The reason Lemieux doesn't want to fight Curtis Stevens

[Clegg]

If he fights Stevens his kids will starve to death?

[jmrf4435]

DO thye not have a point?

[NEETzsche]

DO thye not have a point?

you think he will earn substantially more against kirkland than against stevens? i doubt there is much difference either way

[Dr Rumack]

Who is Lemieux lining up that's better than Stevens? There are options out there for sure, Jacobs, Lee, Saunders, Eubank, and even Quillin are all good fights for him. But i haven't heard anything.

[M Bison]

Stevens is ranked pretty high in all the sanctioning bodies. This could be a co-main to Canelo/Saunders (assuming the match-up even happens).

Khurtsidze vs. Stevens, Lemieux vs. Heiland. GBP needs to start making some meaningful match-ups for their punchers.

Both good fighters would like to see it happen,

[Boxfan83]

He's saying he won't fight him. He says fighting Stevens does nothing for him and gets him nowhere. Saunders is also talking a bunch of ****. It's criminal the way they're both ducking Stevens smh. Lemieux is talking about fighting Kirkland and Saunders is talking about fighting Gabe Rosado

Arent you an advocate of fighters getting paid? With your logic in other posts, Lemieux is doing the same thing you advocate for other fighters to your own bias.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Arent you an advocate of fighters getting paid? With your logic in other posts, Lemieux is doing the same thing you advocate for other fighters to your own bias.

Yes I'm an advocate of fighters getting paid. Lemieux fighting Kirkland is going to get him paid more than fighting Stevens? Kirkland has priced himself out of fights before. He's unstable and demands more money than Stevens. And Kirkland isn't even ranked at MW. BJS fighting Rosado on the Canelo undercard pays more than Stevens? it Rosado or Stevens, that slot on the Canelo undercard is already budgeted for whomever fights there. Don't be ******

[Eff Pandas]

How does Lemieux know Stevens don't own property?

Seems like a extremely winnable fight for Lemieux thats a showcase fight so not sure why he wouldn't f#ck with it unless the pay is THAT bad & with how HBO is budgeted who knows it might be a dogshtt payday so fair play to Lemieux if that is the case.

Lemieux should be pressuring GBP into setting him up with Canelo so he can really get paid for real. I always assumed GBP was signing Lemieux up as a future Canelo body, but thus far there has seemed lil to suggest that is anywhere on Lemieux's schedule with GBP.

[Motorcity Cobra]

I don't see why Lemiux should fear Stevens tbh it would be easier than the Rosado fight for him and GBP can make it an elminator for title or something like that

Stevens is ranked pretty high in all the sanctioning bodies. This could be a co-main to Canelo/Saunders (assuming the match-up even happens).

Khurtsidze vs. Stevens, Lemieux vs. Heiland. GBP needs to start making some meaningful match-ups for their punchers.

If he fights Stevens his kids will starve to death?

you think he will earn substantially more against kirkland than against stevens? i doubt there is much difference either way

Who is Lemieux lining up that's better than Stevens? There are options out there for sure, Jacobs, Lee, Saunders, Eubank, and even Quillin are all good fights for him. But i haven't heard anything.

Both good fighters would like to see it happen,

Even Tureano Johnson won't fight him and he beat Johnson. All of these fighters are saying they have bigger opportunities but if they aren't fighting GGG, Jacobs, Canelo or each other, what are these bigger fights they're talking about?

@AssassinStevens @lissyboxing @Jmizzone I've got more important fights in this year.

— Tureano Johnson (@Tureano1984) July 25, 2016

[Eff Pandas]

]Who is Lemieux lining up that's better than Stevens?[/B] There are options out there for sure, Jacobs, Lee, Saunders, Eubank, and even Quillin are all good fights for him. But i haven't heard anything.

Good question. Jacobs & Quillin are both with Haymon & with the Haymon vs ODLH thing I'm guessing those are no gos. BJS seems lined up next for Canelo. I tend to think the Eubank's would request Eubank Sr to take Roy's spot on HBO's announcing team before the fight is agreed to. So I guess Andy Lee is the most likely culprit & that does seem like a fun fight.