Max Alexander (born May 11, 1981, in Camden, New Jersey) is an American boxer.
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.
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.
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.
17 wins (2 knockouts, 13 decisions), 6 losses (6 decisions), 2 draws [1] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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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 |
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