By Dan Ambrose: Both Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be tested before and after their February 25th fight for Anabolic Steroids, according to RingTV. The testing, which really isn’t that big of a deal, is the result of Maidana’s adviser Sebastian Contursi allegedly questioning whether Alexander was using performance enhancing drugs, according to Ringtv.

Golden Boy Promotions, Maidana’s promoters, are looking to hire an independent testing agency to have the tests done. The testing will be done before the weigh-in the day before the fight and immediately after.

Maidana likely has a lot more to worry about than performance enhancing drugs, however, because the fight is taking place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis, in the Scottrade Center, in Missouri. It’s going to be asking a lot of Maidana to win a decision over there, because Alexander has never been beaten in Saint Louis, and his last two fights in that location have controversial wins over Andriy Kotelnik and Lucas Matthysse.

I saw both fights and had Alexander losing both of them, but it shows you how tough it is to beat him there. Maidana is going to have to give Alexander a real beat down if he wants to get a win, and he may unfortunately need a knockout to ensure he doesn’t get jobbed.

In looking at recent photos of Alexander and Maidana, it looks like Alexander is weighing a lot more than him and is slightly taller. Alexander could be a lot heavier than Maidana on fight night on February 25th, and that could be another big problem for the Argentinian Maidana. He’s stepping up in weight, as is Alexander, to the welterweight division for this fight and it’s unknown how well he’ll fight at this weight.

At 140, Maidana was considered a big puncher, but he may not be as big a puncher at 147 than he was at the smaller weight. There won’t be any titles on the line for this fight. It’s just a good fight at welterweight, which will be televised by HBO.

On the undercard, WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner will be defending his World Boxing Organization title against challenger Eloy Perez.