DEVON ALEXANDER VS. ANDRIY KOTELNIK RESULTS & QUOTES FROM ST. LOUIS

WBC/IBF 140 POUND LIMIT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

DEVON ALEXANDER VS. ANDRIY KOTELNIK

DEVON ALEXANDER

(Prior to the decision announcement)  “We good.  I think I did enough to win.  (After the decision announcement)   It was an okay performance for me.  I am my own toughest critic.  Kotelnik is a tough fighter, an ex-world champion.  Like I told everyone, I have an A, B and C plan.  I have all three, so I can adjust to whatever anyone brings.  Kotelnik trained hard.  Give him credit.  I listened to my trainer (Kevin Cunningham).  He told me to box.  (Leg issue)  My left leg was going out on me in the final round.  I had a cramp.  I trained for 12 rounds and got the victory.  That is what I came here to do.

(On the cut to his right eye)  It was my first cut, but I fought through it like a world champion does.  We knew Kotelnik would come in, in shape and he did.”

ANDRIY KOTELNIK

“I want the belt.  I deserve it.  If the fight were anywhere but here, I would be champion.  I am speechless.  I have no words to describe what happened.  That guy has something that belongs to me.”

TRAINER STACEY MCKINLEY (to Kotelnik are the fight)

“Everyone knows the fight was closer than that.  In fact, you won the fight.”

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

TAVORIS CLOUD VS. GLEN JOHNSON

TAVORIS CLOUD

“I was head butted a lot.  It was a heck of a fight.  I have a lot of respect for Glen.  I had the most effective punches.  I hurt him worse.  Glen Johnson said I was off balance.  It is the same thing.  You got hurt because I hit you.  I was looking for a shot to get him out.  He’s a slick fighter, so I didn’t get the KO.  I definitely want to fight Chad Dawson.  I was a little rusty tonight, so I will be better next time.  I am a bad man.  I going to be a unified world champion and undisputed champion.”

GLEN JOHNSON

“I made some adjustments throughout the fight.  He was throwing a lot of punches, but I was blocking most of them.  But the judges were counting them all.  He caught me with a punch over there that I was not ready for.  I was off balance and that was the only time I got caught.”

WBC USNBC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

RYAN COYNE VS. WARREN BROWNING

RYAN COYNE

“Browning was a tough guy.  He thought he would have the power advantage, coming all the way down from heavyweight.  The truth is, I will walk you down, lock you in the closet and defeat you.  We did what we came to do.  Win a championship and make my promoter, Don King, proud.  This is a great fight town.  Leon, Michael, Cory, Devon and all the rest.  I am just proud to be following in their footsteps.”

IBF JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPCORY SPINKS VS. CORNELIUS BUNDRAGE

CORY SPINKS

“The referee stopped the fight, but I don’t know why.  I totally disagree.  He didn’t even hit me and I lost my title.”

TRAINER BUDDY MCGIRT

“Cory is a world champion and I think a world champion deserves the benefit of the doubt in that situation.”

REFEREE MARK NELSON

“Spinks had a staggered and dazed look.  He shook his head (after the knockdown) as if to say, no.  At the count of eight, he stepped backwards and I didn’t want his opponent to hit him again in that condition.”

CORNELIUS BUNDRAGE

“I knew I was going to get him.  It was just a matter of time.  I want Manny Pacquaio next.  I am thankful.  We have the best team in the land with Keith Lee, Emanuel Steward  and Don King.  I went after it.  He was right there at the opening bell, so I went for it.  I went right after him.  It was just a matter of time.”

EMANUEL STEWARD

“It was a good fight.  It could have been better.  He was too anxious.  He wasted a lot of energy.  It has never been in this big of a fight.  He is in a hot division and I am sure he will get a lot of offers.”