Devon Alexander will take on Lucas Matthysse on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Family Arena in St. Charles, MO. The bout will be televised by HBO. Alexander is not fighting for redemption, as some may put it, after his disappointing loss to Timothy Bradley in January.
“I want to show people why I was considered one of the best at 140 pounds,” Alexander said, “and I want those people who believed in me to know that they were not wrong.
“I am one of the most capable and dangerous fighters in the division, a former unified world champion that wants to return to the top. My goal is to prove my greatness and be International Boxing Hall of Fame material before I hang up my gloves.”
Too often in boxing, a fighter is run out of the sport after one bad performance. And have no doubt, Alexander turned in a bad performance when he lost a technical decision to Bradley.
Kevin Cunningham, trainer and manager of Devon Alexander talked about the lost to Tim Bradley: “I’m not too concerned because Devon didn’t get beat up by Bradley, he just didn’t do as well as he should have. Tim has a history of head butts, which played out, but we take full responsibility for not doing what we were capable of.”
Matty was robbed big time.African American boxer are being gifted fights when fighting foreigners .
Hopefully he doesn’t stink out the joint like his last 2 performances and actually fights. I’m going Matthysse to win by K.O. though.
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