6.3.10

Devon Alexander vs. Juan Urango: Round by Round

Tonight's Boxing After Dark main event is between Devon Alexander and Juan Urango in a junior welterweight unification bout.

HBO is taking its time before the fighters make their way to the ring. Right now they're showing a piece about Devon Alexander's life.

Urango is walking to the ring now. Alexander is in the ring as well. He came out to "On to the Next One" by Jay-Z.

Urango is 22-2-1 with 17 KOs, while Alexander is 19-0 with 12 KOs.

Here we go.

Round 1
They meet in the center. Urango starts with a strong jab. Alexander is the more active fighter right now, throwing quick jabs regularly. Urango misses with a wide right hook. Urango's punches look on the slow side to start. Alexander is showing great movement and has gotten out of the way of many of Urango's punches. Alexander connects with a nice left hook. Urango backs Alexander up with a right hand upstairs.

Spartan117: 10-9 Alexander
Franchise: 10-9 Alexander

Round 2
Urango goes on the offensive quickly and gets Alexander in the corner. Alexander gets out of danger. Urango lands a straight right. Urango misses with another right hand. Alexander keeps up the pace and lands a couple nice shots. Urango lands two hooks to the body. Urango lands another left to the body. Now he misses with a wide left hook. Alexander lands a left uppercut and catches Urango coming in. That was the best punch of the fight so far.

Spartan117: 10-9 Alexander
Franchise: 10-9 Alexander

Round 3
Urango lands a hook right on the beltline at the start of Round 3. Alexander lands a great right hook that gets the crowd into the fight. He's doing a great job scoring and dodging. They trade power shots now. Alexander gets the better of the exchange. He has also had great success with the uppercut. Urango seems to be getting frustrated and is charging in now with some success. Blood is coming from his nose and he also has a cut above the left eye.

Spartan117: 10-9 Alexander
Franchise: 10-9 Urango

Round 4
Alexander is keeping up the pressure. He is still dodging punches well. Now he lands a combo to the head and body. Urango is coming forward now, leading with the right hand. Urango lands two hooks upstairs and Alexander gets away. Urango lands another hook. Alexander may win this round just for being busier.

Spartan117: 10-9 Alexander
Franchise: 10-9 Alexander

Round 5
Urango continues to come forward. Alexander is jabbing and counterpunching well. His jabs are also finding their home. Urango gets Devon against the ropes and lands two hooks to the body. Alexander catches Urango coming in with a right hook. Urango's punches aren't very accurate; most of the punches have been grazing. Alexander blocks three Urango punches.

Spartan117: 10-9 Alexander
Franchise: 10-9 Alexander

Round 6
Alexander comes out swinging. He lands a right to the body. Urango is trying to land punches, but Alexander is making it difficult. Alexander lands a straight right. The difference in speed is evident. Alexander is is punching and getting out of the way with ease. This has been a better round for Urango. He has landed more power punches.

Spartan117: 10-9 Urango
Franchise: 10-9 Urango

Round 7
Urango lands two hooks. Alexander lands a fantastic left hand. Urango comes back with a right hand. Now Alexander gets out of the way of a big right. Urango is landing more power punches now. Alexander lands a great combo upstairs. Urango throws a combo of body shots and backs Alexander up. Urango lands the last punch of the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Urango
Franchise: 10-9 Alexander

Round 8
Alexander is staying active. He lands an amazing right uppercut; Urango goes down and he is in some trouble. Alexander barely touches him and Urango goes down again. He makes it up but he's not all there. The ref stops the fight.

The winner by TKO at 1:12 of Round 8... still WBC light welterweight titleholder and new IBF junior welterweight titleholder... Devon Alexander "The Great"

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