By Daniel Ciminera: I read an article tonight criticizing the Alexander v Bradley light-welterweight clash scheduled for the 29th of January. I found myself wondering why on earth people are not more excited about this fight.

Apparently less than 1000 tickets have been sold too, which begs the question, where did the promotion go wrong? Detroit doesn’t often host this sort of “super-fight”, as the Detroit Free Press dubs it, so in a city which should be relishing their biggest fight for years something has gone wrong. For me, in Vegas, or even in the UK, this fight is a capacity crowd. The promoters have dropped a clanger is the only explanation.

There are those saying that the fighters are over-hyped and that boxing fans just aren’t excited. Well sorry, but that is nonsense. If there were even “enough hype” there would be no problem selling tickets would there! These are two unbeaten champions in the single most exciting and volatile division in boxing, even the casual fan should be relishing this clash.

As for the fight itself, it promises fireworks from the opening bell. Both are still young and with much to prove, and the pride of keeping their unbeaten status will be paramount to making this an exciting encounter.

The older man, Bradley, has had arguably the better opponents, and as such, has a lower knockout percentage, but the extra rounds he has boxed may stand him in good stead in the later rounds when experience and longevity will be key to success against a younger, more aggressive Alexander.

Alexander is no spring chicken either for his years, he had over 300 amateur contests before turning professional, and since then has shown he has many strings to his bow including single-shot knockout power, indeed Devon Alexander was the first to beat Juan Urango by stoppage taking him out with devastating uppercuts in the 8th round.

For me, Alexander wins this one, he is the more aggressive of them, he possesses, on the face of it, greater punching power, and is also a very, very proficient counter-puncher. I don’t see anywhere Bradley can take him that he hasn’t been before, or that he won’t be able to turn around. I see a stoppage around the 9th or 10th round for Alexander although this really could go either way.

Boxing fans should be up for this, as it looks set to be the first good old fashioned “tear-up” for a long time. Also, in an era where so many fighters are ducking the most credible opponents, these two are taking the bull by the horns and going after the top guys. You simply have to give them top marks for that.