whiteathlete33
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Another opportunity for one of our guys to pick up a title. I thought this fight wasn't going to happen but apparently I was wrong.
By Ken Neir: In one of the worst decisions I've ever witnessed in my life, IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO's) defeated Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KO's) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in front of a large home crowd at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alexander, 23, won the fight by the scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. However, Kotelnik appeared to win almost every round of the fight with a laser-like jab and deadly accurate shots. Alexander looked way out of his league in this fight and even if I was giving him some mercy rounds, I still would score the fight 9 rounds to 3 for Kotelnik. I would have to be really bending over backwards to give Alexander those three rounds, though, because he looked nothing short of awful tonight, like a walking punching bag. Before this fight, I had the impression that Alexander was the best of the light welterweights. However, after watching the 32-year-old Kotelnik easily handle Alexander, I'm now putting Timothy Bradley, Marcos Maidana, Victor Ortiz and Amir Khan all in front of Alexander in that order. Kotelnik said later, "I want the belt. I deserve it. If the fight were anywhere else but here, I'd be the champion."
lost said:Kotelink didn't have the power to take Alexander out, that's why the Klitschkos are still champs, if it were not for their power, they would have got robbed long ago.............