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Robert Guerrero vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai & Devon Alexander vs. Jesus Soto Karass on 6/21 on Showtime

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guerrero211By Dan Ambrose: The undercasrd of the June 21st fight between Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Gary Russell Jr. will have two fights that could wind up being far better fights than that one in welterweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) fighting slugger Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KO’s) and former two division world champion Devon Alexander (25-2, 14 KO’s) fighting Jesus Soto Karass (28-9-3, 18 KO’s) in a 50/50 fight on Showtime at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Guerrero has done nothing since his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year in May. Golden Boy Promotions were interested in matching Guerrero up with Keith Thurman, but he chose not to take that fight. They had other options for him in addition to Thurman, but Guerrero opted not to take any of those fights. He wanted a rematch against Mayweather, but Mayweather wasn’t interested in fighting him again due to their fight not being a competitive one. Their fight didn’t bring in huge pay-per-view numbers either.

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Khan: Robert Guerrero would be an ideal opponent

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khan52By Scott Gilfoid: WBC Silver welterweight champion Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KO’s) is finally coming to terms with the reality that there’s very little chance of him getting a fight against WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. next due to Khan being unable to meet Mayweather’s September 13th fight date. Khan has Ramadan in September, and won’t be able to fight Mayweather during that time.

Khan’s still hoping that Mayweather will move his fight date to October or November to accommodate him, but Khan is starting to realize the chances of that happening are slim. Given the reality of the Mayweather fight not happening, Khan says he’d be interested in fighting someone like Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) if possible. Khan also likes the idea of fighting IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter, Marcos Maidana and Devon Alexander. How much interest in unknown.

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Shawn Porter used old blueprint to defeat Alexander

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08 Porter victory IMG_3724(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 KO’s) says he used the blueprint from Devon Alexander’s loss to Tim Bradley from 2011 to defeat Alexander (25-2, 14 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision and take his IBF welterweight title last night at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Porter’s father felt that the blueprint that Bradley created would be perfect to beat Alexander a second time by using a lot of aggression and smothering him. It worked well with the judges giving Porter the win by the scores 115-113, 116-112, 116-112.

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Devon Alexander sees win over Porter leading to bigger things

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alexander342By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) expects to look strong on Saturday night in making his second defense of his title against the unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 4 KO’s) at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Alexander, 26, has seen some of Porter’s fights and he’s not been overly impressed with what he’s seen of his skills. He feels that Porter is definitely a level below him in the talent department. Those thoughts are echoed by a lot of other boxing fans as well.

Alexander said this via Sky Sports “His [Porter] skills are limited. You can expect me to win and be explosive. I’m going to be smart and get the win. After this fight we can expect bigger and better things. I’ll be a major player at 147.”

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Devon Alexander defends against Shawn Porter this Saturday on Showtime

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By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) defends his title against the unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO’s) this Saturday on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This is a step up from Alexander’s last title defense against Britain’s Lee Purdy, but it’s a step down from the guy that Alexander defeated to capture his IBF title against the hard hitting Randall Bailey.

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Devon Alexander: Shawn Porter’s skills are limited

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alexander453434By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) isn’t too worried about his title defense on December 7th against unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO’s) at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Alexander sees the 5’7″ Porter as a limited fighter that he’ll have no problems beating next month when they face each other.

Porter, #6 IBF, #6 WBO, #15 WBA, recently defeated Julio Diaz by a 10 round unanimous decision last September after having fought to a grueling 10 round draw against him last December. Diaz was able to catch Porter with some big shots in both of the fights, and it was pretty competitive throughout. Porter, 26, also has wins against Phil Lo Greco, Alfonso Gomez, Anges Adjaho, Ray Robinson, Hector Munoz, and Raul Pinzon. But his promoters haven’t put Porter in with anyone that you can call a good fighter until now with him facing Alexander.

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Hearn thinks he can get Broner to UK for Kell Brook fight

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broner782By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn thinks he can lure WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner over to the UK to fight his guy Kell Brook (31-0, 21 KO’s) within the next few months.

Hearn believes that with the lure of money to be made on pay-per-view, Broner will readily agree to come over and fight in front of massive crowds of British fans cheering Brook on. Hearn also thinks he has a chance to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. and/or Amir Khan to agree to fight Brook.

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Devon Alexander faces Shawn Porter on November 30th in San Antonio, Texas

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alexander5654By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan’s decision not to fight IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) on December 7th wasn’t much of a surprise because Khan wants the fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and he’s going to wait around to see if he’ll get that big money bout next.

That leaves Alexander making his next defense against the capable Shawn Porter (22-1, 14 KO’s) next month on November 30th at the Freeman Coliseum, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

It’s a good basic title defense for Alexander. Porter is ranked #7 IBF, #7 WBO, #14 WBA, and he’s coming off of a 10 round unanimous decision win over Julio Diaz last month. Porter looked a heck of a lot better in beating Diaz than Khan did last April.

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Devon Alexander vs. Shawn Porter on November 30th

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alexander434By Dan Ambrose: With Amir Khan turning down a fight against IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) for December 7th, it now leaves Alexander defending his title on November 30th against #7 IBF, #7 WBO, #15 WBA Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO’s) on Showtime in San Antonio, Texas, according to Dan Rafael.

One of the proposed undercard fights has WBC super bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (25-0-1, 15 KO’s) defending his title against bantamweight Cesar Seda (25-1, 17 KO’s).

Rafael said on his twitter: “Other @SHOsports date Schaefer said is also done is 11/30 in San Antonio: @TheRealDevonA vs. Shawn Porter and Leo Santa Cruz vs. Cesar Seda.”

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Devon Alexander’s trainer says if Khan doesn’t sign by October 7th, then no fight on December 7th

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alexander55By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) and Golden Boy Promotions has until next Monday, October 7th to negotiate a fight with IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s), because if they haven’t done it by that time then there won’t be a fight between them on December 7th, says Alexander’s trainer Kevin Cunningham.

He’s looking out for Alexander’s welfare and he doesn’t want to have him put in a situation where he doesn’t have enough time to adequately train for the Khan fight. Cunningham wants Alexander to have 8 weeks to get in shape and plan for Khan, and anything less than that isn’t enough time.

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