Devon Alexander says no chance of coming to the UK but won't vacate

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If Brook beats Alexander he should be looking at much bigger fights than Khan who's coming off two losses.

Can't see Brook beating Devon tbh.

 

Would GBP even want to win purse bids? I would say there's probably more money in having it over here and taking their cut...Kell has been doing excellent numbers (live and TV) for his last few fights.

 

If Alexander vacates itll be because he is worried about Kell Brook. The thing with purse bids is you either win them or lose them, if Devons cmap loses the bid it means there is big money to be had which is a good enough reason to come to England. The logic that he should is impossible to understand, it means handing back a world title you have just won and turning down a payday.

 

You dont say

 

I don't think what jc says is unreasonable here (obvious statement aside). I think the reasoning that Alexander would be worried about facing Kell Brook due to the possible implications of a loss are valid, regardless of whether the reason he does so is to entertain a hypothetical 'bigger' fight.

I think in any scenario a fighters term is likely to formulate a risk/reward ratio for any given fight, and Brook compared with many other names at welterweight would not compare favorably in terms of being an attractive proposition.

Of course none of this says anything of Devon being 'scared' or such words, but there are always implicit reasons for why a fighter would take a course like vacating a belt when push comes to shove.

 

Anyone who thought Alexander would relinquish his title, is silly.

GBP/Al won't be losing them purse bids, if they happen. Hearn doesn't have the £££.

 

I'd take Brook to America anyway. Brook's chances of winning a decision should he pull a Matthyse/Kotelnik out on us are better. Brook has much more marketability than those two. We know the market forces that dictate these kinds of things. It's an advantage for Alexander, but certainly not a cast iron grip on the fight if they really believe in Kell's chances.

 

Yeah, I agree. I see why people would be worried about a Matthysse/Kotelnik type decision but a British fighter is far less likely to be robbed over there than an obscure foreigner is. The Americans know that if a British boxer becomes a star, he will generate massive amounts of money for American boxing so they aren't going to blatantly rob a British fighter. The mentality of GBP would be 'why rob Brook of a deserved win over Alexander when we could line him up to fight Mayweather in the future and sell countless tickets'? I'm not saying that will ever happen, but that's the reason British fighters are less likely to be robbed over there. A guy like Matthysse or Kotelnik isn't ever going to be a big ticket seller in America whereas Brook could be.

 

Kell beats Alexander IMO, Alexander and Cunningham are trying the ''we don't know who he is''. They know who he is and what ability he has and Cunningham's face after the Bailey win wasn't the face of a trainer happy with another world title for his charge.

Alexander will struggle with Kell's precise punching IMO. Stateside or in Sheffield..

 

I agree, always thought Alexander is a good matchup for Kell.

In a funny way, put him in with Selcuk Aydin and I'm shitting bricks on Kell's behalf. But Alexander is a cagey fighter, he's got a good chin but he doesn't like to take risks even if he needs to, to win (Bradley). Match up their jabs, their power hand, the left-hook Kell possesses, its night and day, one is an accurate, methodical puncher and the other is a barker, a lot of flash and not as much substance.

 

Yep spot on for me, the barking would harm him against Brook as well. Carson Jones didn't seem overly impressed in his comments about Devon either. I've never been sold on him, As you say he's the type of fighter Kell would enjoy fighting.

Let's face it, He couldn't even work out Kotelnik and the lad's no box of tricks. Brook will cause him problems and i've never seen Alexander adapt in a hard fight.