Vaughn Alexander, Brother of Devon, Ready To Make Noise at 160

By Ryan Burton

Unbeaten middleweight Vaughn Alexander (5-0 4KO's) last fought on October 2nd, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The highly touted amateur was recently released from prison after doing an 11 year stint for armed robbery and assault. He is looking to pick up his career where he left off.

"It is great man. It is a long time coming. I've been waiting on this for 11 years and now I am ready to get to work, Alexander told BoxingScene.com.

"The first day I was out I was working out. I just couldn't wait to get to the gym, man. This is something I've longed for. This is just something I wanted to do after all of these years and I plan on taking full advantage of it."

Vaughn is the older brother of three-time world champion Devon Alexander. Both fighters train under the guidance of Kevin Cunningham, who also managed and trained former multi-champion Cory Spinks.

The elder Alexander said that he is eager to get back in the ring but that he leave the business aspect to Cunningham so that he just concentrate on training and getting back to the potential he displayed 11 years ago.

"As far as dealing with fights, Kevin is going to handle that and I am going to be ready for whatever comes," explained Alexander.

The 30-year-old knows that he has been off the radar for a while but fully expects to pick up where he left off. He said that the fans should expect to see his name mentioned with the best in the division that is currently ruled by the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez, and Danny Jacobs very soon.

"They should be on the look out for dominance. Just hardcore dominance. I am going to solidify myself in the middleweight division," said Alexander. 

The St. Louis native said that he has watched some of the current middleweight's fights and said that he is less than impressed.

"I done seen everybody and I see everybody doing their thing. There are a few guys out there that are okay but I ain't impressed. Once they get a whiff of me they gonna know what it is. All it is going to take is for them to see me one time and they will be on notice," said a confident Alexander.

As one can imagine, Devon is thrilled that his big brother is free and that they are both able to train together again just like they did when they were amateurs and young prospects.

The former super lightweight and welterweight champion feels that training with his brother will bring him back to championship form.

"My big bro is out! Me and him is about to take over this shit! He being home is gonna motivate me to get my career back to like everyone is use to seeing it and I am going to be back on top," Devon told BoxingScene.com.

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