Alexander Alexeev

[Blue Devils]

Alexeev returns this Saturday in Germany. His opponent will be Kendrick Releford 20-12-2(10). The durable Releford has been the distance with many top fighters including some heavyweights and has only been stopped once in his twelve losses.

Russian cruiserweight contender Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16 KOs) came back to his punching best with a third-round stoppage of American Kendrick Releford (20-13-2, 10 KOs). WBO #5 and WBA/WBC #8 Alekseev didn't look extra spectacular but did his portion of work, connecting to his opponent's hand and body at will and rocking him numerous times in first three rounds. Releford retired on his stool after the third stanza on what didn't seem to be a dangerous cut. Alekseev is only the second boxer to stop Releford inside the distance; the first one being DaVarryl Williamson in 2004.

http://www.fightnews.com/?p=16254Edited by: Blue Devils

 

[Charles Martel]

That's an impressive result.

Releford has an excellent defense. He's difficult to hurt and has gone the distance with some big heavyweights like Tye Fields.

 

[Blue Devils]

Alexeev will face another top Russian Cruiser in Grigory Drozd. The match will be on the Dimitrenko-Krasniqi card on Nov 28th.

 

[Charles Martel]

Welcome back, Blue Devils!

 

[whiteathlete33]

Grigory Drozd should be fighting Cunningham for the title.  Is this an eliminator bout?

 

[Charles Martel]

Grigory Drozd should be fighting Cunningham for the title.  Is this an eliminator bout?

I agree, Drozd is better than Godfrey and should be fighting Cunningham for the vacant IBF title. Hopefully it will be a final eliminator - Drozd and Alexeev are both highly ranked by the WBA and the WBO.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I looked it up and they are fighting for some European title.  I would hope they get title shots soon.  

 

[Blue Devils]

Alexeev will face Australian Daniel Ammann 18-2-1(4) on Saturday.

 

[Charles Martel]

Alexeev won today by brutal KO in round 2 today, against a decent opponent, rated BoxRec #29.

He looks to be back to 100% now, as good as he was before the Ramirez fight.

 

[whiteathlete33]

Great news that Alexeev won today. Hopefully had can become champion in the near future and has fully recovered from the Ramirez loss.

 

[Blue Devils]

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOc3w-t5EE[/tube]

Wladimir started a new trend. Dimitrenko, Sprott and now Alexeev have all released call out videos.

 

[Blue Devils]

Alexeev-Lebedev on July 17

 

[Charles Martel]

Coming up on Saturday, it should be a great fight.

 

[Blue Devils]

Weights: Alexeev 199.7 Lebedev 198.4

I'm going back and forth picking a winner. Style-wise I'd probably favor Alexeev especially if he can box at a distance...if it's a brawl I strongly favor Lebedev.

http://www.fightwriter.com/denis-lebedev-vs-alexander-alexeev

 

[Charles Martel]

Alexeev looked very sharp today, easily outboxing Enad Licina to win the European (EBU) Cruiserweight title.

 

[Blue Devils]

A fight with Firat Arslan 32-5-1 (21) is in the works for May.

 

[BoxingSpecialist2]

A fight with Firat Arslan 32-5-1 (21) is in the works for May.

Yes, that should be quite an interesting fight! I have to admit I am a big fan of both Alexeev and Arslan. In fact, I actually have Alexeev as a FaceBook friend and very often he makes comments on his training, personal life etc.

Firat Arslan is Turkish so maybe he can be considered "borderline" white. In any case, Alexeev is rightfully favoured to win this match.

Arslan of a few years ago would have given a 50-50 fight, but now Arslan is past his best. I'd favour an Alexeev decision or late stoppage in this fight.

Either way, I enjor fights like these and they add value to the German boxing scene! Arslan is quite popular and has authored several books in Germany. Alexeev winning will elevate his status and popularity in Germany.

 

[Blue Devils]

It's been confirmed

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/alekseev-vs-arslan-on-may-11-110668

Former WBA cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan (32-5-1, 21 KOs) reigning European cruiser champion Alexander Alekseev (23-2, 20 KOs) on May 11 at the EMS arena in Göppingen, Germany. The card will be promoted by Universum Box-Promotion and EC Boxpromotion. Universum consultant Peter Hanraths stated “This makes the whole scene interesting again, this is what the viewers want to see. Such a fight is much more exciting than ones against unknown Americans or Russians.â€￾ Other matchups and details on tickets will be announced shortly.

 

[Frenchnative]

Alexeev VS Aslan should start in a short while:
Scroll down and put your mouse on the events until categories show up then click on Alexeev links: (also the later shobox card if interested)
http://www.sportsonlive.net/

 

[Frenchnative]

it's on now as i said, scroll down onto the links and click on "other", then click on Alexeev VS Aslan

 

[Charles Martel]

Good fight! Majority draw, so Alexeev retains his European title. I scored it 115-113 for Alexeev.

From fightnews:

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/results-from-germany-13-115161

European cruiserweight titleholder Alexander Alekseev (23-2-1, 20 KOs) retained his title by getting a twelve round draw against former world champion Firat Arslan (32-5-2, 21 KOs) on Friday night at the EWS Arena in Goeppingen, Germany.

At the age of 41, Arslan seemed to be in tough against the 31-year-old former amateur world champion. But, for the first ten rounds both fighters met in the center and traded punches on even terms with the gritty Arslan getting the upper hand as the fight progressed.

Alekseev changed his tactics and dominated by boxing from long range in round eleven, but it was back to toe-to-toe in the twelfth with Alekseev shading it. In the end, scores were 114-114, 114-114, 116-113 Alekseev.

Here's a video of the fight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNY4WxNxJkM