St. Louis is once again in the store to treat other boxing came 25 February 2012 when Golden Boy promotions and HBO took home town favorite Devon Alexander “the great” (22-1, 13 KOs) and hard-hitting Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KOs) to St. Louis ‘ Scottrade Center. This card will stay on HBO starting 10 PM EST with confirmed UFC undercard television became Adrian “The problem” Broner (22-0, 18 KOs) vs Eloy “Prince” Perez (11-0-2, 7 KOs).
It has been said that the only constant in life is change. Devon Alexander live axiom. New promoters, Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy promotions (GBP), heavyweight, welterweight and new energy is all that is Alexander steps have been taken in the last 6 months.
Involved with these changes is Marcos Maidana, sister Golden Boy fighter. And the hard-hit Argentina WBA light welterweight champion, also made a move to welterweight also having spent his entire career at 140 pounds.
Puncher versus Boxer. Call it what you want, but when you mix the two together You get the excitement, tension and to one of these fighters, hopefully, a chance to compete for the title of world’s 147 lb.
For Alexander changes begin soon after beating Lucas Matthysse in June 2011. Alexander trainer, Kevin Cunningham announced that severe cuts to get to the 140 Pound also cut muscles and drain the power from the former welterweight world champion. Cunningham said Alexander would begin a search on belts once again, but this time at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.