David Lemieux Eyes Sergio Martinez in Two To Three Bouts

by Lem Satterfield

Unbeaten middleweight prospect, David Lemieux, of Canada, has a long-range goal of landing a 2011, title bout against WBC king Sergio Martinez, according to Lemieux's promoter, Yvon Michel. Lemieux, who turned 22 on Dec. 22, has a mark of 25-0 with 24 knockouts, including stoppages in his past four bouts.

Now ranked at number two by the WBC, Lemieux will pursue a mandatory WBC eliminator against Marco Antonio Rubio (48-5-1, 41 KOs) in early 2011. Rubio has a fight scheduled for January, 1, opposite unbeaten, Dominican Wilson Santana (11-0, seven KOs) in Mexico.

"Lemieux's next fight would be that we are trying to get the title eliminator against Marco Antonio Rubio," said Michel. "The goal for Lemieux is to fight Rubio to become the mandatory challenger, and, before the end of the year, 2011, to challenge Sergio Martinez for the world title."

"I haven't directly spoken to [Martinez's promoter] Lou DiBella about this. But I believe that [Lemieux's agent] Don Majewski has expressed our interest in fighting Sergio two or three fights from now."

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.