Is Devon Alexander a bit underrated/under-appreciated?

[studentofthegam]

Alexander is the betting favorite.

I havent heard too much about it but I would have assumed that.

what happens when you career break out fight in which is supposed to take you on to bigger and better things you quit.

This is his downfall. He'll beat some more guys along the way. I cant view him as underrated. He earned his rating. He cant adjust in the ring. He throws the same combos at the same angles all fight even if it aint workin. He has to be well matched so I see him having a successful career but not great. He can beat Brook. It wont be pretty or crowd pleasing. SD, I see the fight being strange. In what way I dont know yet. It just seems to follow Alexander.

[AztecWanker]

Alexander clearly lost against Bradley, but I don't think he looked out of his depth, he just looked young and inexperienced, which honestly he was at the time. A lot of people said even before the fight that it seemed too quick for Alexander to take that fight. A lot of people also don't realize either that he's still only 25 and only has 25 fights, and as of late against Maidana and Bailey, it may not of been pretty, but he looked more complete and controlled in those fights. Moving up to 147 and gaining more top level experience has obviously helped him.

Also, you feel that Maidana is C level? Witter C level? Bailey's not even C level, he's more like B level, and to be fair Bailey earned the fight with Alexander with the KO of Jones as well. Even against Kotelnyk and Matthysse whether you felt he won or lost were top level fighters and both fights were competitive. Overall my point is, Alexander is still very young at 25 and is still developing and has in fact shown a lot of progress since he's moved up in weight. And because of a couple sub par performances, people instantly write him off. That's all I'm trying to say.

To poster above, I'm not talking about the bookie's opinions on who the favorite is, I'm talking about the general attitude from a lot of fans and even some writers.

He won no more than 4-5 rounds...in both fights combined.