Wayne Alexander

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 01 Jun 2007, 06:44

Does anyone know what's happened to Wayne since that TKO loss? Has he retired....?

twenty six · Post by **twenty six** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:02

No - he just won't fight Rhodes despite having called him out and SN agreeing to the fight.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:23

See the Ryan Rhodes thread - I think he's taking his time to make the right decision following what was an extremely damaging defeat.

twenty six · Post by **twenty six** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:39

Hang on a second, Oliver.
Alexander called Rhodes out by contacting SN.
SN then asked Rhodes - he said yes without talking money or anything.
SN agreed to get it on ......
Then Alexander walks away.
That's not a man taking time out to regroup - he made the running then said no.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:47

I'm not disputing he may have made the initial approach, but for all we know his head could be all over the place. Who knows? Just trying to rationalise it. Boxers can behave erratically after a bad knockout. Look at Audley Harrison. He turned down offers from FW to fight on undercards because he said he was "ready, willing and able" to step back into championship class, then was offered Skelton when Sprott got injured, and turned it down.

Hagler2002 · Post by **Hagler2002** » 01 Jun 2007, 08:26

He was due to appear in the USA-UK Contender at the Metro Arena, he pulled out about 2 weeks before it was due to happen.....I had heard that he got a bit of a working over in sparring and basically walked out of training and then claimed a injury to why he could not fight, I don't think his heart is in it anymore.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 01 Jun 2007, 08:27

Didn't Wayne pull out of the Contender show after he came off second best in a spar with Anthony Small.

Shirow · Post by **Shirow** » 01 Jun 2007, 10:19

Old bones Ian wrote:Didn't Wayne pull out of the Contender show after he came off second best in a spar with Anthony Small.

Exactly. Then the last i heard (some time ago now) was that they were going to meet for his WBU bauble. Anthony fighting TBA on the July 14th O2 Arena show so who knows

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 01 Jun 2007, 10:51

Alexander pulls out more than the Pope.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 01 Jun 2007, 11:45

I find Alexanders career extremely disapointing really, its hard to know where its all gone wrong... perhaps the Simon defeat put him off the rails, ...but really theres been far too much inactivity and when he has fought its been too often against journeymen that have meant nothing, ...now you'd have to say that his chance has gone and he's unlikely to ever reach his full potential... I think he could have been a decent British champ at least... its a shame to see a talented and exciting fighter simply drift through his career...