Alexander has faced 6 world class fighters.
Witter-Sat down on his punches as he was landing cleanly alot.
Urango-wide open. Sat down on his punches because he was landing cleanly alot.
Kotelnik-Alexander came out and did his normal fighting early. When he wasn't landing alot he began totally shoeshining. Kotelnik would let Alexander throw 5 or 6 punches, dodge them, and then counter effectively
Bradley-won their fight.
Matthyse-good puncher but underrated technique. He throws straight punches. After a few rounds when Alexander wasn't able to just outbox him all to hell, he went to shoeshining.
Maidana-looked a little skittish early (but winning the rounds). Sat down on his punches more because he started landing cleanly. There wasn't that many counters coming back his way.
Alexander has moved up in weight. He does look physically stronger. And he will take a shot better as he isn't draining.
But fighting at 140 isn't why he lost to Bradley.
Fighting at 140 isn't why Kotelnik and Matthyse should have gotten decisions against him.
He lost those fights because he isn't naturally relaxed in the ring and those guys could box effectively enough.
He came out and when he isn't dominating after 3-4 rounds he doesn't relax. He tightens up and starts shoeshining all to hell and gives up the pretense of landing effective shots.
I think as soon as he is in with someone with good enough boxing ability and speed to figh him on relatively even terms, he will tighten up and fight like he did in the Bradley, Matthyse, and Kotelnik fights.
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