Watch SHOWTIME Boxing - Devon Alexander vs. Randall Bailey
By Media Report on Doghouse Boxing (Sept 20, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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DEVON ALEXANDER VS. RANDALL BAILEY
IBF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ADDED TO BROOKLYN BOXING EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE NEW BARCLAYS CENTER
SATURDAY, OCT. 20; LIVE ON SHOWTIME
Fourth World Championship Bout Added To Historic Fight Card
In The Boxing Rich Borough of Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - The IBF Welterweight World Championship bout
between Devon Alexander and Randall Bailey has been added to boxing's
debut event at Brooklyn, New York's Barclays Center on Saturday, October
20. An already star-studded fight card now features four compelling
world championship bouts with titlists in the 140, 147 and 160-pound
divisions defending their belts. An undercard featuring the most
promising and talented New York fighters rounds out a historic night as
world championship boxing returns to Brooklyn for the first time since
1931.
Alexander
vs. Bailey, a 12-round bout for Bailey's IBF Welterweight World
Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with
The Great Promotions and DiBella Entertainment and will be part of an
unprecedented four-title-fight telecast on SHOWTIME. The fight was
originally slated for Saturday, Sept. 8 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, but was postponed when Bailey suffered a back injury.
"We
are thrilled to not only be re-announcing this hard-hitting matchup,
but also to be able to add it to the already powerful night of boxing
planned for Barclays Center on October 20," said Oscar De La Hoya,
president of Golden Boy Promotions. "With four world championship fights
and a great undercard to kick off a new era of boxing in Brooklyn, this
show is going to be like the Super Bowl of boxing and definitely will
be a night to remember."
"I
really didn't think the Barclays Center event could get any bigger, but
that is exactly what has happened," said Stephen Espinoza, Executive
Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports®. "It's been our
strategy at Showtime to increase the quality and the quantity of our
boxing coverage. For this network to televise four title fights on one
night, not on pay-per-view, demonstrates the commitment we've made to
our subscribers and to boxing fans. Thanks to the promoters and to
Devon and Randall for bringing this fourth fight to the table. What a
special night this will be for these talented fighters, for Brooklyn and
for the sport of boxing."
"We
are extremely excited to be apart of this boxing extravaganza," said
Kevin Cunningham, CEO of The Great Promotions. "Brooklyn has produced
some of boxing's biggest stars, so it's an honor to
get this opportunity."
"Randall
is the hardest puncher in boxing and he is a true champion," said Lou
DiBella, president of DiBella Entertainment. "If Devon Alexander wants
his belt he is going to have to take it and withstand the hardest right
hand in the sport."
"A night of this magnitude is made for Brooklyn," said Barclays Center
CEO Brett Yormark. "Barclays Center is launching its first boxing event
with an unprecedented four-title-fights in one night. Brooklyn has
raised some of the greatest world championship fighters and it deserves
an event of this caliber."
Devon
Alexander "The Great" (23-1, 13 KO's), no stranger to facing and
beating powerful knockout artists as evidenced by his last two wins
coming against current World Champion Lucas Matthysse and former World
Champion Marcos Maidana, has the skill and will to baffle any opponent
he faces. An eight-year professional who held both the WBC Super
Lightweight and IBF Junior Welterweight World Titles before losing them
via a controversial and close technical decision to Timothy Bradley in
2011, the proud 25-year-old St. Louis native has since reinvented
himself at 147 pounds. After his big wins over two of Argentina's best
in Maidana (W10) and Matthysse (W 10), Alexander is looking forward to
proving himself once again by beating Bailey and becoming a two-division
world champion.
"The
opportunity to be a part of this piece of boxing history means a lot to
me," said Alexander. "Randall Bailey and I have some unfinished
business and I plan on starting the night off right for all of the fans
watching at the new Barclays Center and at home on SHOWTIME. I am going
to walk away as the IBF Welterweight World Champion on October 20."
A
veteran of more than 16 years in the professional game, Randall Bailey
(43-7, 37 KO's) has not slowed down a bit at age 37. In fact, if his
recent one-punch knockout of previously unbeaten Mike Jones in June is
any indication, he may be more powerful than ever. The Miami resident
has always had a gift for blasting out anyone who stood in his line of
fire. Bailey utilized his trademark power to claim his first world
title in 1999 when he knocked out Carlos Gonzalez for the WBO Junior
Welterweight World Championship in just 41 seconds. In 2002, Bailey won
a second title by knocking out Demetrio Ceballos, but his victory over
Jones earlier this year for the IBF Welterweight crown, which extended
his unbeaten streak to five in a row, may have been the sweetest win
yet. Now, he looks to defend that title for the first
time on October 20, in Brooklyn.
"I
am so happy to be able to get back in the gym and continue to train,"
said Bailey. "At my age you can't take anything for granted and
injuries are harder to overcome, but I am totally healed and ready to
shock the world again by beating another young fighter like Devon
Alexander. I said I would knock Devon Alexander out before and I am
going to say it again. It's going to be a great fight."
In
the evening's main event, unbeaten Danny "Swift" Garcia defends his WBA
Super, WBC & Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Championships as
he rematches with legendary Mexican warrior and future Hall of Famer
Erik "El Terrible" Morales. In the evening's other co-featured bouts,
also to be televised live on SHOWTIME, Brooklyn's own Paulie "Magic Man"
Malignaggi puts his WBA Welterweight World Championship on the line
against hard-hitting Pablo Cesar "El Demoledor" Cano and undefeated,
number one rated WBO middleweight contender Peter "Kid Chocolate"
Quillin of Manhattan takes on unbeaten Hassan N'Dam in a 12-round battle
for N'Dam's WBO Middleweight World Championship.
The
undercard is stacked with a bevy of New York's best including
Brooklyn's hot middleweight prospect Daniel "The Golden Child" Jacobs,
former World Champion Luis Collazo, the Bronx's rising star Eddie Gomez,
former world title contender Dmitriy Salita and Brooklyn prospect Boyd
Melson.
The
fights will mark the first event of the previously announced deal
between Barclays Center and Golden Boy Promotions under which at least
12 boxing events per year will be hosted at the new sports and
entertainment venue.
The
inaugural night of fights at Barclays Center is presented by Golden Boy
Promotions in association with Box Latino and supported by Golden Boy
Promotions sponsors Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T with N'Dam vs.
Quillin being presented in association with Asventure Promotion and
Alexander vs. Bailey being presented in association with The Great
Promotions and DiBella Entertainment. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
telecast begins live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Preliminary fights will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7:00
p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Tickets priced at $300, $200, $100 and $50 are on sale now and available for purchase at www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000.
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