By William Mackay: You can usually expect a trainer to have a certain amount of loyalty and confidence about his or her particular fighters, but trainer Freddie Roach’s confidence toward his fighter World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) borders on the extreme.
Devon Alexander
Bradley says “After I beat Devon, he’ll [Khan] have nowhere to hide”
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By Dan Ambrose: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) will be looking to take IBF/WBC Devon Alexander’s titles when/if they meet up in January 2011. Bradley really wants that fight and will be looking to take Alexander’s titles and move up as one of the biggest stars in boxing. After that fight, Bradley really wants to go after WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who Bradley has been chasing after for some time now without success.
Timothy Bradley not impressed with Alexander’s win over Kotelnik – News
By Matt Stein: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) wasn’t very impressed with IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander’s performance last Saturday night in beating Andriy Kotelnik by a 12 round unanimous decision in Saint Louis, Missouri. Bradley, 26, has been easily beating his opponents for the last couple of years and not having any problems even against the top fighters in the division. Bradley, after seeing the way that Alexander struggled to beat Kotelnik by a controversial decision, had this to say in an interview at boxingtalk.com: “I wasn’t too impressed with this fight. If Kotelnik did that against him [Alexander], imagine what I am going to do to Alexander.”
Alexander vs. Bradley won’t be taking place in Devon’s home town of Saint Louis
By Dan Ambrose: After Saturday’s controversial 12 round unanimous decision win by IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) over Andriy Kotelnik in Devon’s home city of Saint Louis, Missouri, Gary Shaw, the promoter for World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s), reportedly said that if there is a fight between Bradley and Alexander in January of next year, it won’t be taking place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis. Shaw, and a lot of other boxing fans, felt that Alexander won a home town decision and he doesn’t want the same thing to happen to his fighter.
Alexander gives himself a D- for Kotelnik bout and says he’ll be better for Bradley fight
By Jim Dower: As IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) likes to say, he’s his own worst critic. Alexander defeated former WBA junior middleweight champion Andriy Kotelnik last Saturday night in front of a home audience at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri, winning a 12 round unanimous decision by the judge’s scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. Alexander didn’t look good at all and should consider himself very lucky to have won the fight. Although there are a certain amount of boxing fans that feel that Alexander did more than enough to get the win, there seems to be an even larger amount that feel that he should have lost the fight.
Alexander fails to impress in win over Kotelnik
By Jim Slattengren: IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) defeated Andriy Kotelnik by a narrow 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in Saint Louis, Missouri. Although Alexander still got the win, he might as well have lost the fight because he looked thoroughly unimpressive during the fight.
Alexander beats Kotelnik in unanimous decision
By Sam Gregory: In the main event of the August 7th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, MO undefeated southpaw Devon Alexander 20-0 with 13 KO’s defends his unbeaten record against 33 year old Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik 31-3-1 with 13 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout for the IBF and WBC light welterweight titles.
Khan’s win over Kotelnik now looking really impressive in light of Alexander’s performance tonight
By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win over Andriy Kotelnik last year is now looking more and more impressive after Kotelnik fought IBF/WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander to a standstill on Saturday night at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alexander was out-landed by Kotelnik and landed the harder shots. However, Alexander threw more punches, but still ended up landing 20+ less shots compared to Kotelnik.
Alexander shows zero power in unimpressive win over Kotelnik
By Matt Stein: IBF/WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) looked unimpressive in beating Andriy Kotelnik by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night. Alexander looked flustered early on when Kotelnik didn’t disappear like many of the 2nd tier opponents that Alexander had previously been matched against. Alexander’s shots looked weak compared to that of Kotelnik. That’s not a good sign for Alexander, because with this win, he’s going to looking to fight Timothy Bradley next. Alexander is going to need power if he’s to have any chance of beating the 26-year-old Bradley.
Shaw thinks Bradley will do really well against Alexander after watching how good Kotelnik did against him
By Dan Ambrose: Gary Shaw, the promoter of World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, likes his fighters chances against IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander if they’re able to get a fight lined between them. In an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Shaw says “If a very slow Kotelnik can keep hitting Alexander, can you imagine how many times Timmy [Bradley] will hit him, and the damage that Timmy will do to him?”