Comments Thread For: Devon Alexander Eyes a Marcos Maidana Showdown

[Dave Rado]

It seems pretty certain that Alexander will fight someone other than Bradley, and then later accuse him of ducking. And everyone will agree for some reason.

Bradley said only last week that he doesn't want to fight Alexander because he's not a big enough draw. You should keep up.

[Dave Rado]

Alexander has the edge over Maidana for sure. This is a great fight that should happen but will be a bigger event if both fighters have belts at stake. I would like to see Maidana fight Khan first he earned the right of that fight by beating Ortiz ,that is his best chance of becoming a world champ. If he got past Khan the Alexander fight would be a really big event setting up a mega fight with Bradley for the winner.

Khan has already paid Maidana to not enforce his mandatory status for at least three fights and for at least a year. So you'll be waiting a long time.

[King Ju-Ju]

maidana is good but he can get outclassed easily. well not easily but i think if u can take a few of his best shots while outboxing him, alexander & bradley can both beat him. victor ortiz made the mistake of trying 2 **** with him. cant **** with a puncher like him. cayo couldnt hit him with anything good enough 2 stop him from coming foward. maidana vs alexander would be good but idk who would in 4 sure. alexander is the better overall fighter but idk how he will react once he starts gettin hit. tim bradley is the only guy at 140 id put my money on vs maidana.

[GRUSTLER]

Bradley says he doesn't want to fight Alexander. Devon has been calling him out for ages, but Tim "Money" Bradley says Alexander's not a big enough draw.

Who is Bradley to say that Alexander is not a big enough draw?
What major PPV event has he been in to make a statement like that?
If anything he needs a win over a guy like Alexander to solidify his claims
at being the best in the 140 division. Alexander beat Junior Witter
and now Juan Urango. Made one quit and KO'd the other, both
haven't been beat like that before. Bradley sounds uncertain.
I still think it would be the best fight at 140 and should happen
this year.

[GRUSTLER]

This would have the same outcome as Alexander-Urango, but possibly even quicker. I'd rather see Maidana-Urango in the ultimate 140 war!

I think Maidana would lay Urango out. Urango style is tailor made
for Maidana. Any aggressive fighter who likes to come forward and
**** will get hurt by Maidana. You have to use skills and out box
a puncher.

[Dave Rado]

Who is Bradley to say that Alexander is not a big enough draw?
What major PPV event has he been in to make a statement like that?
If anything he needs a win over a guy like Alexander to solidify his claims
at being the best in the 140 division. Alexander beat Junior Witter
and now Juan Urango. Made one quit and KO'd the other, both
haven't been beat like that before. Bradley sounds uncertain.
I still think it would be the best fight at 140 and should happen
this year.

I agree, Bradley and Khan are ruining what would otherwise be a great division, with their prima donna attitudes, and it's very sad that Bradley has joined in, because he was getting a lot of respect from fight fans until he started playing that game - but he's lost a lot of respect recently. Bradley's made it clear that he doesn't want the fight to happen this year. I hope public pressure changes his mind. It looks particularly bad because Bradley keeps complaining that nobody wants to fight him, which makes him look like a complete hypocrite.

[BetterCallSaul]

Maidana is made for Alexander. Anybody with good boxing skills, a good defence, and a good chin is capable of beating him.

Alexander should try calling Khan out. Maybe a fight could be made between them if Alex's camp gets a bit more vocal about Golden Boy's reluctance to put Khan in the ring with top fighters.

[TBear]

This would be a good match in my eyes, Alexander would be my favorite but Maidana deserves a title shot. Definately before Ortiz does and as long as he's ranked by the WBA, he won't it while Khan rules.

[-GDS-]

I agree, Bradley and Khan are ruining what would otherwise be a great division, with their prima donna attitudes, and it's very sad that Bradley has joined in, because he was getting a lot of respect from fight fans until he started playing that game - but he's lost a lot of respect recently. Bradley's made it clear that he doesn't want the fight to happen this year. I hope public pressure changes his mind.

I Guess Maidana gets to pass on not giving VC a rematch because you like him. And I guess it's ok for certain other people to say that Maidana is scaring away all the junior welterweights, but only if “All the junior welterweights” means just Amir Khan. Bradley may want to cash out big in a match with Alex, because no one else would give him as good as a fight right now at 140, but I'm sure that his promoters and HBO have more than just a little bit to do with that as well, and they may want to see the two clean out 140 in a unofficial tournament before facing off, in a match up where it might be slightly implied that the winner would face Mayweather eventually. And while Alex is saying all the right things, he has also said that he wouldn't mind fighting Paul Spadafora, Joel Casamayor, Zab Judah, Juan Diaz, and Ricardo Torres. Bradley's next fight is in June, and Alex will probably schedule a fight with someone and it will take place a month or two after Bradley's, and after the ink is signed in a few weeks from now, Team Alexander will say something to the effect of Bradley's ducking. Alex is a really young guy, and if he were disciplined and really wants a Bradley fight next, he could wait two and a half months, show up to Bradley's fight like he did with Maidana-Cayo and try to Mosley Bradley. But he won't do that. Truth is Team Alexander would rather face someone else first before fighting Bradley, whether it's Zab or any of the other possible mentioned opponents. Urango to Bradley is quite a jump, and Bradley is simply more experienced than Bradley. I'm certain that in the future, these two will fight but until then, yeah, let's all B.S. around and say that Bradley's ducking.

[GRUSTLER]

This would be a good match in my eyes, Alexander would be my favorite but Maidana deserves a title shot. Definately before Ortiz does and as long as he's ranked by the WBA, he won't it while Khan rules.

I never been too sold on Khan. He is sort of a hype job.
His people are teating him like Berto's. Both young
fighters are marketable and can become stars, so it is
a must that Khan is protected by threats until he reaches
his full earning potential.