By Luke Furman
It was revealed that former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux had surgery in July to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, according to information obtained by the Journal de Montreal.
The issue first started when 27 year slugger (35-3, 32 KOs) complained of pain in his knee after his lopsided domination of Glen Tapia, which took place on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan undercard this past May at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
This injury did not, however, affect his performance against Tapia as he controlled his opponent from one end to the other. The confrontation was concluded when Tapia's coach threw in the towel between rounds.
After extensive medical examinations, Lemieux went under the knife quickly enough to repair the damage. This forced its promoter Camille Estephan to postpone his return fight from the 24th of September to the 22nd of October.
The boxer has been back in the gym for a few weeks and everything is going very well. Lemieux will be ready as planned for his next challenge.
There are still ongoing discussions to potentially have a hard-punching collision with the always dangerous Curtis Stevens, who also saw action on the same Canelo-Khan undercard in May.
Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org
