fight he won by unanimous decision. In this fight de Jesús won his fourth and fifth regional titles: the WBO Latino welterweight title and the WBA Fedecaribe welterweight title. De Jesús was then active in a fight that would be used as an elimination to determine the first contender for the World Boxing Organization's light welterweight division title against Bulmaro Solis in a contest that he won by knockout in the fourth round. Alex was unable to make the accorded weight prior to this fight which led to Solis' receiving an amount of money that was equivalent to the amount of pounds over the limit. Following this event de Jesús was scheduled to fight Steve Quiñones in a card that took place on December 7, 2007. Prior to the event de Jesús noted that the training for the fight was the most intense in his career, he stated that he wanted to win regional titles in three different weight divisions in order to challenge Ricardo Torres for the WBO light welterweight championship. The fight card was presented by All Star Boxing and it was organized in Miami, Florida. De Jesús defeated Quiñones by unanimous decision and won the vacant WBC Latino light welterweight title. The three judges awarded Alex scores of 116–112, 117-111 and 115–113. On April 5, 2008, de Jesus successfully defended the WBO regional title against Wilfredo Negron. De Jesús displayed more fluid boxing throughout the fight, in the process scoring a knockdown in the third. The contest was stopped in the final round when Negron was unable to recover after one of de Jesus's combinations connected behind his ear. In this fight he won the vacant WBA Fedebol light welterweight title. De Jesús returned to action on August 8, 2008, defeating Adrián Navarrete by technical knockout. As part of a card titled "The First Step" which featured Juan Manuel López's first world championship defense, De Jesús defeated José Antonio Izquierdo by technical knockout. Izquierdo was more active in the offensive during the early rounds, but De Jesús established control of the fight's tempo from the third onwards. After receiving three knockdowns, Izquierdo's corner threw in the towel following the last of these. On March 20, 2009, De Jesús lost for the first time as a professional, losing by unanimous decision to César René Cuenca in a result that was described as "controversial". Outside the ring From 2009