Devon Alexander: record, next fight and profile →
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.
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.
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).
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with former welterweight champion Devon Alexander "The Great" who is getting ready for his February 25th fight against Argentinean slugger Marcos Maidana.
On the most recent edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show, we welcomed former unified junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander. The St. Louis native is putting the finishing touches on his training camp for his HBO televised showdown that takes place on February 25th.
Carolina, Puerto Rico, - In the past week, the NABA champion at 147 pounds, Thomas Dulorme (13-0, 10KO's), and the WBA world champion at 140 pounds, Marcos "El Chino" Maidana (31-2, 28KO's), hung out and trained together at the School of Sports in Carolina, PR. Their sparring session was a boxing match at the highest level and both fighters had their moments, demonstrated their levels of skill and neither took a step back.
BoxingScene.com's audio show, Boxing Lab Radio, returns with another packed show. The show is hosted by BoxingScene correspondants Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton.
On the 25th of this month, Marcos Maidana (31-2-0, 28 KOs) will move up to the welterweight division to face Devon Alexander (22-1-0, 13 KOs), who also makes his first appearance at 147. Maidana is training very hard in Puerto Rico and views Alexander as the toughest task that he's ever faced in the ring, because of the new weight and the speed of his opponent.
Danny Garcia was in a pretty somber mood on Tuesday morning. The night before, the Ventura, Calif.-based trainer received the unfortunate news that his fighter Victor Ortiz’s February 11th rematch with Andre Berto was cancelled because of a left arm injury to the Haitian-American star. Berto apparently ruptured his left bicep while in sparring on Monday afternoon, the same injury he suffered during his stoppage victory over Carlos Quintana in April of 2010.
Marcos "Chino" Maidana made his return to BoxingScene's official audio show, The Boxing Lab, and spoke about his upcoming fight with Devon Alexander and potential future opponents.