Going in to tonight’s fight against the hard punching Argentine Marcos Maidana, Alexander had a lot of questions to answer. He was coming of a string of unimpressive performances against Andriy Kotelnyk, Tim Bradley, and Lucas Matthysse. Tonight he was looking to prove to the public that he is better than what he showed in those fights, and he did just that.
Alexander claimed that his struggle to make the junior welterweight was the main reason he’s looked subpar in the previous fights. Tonight he looked like a new man at welterweight. His body looked much fuller, and he appeared to be stronger as well.In the first two rounds of the fight, Alexander was able to consistently beat the slower Maidana to the punch. In round three Maidana came out more aggressively than the first two and started to get inside and force Alexander backward. He was able to open a cut over Alexander’s right eye toward the end of the round.
In rounds four and five Alexander seemed to get in a rhythm and was able to time Maidana as he bull rushed forward and caught him with sharp counter shots.
In the final minute of the sixth round Alexander really hurt Maidana with a body shot and appeared to have scored a knockdown, but it was ruled a slip by referee Steve Smoger. Alexander continued going to the body in the seventh when Maidana got close and started to become the aggressor in the fight, as he backed him up. Maidana came out strong in the eighth but midway through the round Alexander took control again after landing a big straight left to the body of Maidana.
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