Alexander shuts out Maidana

Former light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander made a sparkling debut at a higher weight when dominating Marcos Maidana.

Impressive welterweight debut for American

Former light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander made a sparkling debut at a higher weight when dominating Marcos Maidana in St Louis. Alexander, looking to rebuild his career after losing a unification fight with Timothy Bradley just over a year ago, looked comfortable at welterweight in contrast to the former Amir Khan victim. It was a messy fight from the outset with Alexander cut over the right eye in the third round, but Maidana appeared to be labouring with the American snapping his shots out. Alexander looked better and better as the fight wore on, catching his opponent with leads and smart counters with a straight left rocking Maidana, who ended on the canvas - judged as the result of a push. It was pretty much a shutout win for the 25-year-old, who won all 10 rounds on two of the judges' scorecards and moves to 23-1 record, with Argentinian Maidana slipping to 31-3. There are all sorts of possibilities for Alexander at 147lb, with a fight against Khan later this year not out of the question. In the co-main event Adrien Broner easily retained his WBO super-featherweight title with a fourth round stoppage win over an outclassed Eloy Perez.