Alexander hopes Irvin available for May Shark Fights show, will settle for "Kimbo"

Light heavyweight Houston Alexander hopes James Irvin gets a recent suspension for performance-enhancing drugs reduced from one year to six months, if only for one selfish reason.

So he can put his hands on “The Sandman.”

But if Irvin doesn’t get c…

Light heavyweight Houston Alexander hopes James Irvin gets a recent suspension for performance-enhancing drugs reduced from one year to six months, if only for one selfish reason.

So he can put his hands on “The Sandman.”

But if Irvin doesn’t get cleared to fight Alexander in May, as the Texas-based Shark Fights is now targeting, “The Assassin” has someone else in mind for his next fight: Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson.