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### Alexander doesn’t pull any punches

Posted on 15 January 2011 by admin

Devon Alexander was raised in the rough north St. Louis neighborhood of Hyde Park, where gangs and drugs were prevalent. Unlike many of his friends – and a brother who is serving a prison sentence for robbery – he was able to steer clear of the worst those streets had to offer.

One might say that a young man containing the wherewithal to do that has a right to say what he wants. But it was startling to hear what Alexander had to say about fellow junior welterweight world champion Amir Khan of England during a conference call this week promoting Alexander’s title unification fight against Timothy Bradley on Jan. 29 in Detroit (on HBO).

First, Alexander didn’t give a glowing assessment of Khan.

“Khan is an OK fighter,” Alexander said. “He’s no big deal. People are really making big hype about Khan. I don’t know what all the hype is about, but he has a little power behind him. People think he is more than what I think he is.”

The real shocker came a few minutes later when discussing the idea that the winner of Alexander-Bradley likely would square off with Khan.

“The question is, will Khan take the fight?” Alexander said.

“That’s the problem. I think he’s being pampered. You need to ask Khan and his people.”

We did. And Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions – which promotes Khan – was peeved that any fighter would look at Khan in this light. Khan went into his title defense against Marcos Maidana lastmonth in Las Vegas with a chin many deemed questionable because he was knocked out by Breidis Prescott in the first round in September 2008.

In Maidana, Khan was facing the hardest puncher in the 140-pound division. Khan decked Maidana in the first round with a vicious body punch and was in control until the 10th when Maidana hurt him badly with a right cross and a subsequent barrage of head punches that had Khan jelly-legged for some time.

Khan never tasted the canvas, and he went on to retain his title with a unanimous decision. It was an enormous show of courage in a fight that landed on the Boxing Writers Association of America ballot for Fight of the Year.

And Alexander believes Khan is being coddled?

“Anybody who is going to come and try and belittle Amir Khan’s accomplishments and his heart and his will to win really should maybe watch the Khan-Maidana replay,” Schaefer said. “Anybody who is going to accuse Amir Khan of not having a chin or being pampered or not having heart, watch that fight again.

“And if they are still feeling he is being pampered and has no heart and no chin, then I think there might be something wrong with them.”

Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer, is in Sinaloa, Mexico, training Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his fight there against Billy Lyell on Jan. 29. Roach, under the weather with a cold, perked up when told of Alexander’s disparaging remarks.

“Who has Devon Alexander fought?” Roach said via telephone. “I mean, I’ve never seen him fight, to be honest with you. That’s how popular he is with me. We won’t get a chance to fight him because he can’t beat Bradley.”

Furthermore, Schaefer said, Khan is all for fighting the winner of Bradley-Alexander. That much was decided during Khan-Maidana fight week when Schaefer met with Khan’s father and their attorney. That was the main source of discussion during that pow-wow that Schaefer said included a representative of HBO.

“Amir wants to fight the winner of Bradley-Alexander,” Schaefer said. “And the date we are anticipating is July 30. Amir (who is Muslim) would like to do that before Ramadan and Amir has agreed to do that fight in the U.S.

“Having said that, Bradley and Alexander have business to take care of and Amir Khan is going to have to take care of business on April 16.”

Khan’s next fight will be a title defense in his native England.

The opponent is still to be determined, but Lamont Peterson is a possibility.

One thing is for sure, Alexander is doing a good job of stirring one heck of an attractive 140-pound pot. The division is loaded with terrific fighters, and we can only hope they all find a way to square off with each other. Besides the three aforementioned champions, Maidana is still there and Schaefer said the possibilities are endless.

“Another fight we would like to do which really excites me is whoever ends up on the short end (between Bradley and Alexander) would fight Marcos Maidana,” Schaefer said. “I think Timothy Bradley is a fantastic fighter and Devon Alexander is an amazing fighter. They’re all great, and so is Marcos Maidana.

“Just the thought that these guys are going to fight each other – I don’t care what combination it is – gets me real excited as a fight fan.”

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