Comments Thread For: Devon Alexander To Return To The Ring in The Spring

[KidDinamita]

Hopefully he made good money and calls it a day, he is still 33 years old, unfortunately fighters that start that young as a pro doesn't end up that great when they are still in their 30s.

[Sweet Jones]

Best of luck to Devon and salute for continuing to rep the city

[MeanestNiceGuy]

I believe the fight was in detroit I think and it was marketed as the super fight of the century lol. Devon quit in like the 5th round with the infamous "owwwww it burnssssss" . The winner was supposed to fight the winner of maidana/khan but it never happend

I remember it being in Detroit....it was at the Pontiac Dome or something to that extent. Horrrrrrible promotion! Lol

And yes, I believe the winner was supposed to face the winner of Khan/Maidana and it was so damn easy to make back then.

Remember when Tim was supposed to fight Maidana and Maidana pulled out with a "back injury"? Lol

I believe Bradley was about to enter litigation with Shaw after the Alexander fight because he signed with TR later that Summer or early Fall to put him on the path to face Manny.

I hated Tim for not fighting Khan at that time, but Tim got the last laugh (career wise) between Khan and Alexander, though Khan isn't doing too bad nowadays.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

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Devon's a hard-nose fighter and he's fought damn near everybody, and his last great performance was against Maidana in 2012. /QUOTE]

What's crazy is that I completely forgot that Devon beat Maidana and Mathysse in back to back fights! I vaguely remember him outpointing El Chino but I have no recollection of his win over La Machina. He's definitely fought some huge names and has wins over some of them as well. Not always an exciting fighter but can't question his willingness to take on tough competition.

Yep! I just don't get how people trash Devon as though his career was nothing. He had great management, but I believe his pill addiction derailed his career and was an explanation as to why he couldn't put it all together during fights.

I could be wrong, but I don't think anybody else from 140-147 (at that time) fought both Maidana and Matthysse...Devon deserves a nod for that.

He won a close decision against Lucas...and this was months after he reportedly quit against Bradley. He boxed Maidana's ears off, which prompted Chino to work with Robert Garcia afterwards to become a better fighter.

Nobody quits against Tim and goes on to face a prime and dangerous Matthysse 5 month later, lol.