This Saturday (August 7) Devon Alexander will defend his WBC and IBF titles against Andriy Kotelnik. But looking ahead, the young titlist does not see any substantial challenge in being able to defeat Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan to unify junior welterweight division.
The 23-year-old St. Louis fighter was not impressed with Bradley’s recent welterweight performance against Carlos Abregu. According to Alexander, Bradley fell flat in what should have been a showcase bout to build his name.
“Bradley had a walking duck. The guy wasn’t even that crafty and Bradley [still] lost some clear rounds,” he said in an exclusive interview with Beats, Boxing and Mayhem. “He didn’t even try to put it on him. The guy he fought was just raggedy. I don’t see how he didn’t just totally dominate him. [Bradley] was in a fight.”
On Amir Khan’s fight with Paulie Malignaggi, Alexander points to that contest as a clear example of selective matchmaking. Khan dominated the light-hitting Malignaggi to score a TKO and retain his WBA junior welterweight title in May.
“With Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi they knew what they were doing when they cherrypicked him [Malignaggi]. They want to protect Amir Khan’s chin,” Alexander explained. “Khan has a lot of flaws too. He has a good jab but is just a solid fighter like the rest of them.”
In recent weeks Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan have publicly called out each other to the press. Devon Alexander has been mentioned by both as an opponent, but a proposed 140 pound tournament was unable to get off the ground. According to Bradley promoter Gary Shaw, it was Khan’s promoter Golden Boy who was unwilling to comply.
Stay tuned later this week for the full Devon Alexander interview here and on AllHipHop.com.
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