Boxing

Lucas Matthysse proved why he is one of the most feared men in boxing with a third round knockout of Lamont Peterson in Atlantic City.

Lee Purdy admitted that taking the fight at short notice played a major part in his defeat to Devon Alexander.

Devon Alexander claimed a seventh-round TKO victory over Britain's Lee Purdy in their welterweight fight in Atlantic City.

Shane Mosley unanimously outpointed Mexico's Pablo Cano on Saturday night to win for the first time in four years.

Lucas Matthysse stopped Lamont Peterson in the third round Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in a matchup of junior-welterweight champions.

The four-year winless streak of 41-year-old Shane Mosley has ended, as the former lightweight, welterweight, and junior middleweight champion downed 23-year-old Pablo Cesar Cano via unanimous decision tonight in Cancun, Mexico. Mosley won the 12-round welterweight fight on scores of 115-113 across the board. BLH also had it 115-113 for Mosley. Mosley (47-8-1, 39 KO) had his struggles in the fight, and certainly didn't look like he was "back," which is what you're going to hear coming out of this fight. But he was better at this level, certainly, than he has been against the likes of Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Canelo, where he was outclassed by younger, stronger, better fighters, and also matched up better than he did against Sergio Mora, his last non-loss (a 2010 draw), because Cano was there to hit and be hit. It was a solid fight and decent win for Sugar Shane, who was reunited with his father Jack as lead trainer for the first time since Mosley's troublesome win over Ricardo Mayorga in September 2008. And though Cano (26-3-1, 20 KO) is no top contender, really, and is hardly a special fighter, he's also no bum. Mosley stood in there with him, hurt his foe with some good shots, and stood up to some solid blows in return. Both guys were staggered a bit at various points of the fight, and both fought on. Mosley, in the end, was legitimately the better man on the night, even if just barely. So what can we expect next? Cynically, a world title shot could be within Mosley's reach. He still has a little name value, certainly more than a lot of the would-be opponents out there, and Golden Boy has the WBA (Malignaggi) and IBF (Alexander) titles in their stable. If Adrien Broner beats Malignaggi in June, and decides to stay at 147, would anyone really be shocked to see Broner face Mosley? Or if Amir Khan indeed goes up to 147, would anyone be shocked to see Mosley as his first full weight test? So no, Mosley is not returned to his younger form. He never will be. But he got the win tonight and will fight another day. He gave a genuinely spirited effort and fought hard for all 12 rounds. He was as good as Cano, and that means he's as good as a lot of guys at 147. Compared to his prime, Mosley is shot. But a shot Mosley is still better than a competent, second-tier welterweight. And there are a lot of those guys out there.

IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander earned a convincing victory over Lee Purdy at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday night in a non-title bout.

Lucas Matthysse's hype train is the real deal. The Argentinean slugger thrashed Lamont Peterson in just three rounds tonight, likely setting up a fight with Danny Garcia for September. Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO) had a solid first round, boxing from the outside, but he didn't look entirely comfortable in that role. In the second round, Matthysse (34-2, 32 KO) threw caution to the wind a bit more, and Peterson fell into the trenches, where he proved outgunned. Matthysse put Peterson down on a left hook high on the head, with Peterson responding in a delayed manner, falling to the mat, after a little stumble, with referee Steve Smoger making the correct call. In the third, Peterson was down twice more on bomb shots -- it was Matthysse's left hook that did the big damage tonight, and Peterson just couldn't stand up to the power. Lamont made no excuses after the fight, either, other than briefly saying he felt he'd been hit behind the head at one point, which dizzied him. "I recovered from the first knockdown, and I was OK for a while, then eventually he hit me again and hurt me again -- I still thought I could have fought through it, but the ref did the right thing and stopped the fight," Peterson said to Showtime's Jim Gray. When Gray asked if Matthysse was the better man, Peterson replied, "Tonight, I guess he was." Matthysse, who was called by Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer "the new Manny Pacquiao" after the fight, was simply sensational in this one. Beating a guy like Peterson is a feat in itself. Tearing him up in three rounds is something else entirely. Right now, Lucas Matthysse is a true force. Can Danny Garcia handle him? Hopefully, we'll find out.

Devon Alexander had no trouble tonight with Lee Purdy, but did hurt his left hand en route to a seventh round stoppage, when Purdy's corner stopped the one-sided bout. Alexander (25-1, 14 KO) said he hurt the hand in the opening round, but he didn't show sure signs of the injury until the sixth, when he clearly had stopped throwing it at all. That continued on into the seventh, but after that round, Purdy's team, including middleweight contender Darren Barker, made the call to end the fight. Purdy (20-4-1, 13 KO) was showing no signs of making it competitive, and all he was doing was getting hit. The fight was never close. For Alexander, it's as decent a win as can be scored over an opponent of this level, and it's hardly as if we can say he avoided a tougher fight (or ever has), because this was supposed to be Kell Brook, but when that fight was called off for a third time, it became simple and plain that Devon needed to get back into the ring. That's what this fight was: A stay-busy bout. The worst thing would have been a shock upset. That never threatened to happen. The second-worst thing, really, was suffering an injury. That did happen, but Alexander wasn't exactly exhibiting horrible pain or anything, so it likely won't majorly interfere with where he goes next. The main event from AC is up next, so join our live coverage thread for Peterson vs Matthysse.

By: William Holmes Boardwalk Hall opened up their doors at 3:30 P.M. and Golden Boy Promotions wasted little time in getting the action started in Atlantic City. After three straight stoppages in the opening bouts, Washington DC’s Anthony Peterson (31-1) …