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Total Fights | 35 |
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Wins | 27 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 14 |
KO Losses | 1 |
WBC | IBF |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and two months, Devon Alexander fought 35 times with 27 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Alexander retired from professional boxing with a record of 27-7-1, which included three world-title wins and three successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-lightweight and welterweight. He had a 40% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 14 of his total 35 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Alexander's career was a 6th round TKO loss to Ivan Redkach, which was not a world title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Lucas Santamaria on August 7, 2021.
Some of Alexander's best fights and notable victories include wins over Juan Urango, Randall Bailey, Marcos Maidana, Junior Witter, Andreas Kotelnik, and Lucas Matthysse.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | Aug 7, 2021 | 34 | Lucas Santamaria | Loss | UD |
34 | Jun 1, 2019 | 32 | Ivan Redkach | Loss | TKO6 |
33 | Aug 4, 2018 | 31 | Andre Berto | Loss | SD |
32 | Feb 17, 2018 | 31 | Victor Ortiz | Draw | MD |
31 | Nov 21, 2017 | 30 | Walter Castillo | Win | UD |
30 | Oct 14, 2015 | 28 | Aaron Martinez | Loss | UD |
29 | Dec 13, 2014 | 27 | Amir Khan | Loss | UD |
28 | Jun 21, 2014 | 27 | Jesús Soto Karass | Win | UD |
27 | Dec 7, 2013 | 26 | Shawn Porter | Loss * | UD |
26 | May 18, 2013 | 26 | Lee Purdy | Win * | RTD7 |
25 | Oct 20, 2012 | 25 | Randall Bailey | Win * | UD |
24 | Feb 25, 2012 | 25 | Marcos Maidana | Win | UD |
23 | Jun 25, 2011 | 24 | Lucas Matthysse | Win | SD |
22 | Jan 29, 2011 | 23 | Timothy Bradley | Loss * | TD |
21 | Aug 7, 2010 | 23 | Andreas Kotelnik | Win * | UD |
20 | Mar 6, 2010 | 23 | Juan Urango | Win * | TKO8 |
19 | Aug 1, 2009 | 22 | Junior Witter | Win * | RTD8 |
18 | Apr 24, 2009 | 22 | Jesús Rodríguez | Win | KO9 |
17 | Dec 11, 2008 | 21 | Christopher Fernandez | Win | RTD3 |
16 | Nov 7, 2008 | 21 | Sun-Haeng Lee | Win | TKO4 |
15 | Mar 27, 2008 | 21 | Miguel Callist | Win | UD |
14 | Jan 19, 2008 | 20 | DeMarcus Corley | Win | UD |
13 | Oct 13, 2007 | 20 | Cory Peterson | Win | TKO1 |
12 | Jul 7, 2007 | 20 | Marcus Luck | Win | KO3 |
11 | Mar 3, 2007 | 20 | Scott Ball | Win | KO7 |
10 | Jan 6, 2007 | 19 | Maximino Cuevas | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Jul 8, 2006 | 19 | Tyler Ziolkowski | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Mar 9, 2006 | 19 | Seth Hebenstreit | Win | UD |
7 | Oct 21, 2005 | 18 | Kelly Wright | Win | UD |
6 | Sep 30, 2005 | 18 | Christian Nash | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Jun 2, 2005 | 18 | John Rudolph | Win | TKO3 |
4 | May 21, 2005 | 18 | Felix Lora | Win | UD |
3 | Feb 5, 2005 | 17 | Donovan Castaneda | Win | UD |
2 | Jun 3, 2004 | 17 | Karl Hunter | Win | UD |
1 | May 20, 2004 | 17 | Vincent Torres | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Devon Alexander (The Great) is a 37-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on February 10, 1987. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 2004 to 2021.
Alexander made his professional boxing debut against Vincent Torres at the age of 17 on May 20, 2004, defeating Torres via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 20 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on August 1, 2009 after 18 professional fights, against Junior Witter for the super-lightweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Witter via 8th round RTD to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Devon Alexander was a one-time unified super-lightweight world champion, and has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Alexander's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Alexander had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Lucas Santamaria on August 7, 2021. Alexander lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 2 years, 7 months, and 21 days since this fight.
Alexander had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Devon Alexander fought for world titles in four fights and won three of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 20, 2012 | Randall Bailey | Welterweight | IBF | UD |
Mar 6, 2010^ | Juan Urango | Super-lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Aug 1, 2009 | Junior Witter | Super-lightweight | WBC* | RTD |
Devon Alexander had five world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-lightweight (x3) and welterweight (x2). He won three of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 18, 2013 | Lee Purdy | Welterweight | IBF | RTD |
Aug 7, 2010 | Andreas Kotelnik | Super-lightweight | WBC, IBF | UD |
Mar 6, 2010^ | Juan Urango | Super-lightweight | WBC | TKO |
Devon Alexander lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 7, 2013 | Shawn Porter | Welterweight | IBF | UD |
Jan 29, 2011 | Timothy Bradley | Super-lightweight | WBC | TD |
Alexander fought a total of 35 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
August 1, 2009: Alexander wins his first world title by defeating Junior Witter via 8th round RTD. He is now the WBC super-lightweight world champion.
March 6, 2010: Alexander becomes a unified super-lightweight world champion by beating Juan Urango via 8th round TKO. He now holds the WBC and IBF super-lightweight world-champion belts.
August 7, 2010: Alexander successfully defends the WBC and IBF super-lightweight titles against Andreas Kotelnik, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
June 25, 2011: Devon Alexander beats Lucas Matthysse via 10th round split decision.
February 25, 2012: Devon Alexander beats Marcos Maidana via 10th round unanimous decision.
October 20, 2012: Alexander wins the IBF welterweight title from Randall Bailey, by beating Bailey via 12 round unanimous decision.
Alexander knocked out 14 of his 35 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 40%. Of his total 27 wins, 14 of them were via KO (51.9%).
Alexander's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at super-lightweight. He defeated Junior Witter via 8 round RTD to win the title.
Alexander won three world titles at two weight classes.
Alexander had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost two times.