Max Alexander (boxer)

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

Professional career

Alexander began his professional career in 2004 as a cruiser weight. 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 pause 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
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	13–34–1	Franklin Edmondson	UD	5	2012-03-02	Guilford Convention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
Loss	54–8	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	10	2011-12-10	Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia	Universal Boxing Organisation Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Loss	19–8–1	Moyoyo Mensah	UD	6	2009-10-03	Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
Loss	16–1	Aleksandr Alekseyev	UD	10	2009-05-02	Halle 7, Bremen
Loss	13–1–1	Ali Ismailov	UD	10	2008-10-04	PetersburgRegionGaz, Vyborg
Draw	69–8–1	Rob Calloway	PTS	12	2008-07-19	St. Joseph Civic Arena, Saint Joseph, Missouri	WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Title.
Loss	14–1	Brian Vera	UD	6	2007-11-06	TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Loss	33–9	Sam Soliman	UD	5	2007-09-18	Contender Arena, Los Angeles, California
Win	21–14–1	Demetrius Jenkins	UD	6	2007-04-06	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	13–4	Marty Lindquist	UD	8	2007-02-09	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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	Tyrone Glover	UD	8	2006-09-11	Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	3–9	William Gill	UD	6	2006-08-04	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	11–9–1	Juergen Hartenstein	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	Tiwon Taylor	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
Win	8–3	Randy Pogue	UD	6	2006-01-13	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	2–2	Jameson Bostic	UD	6	2005-12-02	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	6–14	Jacob Rodriguez	UD	6	2005-10-21	Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	2–4	William Gill	UD	6	2005-09-23	Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Draw	4–2	Alfred Kinsey	PTS	4	2005-08-04	The Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	13–8–2	Dhafir Smith	UD	4	2005-06-24	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	0–1	Cameron Bright	UD	4	2004-09-11	Adam's Mark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	5–8	Jacob Rodriguez	UD	4	2004-08-03	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland

External links

• Boxing record for Max Alexander from BoxRec (registration required)