training Camp Notes Part 2 “We are in the heart of our training camp. I’m here in Las Vegas sleeping in Mike Tyson’s old bed in Don King’s house at night, pounding the pavement for six miles every morning and in the gym every afternoon for training and sparring.

By Francisco Hernandez: People seem to be surprised that the Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley fight is not sparking all the fireworks that they imagined. Some writers view this fight like the modern version of Thomas Hearns vs. Marvin Hagler. If people got off their opium of hype and took a reality break maybe they [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) has a fight coming up on 1/29 against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s). However, the 23-year-old Alexander is already looking past Bradley, saying he wants to fight WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s). Alexander sees a [...]

By Eric Thomas: The January 29th fight between WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-, 13 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) is being called “The Super Fight” by the promoters of the bout. However, ticket sales for the fight have been staggeringly poor. Instead of the fight taking place [...]

DETROIT—In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday on Monday, we asked Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley—two young, undefeated American world champion boxers who will meet in a title unification match on Jan. 29 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. (HBO: 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)—for their thoughts on Dr. King, and [...]

By Chris Williams: It seems that WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight title holder Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) may have made a huge mistake by choosing to fight in a neutral venue instead of in either of the two fighters’ home cities. Instead of having good ticket [...]

Timothy Bradley’s Ring Life can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/0/YC55PfMm5Es Devon Alexander’s Ring Life can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/1/CCL0CWerL0Q Below please find more links from HBO on Alexander and Bradley:

PONTIAC, MICH (January 6, 2011) – With just 23 days remaining until their collision, undefeated 140-pound world champions World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight champion DEVON ALEXANDER and WBO title holder TIMOTHY BRADLEY are hard at work in their training camps, in Las Vegas and Palm Springs, respectively, preparing for “The Super Fight!” Alexander vs. [...]

By Richard Weir: January 29th will be the battle of the unbeaten light welterweights with WBC champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) facing the small but very tough WBO title holder Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) in what will likely be a fierce back and forth battle at the neutral venue of the Silverdome, in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) is going to have problems with the speed and combinations of WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) on January 29th at the Silverdome, in Pontiac, Michigan. Bradley is simply too good on the inside with his fast combinations for Alexander [...]

By Chris Williams: Later on this month, WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) will have the tough task of facing what could very well be the best light welterweight in the division in unbeaten WBO champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) in their fight at the Silverdome, in Pontiac, Michigan.

By Mark Hepplestall: Unbeaten boxers Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley are to fight next month, the fight is a unification bout and the winner is being pushed into another unification bout with Amir Khan later in 2011. WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has a record of 26-0, with 11 KO’s which is a 40% [...]

Gary Shaw This fight is called the Super Fight because they are the two best fighters in the world at 140 lbs…bar none. But I am going to tell you, and Devon, why my fighter will win. My fighter has beaten better fighters, has gone deeper into fights and won a title overseas. Timothy Bradley [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) is hoping he can get lucky and win the lottery to get a big mega money fight against Manny Pacquiao in the near future, according to boxing news from the Saint Louis Post Dispatch. Alexander, 23, first much beat WBO light welterweight [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) signed the contract for a unification bout against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) on January 2011. There may not be an official light welterweight tournament, because Victor Ortiz isn’t facing any of the top four light welterweights, [...]

By Ronald Peter: After Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward’s (22-0 13 KO) 2 dominating performances in the Super 6 tournament over Kessler and Green it became obvious that it will be up to him to carry America’s boxing future for the next decade. When Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell (19-1 13 KO) went to Nottingham [...]

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 [...]