By Jeff Aranow: Former 147 pound world champions Andre Berto and Devon Alexander will be going all out tonight to put themselves in position for an important world title shot. Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) and Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) are facing each other at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The fight will be televised live on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox and Fox Deportes.
By Jim Dower: Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs), Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs), Peter Quillin (33-1-1, 23 KOs) and J’leon Love all made weigh on Friday for their fights this Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox and FS1 from the NYCB LIVE, Uniondale, NY. Former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Berto weighed in at 146 pounds. His opponent 31-year-old former two division belt holder Alexander weighed in at 146.8 pounds for their 12 round bout in the main event on the card.
By Dan Ambrose: An interesting fight between former 147 pound world champions Andre Berto and Devon Alexander will be fighting in a crossroads match this Saturday night in the main event along with former WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin against J’Leon Love. Those fights will be televised on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The winner of the Berto-Alexander fight will likely be getting a world title shot. The loser will need to decide whether they want to continue his career.
By Tim Royner: A fight on PBC headlined between former world champion Devon Alexander and Andre Berto, light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne and Lenin Castillo, and former middleweight champion middleweight Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin vs. J’Leon Love is being finalized for August 4, according to Dan Rafael.
By Jim Dower: Former welterweight world champions Devon Alexander and Andre Berto will be facing each other next month on Showtime Boxing on July 28 on the undercard of the Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. car at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Former welterweight world champion Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) will be facing former I40 and 147 world champion Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) will be fighting on June 16 on the undercard of IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence’s title defense against mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-0, 13 KOs) on Showtime in Dallas, Texas.
By Dan Ambrose: The ratings for last Saturday’s welterweight contest between Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) and Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios (34-4-1, 25 KOs) were arguably poor for Showtime Boxing. The Garcia-Rios fight averaged 516,000 viewers with a peak of 558,000.
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By Jim Dower: In a battle of former champions, Victor Ortiz (32-6-3, 25 KOs) and Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 Kos) fought to a 12 round majority draw on Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
By Jim Dower: At Friday’s weigh-in, former WBC welterweight title holder Victor Ortiz (32-6-2, 25 KOs) weighed in at 146.4 pounds for his 12 round contest against former 2 weight class champion Devon Alexander (27-4, 14 KOs). Alexander weighed in at 146.6 lbs. Both fighters looked visibly thin at the weigh-in. Ortiz, 31, appeared to be the more drawn of the two, which isn’t surprising. Ortiz is a big fighter in between bouts.