Lee Purdy

Alexander: I have to get past Purdy before we can talk about a Mayweather fight

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alexander23By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’) has a crucial fight this Saturday night against challenger Lee Purdy (20-3-1, 13 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Every fight is a crucial one when you’re a champion, but this one is even more important for Alexander because if he wins he’s going to be in the running for a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. for either September or early 2014.

Alexander is definitely one of the main guys that Mayweather is considering for one of his remaining fights of his six-fight contract. He has five fights left, and Alexander could get selected if he can keep winning.

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Devon Alexander vs. Lee Purdy this Saturday, May 18th in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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alexander342By Scott Gilfoid: This Saturday night, IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title against replacement opponent #4 IBF Lee Purdy (20-3-1, 13 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Purdy, 25, is replacing the unbeaten #1 IBF Kell Brook, who suffered one too many injuries to his lower extremities causing him to lose out on the opportunity to get the fight.

They finally had to replace Brook with Purdy in order to avoid Alexander using up an entire year of his career waiting for Brook to stop getting injured in training camp. Who honestly knows how long Alexander would have had to wait before he finally got Brook in the ring.

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Devon Alexander vs. Lee Purdy on May 18th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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purdy554By Scott Gilfoid: #4 IBF, Lee Purdy (20-3-1, 13 KO’s) will be replacing injured #1 WBO Kell Brook as the opponent for IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) on May 18th in a fight that will be televised on Showtime at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Brook injured his foot and had to pull out of the fight with Alexander. Sadly, this was Brook’s second time that he pulled out of a fight with Alexander due to an injury. Thankfully, the International Boxing Federation finally let Alexander fight and move ahead with his career because the man could end up getting old waiting for Brook to stay in one piece long enough to make it in the ring.

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Purdy: I’m going to KO Carson Jones

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jones23By Scott Gilfoid: #10 IBF welterweight contender Lee Purdy (19-3-1, 12 KO’s) thinks he’s going to do a number on #7 IBF Carson Jones (34-9-3, 24 KO’s) when the two of them battle on March 9th at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom. Purdy, who can’t really punch, actually thinks he’s going to knock Jones out.

That’s pretty amusing because Purdy hasn’t proven he can KO first class opposition as of yet, although he does seem to do well against 2nd tier domestic level fodder.

Purdy said to Sky Sports News “He [Jones] is going to try and come forward and pressure me, but I think this will be a good fight to showcase my power by knocking Carson Jones out.”

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Carson Jones vs. Lee Purdy = An easy win for Jones

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Image: Carson Jones vs. Lee Purdy = An easy win for JonesBy Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is really rolling the dice by putting his fighter IBF International welterweight champion Lee Purdy (19-3-1, 12 KO’s) in with #7 IBF Carson Jones (34-9-2, 24 KO’s) on December 8th at the Olympia, Kensington, in London, United Kingdom. Talk about your risky gambles.

Purdy, 25, stands no chance of winning this fight outside of winning it by an incredibly controversial decision like the one we saw when Carson Jones lost to Hearns’ fighter Kell Brook last July in the UK. Many people this writer included, saw Jones winning that fight quite handily.

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Fury: I’ll fight Haye in a minute; Rees-Murray added to Jones-Purdy card

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Image: Fury: I'll fight Haye in a minute; Rees-Murray added to Jones-Purdy cardBy Scott Gilfoid: Apparently not satisfied with having a full plate on his hands with his proposed battle against unbeaten #3 WBC heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov, Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) is now once again targeting former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and saying he’d take a fight with him if he could get it. He can’t, so Fury should pipe down.

Fury said to the Zootoday.com “David Haye is another sh++house…I’ll take Vitli’s [Klitschko] place and I’ll fight him [Haye] in a minute…He went 12 rounds with Wladimir Klitschko and didn’t even throw a punch.”

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Lee Purdy to fight Carson Jones on December 8th or 15th

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Image: Lee Purdy to fight Carson Jones on December 8th or 15thBy Scott Gilfoid: In a laughable mismatch, Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is saying that Lee Purdy (19-3-1, 12 KO’s) will be facing #7 IBF welterweight contender Carson Jones (34-9-2, 24 KO’s) in December some time in a venue still to be determined. The fight will likely take place on December 8th or 15th, and obviously in the UK.

It’s basically a fight between domestic level fighter in the 25-year-old Purdy going up against a world class guy in Jones. Nothing good can come of this fight for Purdy unless we get some odd scoring where Jones loses despite dominating.

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