Alexander eyes Mayweather after Bailey...

25-year old welterweight Devon Alexander (23-1, 13KO's) faces one of his toughest challenges to date when he takes on Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KO's) on September 8th, but the up and coming American believes this fight will only lead to bigger things. The main man in his sights is the pound-for-pound king Floud Mayweather.

"I think that the winner of this fight will be in a good position to fight Mayweather. You never know what is going to happen but yes I think the winner will be in a very good position," Alexander told BoxingScene.com.

The former unified light-welterweight champion is also looking forward to fighting in Las Vegas for the first time in his career. The fight was originally set to take place in St. Louis until Bailey complained about the fight being in Alexander's hometown. It was then set for Memphis but then once again relocated, this time to the Sin City.

"I'm excited to fight in Vegas. I think every fighter dreams of fighting in Las Vegas. To me Las Vegas is the fight capital of the world."

Bailey continues with trash talk...

Bailey with his IBF title.

Now that the location has been sorted for their fight on September 8th, Randall Bailey has just one thing in his mind... Beating Devon Alexander.

The fight has been confirmed for well over a month but it took a very long time to find a venue for the fight. But finally, it has been announced that Las Vegas will be the location for the fight.

During the build-up to the fight there has been a huge amount of trash-talk between the two-men. There's been rows on Twitter, bad-mouthing in interviews and neither man has held back with what they're saying. With fight night fast approaching, Bailey has continued with this trend. 

"Devon Alexander is definitely going to get his ass whooped," said Bailey during an interview on ATV Radio. "They're talking all that sh*t. I don't know if they magic. They gonna have to know magic if they want to find a way to beat me." 

The 37-year old is usually pretty reserved when it comes to talking about his opponents, but this time something has changed. He has cussed Alexander on numerous occasions and doesn't look like he will stop into they're actually in the ring. Maybe he feels that it will help promote the fight or maybe just give him an advantage over his opponent. However, he claims that he is tired of talking and just wants to fight now. 

"Trust me, I got tired arguing with him online," Bailey claimed. They just talking, they don't mean half the shit they say. I'm really looking forward to f*cking him up." 

Alexander hasn't replied to these comments yet, but don't be surprised if he comes back with something smart soon.

Toney withdraws from fight with Adamek...

A severely out-of-shape James Toney.

I'm sure that most of you are not actually bothered about this but just to let you know, former pound-for-pound contender James Toney has withdrawn from his fight with Tomasz Adamek on September 8th.

Tomasz Adamek.

The reason that a lot of people will be happy about this is because it was just a terrible fight. There was nothing interesting about it and a lot of people would probably still watch it, but nobody would actually look forward to it.

Toney is now 43-years old and just nowhere near as good as he used to be. There used to be a time when his defence was impeccable and he would outclass almost everyone he met in the ring. But now he barely gets a win, and loses to people that wouldn't have even touched him 15 years ago. He's only fighting on because he needs the money so his heart isn't really in it. His performance against Denis Lebedev last year was embarrassing for a guy who at one point arguably was the best fighter in the world. Now, don't get me wrong, there's a lot of fighters around today that he could beat, but he's never going to be a world class fighter again, and Adamek is world class. The 35-year old Pole isn't the best the heavyweight division has to offer but he is still a decent fighter and could potentially do a let of damage to Toney's mind, body and reputation.

A lot of people were complaining about the fight, which could have been one of the reasons that it was cancelled. The only information we have been given so far is that Toney has withdrawn from the fight due to reasons that are unknown.

Adamek is still planning to fight on September 8th but it is still unclear as to who he will actually face. The former world title contender wants to boost his popularity and value before challenging for another world title in 2013.

Bailey Vs Alexander set for September 8th!

Randall Bailey with his IBF title.

On September 8th, newly crowned IBF welterweight champ Randall Bailey will make the first defence of his title against American star Devon Alexander. The fight is not yet 100% confirmed but it is almost definite to happen.

Devon Alexander.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer gave his thoughts on the fight: "We have agreed on the terms and it's going to be a terrific fight... You always have a good fight when it involves Randall Bailey. He's one veteran you can't turn your back on, and it's a great opportunity for Devon."

In my opinion, this is a very, very good fight between a man who is moving towards the end of his career and wants to give it all he's got before it's over (Bailey) and a man who is on his way up and wants to prove that he can make it all the way to the top.

However, there is a potentially very big problem. The fight goes directly head-to-head with a much bigger fight between Andre Ward and Chad Dawson. This is a bit of a surprise as there were available dates very close to the date that was chosen. I can't think of any reason why they would chose September 8th, other than that Golden Boy may believe that the Ward-Dawson fight will somehow help to promote the Bailey-Dawson fight even though they are in different channels.

The venue or location has not been set for this fight yet. The most likely place that has been talked about at the moment is St. Louis. This would make the most sense as Alexander is a big attraction there so the ticket sales would receive a huge boost if it did take place there.

It's very hard to predict a clear winner in this fight. Alexander is obviously has the more superior boxing skills  but with Bailey you always have that danger of a one-punch knock out. All you have to do is look at his last performance against Mike Jones on June 9th. Bailey was well behind on points when he pulled off a fantastic knock out victory in the 11th round.

I am really looking forward to this fight. I just hope that it isn't shown at exactly the same time as the fight between Dawson and Ward.