Serhiy «Professor» Fedchenko (30-1, 13 KO), WBO Europe belt-holder and the best current light welterweight of Ukraine celebrates his 31th birthday today in Mexico finishing his preparation for the biggest fight of his boxing career. Fast-handed Ukrainian technician will fight for interim WBO World light welterweight title against all-Mexican boxing legend, former three weight-class World Champion Juan Manuel Marquez on April 14th at the New Arena México in Mexico City. «I have a great chance to give myself the best birthday gift by beating JMM this Saturday» read more ...

"By the time this fight happens, January 2011, this past Saturday will just be a blur. Kevin Cunningham has a big mouth, and Bradley is just the perscription to shut it," commented Gary Shaw, promoter of Timothy Bradley, as he shared his thoughts on WBC & IBF jr. welterweight champion Devon Alexander's hard-fought title defense against former champion Andriy Kotelnik this past Saturday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis read more ...

WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11KOs) wasn't impressed after watching Saturday's bout between Devon Alexander and Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13KOs). Before a hometown crowd of over 9,000 fans in St. Louis, Alexander (21-0, 13KOs) retained his WBC and IBF belts with a tough twelve round unanimous decision. Now the stars are in position. HBO wants Bradley and Alexander to collide in a unification showdown read more ...

Alexander, who went to school, was the busier fighter, averaging 93 punches thrown per round. Kotelnik appeared to land the harder shots and outlanded Alexander 225-202 in total punches read more ...

ANDRIY KOTELNIK “I want the belt. I deserve it. If the fight were anywhere but here, I would be champion. I am speechless. I have no words to describe what happened. That guy has something that belongs to me.” read more ...

Undefeated WBC/IBF junior welterweight champ Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs) won a harder then expected twelve round unanimous decision over former WBA champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4, 13 KOs) in front of 9000+ hometown fans at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Kotelnik gave Alexander all he could handle in a brutal fight. Alexander was busier, but Kotelnik landed the cleaner shots. In the end, all three judges had it 116-112 for Alexander. After the fight Alexander said he wants Tim Bradley next read more ...

WBC/IBF super lightweight champion Devon Alexander is a prohibitive favorite to defeat former WBA champion Andriy Kotelnik in their showdown on DKP’s big world championship tripleheader on Saturday in Las Vegas. Hometown favorite Alexander is -900 at WilliamHill.com, -1100 at Sportsbook.com and -1200 at Bet365.com. Kotelnik backers can get +500/+600/+600 read more ...

“It’s going to be a devastating performance!,” exclaimed Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KOs), when asked at today’s press conference how he was going to defeat Andriy Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KOs) at “Gateway to Greatness”, the Don King Promotions event to be held Saturday in St. Louis, Mo. Kotelnik responded to Alexander’s declaration by stating that, “I have a big surprise for him.” read more ...

Alan Hopper (Don King Productions, Public Relations Director) - On Saturday, August 7th, Don King Productions will present a world championship tripleheader, “Gateway to Greatness: The Homecoming” at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. We’ve heard a lot of talk recently from other boxing promoters wanting to present great top-to-bottom cards like Don King cards read more ...

ST. LOUIS—A typical boxing press conference today at Scottrade Center in St. Louis suddenly turned raucous after undefeated unified 140-pound world champion Devon Alexander’s trainer told former WBA junior welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik, a Ukrainian making his first visit to America, “That’s a long way to come for an ass whuppin.’ read more ...