Alexander-Brook

Matthysse vs. Lundy on Alexander-Brook undercard on 1/19 in Los Angeles, CA

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Image: Matthysse vs. Lundy on Alexander-Brook undercard on 1/19 in Los Angeles, CABy Dan Ambrose: WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (32-2, 30 KO’s) will be fighting a well known lightweight American Hank Lundy (22-2-1, 11 KO’s) on the undercard of the Devon Alexander vs. Kell Brook fight on January 19th at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Matthysse-Lundy fight is being negotiated still, according to RingTV, but it looks like it’s going to be added to the Brook vs. Alexander card.

It’s a peculiar choice for Matthysse because Lundy is coming off of a loss in his last fight to Raymundo Beltran and Lundy was already exposed previous to that by John Molina. However, Lundy is well known to the casual boxing fans in the U.S because of his fights on ESPN2, so it makes sense from that standpoint, if nothing else.

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Devon Alexander will expose Brook’s lack of experience

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Image: Devon Alexander will expose Brook's lack of experienceBy Scott Gilfoid: It’s never a good idea to bring a fighter along against soft opposition for long period of time and then suddenly throw them in with a champion and expect positive results to occur. It’s garbage in garbage out. IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title on January 19th against #1 IBF Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) in the United States in a location that is still being worked out.

Brook is a classic example of a fighter that has been brought along at a glacial pace with utterly soft opposition, including his International Boxing Federation 147 lb eliminator bout that he fought last October against a fighter by the name of Hector David Saldivia.

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Cunningham: Kell Brook will have to fight Alexander in U.S

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Image: Cunningham: Kell Brook will have to fight Alexander in U.SBy Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn’s dream of getting IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) over to the UK to fight his guy Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) isn’t going to be happening. Alexander’s trainer Kevin Cunningham shot that idea down straight away, saying it’s not going to happen.

Cunningham told Fighthype.com “The only way it happens [Brook-Alexander fight] is if it’s in the U.S, because there’s no how we will go overseas.”

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Hearn thinks Devon Alexander will vacate title and let Kell Brook grab the strap

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Image: Hearn thinks Devon Alexander will vacate title and let Kell Brook grab the strapBy Scott Gilfoid: It was both funny and sad to see Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s), dreaming up a hoped for scenario where newly crowned IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will vacate his title and then let Hearn’s fighter Brook fight for the vacant IBF strap against whoever. Hearn honestly thinks that Alexander won’t want to fight Brook because he thinks it’ll be too tough a fight for him or it won’t be worth the little money that the fight would bring in if it were staged in the United States.

Hearn said to reporter Kugan Cassius at iFILM London “I wouldn’t be surprised if Devon Alexander relinquished the world title. I don’t believe he’ll be chomping at the bit to fight Kell Brook…That might happen with Jamie McDonnell as well because Leo Santa Cruz [the IBF bantamweight champion] may move up.”

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