Former two weight world champ Devon Alexander,27-4-(14), “The Great” made a successful return to the ring on Tuesday night after a two years by outscoring a 10 round decision over Walter Castillo, 26-5-1-(19), at the Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. Florida.
The bout at welterweight saw Alexander deck Castillo in the second round and totally controlled the fight as the scores of 100-89, 100-89 and 96-93,proved.
On the undercard unbeaten welterweight Miguel Cruz improved to 17-0-(11), by scoring a 10 round unanimous decision win over David Grayton, 15-2-1-(11). The scores were 96-93 on all three judges cards. Grayton was down in round six.
Also at welterweight Gary Antuanne Russell scored a first round knockout over Larry Yanez.
Other results
middleweight Connor Coyle w pts 8 Calvin Metcalf
bantamweight Shawn Simpson w pts 6 Roberto Pucheta
bantamweight Antonio Russell w tko 1 Marco Antonio Mendoza Chico
welterweight William Silva w pts 6 Ariel Vasquez
welterweight Andre Byrd w pts 4 Jamal Harris
middleweight Ozodbek Aripov w rtd 1 Anthony Overby