Comments Thread For: Lemieux-Rosado HBO Tripleheader A Hit With Viewers

[JakeNDaBox]

A pleasant surprise came with HBO’s latest installment of Boxing After Dark, which produced a Knockout of the Year contender, a viable player in the middleweight division, and ratings that far surpassed expectations and the budget surrounding the show.

Canada’s David Lemieux has clawed his way back into contention after past debacles, his most recent achievement coming in a 10th round stoppage of Gabriel Rosado on December 6 in Brooklyn, New York. The bout marked the stateside debut for Lemieux, which registered well with the home audience as an average of 908,000 viewers tuned in for the main event.

The fight–which also marked Lemieux’s first appearance on HBO—peaked at more than 1.16 million viewers. Lemieux is now being suggested as a future opponent for unbeaten middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin, who is under exclusive contract with HBO. [Click Here To Read More]

[The Hammer]

HBO is doing well, while Showtime is losing money because of the extravagant amount that Mayweather and the other Haymon boxers receive.

[Eastcoast]

Good numbers considering it went head to head with a big UFC event.

[The Big Dunn]

Wow, good numbers especially with all that was on TV. !st fight was really good action, 2nd fight ended quick and was a great KO and the 3rd fight was mostly all action.

Great BAD card. maybe people at HBO are getting it again.

[carolusdumus]

What I realize about American boxing fans - I'm a Canadian who has been living in Dallas for 10 years - is that they know very little about how boxers are being trained in Montreal. I keep listening about folks reference to Lemieux's fight against Rubio. First, Lemieux turned professional at 18 (with practically no amateur background) and faced Rubio at 22. Back then, he relied solely on his power to take care of business in early rounds with a conditioning, life style and nutrition that were highly deficient. If you remember the first 6 rounds of the Rubio's fight, it was all Lemieux... Rubio swallowed up the shots... and Lemieux repeated Foreman's ill advised game plan against Ali. He got exhausted and Rubio took advantage of it. Lemieux is now a different animal... highly conditioned to be explosive throughout 12 rounds. In fact, we saw in the Rosado fight that Lemieux was still very active and landing hard shots in the 10th round when the fight was stopped. Finally, bear in mind that Lemieux trains at the GYM gym with Marc Ramsay and constantly spars 12 rounders with the likes of Jean Pascal, Artur Beterbiev (who beat Kovalev twice in the amateur ranks and just demolished Tavoris Cloud in 2 rounds), Alvarez, etc... ALL light heavyweights ex-champion (Pascal) or respected contenders... In other words, Lemieux spars with guys that are 15-20 lbs heavier than himself and cannot put them down... but still goes 12 rounds with them... So, he is used to spar with guys 12 rounds when he is not having his way with them. With some more polishing in defense (especially against left uppercuts), GGG will have his hands full with the pretty beast from Canada..

[Hougigo]

What I realize about American boxing fans - I'm a Canadian who has been living in Dallas for 10 years - is that they know very little about how boxers are being trained in Montreal. I keep listening about folks reference to Lemieux's fight against Rubio. First, Lemieux turned professional at 18 (with practically no amateur background) and faced Rubio at 22. Back then, he relied solely on his power to take care of business in early rounds with a conditioning, life style and nutrition that were highly deficient. If you remember the first 6 rounds of the Rubio's fight, it was all Lemieux... Rubio swallowed up the shots... and Lemieux repeated Foreman's ill advised game plan against Ali. He got exhausted and Rubio took advantage of it. Lemieux is now a different animal... highly conditioned to be explosive throughout 12 rounds. In fact, we saw in the Rosado fight that Lemieux was still very active and landing hard shots in the 10th round when the fight was stopped. Finally, bear in mind that Lemieux trains at the GYM gym with Marc Ramsay and constantly spars 12 rounders with the likes of Jean Pascal, Artur Beterbiev (who beat Kovalev twice in the amateur ranks and just demolished Tavoris Cloud in 2 rounds), Alvarez, etc... ALL light heavyweights ex-champion (Pascal) or respected contenders... In other words, Lemieux spars with guys that are 15-20 lbs heavier than himself and cannot put them down... but still goes 12 rounds with them... So, he is used to spar with guys 12 rounds when he is not having his way with them. With some more polishing in defense (especially against left uppercuts), GGG will have his hands full with the pretty beast from Canada..

Everyone mentions the Rubio fight, but not the Alcine fight....which is worse

[Eastcoast]

What I realize about American boxing fans - I'm a Canadian who has been living in Dallas for 10 years - is that they know very little about how boxers are being trained in Montreal. I keep listening about folks reference to Lemieux's fight against Rubio. First, Lemieux turned professional at 18 (with practically no amateur background) and faced Rubio at 22. Back then, he relied solely on his power to take care of business in early rounds with a conditioning, life style and nutrition that were highly deficient. If you remember the first 6 rounds of the Rubio's fight, it was all Lemieux... Rubio swallowed up the shots... and Lemieux repeated Foreman's ill advised game plan against Ali. He got exhausted and Rubio took advantage of it. Lemieux is now a different animal... highly conditioned to be explosive throughout 12 rounds. In fact, we saw in the Rosado fight that Lemieux was still very active and landing hard shots in the 10th round when the fight was stopped. Finally, bear in mind that Lemieux trains at the GYM gym with Marc Ramsay and constantly spars 12 rounders with the likes of Jean Pascal, Artur Beterbiev (who beat Kovalev twice in the amateur ranks and just demolished Tavoris Cloud in 2 rounds), Alvarez, etc... ALL light heavyweights ex-champion (Pascal) or respected contenders... In other words, Lemieux spars with guys that are 15-20 lbs heavier than himself and cannot put them down... but still goes 12 rounds with them... So, he is used to spar with guys 12 rounds when he is not having his way with them. With some more polishing in defense (especially against left uppercuts), GGG will have his hands full with the pretty beast from Canada..

He's been training with Russ Anber since he was 9 years old. He won the Canadian amateur championship 3x and opted not to go the Olympic route because Russ thought he was a waste of time. He had far more amateur background than Gabe Rosada who started boxing in his late teens/early 20's and went 8-2.

I'm honestly not impressed with Ramsay's work. Pascal is naturally blessed with athletic ability, power, and a chin, but fights like an imbecile trying so hard to emulate Roy Jones. Eldier Alvarez is a loss waiting to happen as well. Beterbeiv comes to Marc as a finished product thank goodness. He's a promotional trainer like Fritz Zdunek for Universum.

When Anber tried to bring Lemieux to the Martinez camp in California he only wanted to leave. David's matured considerably since then, but he still needs alot more work and learning how to setup his shots. He's in a dead heat with Khytrov who I think beats him as of now.

[Teetotaler]

Great news danm good ratings for HBO's second half

[Eastcoast]

Everyone mentions the Rubio fight, but not the Alcine fight....which is worse

The Alcine fight could be chalked up to David still mentally reeling from the effects of the Rubio fight. Look at how David was jumping back whenever Alcine attacked & landed, it was like he panicked. Then after the fight and through the post-fight press conference he was crying hard. It was tough to watch. I don't put much stock in the Alcine defeat, just bad match making for the time. Too much too soon. After Rubio he went through some tough stages which prompted Anber to quit as his coach and Ramsay took over and tried to give him a new look. Props to Greg Leon for capitalizing on this as an opportunity for Alcine.

I think right now David would kill a prime Alcine or similar level fighter. I know Stephen Edwards (last year), was trying to push for Julius Williams to fight Lemieux, I'm sure he's since changed his mind.

[The Gambler1981]

First fight was alright, second fight was real meh until the the stoppage, the third fight was brutal but mostly one sided.

Fun card, but I think Dulorme gets beat soon, and Lemieux is pretty limited although very fun to watch. Centano is the wildcard I kind of think he could be someone but I need to see how he handles certain things better, but dude can crack for a guy that looks scrawny.