By Rick Reeno

As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Marcos Maidana withdrew from his scheduled fight with WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Bradley-Maidana was set to take place on the HBO televised date of July 17 at the Agua Caliente Casino in California.

A very interested party in the Bradley-Maidana fallout is WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander. For the last few weeks, there has been some tension between the camps of Bradley and Alexander, who are regarded as the two best fighters at junior welterweight. Alexander is scheduled to appear on HBO in August. And like his rival Bradley, Alexander has been unable to lock down an opponent.

Alexander's trainer/manager Kevin Cunningham tells BoxingScene.com that his fighter is ready, willing, and able to replace Maidana.

"He has no opponent. We have no opponent. They are the two best junior welterweights in the world. The only problem is, Tim Bradley is not ready to fight Devon Alexander. They want to claim they are number one but they don't want to have a fight with the best guy in the division to prove that they are the best in the division," Cunningham told BoxingScene.com.

"Right now is the perfect opportunity to give the fans what they really want in boxing, to see the two guys who are the best in their division fight each other to prove who is the best in the junior welterweight division."

Cunningham believes the Agua Caliente Casino is too small for Bradley-Alexander. He realizes the possibility of getting the fight to Alexander's hometown of St. Louis is slim, so he's willing to compromise.

 "We don't have to fight in St. Louis. We can meet him in Las Vegas. What excuse are they going to come up with now? HBO would love to make this fight and I think they would compensate it. Let's do this. It would be the perfect opportunity. If Team Bradley refuse to make this fight, they need to stop claiming they are the best. They need to stop claiming they are number one because they're ducking the best guy in the division," Cunningham said.