On the 25th of this month, Marcos Maidana (31-2-0, 28 KOs) will move up to the welterweight division to face Devon Alexander (22-1-0, 13 KOs), who also makes his first appearance at 147. Maidana is training very hard in Puerto Rico and views Alexander as the toughest task that he’s ever faced in the ring, because of the new weight and the speed of his opponent read more ...

With today’s announcement of the WBC’s sanctioning of the Spetember 17th fight between Erik “El Terrible” Morales and Jorge Barrios for the vacant WBC Super Lightweight title, WBC president Jose Sulaiman felt the need to clarify the status of former champion Timothy Bradley. In his direct statement to Fightnews, here is Sulaiman had to say read more ...

Devon Alexander: «Matthysse is a rough and tough fighter. I brought the fight out in me because people had their doubts about my abilities as a boxer. The knockdown [first of his career] was a flash knockdown [in the fourth round]. I had to pull it out. I was having flashbacks from my last fight with Bradley, and I wasn’t going to lose two fights in a row. As a matter of fact, I’m never going to lose again.» read more ...

Former WBC/IBF super lightweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KOs) won a controversial split decision over hard hitting WBO #3 Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. Alexander, who survived the first knockdown of his career in the 4th, continued to move and counter, staying away from Matthysse’s power for the remainder of the contest read more ...

The weigh in for Saturday evening’s Devon Alexander versus Lucas Matthysse took place in historic old town St. Charles, Missouri. Former junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander was ripped and came in at 139.5 pounds. The heavy handed Lucas Matthysse weighed 140 pounds on the dot read more ...

Twenty-four-year-old Devon Alexander «The Great» (21-1, 13 KOs) walked into his St. Louis gym today for a media workout looking like a mature fighter who knows what is at stake in his 140-pound showdown against Argentine knockout artist Lucas Matthysse on Saturday at The Family Arena in nearby St. Charles (HBO: 9:45 p.m. ET/PT) When asked about his first loss, suffered at the hands of Timothy Bradley read more ...

The championship committee of the WBA has called for a purse bid to stage a mandatory fight between cruiserweight champion, Guillermo Jones, and interim-champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez. The purse bid takes place at read more ...

In his first fight since August 2009, former WBC super lightweight champion Junior Witter (37-4-2, 22 KOs) shockingly lost a ten round majority decision against Victor Lupo (19-1-2, 9 KOs) in a welterweight bout on Saturday night at the Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada read more ...

Timothy Bradley maintained a steady lead on the scorecards against Devon Alexander for almost their entire bout on Saturday night at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Only after round three on the card of judge Tom Miller did Alexander ever forge ahead read more ...

WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has given his opinion on Saturdays unification between 140-pound champions Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley. The fight ended in the tenth round after Alexander was unable to see from his right eye and the fight was stopped. Bradley would win a ten round technical decision and unify the WBO/WBC titles read more ...