Alexander vs. Matthysse

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 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.

By Eric Thomas: Whatever former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) does on Saturday night he’s got to fight tooth and nail against knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) in their World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight eliminator bout at the Family Arena, in Saint Charles, Missouri. Alexander can’t afford to [...]

By Alexis Aviles: Boxing in the summer is usually the slow point of the year gearing you for the more anticipated fights happening later in the fall. A year ago the most we got was Juan Diaz vs Juan Manuel Marquez in their second fight, which failed to live up to their first fight. We [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) will be looking to impress the doubters on Saturday night against Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri. Alexander was beaten in his last fight against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and a lot [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In two short weeks former IBf/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) will be trying to bounce back from a defeat to WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley when he faces Argentinean slugger Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 Ko’s) in a fight at the Family Arena, Saint Charles, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Light welterweight contender Lucas Martin Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) has got to be feeling pretty confident that he can stop former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) in order to fight Alexander on June 25 in his home city at the Family Arena, in Saint Charles, Missouri.

By Jason Kim: HBO’s fight card on June 25th is going to be one of their better ones of the year with former WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) facing knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s), IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelus Bundrade (30-4, 18 KO’s) defending his title against challenger Sechew [...]

By Chris Williams: Recently beat former WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) could face number #4 ranked WBO light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) next, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Alexander lost his last fight to WBO champ Timothy Bradley by a 10th round technical decision last month, and [...]