David Lemieux vs Erislandy Lara

[Lester Tutor]

I mean, why not? It is a good fight for Lara to accustom against big middleweight punchers before fighting the likes of GGG and Jacobs.

I agree..

[j0zef]

Lara by easy UD. As long as he stays off the ropes.

[Graz]

Canelo lost, Showtime had it 8-4 Lara.

I can't believe it but I actually agree with you on this. I thought Lara won that fight too.

[bklynboy]

According to boxrec Lara has had 4 title defenses since losing to Canelo back in July 2014. He fought Ishe Smith ranked 14th, Rodriguez ranked 40th, Zaveck ranked 21st and Vanes ranked 9th by boxrec. Only 1 of the 4 guys he fought in the last 2 plus years was even ranked in boxrec's top 10. That doesn't earn him the shot he has been calling for with the world's best middleweight, GGG. If he can beat Lemieux who boxrec ranks the 4th best middleweight in the world that would earn him a middleweight ranking and a shot at GGG. It would also shows how he compares with GGG against a common opponent. Lara struggled with slow plodder Angulo who knocked Lara down twice. Lemieux is much faster and hits much harder than Angulo. I think Lemieux would knock Lara out. I would love this fight to happen.

where does boxrec show the ranking?

[Madison Boxing]

lemiuex knocks him out. Angulo put lara on his arse twice, molina drew with him, a bigger more powerful david lemiuex knocks him out

[Elotero]

I mean, why not? It is a good fight for Lara to accustom against big middleweight punchers before fighting the likes of GGG and Jacobs.

I like this fight. Of course David will pull the " Lara doesnt bring money" excuse, but I like the idea of this matchup.

[RussB23]

Lara easy.

[sicko]

Would box CIRCLES around him worse than Alcine did

Lemieux is extremely AVERAGE please don't start this Lemieux HYPE again

[Derranged]

Interesting match up. Frenchy would have a hard time landing solid but he certainly has the power to hurt Lara. Lara would have to be on his unicycle all night.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I mean, why not? It is a good fight for Lara to accustom against big middleweight punchers before fighting the likes of GGG and Jacobs.

"Why not?" is right. We've seen far worse match-ups. What this sport needs is more fights like this: two name fighters pitted against each other.