I was not rooting for Alexander thought he won when I watched live. After watching a 2nd time which was painful I had 117-111 for Devon. I can see the 116-112 score for Alexander. Only one round in question where Kotelnik caught Devon with 10 seconds left either Rd 5 or 7 but before that in the round Kotelnik did zero. He gave up the first 5 rounds Kotelnik, took parts of every round off, never followed up, was covering up and moved back and fowards doing nothing. Maybe it was the cut that made Alexander look bad but Kotelnik got outboxed badly. If anything Alexander looked better than i thought. First time i agreed with Ledderman in a minute.
I don't know what fight you saw man, the second half of the fight Kotelnik was landing at a higher percentage and with much greater effectiveness snapping Alexander's head back the rest of the night. All I saw was Alexander land rhythmic combinations at Kotelnik's guard.
Kotelnik countered Alexanders multiple combinations with one jab at a time. He did nothing for chunks of each round. He covered up when Alexander was throwing and was not in position to fire back. Half the time when he walked in he got hit and never fired. He cannot fight going backwards one bit Kotelnik. I m telling you he lost minimum 8 rounds. had to be 116-112 or 117-111 Alexander. I am an HBO hype job hater and can't even find a way to give Kotelnik more than 9-3 loss.
But remember that ambiguities don't when fights, rounds do. Alexander won more rounds than Kotelnik...bottom line.
And in each round, I saw Kotelnik block Alexander's huff and puff shots and hit Alexander with more consistent shots which clearly did damage, not empty jabs. Just throwing doesn't win fights.
Your correct about the fight. Half the barbarians on this forum never watch fights and get their information the the camp of the fighter they are supporting for the week. There is a strong contingent of posters who couldn't score a fight if there life depended on it. I watched live and on hbo later and came to the same conclusion. I dont see how Kotelnik gets credit for following Alexander around the whole fight while throwing a looping right hand that lands every two or three rounds. To hell with a rematch. I know who won and I will not pay to watch Kotelnik fight again this year.
I watched Koltelnik knock Alexander's head back over and over, he beat the crap out of Alexander. I did not give Alexander any credit for punching in the air and taking punches on the chin.
Come on anybody that knows boxing and watches that fight again there is no way on earth to give Kotelnik that fight. He lost Rounds 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11. At worst it was 8-4 but again the swing round is only about the last 10 seconds with one good shot and before that Alexander was hitting him without any answer from Kotelnik which makes it an obvious 117-111.
To the thread starters, over 20 credible boxing sources (links) etc had Devon winning by the same margin. Being MORE active and aggressive counts.
I was not impressed with Alexander's "multiple combinations", they mostly hit Kotelnik's gloves. Kotelnik countered them with accurate shot a lot of the time. Alexander was more active but less efficient, Kotelnik landed clean but few at a time. Don't know how you can say it was a lopsided win either way, Kotelnik deserves a rematch.
Dude watch the fight. I would love to score it a different way but there is no way to. There should never be a rematch because Kotelnik lost clearly and by a wide margin.