Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander 
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 Devon Alexander (right) in action against DeMarcus Corley on January 19, 2008 |
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| Birth Name | Devon Alexander |
| Fight name | Alexander the Great |
| Weight class | Light welterweight, welterweight |
| nationality |
 US-american
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| birthday | February 10, 1987 |
| place of birth | St. Louis |
| style | Southpaw |
| size | 1.73 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 34 |
| Victories | 27 |
| Knockout victories | 14th |
| Defeats | 6th |
| draw | 1 |
Devon Alexander (born February 10, 1987 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American professional boxer, former world champion of the WBC and IBF light welterweight, and former world champion of the IBF welterweight.
Amateur career
Devon Alexander was born and raised in St. Louis, where he began boxing at the age of seven at Hyde Park Boxing Gym . His two older brothers Lamar and Vaughan were also boxers. Devon was among the best amateur boxers in the United States in the years that followed.
He won the National Silver Gloves four times in a row , the National Police Athletic Leagues three times , the National Junior Golden Gloves , the National Junior Olympics and the World Junior Olympics , and the 2003 US U-19 Championships. In 2004 he became the American light welterweight champion and was a member of the national team with which he took part in several international matches.
At the Olympic Trials, the national qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics in Athens , he reached the final. There he fought against the three-time US champion Rock Allen a draw, in which Allen finally prevailed controversially for auxiliary points. Devon subsequently became a light welterweight professional boxer at the age of 17. He ended his amateur career with 300 wins and only 10 losses.
Professional career
He won his first professional fight on May 20, 2004 by knockout in the first round. After seven more victories against opponents , he won on July 8, 2006 by knockout in the first round against Tyler Ziolkowski, the junior world title of the WBC welterweight. On October 13, 2007 he also won by knockout in the first round against the undefeated Cory Peterson (7-0).
After four more knockout victories, he won the American Continental Championship of the WBC light welterweight on January 19, 2008; he defeated the former WBO world champion DeMarcus Corley unanimously on points. On March 27, 2008, he defended his title also unanimously on points against Miguel Callist from Panama.
After three consecutive knockout victories, he got the chance to win the vacant WBC world championship against ex-world champion Junior Witter on August 1st, 2009 . Alexander won the fight in California prematurely, as Witter couldn't get out of his corner after the eighth round. Until then, Alexander was clearly leading all three judges.
In his next fight on March 6, 2010 in Connecticut, he won in a title unification fight against Juan Urango by knockout in the eighth round, in addition the world championship belt of the IBF. On August 7, 2010, he defended both titles by unanimously winning points against Andreas Kotelnik .
On January 29, 2011, he boxed in Michigan against the undefeated Timothy Bradley (26-0) for the WBO world title. However, he lost extremely controversial due to a technical decision in the tenth round. After two head butts by Bradley in rounds four and ten, which were judged to be unintentional by the referee, Alexander was so injured that the fight was broken off and the score sheets on which Bradley was ahead were evaluated.
On June 25, 2011, he won on points against the Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-1). On February 25, 2012, he defeated the most powerful light welterweight boxer, the WBA world champion Marcos René Maidana (31-2) , also from Argentina . Whose WBA title was not at stake since the fight was taking place in welterweight.
On October 20, 2012, Alexander won in Brooklyn unanimously on points against the IBF title holder Randall Bailey (43-7) and thus became the new welterweight world champion of this association. In May 2013 he also won early against the Briton Lee Purdy (20-3).
On December 7, 2013, he lost his world title by losing points to Shawn Porter (22-0). In June 2014 he defeated Jesús Soto Karass (28-9) unanimously on points. In December 2014 he lost on points to Amir Khan (29-3).
In February 2018 he reached a draw against Victor Ortiz (32-6) and lost just by split decision to Andre Berto (31-5) in August 2018 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Timothy Bradley | World Light Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) August 1, 2009 - January 29, 2011 |
Timothy Bradley |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Juan Urango | Light welterweight boxing champion ( IBF ) March 6, 2010 - October 22, 2010 |
Zab Judah |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Randall Bailey | Welterweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) October 20, 2012 - December 7, 2013 |
Shawn Porter |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alexander, Devon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alexander the Great |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri , USA |