Maidana: The Best Solution is To Knock Alexander Out
Devon Alexander’s last opponent, a powerful fighter from Argentina, felt he did more than enough to beat Alexander near Alexander’s hometown.
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Photos: Alexander vs Maidana, Broner vs Perez Workouts
Former Two-Time World Champion Devon Alexander (Left) and WBO Junior Lightweight World Champion Adrien Broner (Right) pose on February 22, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri during a media workout in preparation their February 25, 2012 fights when Alexander will face WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Marcos Maidana and Broner will defend his title against undefeated number one rated WBO junior lightweight contender Eloy Perez at Scottrade Center in St. Louis which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. Photos by Marc Buckner/Hoganphotos
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Alexander-Maidana Card: Bogere, Gomez, Wilder, More
LOS ANGELES - Before the HBO cameras roll for the highly anticipated February 25"Arch Enemies" doubleheader featuring hometown hero Devon Alexander "The Great" against Marcos "El Chino" Maidana and the WBO Junior Lighweight Word Championship fight between Adrien "The Problem" Broner and Eloy "Prince" Perez, unbeatens Sharif "The Lion" Bogere, Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder, Eddie Gomez, Keith Thurman and Christopher Pearson will head up a stacked eight-fight undercard that will keep fans at St. Louis' Scottrade Center entertained all night long.
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Maidana To Retain His Title Status in Bout With Alexander
The world championship committee of the World Boxing Asociation has approved Marcos Maidana's conditional request for his upcoming fight with Devon Alexander, which takes place on February 25th in St. Louis, Missouri. Maidana, the WBA's "regular" champion at 140-pounds, will fight Alexander at the welterweight limit of 147. Maidana (31-2, 28KOs) submitted the conditional request to ensure that his upcoming fight with Alexander (22-1, 13KOs) will not jeopardize his title status at 140. The move may indicate Maidana's desire to return to the junior welterweight division in 2012.
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Team Maidana Tipping Its Hand On Drug Testing Request
Next weekend’s upcoming welterweight bout between Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana caught some unexpected attention on Tuesday when news was leaked of the demand from Maidana’s camp for random drug testing to take place.
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Devon Alexander: Drug Testing Talk Adds More Motivation
It goes without saying that Devon Alexander needs to make a statement in his next fight, a hometown (St. Louis) headliner next Saturday against the dangerous Marcos Maidana. The former 140 lb. titlist has struggled in each of his past three fights, and suffered the first knockdown of his career in his last fight, a controversial points win over Lucas Matthysse.
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Team Maidana Want Anti-Doping Tests, Alexander Accepts
BoxingScene.com has been advised that manager Sebastián Contursi, on behalf of Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28KOs), made a request to Tim Lueckenhoff, Executive Director of the Missouri Office of Athletics, to include post-fight anti-doping tests in the scheduled welterweight fight with Devon Alexander (22-1, 13KOs).
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Alexander's Trainer Fires Back at Maidana: Bring it On!
BoxingScene.com caught up with former WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander's trainer and manager, Kevin Cunningham, to talk about his pupil's ten round technical decision loss to Timothy Bradley on Saturday night. Cunningham also wanted to respond to a story that appeared on BoxingScene that was written by Chris LaBate. Junior welterweight contender Marcos Maidana was quoted in the article as stating that he thought Alexander would be too scared to step in the ring with him. The quotes from Maidana came from his Twitter account.
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Maidana Shreds Alexander: He Was Scared, He'll Duck Me!
Junior welterweight Marcos Maidana is ready to face either WBO/WBC champion Timothy Bradley, or Devon Alexander, in his next fight. Like his rival Amir Khan, Maidana was not too impressed with Saturday's fight, where Bradley won a ten round technical decision over Alexander in Pontiac, Michigan. He called the fight "a fiasco." He wasn't sold by Alexander's eye injury that ended the fight in the tenth. Maidana felt Alexander was too scared to continue and doubts he would accept the challenge of a future fight.
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Bradley's Manager: Khan, Maidana Are Realistic Options
This past Saturday at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Timothy Bradley unified the WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles with a ten round technical decision over Devon Alexander. Bradley (27-0, 11 KOs) is now on the hunt for a big fight. Bradley's promoter, Gary Shaw, would like to make a fight between Bradley and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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