Max Alexander (boxer)

Max Alexander (born May 11, 1981, in Camden, New Jersey) is an American boxer.

Professional career[]

Alexander began his professional career in 2004 as a cruiserweight. Whilst he was undefeated, he would have lost a bout to Marty Lindquist in 2006 via a 1st round KO, however the bout was later declared a no contest because Lindquist failed a drug test. Although they would re-match and Alexander won by decision. His current professional record is 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 no contest.

The Contender[]

Max Alexander was one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series The Contender, which premiered September 4, 2007, on ESPN. He was defeated by Sam Soliman in that season's second episode.

Roy Jones Jr.[]

On December 10, 2011, after a 2-year hiatus from boxing, Alexander fought the biggest fight of his career when he faced the boxing legend: Roy Jones Jr. for a vacant cruiserweight championship in what many assumed would be the boxing legends' last fight. Alexander lost by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record[]

17 wins (2 knockouts, 13 decisions), 6 losses (6 decisions), 2 draws[1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	13–34–1		UD	5	2012-03-02	Guilford Convention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina	50–45, 50–45, 50–45.
Loss	54–8	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	10	2011-12-10	Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia	Universal Boxing Organisation Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. 90–100, 90–100, 91–99.
Loss	19–8–1		UD	6	2009-10-03	Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand	55–59, 56–58, 55–59.
Loss	16–1	Aleksandr Alekseyev	UD	10	2009-05-02	Halle 7, Bremen	92–98, 92–98, 93–97.
Loss	13–1–1	Ali Ismailov	UD	10	2008-10-04	PetersburgRegionGaz, Vyborg	90–100, 90–100, 90–100.
Draw	69–8–1	Rob Calloway	PTS	12	2008-07-19	St. Joseph Civic Arena, Saint Joseph, Missouri	WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Title. 112–116, 115–113, 114–114.
Loss	14–1	Brian Vera	UD	6	2007-11-06	TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts	56–58, 54–60, 54–60.
Loss	33–9	Sam Soliman	UD	5	2007-09-18	Contender Arena, Los Angeles, California	44–50, 45–49, 46–48.
Win	21–14–1		UD	6	2007-04-06	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	60–54, 59–55, 60–54.
Win	13–4	Marty Lindquist	UD	8	2007-02-09	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	79–69, 79–69, 79–69.
No Contest	12–4	Marty Lindquist	NC	1	2006-10-14	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alexander knocked out at 0:10 of the first round. Decision was vacated due to Lindquist's drug test failure.
Win	11–8–3		UD	8	2006-09-11	Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	80–73, 80–72, 80–72.
Win	3–9		UD	6	2006-08-04	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	58–56, 58–56, 60–54.
Win	11–9–1		TKO	2	2006-06-02	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Referee stopped the bout at 2:31 of the second round.
Win	24–12–1		TKO	3	2006-04-07	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Referee stopped the bout at 2:04 of the third round.
Win	2–9–3	Moses Matovu	UD	6	2006-02-10	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	60–54, 60–54, 60–54.
Win	8–3		UD	6	2006-01-13	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	60–54, 60–54, 60–54.
Win	2–2	Jameson Bostic	UD	6	2005-12-02	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	58–56, 59–55, 58–56.
Win	6–14		UD	6	2005-10-21	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	60–53, 57–56, 60–53.
Win	2–4		UD	6	2005-09-23	Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	59–55, 59–55, 58–56.
Draw	4–2		PTS	4	2005-08-04	The Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey	38–37, 38–38, 38–38.
Win	13–8–2	Dhafir Smith	UD	4	2005-06-24	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	40–35, 40–35, 39–36.
Win	0–1		UD	4	2004-09-11	Adam's Mark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	5–8		UD	4	2004-08-03	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland	40–36, 39–37, 40–36.

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Max Alexander from BoxRec