Devon Alexander’s humble, yet determined work in the greater St. Louis community will deserve full billing again on June 25th at the Family Arena when he fights Lucas Matthysse.
For every ticket sold, $1.00 will be donated to Backstoopers, INC. For more information you can go to: www.backstoppers.org.
Former St.Louis police officer Kevin Cunningham who is Alexander’s trainder,along with Alexander, have always supported the vision of the Backstoppers.
In addition, both Cunningham and Alexander continue to support GUNS ‘N HOSES along with the ‘KING OF BEERS BUDWEISER’ annual Thanksgiving eve event here in St. Louis that continues to do great work for families of both local police officers and fire fighters.
Although the news of Devon Alexander’s next fight here in St. Louis didn’t come without somebody trying to put down the former champ in my opinion and many others here in St. Louis.
A story in a local weekly, which generated hundreds of calls last week after some writer named Chad announced the planned card on June 25th as though Devon hadn’t sold a ticket in St. Louis EVER!
If I recall, Mr. Alexander was on the undercard to the largest indoor boxing event at the old SAVVIES Center with Corey Spinks….. If I recall, Mr. Alexander put over 10,000- 13,000 in the seats (depending who you talked too)in his last fight at the Scottrade Center against Andre Kotelnick as the feature bout in front of a nationally televised audience on HBO.
But when I saw this article by someone named Chad along with the flyer with Ryan ‘THE IRISH’ Coyne’ on top, well I had to take a double take.
Ryan is a nice young man, and a good up and coming fighter on the rise from St. Charles. But I don’t think the HBO truck is bagging up for this one for him. In fact, I know there not because Devon Alexander is the featured fighter on the card and the fight that HBO will be showing live.
Nothing against Ryan, but I smell a rat. In fact, it’s a slap in the face to one of the ambassadors in St. Louis in Devon Alexander” The Great’ and Team Alexander’ period!
Devon has been all class, a bright shining star for all even before he was the welterweight champion of the world. Now, after one loss he can’t sell tickets and Ryan is the draw?
From the way the article was written, it looked more like an intern had written it. Then I got to thinking, maybe this was someone who wasn’t even from St. Louis and wasn’t at Devon’s previous fights here to see the peeps in the stands?
And oddly enough, in 20 years in the business here in St. Louis, I had never heard of this guy.
Oh I know, that was John Cadillac the Mizzou football announcer who made that flyer and wrote that article giving ‘THE IRISH’ top billing in that weekly. Maybe, it was a poker dealer in St. Charles? Or one of those cocktail waitresses?
One of my favorite shows growing up was “What’s my Line,” and I will end saying, ‘WILL THE REAL CHAD GARRISON PLEASE STAND UP?
