St. Louisan Devon Alexander will defend his International Boxing Federation Welterweight title against undefeated Shawn Porter on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The 12-round championship bout will be featured live on Showtime’s Championship Boxing, beginning at 8 p.m. Central time. It will be a co-feature along with another welterweight bout pitting Zab Judah against Paul Malignaggi in a battle of Brooklyn natives.
Alexander (25-1, 14 knockouts) will be making his second title defense. He defeated Lee Purdy on May 18 in Atlantic City in his first defense. Alexander won the championship in Brooklyn on Oct. 20, 2012 when he defeated veteran Randall Bailey.
Porter comes into Saturday’s fight with a record of 22-0-1 with 14 knockouts. He is trained by his father, Kenny Porter. Alexander and Porter actually fought once before as amateurs, with Alexander winning that fight.
Alexander’s manager and trainer Kevin Cunningham foresees a similar outcome as Devon continues to make his way at 147 pounds.
“Shawn Porter is a good, tough, young, strong fighter,” he said. “But Shawn Porter is going to find out that’s he’s way out of his league. And that they bit off more than they could chew. That’s going to be crystal clear on Dec. 7.”
