
The Experts Decide: Devon Alexander-Lucas Matthysse
On Saturday night, southpaw former WBC junior welterweight king Devon Alexander will meet hard-punching Argentinian Lucas Matthysse in what should be a milestone win for either fighter.

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On Saturday night, southpaw former WBC junior welterweight king Devon Alexander will meet hard-punching Argentinian Lucas Matthysse in what should be a milestone win for either fighter.

Unbeaten southpaw featherweight Gary Russell Jr. of Capitol Heights, MD., will pursue his 11th knockout and his 17th win without a loss, and undefeated heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell of Brandywine, MD., will be after his eighth consecutive knockout, his 10th stoppage in his past 11 fights, and his 21st straight victory when they face opponents to be determined, respectively, in July and August, their promoter, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, told BoxingScene.com.

Forgive Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Schaefer if he sounds out of breath, for he's been an extremely busy man.

The networks are in a frenzy to secure the pay-per-view rights to Manny Pacquiao's next fight. The Filipino WBO welterweight champion will return on November 12 in a long-awaited trilogy match with Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has advised BoxingScene.com that a deal is close to being finalized for a December 3 rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. The fight will either take place in Las Vegas or New York's Madison Square Garden. Arum met with Margarito on Thursday in Los Angeles and finalized his portion of the deal. The veteran promoter expects to finalize Cotto's side of the deal next week.

It was way back in January that 21-year-old super featherweight prospect Adrien "The Problem" Broner of Cincinnatti told Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com that he would easily defeat either ormer world champions Daniel Ponce De Leon or Celestino Caballero or then-NABF super featherweight champion Jason Litzau if he ever got into the ring with any of them.

BoxingScene.com has been advised that welterweight contender Joel Julio will not go forward with a scheduled fight against Antwone Smith on the Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah undercard, which takes place on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Julio's mother and sister were involved in a serious car accident in Colombia and the boxer left his training camp to be with his family.

With the deal done for his Aug. 27 clash to face 27-year-old WBA interim junior welterweight king Marcos Rene Maidana of Argentina in a Golden Boy Promotions' event at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, 28-year-old southpaw WBO and WBA interim lightweight king Robert Guerrero told BoxingScene.com that he is ready to pursue his sixth belt in a fourth different weight class.

Top Rank Promotions is expected to soon sign unbeaten lightweight prospect Terence Crawford of Omaha, Nebraska, according to the fighter's manager, Cameron Dunkin.

The manager of former WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik would like to see him in a tuneup fight in August, followed by a super middleweight clash with either Canadian southpaw IBF king Lucian Bute or former WBA belt-holder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark.