Devon alexander is good but beatable.

This is why I think the Kotelnik fight will be interesting. He's no dyed in the wool counterpuncher, but I see the possibility of him exploiting the holes in Alexander.

 

i see alexander as a rough diamond. atm he is good enough to beat all the guys at 140, within 2 years once he is refined he will be competing for p4p honours.

lets not forget he unified 2 belts with his first 2 major fights.

 

Devon Alexander is Cory Spinks with power and that's a DANGER TO ANYBODY AT 140! Kevin Cunnigham who trains him,is doing a very very good job with him and he's in his early 20's.

 

We will soon see...........

 

every fighter is beatable so what's your point

:hat

 

Except that punch was probably a one off. He's never previously shown that kind of power, which diminishes or greatens the win, depending on how you look at it. You can either say "he isn't a big puncher, was it a one off? A fluke?" or you can say "despite not being a big puncher, he stopped a tough guy".

Either way, the fact is, he isn't going to reproduce that punch, like Ali reproduced his reflexes. He has one big knockout - Ali used his reflexes for over a decade against elite fighters. Alexander has one knockout of the best guy he's fought, a C-class fighter.

It's probably more like Benitez against Hope.

 

I would currently pick him to beat the lot at 140. That, however, doesn't stop me from thinking some people are getting a bit carried away. Remember the threads where people would predict their future p4p:ers in five years and where Ortiz almost unanimously got top-five votes? Things can change all too quickly.

I'm saying this; IF Khan can prevent himself from overreaching with his punches, stop risking his fragile further develop his quickly improving defense... Then I would pick him to beat Alexander. Khan is a better fighter on the outside with his reach, quickness and jab. Remember that not ALL fighters fights as carelessly as Urango, as impressive as that punch was.

If Alexander can develop some new tools like great bodypunching and ability to chase down an elusive target I might change my pick. He, too, may improve. His trainer complained - and rightly so - about his defense in the Urango fight. He said he was "straight as a stick". His chin impressed me but he has to improve his overall defense. Some of Urango's double right hooks were predictable and over-used, yet Devon fell for them all too easily. And while I would agree that his jab is a great weapon (sets up counters and combos and disrupts rhytm), it still has room for improvements. He's very busy with it which is great but its accuracy can be improved. Urango and Corley blocked some of those actually. Vary it a bit more.

But this is the thing about all young fighters - there simply is so much unknown about them that we have to wait and see. How will Khan's improved defense stand up against someone with power? How was Alexeev's stamina and chin? How was Ortiz' heart? And likewise - how will Devon react when he faces, say, a prime pure boxer with a great jab himself (Khan)? A versatile in-and-outfighter (Bradley)? A careful fighter with good defense (Kotelnik)? A puncher that's not as predictable, one-paced and plodding as Urango (Maidana)? He needs to pass all these tests before I start label him complete.

We must wait before jumping to conclusions. Nothing wrong with predicting and hyping it up a bit, it's just that some fans are a bit too sure for my liking.

 

Prophetic.