Английская Википедия:Devon Alexander

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Devon Alexander (born February 10, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBC and IBF light welterweight titles in 2010, and the IBF welterweight title from 2012 to 2013. Alexander was prescribed Tramadol after surgery in 2012, and thereafter had to battle opiate addiction, coming clean in 2018.

Early life

Alexander grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of north St. Louis, Missouri in an area described as rough, gang- and drug-infested. He would later join the boxing gym that Kevin Cunningham, a former police officer and security officer at Clay Community Center, turned trainer, founded in the basement of an old police station.

Thirty youngsters joined the boxing program of Cunningham, who had hoped to keep them out of trouble, off the streets, and in the ring. A stablemate of Alexander's, Cory Spinks would later become welterweight champion.

Devon Alexander is married to Cesily Alexander, with whom he has five children. They met during high school in 2003 and began dating after Alexander's father passed away in 2005. In 2014, Devon and Cesily Alexander were married. Their children, listed from oldest to youngest, are Devon Alexander Jr, Cesily Alexander, Sevyn Leigh Alexander, Levon Alexander, and Lesily Alexander. At 36 years of age, Devon Alexander is set to open a gym in St. Louis called the Devon Alexander Multi Sports Complex, aiming to give back to the community that has supported him. On November 4th, 2023, he hosted his first amateur boxing show, the Devon Alexander Amateur Boxing Invitational Classic. Alexander has also signed a contract with Harris Stowe University, located in St. Louis, to host seasonal shows supporting local boxers and keeping youth engaged. As he enters this new phase of his career, Alexander is committed to giving back and plans to become a promoter for St. Louis-based professional boxers in the coming summer. This endeavor marks the beginning of his efforts to make a significant impact on his community.

Amateur career

Alexander had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 300-10 under the tutelage of Cunningham. He was a four-time Silver Gloves champion from ages 10–14; three-time PAL national champion; Junior Golden Gloves and Junior Olympics national champion; 2003 United States national champion in the 19-and-under division; and 2004 United States light welterweight national champion. Alexander made it to the final round of the 2004 Olympic trials, where he battled Rock Allen to a draw and was knocked down once before losing on a tie-breaker.

Professional career

Light welterweight

At age 17, Alexander made his professional debut, defeating Vincent Torres by first round technical knockout in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.

He went up against former WBO junior welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley on January 19, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Alexander easily defeated Corley by unanimous decision.

Light welterweight title

On August 1, 2009, Alexander defeated Junior Witter to claim the vacant WBC light welterweight championship. Witter gave up on his stool after the eighth round, claiming that he had re-injured his left hand. Alexander was hurt by a right hand in round 2. All three judges had Alexander ahead at the time of the stoppage 79-73, 79-73, 80-72.

Alexander vs. Urango

Alexander was next scheduled to face two-time champion Juan Urango of Colombia in a title unification bout. March 6, 2010 bout was held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut and was televised on HBO's "Boxing After Dark" telecast. To train for the fight, Alexander used a Las Vegas house lent by promoter Don King as training base. Devon Alexander defeated Juan Urango by TKO in round 8. Alexander threw an uppercut which dropped Urango. Urango made the count but Alexander resumed his attack and threw a hook to Urango's temple which again dropped him. Urango stood up but was clearly dazed, resulting in a stoppage by the referee. Urango, who suffered his first KO defeat, called out Timothy Bradley after the fight, but a fight was never made because Bradley just moved up to welterweight.

In his next fight he faced Andreas Kotelnik, the former WBA Light Welterweight champion, in his hometown of St. Louis Missouri on August 7 in front of members of the St. Louis Rams, Evander Holyfield and Floyd Mayweather. Alexander won the fight by a controversial unanimous decision with all judges scoring the fight 116-112.

On October 22, 2010, Alexander was stripped of the IBF Junior Welterweight title for not fighting the no. 1 contender, Kaizer Mabuza.

Alexander vs. Bradley

Шаблон:Main article Alexander's next fight, on January 29, 2011, took place against Timothy Bradley, which he lost via 10th round TD after an unintentional head-butt forced a stop to the bout.

Alexander vs. Matthysse

On June 25, 2011, Alexander defeated Lucas Matthysse in a controversial split decision. The judges scored the fight 96-93 and 95-94 for Alexander and 96-93 for Matthysse.

Welterweight

On February 25, 2012 Alexander moved up to welterweight and put on a dominating performance against highly regarded and hard-charging Marcos Maidana. Alexander landed the right hook at will, catching Maidana with his left hand down throughout the contest. Maidana was seemingly surprised by both the speed and power Alexander displayed at his first fight at welterweight. Only one of the three judges had Maidana winning a round. The impressive nature of the win earned Alexander a title match with Randall Bailey in September 2012. Alexander was criticized by some however, for fighting illegally at some points during the fight.

Alexander was scheduled to fight titlest Randall Bailey as a main event on Showtime Championship Boxing on September 8, 2012, but Bailey withdrew due to injury. Their fight was replaced with the original undercard fight between Olusegun Ajose and Lucas Matthysse and an originally scheduled non-televised fight between J'Leon Love and Ramon Valenzuela was changed to a televised bout.

IBF welterweight champion

Alexander returned to action on October 20, 2012, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where he won the IBF Welterweight title by unanimous decision against Ring Top 10 Welterweight, Randall Bailey. The fight was fought at a comfortable pace for Alexander, with very little exchanges, as Bailey did not let his hands go very often. In a one sided fight, Alexander won his third world title in his second division.

Alexander vs. Brook cancellation

Alexander's next fight was originally supposed to happen on January 19, 2013 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, against mandatory challenger and Ring No. 3 ranked Welterweight, Kell Brook. However, Brook suffered an ankle injury during training, and the fight was postponed for Feb 23rd with the fight taking place in Detroit, where undercard fighter Cornelius Bundrage would be a big draw. There were many venues up for consideration ranging from The Royal Oak Music Theater to The Joe Louis Arena, with the decision finally landing to the theater at Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. Before the fight, this time Alexander suffered an injury from his bicep during training rescheduling the fight yet again for May 18, 2013 at the Boardwalk Hall In Atlantic City, New Jersey. Brook would later withdraw from the fight due to a foot injury, calling the fight off for a third time. Alexander would defend his title against replacement Lee Purdy with Purdy retiring on the stool in the end of the seventh round. Devon won easily but hurt his left hand.

Devon would go on to lose his next two biggest fights, losing his championship belt and status as a top contender after all boxing governing bodies removed Devon Alexander from their top rankings.

Shawn Porter loss

Alexander would lose the IBF Welterweight title to Shawn Porter on December 7, 2013 by unanimous decision with scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112.

Alexander vs. Khan

Alexander lost the WBC Silver Welterweight title to Amir Khan on December 13, 2014 by a lopsided unanimous decision with scores of 119-109, 118-110, 120-108.

Alexander vs. Martinez

Alexander took on gate keeper Aaron Martinez on October 14, 2015 and was dominated through 10 rounds, en route to ultimately losing a unanimous decision.

Alexander vs. Ortiz

On February 17, 2018, Alexander faced Victor Ortiz. Alexander started the fight well, and it looked like he built an early lead on the scorecards, as he was noticeably outlanding his opponent. Ortiz did better in the second part of the fight, which was enough in the eyes of one of the judges to score the fight 115-113 in favor of Ortiz, while the other two judges had it a draw, 114-114, ending the fight in a majority draw.

Alexander vs. Berto

On August 4, 2018, Alexander fought another former world champion in Andre Berto. Alexander, as in his previous fight fought great in the opening rounds and managed to drop Berto in the third round. Berto would, however, be the much better fighter in the later rounds, which earned him the split-decision win, 115-112, 115-12 and 113-114.

Alexander vs. Redkach

In his next fight, Alexander fought Ivan Redkach. Both fighters fought a solid fight in the opening rounds. In the sixth round, Redkach managed to drop Alexander with a stunning uppercut and left hand. Alexander beat the count, only to be dropped two more times, the second being the final one before the referee waved the fight off, awarding Redkach with the KO victory.

Controversy

In 2015, Alexander publicly took a strong stance against The Supreme Court of the United States of America legitimatizing same-sex marriage in the U.S. and tweeted homophobic statements that were later discussed on boxing articles the next day.

Professional boxing record

Шаблон:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
36	Шаблон:No2Loss	27–8–1	Gabriel Maestre	RTD	3 (10), Шаблон:Small	Apr 8, 2023	Шаблон:Small
35	Шаблон:No2Loss	27–7–1	Lucas Santamaria	UD	10	Aug 7, 2021	Шаблон:Small
34	Шаблон:No2Loss	27–6–1	Ivan Redkach	TKO	6 (10), Шаблон:Small	Jun 1, 2019	Шаблон:Small
33	Шаблон:No2Loss	27–5–1	Andre Berto	SD	12	Aug 4, 2018	Шаблон:Small
32	Шаблон:DrawDraw	27–4–1	Victor Ortiz	Шаблон:Abbr	12	Feb 17, 2018	Шаблон:Small
31	Шаблон:Yes2Win	27–4	Walter Castillo	UD	10	Nov 21, 2017	Шаблон:Small
30	Шаблон:No2Loss	26–4	Aaron Martinez	UD	10	Oct 14, 2015	Шаблон:Small
29	Шаблон:No2Loss	26–3	Amir Khan	UD	12	Dec 13, 2014	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
28	Шаблон:Yes2Win	26–2	Jesús Soto Karass	UD	10	Jun 21, 2014	Шаблон:Small
27	Шаблон:No2Loss	25–2	Shawn Porter	UD	12	Dec 7, 2013	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
26	Шаблон:Yes2Win	25–1	Lee Purdy	RTD	7 (12), Шаблон:Small	May 18, 2013	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
25	Шаблон:Yes2Win	24–1	Randall Bailey	UD	12	Oct 20, 2012	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
24	Шаблон:Yes2Win	23–1	Marcos Maidana	UD	10	Feb 25, 2012	Шаблон:Small
23	Шаблон:Yes2Win	22–1	Lucas Matthysse	Шаблон:Abbr	10	Jun 25, 2011	Шаблон:Small
22	Шаблон:No2Loss	21–1	Timothy Bradley	Шаблон:Abbr	10 (12), Шаблон:Small	Jan 29, 2011	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
21	Шаблон:Yes2Win	21–0	Andreas Kotelnik	UD	12	Aug 7, 2010	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
20	Шаблон:Yes2Win	20–0	Juan Urango	TKO	8 (12), Шаблон:Small	Mar 6, 2010	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
19	Шаблон:Yes2Win	19–0	Junior Witter	RTD	8 (12), Шаблон:Small	Aug 1, 2009	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
18	Шаблон:Yes2Win	18–0	Jesús Rodríguez	KO	9 (10), Шаблон:Small	Apr 24, 2009	Шаблон:Small
17	Шаблон:Yes2Win	17–0	Christopher Fernandez	Шаблон:Abbr	3 (8), Шаблон:Small	Dec 11, 2008	Шаблон:Small
16	Шаблон:Yes2Win	16–0	Sun-Haeng Lee	TKO	4 (10), Шаблон:Small	Nov 7, 2008	Шаблон:Small
15	Шаблон:Yes2Win	15–0	Miguel Callist	UD	12	Mar 27, 2008	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
14	Шаблон:Yes2Win	14–0	DeMarcus Corley	UD	12	Jan 19, 2008	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
13	Шаблон:Yes2Win	13–0	Cory Peterson	TKO	1 (8), Шаблон:Small	Oct 13, 2007	Шаблон:Small
12	Шаблон:Yes2Win	12–0	Marcus Luck	KO	3 (8), Шаблон:Small	Jul 7, 2007	Шаблон:Small
11	Шаблон:Yes2Win	11–0	Scott Ball	Шаблон:Abbr	7 (8), Шаблон:Small	Mar 3, 2007	Шаблон:Small
10	Шаблон:Yes2Win	10–0	Maximino Cuevas	TKO	4 (4), Шаблон:Small	Jan 6, 2007	Шаблон:Small
9	Шаблон:Yes2Win	9–0	Tyler Ziolkowski	TKO	1 (10), Шаблон:Small	Jul 8, 2006	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
8	Шаблон:Yes2Win	8–0	Seth Hebenstreit	UD	6	Mar 9, 2006	Шаблон:Small
7	Шаблон:Yes2Win	7–0	Kelly Wright	UD	6	Oct 21, 2005	Шаблон:Small
6	Шаблон:Yes2Win	6–0	Christian Nash	TKO	2 (4), Шаблон:Small	Sep 30, 2005	Шаблон:Small
5	Шаблон:Yes2Win	5–0	John Rudolph	TKO	3 (4), Шаблон:Small	Jun 2, 2005	Шаблон:Small
4	Шаблон:Yes2Win	4–0	Felix Lora	UD	6	May 21, 2005	Шаблон:Small
3	Шаблон:Yes2Win	3–0	Donovan Castaneda	UD	6	Feb 5, 2005	Шаблон:Small
2	Шаблон:Yes2Win	2–0	Karl Hunter	Шаблон:Abbr	4	Jun 3, 2004	Шаблон:Small
1	Шаблон:Yes2Win	1–0	Vincent Torres	Шаблон:Abbr	1 (4)	May 20, 2004	Шаблон:Small

Further reading

• Шаблон:Cite magazine
• Шаблон:Cite news
• Шаблон:Cite news

External links

• Шаблон:Boxrec
• Devon Alexander - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live