Hernandez stops Alekseev in 10th round

alekseevr0By Jim Dower: IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (28-1, 14 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night in beating #1 IBF Alexander Alekseev (24-3-1, 20 KO’s) by a 10th round knockout at the Stechert Arena in Bamberg, Germany.

Hernandez, 29, nailed Alekseev with a right hook to the head in the 10th round that put him down on his back. Referee Lindsey Page then immediately stepped in and immediately called a halt to the bout at 1:35 of the round due to Alekseev being too hurt to continue.

Hernandez also knocked Alekseev down in the 2nd and 5th rounds with left hands to the head.

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Alekseev steps it up against Yoan Pablo Hernandez

alekseev33By Allan Fox: #1 IBF Alexander Alekseev (24-2-1, 20 KO’s) has a really tough task ahead of him on November 23rd in facing IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (27-1, 13 KO’s) at the Stechert Arena, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany. Alekseev, 32, has had problems each time he’s stepped it up in class in fights against Firat Arslan, Denis Lebedev, and Victor Emilio Ramirez.

The southpaw Alekseev has problems when facing guys with power, and he’s failed on two of the occasions he’s been in with a puncher. Alekseev probably should have been given a loss in his fight against Arslan last year in May instead of 12 round draw. Alekseev appeared to win only 2 of the rounds, but he was given a controversial draw out of that fight.

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Alekseev gets gift draw against Arslan

Image: Alekseev gets gift draw against ArslanBy Sean McDaniel: EBU cruiserweight champion Alexander Alekseev (23-2-1, 20 KO’s) got a gift 12 round majority draw against 41-year-old former WBA World cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan (32-5-2, 21 KO’s) on Friday night at the EWS Arena in Goeppingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 114-114, 114-114 and 116-113 for the 31-year-old Alekseev. I had the fight scored 116-112 for Arslan.

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Alekseev defends EBU title against Arslan on 5/11

Image: Alekseev defends EBU title against Arslan on 5/11By Jim Dower: Russian EBU cruiserweight champion Alexander Alekseev (23-2, 20 KO’s) is making his first defense of his title against 41-year-old former WBA World cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan (32-5-1, 21 KO’s) in what Alekseev is hoping will be an easy fight for him at the EWS Arnea in Goeppingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

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Lebedev stops Alexeev in two rounds

By Erik Schmidt: In a fight that was supposed to be competitive, #1 ranked WBO cruiserweight contender Denis Lededev (21-0, 16 KO’s) was much too powerful for #2 WBO ranked contender Alexander Alexeev (19-2, 17 KO’s), slicing through him like butter with power shots on Saturday night en route to stopping the former Olympian Alexeev in the 2nd round of a WBO cruiserweight title eliminator match at the the Sport- Und Kongresshall in Schwerin, Germany.

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Brahmer-Lakatos, Alexeev-Lebedev, Kentikian-Mucino on July 17th

By Erik Schmidt: This July 17th fight card is loaded with excellent fights, starting with World Boxing Organization (WBO light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brahmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) defending his title against Spanish challenger Alejandro Lakatos (31-5-2, 23 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Sport and congress Center, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Germany.

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Alekseev Stops Releford

alekseev34By Jim Dower: Former 2004 Russian Olympian Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16 KO’s) defeated American journeyman Kendrick Releford (20-13-2, 10 KO’s) by a 3rd round TKO on Saturday night at the Color Line Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. The fight was stopped after the 3rd round due to a cut over the left eye of Releford, which had opened up in the 1st round. It was a bad cut just above the 27-year-old Releford’s left eyelid.

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