By Nick Bellafatto
In the main event on an HBO broadcast triple header from the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri, former WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander 22-1 (13 KO?s) of nearby St. Louis, Missouri, would survive long enough to gain a 10 round split decision victory over Lucas Matthysse 28-2 (26 KO?s) of Buenos Aires, Argentina by scores of 96-93 and 95-94 for Alexander, while one judge had Matthysse winning 96-93. In a bout where it appeared that just one more solid blow by the hard hitting Argentinian would have put Alexander down and out, that blow never came as fortunately for Alexander, Matthysse couldn?t keep his foot on the gas pedal long enough to score the
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