Devon Alexander - welcome to the big leagues

[HattonTheHammer]

Stunning display from devon last night. I gotta be honest i actually laid a fair bit of dosh on urango to win the fight but even in my wildest imaginations didnt envisage that 8th round coming to fruition.

Before urango the only time id seen alexander was witter and i didnt give him a hell of a lot credit that night mainly due to the fact ive never rated witter. But with that and last nights stoppages you have to take your hat off to the guy and concede that he is indeed a genuine talent on the world stage.

bradley-alexander please

[Hulk]

Urango was coming on and I had him winning 4 rounds at that point.

I said right before the 8th round to my Dad that the only thing that was gonna stop Urango and turn the fight around would be a perfect uppercut from Alexander.

And sure enough...

Man that sucked seein Urango get KO'd. Especially after listening to HBO hype up Alexander as the second coming of Sugar Ray Robinson.

FUCK !

Fair play to him though. He knocked out Juan Urango. And that is something.

[DaxxKahn]

It was a good win if nothing but simply for the fact he stopped Urango...Juan is a tough tough fighter with a good chin....BUT Juan is also slow and has very very little defense....He did manage to catch Alexander at times...

I am not sure if it was for Alexander getting cocky...His corner did tell him not to get too overconfident....Why he was getting caught or was it flaws in his style?

Now I want to see him against a guy who is more then one dimensional and has a bit of speed

[killersheep]

I give Alexander a ton of credit, yes Urango is slow and one dimensional, but those body shots Urango landed would have made most boxers melt, I mean they made Hatton go into Ruiz mode. Alexander hung in and still stopped a super strong chinned Urango. Alexander proved more so than anything else in this fight that he is an extremely durable fighter. I agree with Daxx there are some glaring holes in his defense, but someone is going to have to have very fast hands and feet to fully capitalize on those holes.

[Hulk]

I give Alexander a ton of credit, yes Urango is slow and one dimensional, but those body shots Urango landed would have made most boxers melt, I mean they made Hatton go into Ruiz mode. Alexander hung in and still stopped a super strong chinned Urango. Alexander proved more so than anything else in this fight that he is an extremely durable fighter. I agree with Daxx there are some glaring holes in his defense, but someone is going to have to have very fast hands and feet to fully capitalize on those holes.

Someone like Timothy Bradley.

[killersheep]

I give Alexander a ton of credit, yes Urango is slow and one dimensional, but those body shots Urango landed would have made most boxers melt, I mean they made Hatton go into Ruiz mode. Alexander hung in and still stopped a super strong chinned Urango. Alexander proved more so than anything else in this fight that he is an extremely durable fighter. I agree with Daxx there are some glaring holes in his defense, but someone is going to have to have very fast hands and feet to fully capitalize on those holes.

Someone like Timothy Bradley.

I think it's even possible Judah could have some success against Alexander. I know, I know, he falls apart every fight. But his body is definately more suited to 140, save the perfectly time Tszyu chicken-dance-inducing punch Zab has always looked better at 140.

Bradley/Alexander would be a great fight, but there's no saying now if it's in the future.