Devon Alexander moving up in weight following victory over Lucas Matthysse - ESPN
"Devon never used to weaken in these fights. He didn't weaken in the (world title) fights with Junior Witter or (Juan) Urango. For those fights, he would get down to 146 and hit a wall at like 145 or 146. It took him a week and a half to get past 145, but he did it. For this fight with Matthysse, he got to 146 and he couldn't get past it. It took a few weeks and he finally broke through, but it took a lot. A lot.
"I can't keep putting my fighter at a disadvantage. He's gotta move up. We're taking off all this weight and there's no fat, so he's been taking off muscle."
Look if the guy can't make the weight and perform? He can't make the weight.
But I think this spells the end for Alexander. He doesn't punch hard enough to keep 140's off him, how the hell is he going to keep guys like Victor Ortiz or Mike Jones or even an Andre Berto from just walking through him and hunting him down. His trainer thinks Devon's legs are going now? Wait until he's taking bodyshots from a bigger set of men.
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