Comments Thread For: David Benavidez Beats Down David Lemieux, Stops Him in Three

[Afi23]

That would be something wouldn't it lol. He's definitely between a rock and a hard place though.

I guess the market has him cornered.

[BigZ44]

Great atmosphere and exciting main event, had fun tonight. Omw home to watch a replay of Janibek/Dignum

[Mammoth]

I dont get it? Are you implying that Lemeiux is better at 168 than 160 or that he is closer to his athletic prime now.

I'm just laughing because Lemieux sucks and it doesn't matter when anybody beat him

[Southpawology]

Great atmosphere and exciting main event, had fun tonight. Omw home to watch a replay of Janibek/Dignum

true boxing fan! lol

atmosphere looked electric

[Malvado]

How do you know?

I don't, he just heavily slurred his words.

[MulaKO]

I don't see anyone right now in the province reaching the heights reached by the likes of Pascal, Bute and Lemieux in the upcoming years unfortunately.

Boxing has been in a downward spiral in the city
Of course the likes of Michel don’t help either
But Ontario as a whole has been getting a big boost
Starting to pick up widely

[Cypocryphy]

I don't, he just heavily slurred his words.

Yeah. Definitely possible. He was concussed pretty badly. Several times. I hope he's okay. Massive respect for Lemieux to keep fighting. Huge cajones.

[Bonham77]

160 or 168 doesn't matter for GGG...but regardless, then what? Benavidez is now the mandatory for Canelo, and will KO him ruthlessly. The Canelo fight would bring out the very best of Benavidez...like nobody has seen yet.

Your probably right. Tonight, this was probably the best Benevidaz has looked. When a fighter has fear/ respect of something, let's say of an opponent's punch, they train extra hard . Benevidaz knows he beats a Lemieux . He's not scared. Everyone knows Lemieux can crack. One wild swing can put a boxer on ***** street when your across from Lemieux. I'm saying , this was a really well prepared, well trained and mentally ready Benevidaz as we've seen to date. Does he have another level? Probably and he's got that saved for a Charlo or a Canelo. Lemieux came to fight and Benavidez demolished him. Right now, this guy absolutely destroys Canelo. This guy is too long, too tough, too versatile and way too talented for a Canelo. Who basically just plods forward winging shots. Benevidaz toys with Canelo. Nobody is afraid of Canelo anymore. Did you see the size difference ? And Lemieux is an inch taller than Canelo.

[TreyShaw]

160 or 168 doesn't matter for GGG...but regardless, then what? Benavidez is now the mandatory for Canelo, and will KO him ruthlessly. The Canelo fight would bring out the very best of Benavidez...like nobody has seen yet.

Naw it's gotta be Benavidez v Charlo first so the canelo fight will bring more hype.

FIRST beat up charlo then Canelo fight.

[ShoulderRoll]

Pointless? Yeah maybe so. Lemieux showed huge heart but this was a complete mismatch. It's a WBC title eliminator and they're the #1 and #2 ranked guys. I'm sure Lemieux wasn't his first choice but I also don't see a line forming to fight Benevidez. Not really sure how Lemieux became #2 and Plant is #4 and Saunders (who blanked Lemieux) is #11. Are Saunders and Plant especially actually going to fight again or ??? I don't know if Canelo is exactly foaming at the mouth to fight Benevidez but in fairness he's a VERY different animal than Lemieux. Besides he's going to be fighting either Bivol or GGG (wish 40 year old GGG would sail off into the sunset) so I'd love to see Plant and Benevidez. Who else is there? SMW seems pretty weak otherwise...

Jermall Charlo won't go anywhere near David Benavidez. So yeah, Plant vs Benavidez is the fight that should happen next. Both are with PBC so it ought to be easy to make.