Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander: Live Blog, Stats, Analysis

Tonight promises to be amazing! I've been here since noon and I'm loving it. Timothy Bradley Vs Devon Alexander is set to occur later in this crowded well put together fight card.

6:06pm-round one-Julio Diaz and Pavel Miranda are set to start the night off in a welterweight battle to ten rounds. Uneventful so far, but Diaz is showing some aggression. round one-Diaz

6:11pm-round two-Diaz is hitting Miranda basically whenever he feels like it. Another HARD SHOT by Diaz. Miranda takes it. Diaz takes another round. round two-Diaz

6:14pm-round three is kicking off with a few punches and then a short EYE-balling contest before they proceed to smack the pupils out of each others' eye sockets. Nothing too riveting though so far.

6:16pm-OH! Diaz was on the ropes taking some shots from Miranda.

6:17pm-Both men cuddle a little at the end of the round. Miranda came back nicely. I give round three to Miranda. round three-Miranda.

6:18pm- round four-A lovely hook to the face of Miranda. Miranda's hurt! Miranda's HURT! Ok, Miranda's only hurt a little bit, but he recovered after some quick hugging. Diaz has got Miranda on the defensive.

6:20pm Miranda caught Diaz on  the ropes. Then Diaz caught Miranda on the ropes. Miranda's face is blocking some MAJOR punches right now. round four-Diaz  I score it so far, Diaz-39/Miranda-37.

6:22pm Round five starts off with the dance couple circling each other in the center of the ring.

6:23pm Diaz caught something WICKED to the face.

6:26pm Round five has ended. Miranda is boxing a bit more and it's paying off in his favor. round five-Miranda. I score it so far, Diaz-48/Miranda-47.

6:27pmRound six starts and Miranda goes to a knee after Diaz lands a serious of major blows. Now the referee has called a time out.

6:28pm-Goddamnit!  A clash of heads.

6:28pm-Oh good. The fight still continues.

6:31pm-Round seven begins. I'm score round six for Diaz. I score it so far, Diaz-58/Miranda-56.

6:32pm- Someone keeps yelling for a jab. I don't think the boxers are listening.

6:33pm-EW! Miranda got tagged nicely. His jaw leaned with that one.

6:34pm- Miranda was getting the better of Diaz at the end of that round. I think overall, Diaz is killing the poor boy though. Round seven-Diaz. I score it so far, Diaz-68/Miranda-65.

6:37pm-Miranda GOES DOWN in the ROUND eight. He beats the count.

6:38pm-Miranda goes down again. He beats the count.

6:38pm-Miranda is getting tagged too much and not responding.The referee stops the fight. Diaz is the winner by TKO.

6:39pm-The winner by TKO 2:17 into the eighth round is Julio "The King" Diaz. I had the fight scored 68-65 in favor of Diaz before round eight.

6:44pm Alberto Mercedes 16-14 (10 wins by KO)   Darryl "Son of a Preacherman" Cunnigham 24-2-(10 wins by KO).

This fight is a super middleweight (168 lbs) battle scheduled for eight rounds of combat.

round one-They feel each other, they hug. Cunningham is landing the harder blows.

6:46pm- Cunningham is jabbing and then catching Mercedes in the face with blows the audience can't help but react to.

6:47pm-Cunningham is driving Mercedes all around the ring. 10-9 Cunningham.

6:48pm-The gospel music between rounds is getting annoying. I love my Jesus, but not during boxing.

6:49pm-Round two begins with Cunningham landing hard.

6:49pm-Cunningham stuns Mercedes. Whoa! Mercedes hits Cunningham's body a little.

6:50pm-Very action-packed. The crowd smells blood and want plenty of it.

6:51pm-A quick hugfest breaks up the beatdown Cunningham is delivering to Mercedes.

6:51pm-Cunningham wobbles Mercedes. Can he SURVIVE THE ROUND?

6:52pm-I have this fight scored 20-18 Cunningham. Oh Finally something else besides gospel. James Brown's "I Feel Good" plays. I bet Mercedes doesn't share the same feeling.

6:53pm-Cunningham misses with a wild hook as round three begins. Mercedes is surviving....barely.

6:54pm-Mercedes is "trying" to be the aggressor. Cunningham pops him with a few shots to remind him why he ran in the last round.

6:55pm-Hugging commences as round three ends. 30-27 Cunningham.

6:57pm-Round four has Mercedes trying to be aggressive. Cunningham pops him with enough mean shots to keep anyone in the audience from believing he is.

6:59pm-Mercedes is suffering in there. The crowd's on its feet. Mercedes is about to get stopped. He's ready to go. Round four almost over. Mean cut over his eye.

7:00pm-As round five begins, I have this fight scored 40-36 for Cunningham.

7:01pm-Cunningham, the son of the preacherman, is making Mercedes turn the other cheek left and right

7:02pm-Cunningham's allowing him to keep coming back. Mercedes is ready to leave. Round five ends. That cut on Mercedes's right eye is nothing nice.

7:05pm-The announcement has came saying this is the sixth and final round. I do not understand. The card says eight rounds, but okay. That'll help Mercedes out. He's not looking too good. The fight so far is an obvious 50-45, Cunningham.

7:06pm-Mercedes goes down. He beats the count. This man is trying desperately to survive. Can he?

7:07pm Uh oh! Mercedes wobbled "The Preacherman" with a surprise blow while "The Preacherman" went in for the kill. I guess this Mercedes isn't ready to be totaled just yet.

7:09pm-Mercedes survives. The judges score the bout 60-53 for Darryl "The son of a Preacherman" Cunningham, the winner by unanimous decision.

7:11pm-Uh oh! Tupac in the background. "Hail Mary! Run quick see. What do we have here now?" Rest in peace Mr. Shakur.

7:13pm-A four round junior middleweight (154 lb) bout is set to begin.

7:14pm-The fight's over. Julian Williams knocks out Alan Moore in 28 seconds into the first round.

7:15pm- I couldn't type fast enough for that match. Alan Moore was knocked down twice. The second knockdown saw Alan Moore fall face-first to the mat.

7:18pm-I'm ready and alert as hell now. That quick knockout caught me offguard. Either William's is a beast or Moore's legs got left back in baggage claim at the airport.

7:19pm-Julian Williams, undefeated. Now his record improves to 5-0. Look for him in the future.

7:22pm-"Watch the Hook" by Cee-Lo and the Dungeon Family plays. Underrated classic. Google and Youtube that youngster.

7:24pm- The next bout is a welterweight bout between Allen Conyers 11 wins, four losses (nine wins by KO) and James "The King" De La Rosa 20 wins and no losses.

7:25pm-The bell has rung. King is aggressive, but Conyers is capitalizing on his mistakes in round one. The war is on.  HARD SHOTS EXCHANGED! King is coming up short.

7:29pm-Round one to Conyers. 10-9 Conyers.

7:30pm-King coming out aggressive again in round two.

7:30pm-Conyers is evasive.

7:31pm-King goes down. King's looking angry. Will he come back? He beat the count, but Conyers is beating him for doing so. Round two is definitely for Conyers. 20-17 Conyers.

7:34pm-King's "0" is in danger. The question he needs to answer is if he has the heart to comeback. The match is scheduled for ten rounds.

7:35pm-King's showing his will, but Conyers showing King's won't. A mean left keeps King off Conyers in round three.

7:37pm-Round three was hard to score, but I give Conyers the slight edge. 30-26 Conyers.

7:38pm-Round four begins. Conyers is determined to end this. He's pound this king into a pauper.

7:39pm-Vicious uppercut by Conyer. Mean combo by Conyer. Hugfest by King.

7:40pm-King's back! He's got Conyer cornered. He came close to stopping him. Conyer's surviving with the occasional shot.

7:41pm-The round ends. King might leave with his crown tonight. Round four-King. 39-36.

7:43pm-Round five has been mostly a staring contest with occasional dance choreography.

7:43pm-Conyers did a nice flurry that put King against the ropes.

7:44pm-King is fighting back though. Now both fighters are measuring their shots and throwing more carefully. Possibly both tired, Conyers more so than King.

7:46pm-Round six is about to begin. I scored round five to Conyers. The fight is 49-45 Conyers. The King better watch his crown, because it's coming off tonight.

7:47pm-James "The King" De La Rosa is down in the sixth round. He gets up again.

7:49pm-King wrestles his way out of being knocked out..LITERALLY. The referee had to want him to put down Conyer's legs. I guess he wants to borrow Conyers legs because he doesn't have more any at this point. Round six Conyers. 59-53 Conyers.

7:51pm-Conyers slips to the canvas in round seven. King is barely holding on and Conyers is a little too excited.

7:52pm-King is dancing around the ring, throwing jabs more.

7:53pm-Hugfest from King, jabs. Conyers misses with the uppercut. King weaves him. Round seven is all King. 68-63 Conyers.

7:55pm-As round eight progresses, King is dancing and jabbing more. Conyers is missing more.

7:56pm-Wait! That right hook to the jaw Conyers just landed disagrees with my previous statement.

7:56pm-Now there's an intense staredown, some hugging, and soft touches of the jab.

7:57pm-Conyers returns the love with a hateful one-punch knockdown at the end of the round.

7:59pm-Round nine begins with hugging and missed shots from Conyers. Conyers is a little too eager to end the fight. I scored the last round for Conyers. 78-71 Conyers.

8:02pm-Round nine ends. King was more evasive, but Conyers had the aggression to me. Round nine goes to Conyers. 88-80.

8:03pm-Round ten is the last round. King's only hope is to catch the aggressive Conyers and put him down.

8:04pm-They give a quick thudding exchange.

8:04pm-Hugs.

8:05pm-Damn, more hugs from King. he's trying to survive.

8:!3pmKendall Holt and Lenin Arroyo are going at it in a catchweight welterweight bout of 144.

8:15pm- Kendall and Lenin are staring and DAMN! Lenin goes down! The referee waves off the fight. Kendall wiggles a little and walks off.

8:16pm-The doctor is checking Lenin out now.

8:24pm-Sorry the internet of the venue momentarily went down. The official time of the Kendall Holt bout was 1:58 into the first round before Kendall sent Arroyo to the canvas with KO.

8:24pm-The judges scored the Conyers bout in favor of Conyers King lost his undefeated record. All three judges scored it 95-92 for Conyers. I scored it 97-90 for Conyers.

8:25pm-The first round of the next fight has passed. Both fighters nailed some hard shots.

8:26pm-The fights have been shown out of order the whole time. I'm playing catchup on who is who in this fight.

8:28pm-The fighters going at it are both light heavyweights. Marcus Oliveira and Demetrius Jenkins.

8:29pm-Oliveira has a record of 20 wins and one draw, no losses.

8:30pm-Jenkins has a record of 21 wins and 17 losses along with one draw

8:30pm-Round three begins in a bout scheduled for six now. It was scheduled for eight.

8:31pm-Jenkins is very much here to get hit. He's not really doing much. In this round, he's swinging a little more.

8:32pm-Oliveira is dancing, ducking, and swinging.

8:33pm-Oliveira almost landed a nice hook. Jenkins is starting to jab and land more.

8:35pm-ROUND 4-Oliveira is starting to have to fight harder. Jenkins is tired of being a punching bag. Based on what I've seen, I've scored the bout 29-28, Oliveira. He's landing more and killing the poor Jenkins.

8:37pm-Jenkins is jabbing a lot more to keep Oliveira off him.

8:37pm-Fourth round ends. I score it for Oliveira. 39-37.

8:40pm-Oliveira hit Jenkins hard on the button. Jenkins waved at his nose as if to say it didn't hurt. I think he's in denial.

8:41pm-Oliveira hits and dances his way toward winning the fifth round. 49-46, Oliveira.  

Round six-Oliveira is backing Jenkins up. Overall, he's landing hard shots and giving Jenkins a bit of a boxing lesson.

8:45pm-The sixth round ends. I score this bout 59-55 to the teacher of tonight's boxing lesson, Marcus Oliveira, winner by unanimous decision.  

8:47pm-The announcer says all three judges give the bout to Marcus Oliveira 60-54, winner by unanimous decision.  

9:05pm-255 pounds, Kertson “The Majii”Manswell is fighting Bermane “B-Ware” Stiverne. Wow! These guys have horrible names.  

9:06pm-The undefeated Kertson is jabbing and cautiously backing up Stiverne.  

9:07pm-B-Ware is jabbing back.

9:09pm-Round one has ended. Manswell lost it. 10-9 B-Ware.

9:10pm-That stiff jab in Kertson Manswell's face is gonna cost him as the match progresses.

9:11pm-B-Ware is now backing Ketson away-Oh! Kertson goes down. He beats the count to get hammered again.

9:12pm-The fight is stopped in the second round. B-Ware is an animal. He smelled blood coming off his jab and went in for the kill. Kertson Manswel is still burried under the ring. May he rest in peace.

9:13pm-The ring announcer is getting ready to announce. Biggie's “Victory” playing in the background is just too damn obvious at this point. Come on DJ. Love the song though, just not the corny timing.

9:14pm-Still waiting. Some white woman is hugging the hell out of B-Ware. She got some cute glasses on.

9:14pm-The ring announcer announces that Bermaine “B-Ware” Stiver won the fight by TKO in 1:52 into the second round. He's also the new champ. Congratulations.

9:16pm-Here we go. Tupac in the background. “Ambitions as a Rider”.

9:17pm-Great battle music. That'll get you ready to conquer the world.

9:18pm-Emanuel Augustus has a couple fans gushing over his past fights and possible retirement.

9:19pm-Local Detroit hero Vernon Paris is in the ring with a record of 23 wins and no losses. His nickname is “the Iceman”....really? Oh how original.

9:20pm-Many in the audience say this is Augustus's last fight. Let's see if he can make a great final impression.

9:21pm-Paris is sporting a wicked mohawk. God Paris.

9:23pm-Both fighters are bobbing and weaving each other in round one. Paris is landing more shots though. Maybe a sign of Augustus's age.

9:25pm-Augustus is in there. He nails Paris with something for that bad last round which I gave to Paris. 10-9.

9:25pm-Augustus is still getting hit too much.

9:26pm-Paris is starting to take more punches. Paris weaves and ducks under a few.

9:26pm-Paris hits Augustus with the quickness and just jets to safety.

9:27pm-Paris is fast. Augustus is going to have to go the body to slow this young whipper-snapper down.

9:27pm-They hug, Augustus nails Paris. Round ends. I still got Paris winning so far, 20-18.

9:34pm-Augustus is steadily surviving the beatdown. He's returning shots, but they're progressively lazier.

9:35pm-Augustus is stumbled.

9:35pm-Augustus is still in there. WOW! Paris is dropped at the end of the fourth round.

9:37pm-Fifth round is set to begin. Augustus is nodding as if to say he's got this.

9:37pm-Augustus is making Paris flinch and be more evasive.

9:37pm-Augustus is making Paris run and move away for his life.

9:38pm-Augustus suffers a hard hit, yet seems unmoved.

9:38pm-Parus goes back and then...hug.

9:39pm-Jab, move, jab, hug. Paris is crusing right now. No fight.

9:39pm-Up against the ropes. Paris shows offhis weaving technique against the much slower Augustus.

9:40pm-Augustus won that round for landing more and in general, being very, very aggressive.

9:40pm-I'm scoring the bout 47-46, Paris.

9:41pm-Augustus is dancing to the music at the start of round six.

9:42pm-Paris is boxing, but Augustus is hitting and begins a decent flurry to the body.

9:42pm-Paris is holding, clinching and shelling up more. He's not even trying to punch at this point. Augustus is outworking him.

9:43pm-Paris makes Augustus smile with a mean jaw-shaking punch.

9:43pm-Paris is backing up, jabbing very little.He's letting himself take too much punishment.

9:44pm-The referee deducts a point for Augustus hitting Paris on the break. Augustus has Paris hurt. The referee just gave Paris more time to recover. Paris survives round six.

9:45pm-Augustus is talking to the referee before the bell in the seventh round.

9:45pm-Augustus gets tagged with a nice three punch combo.

9:46pm-Paris is making a combeback. Augustus is getting hit more.

9:46pm-The old doig is on the hunt. He's walking Paris down to neutralize his offense.

9:46pm-Paris backs up some more, moves himself out of a corner and now off the ropes.

9:47pm-Now Paris is moving back some more.

9:48pm-Augustus has a point deducted. Then Augustus has another point deducted. It's unclear as to why. The audience is rooting for Paris, but still hating the judges ridiculous calls.

9:49pm-The round ends and round eight is set to begin in a few seconds. I have this scored 64-63, Paris.

9:51pm-Augustus is hurting this poor kid. I can't wait for when the referee stops this fight. The kid is only winning off deductions at this point.

9:52pm-Paris is lighting the old-timer up a little. Augustus hammers some more.

9:52pm-Paris survives. The fight was close, but this is his hometown so I fully expect this to be a hometown decision in favor of Paris. I personally scored the last round to Augustus making this an even fight.

9:53pm-I hate draws, but this is definitely a draw, though if not for the hundred deductions Augusuts got, he might win.

9:54pm-Vernon “The Iceman” Paris wins by unanimous decision. Boo. He was knocked around the ring a little too much to be declared the winner. Bogus hometown decision. But that's life.

9:55pm-On to the next one. It's about time for Devon Alexander Vs. Timothy Bradley.

10:20pm-Both fighters have entered the ring. Dng King is in the ring. Michael Buffer is in the ring. The fight is on.

10:21pm-Buffer is talking in the middle of the ring. Damn his voice sounds iconic. Don King of course waving the American flag. “Only in America”. We hear you King!

10:23pm-Buffer has announced that “somebody's 'O' has got to go.” Gave me chills. I'm ready.

10:26pm-The match starts. The twp are furiously coming at each other. A WHOLE LOTTA SPEED.

10:28pm-Bradley almost takes Alexander out with a furious flurry. He's being very slippery right now. Round one: 10-9, Bradley.

10:31pm-Alexander more on the offensive. Whoa! Timmy hits him hard.

10:32pm-Alexander hold Braldey before he can do another big flurry upon the ropes.

10:32pm-Round two comes to a close with an intense staredown and fast dance around the ring. Bradley definitely is getting the best of Alexander. 20-18, Bradley.

10:35pm-They trade hard shots in the third round. Bradley is still getting the better of the exchanges. Alexander is evading more and constantly backing up.

10:36pm-I like the ref, he's letting these guys fight on the inside. He only breaks them up when it's a real hugfest and not when punches are still exchanging.

10:37pm-Alexander complains of a glove in the eye. They wrestle some more. The round ends.

10:37pm-Bradley's got this one. 30-27, Bradley.

10:39pm-In round four, Alexander is trying to get his rhythm back.

10:40pm-Alexander is bouncing around the ring avoiding some of Bradley's punches.Nothing is hitting cleanly.

10:41pm-Alexander is starting to score some mean shots. Bradley scores back with a mean shot of his own. And another one. The round ends and despite Alexander's better efforts, Bradley's still matching his game. 40-36, Bradley.

10:44pm-Bradley eats a hard shot in the fifth round. “The Great” Alexander is starting to make a slight comeback. Timmy is still outworking him, but not by much.

10:45pm-Alexander eats two mean shots to the face before the round ends.

10:48pm-Timmy scores some more. Alexander doesn't seem too phased.

10:49pm-Both men are locked in a battle of speed and accuracy. Bradley is winning that battle. Round six ends. 60-54, Bradley.

10:50pm-ROUND SEVEN begins. This is the halfway point and this fight has been obviously one-sided in favor of Timothy Bradley.

10:53pm-Bradley lets Alexander wail on his arms a little to no effect. Alexander gets an opportunityand does nothing with in. Round seven ends. I have it scored 70, 63, ALL BRADLEY.

10:54pm-Alexander's chance of winning is closing with each round's end. He's going to need either multiple knockdowns to even the scorecards or a knockout. He's got time, but he better start fighting.

10:55pm-Timothy Bradley is stealing shots while Alexander continues to use his weak jab.

10:57pm-Round eight ends, 80-72, Bradley.

10:58pm-Bradley seems to really want this. Alexander is just not in the ring tonight. He's there, but as a carcass that runs backwards and blocks punches.

10:59pm-I say, GODDAMN! Bradley is just constantly wowing me with these hard accurate punches. The corner fo Alexander has got to be drilling into Alexander a sense of urgency, but I don't think it's dug deep enough.

11:00pm-I think Bradley borderline rabbit-punched Alexander. The referee didn;'t see that though.

11:01pm-Bradley wins another round in amazing fashion, 90-81, Bradley.

11:02pm-Round ten begins. Bradley rushes in for the kill. Alexander defends well and moves out the way with the quicknhess, but Bradley still manages to get the hell out the way.

11:03pm-Alexander complains of a headbutt again..

11:05pm-Alexander's complaining works and the fight The fight was stopped.

11:07pm-The fight will got to the scorecards, which will include the tenth round where the bout was stopped due to a 97-93, 96-95, 98-93, all to the winnder by unanimous technical decision, Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley.

11:56pm-I'm at the press conference and Don King is doing his usual verbal wizardry.

11:58pm-Alexander is not present. Timothy Bradley is with a few bruises and lumps under his eyes.

12:00am-Don's off and Gary Shaw is on. Good quote,

"A lot was written about this site and not this fight....We proved this fight is worthy of this site."-Gary Shaw

12:03am-Diaz, Timmy's trainer is up. "We come to fight, not to compete."-Diaz.

12:05am-Some jerk's cellphone keeps ringing. Put that shit on vibrate!

12:06am-Shaw is up speaking aga8in. He says something interesting, "There's nothing better than experience." He spoke on Timmy's experience and then introduced him.

12:07am-Timmy's up on the podium. He's sending off a list of thankyous.

12:09am-Timmy is being ultra-humble. He speaks good of Devon Alexander and speaks on how important family is to him and that he doesn't let training interfere in his family life.

12:15am-Devon Alexander enters.

12:15am-I got out-questioned in the beginning by the other interviewers but that's cool. I think I can still sneak a question in.

12:19am Bradley answers the question of how the headbutt happened. He said both fighters were countering and came in connecting with the headbutts.

12:24am-Alexander's trainer cusses out an interviewer who mocks Alexander's complaining of the headbutt.

12:28am-Alexander brings up the headbutt in an unrelated question.

12:30am-The Alexander's cutman is explaining the cut as if to say Alexander could suffer paralysis if the nerve over the orbital bone would have been severed.

12:32am-The doctor is being called out. Most of the crowd is calling bullshit.on Alexander's excuses.

12:32am-I have no opinion of the headbutt and stopping of the fight. I'm just disappointed in the stopping and glad it isn't a no-contest like Timothy Bradley vs Nate Campbell.

12:37am-Interview over, I'm catching a cab to the airport. Peace!