David Lemieux: record, next fight and profile →
Curtis Stevens has a blueprint for Canelo Alvarez to fight a hard-hitting, legitimate middleweight May 6. Stevens suggested to BoxingScene.com that he and former IBF middleweight champ David Lemieux should fight early in 2017 for the right to become Alvarez’s next opponent. Both boxers have fights scheduled for later in the fall and would need to win those bouts for Stevens’ plan to possibly materialize.
David Lemieux’s fight with Cristian Rios in Montreal next month will be against an unheralded opponent with only six knockouts in 21 wins, rather than against Curtis Stevens, who has a similar style of coming forward and seeking to knock his foes out.
Eye of The Tiger Management held a press conference to announce the next opponent for IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux. Photos by Robert Levesque/Photo Zone Sport. The hard puncher will face Argentine fighter Cristian Fabian Rios on October 22nd at the Bell Centre in Montreal. For Lemieux (35-3, 32 KOs), it will be his first fight since his stoppage win over Glen Tapia in May at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Eye of The Tiger Management was hoping to land Curtis Stevens as the opponent for IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux, but that won't happen according to Canadian outlet RDS.
It was revealed that former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux had surgery in July to repair a torn meniscus in a knee, according to information obtained by the Journal de Montreal.
While a middleweight slugfest between former IBF beltholder David Lemieux and top rated Curtis Stevens had been reported as being a done deal last week. It turned out not to be the case. But there is definitely interest in making that fight.
While there is a lot of talk of a middleweight slugfest between former IBF titlist David Lemieux and the hard-hitting Curtis Stevens - there is no deal finalized, as of yet, for the two to meet in the fall.
Eye of the Tiger Management, who handle former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux, advised TVA Sports that the Canadian puncher will return to the ring against another feared hitter, Curtis Stevens, on October 22 in Montreal.
There are a lot of rumors swirling around the immediate future of former IBF middleweight titlist David Lemieux. Will he be on the Saul Alvarez-Liam Smith undercard on September 17th and will he face Curtis Stevens?
Former world champion Ruslan Provodnikov believes WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) would demolish Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) if the two of them squared off in the ring.