Alexander -165 is a great bet...

brett miller is from missouri and will not be officiating this fight. coincidentally, he scored the last fight against devon.

although some inexperienced cappers may believe otherwise, hometown judging sometimes is not limited to geography. it can actually be hometown to the promoter, such as been the case with brett miller who also will not be officiating this fight.

brett miller has had a suspicious history of fights in missouri. he has had two fights, both alexander fights, when devon was under don king promotions. he subsequently scored both fights matthysse/kotelynk for devon.

the majority of millers fights have been in Minnesota, his homestate.

but what was interesting for miller was that his first fight in missouri against kotelynk he was officially licensed six days after the fight. some believe that he was paid off by king and, therefore, gave a hometown "decision" to devon.

i am still betting devon as speed and technique are generally less affected than power when a fighter moves up in weight. khan, kotelnyk, morales and corley all made it the distance with maidana at 140 and i am hoping that devon makes it as well.  i dont see marcus winning a decision against a more skilled devon at the higher weight, as i am betting that the additional seven pounds will not have as much as an effect on devon's speed and technique as it will on maidanas power.

 I'm with you as on the fence. I think the question is...can Alexander box and stay away the whole 10 rounds? I feel having smoger as the ref is an avantage to Maidana as he will let them mix it up more. If I bet the fight I would take the dog and look for Maidana to start catching him more and more in the late rounds. GL

one more factor to consider is that back in june of last year devon and cunningham both said that he was moving to 147 as devon walks around at 165 and the 140 cut was hurting him.

maidana only said that he was willing to go to 147 for a khan rematch. he has never mentioned of having problems making 140 nor a desire to fight at 147.

if maidana cant successfully carry his power at ww he doesnt have anything else to fall back on other than his heart.

Of all of the opponents that Alexander SHOULD have lost too, none of them punches as slow, wide, open, and with as much forward momentum as Maidana. Alexander ITD wouldn't surprise me. Risk of a headbutt too as its opposite stances. Tecnical dec counts as ITD at 5dimes. Alexander by dec is the most likely scenario but -170 isn't too bad as it covers ITD and a draw gets pushed.

Following the money 5Dimes just raised it to -200 on Alexander so of course now I frigging take it. Why would I want to lay 165 when I can wait and lay 200  

Know wonder my father always called me an imbecile 

Already took Alexander so I threw in 2 win bets.

ITD on both fights GL Everyone

 Congratulations to all Alexander backers