Comments Thread For: Lemieux Admits He Passed on Saunders, Has Eyes Set on Cotto

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Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) can finally return to the gym. He got the green light from his doctors to resume training. He was taking time off to fully heal a tear in one shoulder and a left hand injury that was sustained in his last fight, a ten round unanimous decision over Marcos Reyes, which took place in May as part of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard at T-Mobile Arena in London.
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[Boxing Logic]

Couldn't he have fought Saunders in late August and Cotto in January or something? Or I guess because Kamegei is so overmatched against Cotto, the plan is for Cotto to come back in late December and that's when it will happen?

Idk. Seems like the schedules were such that he should have been able to face Saunders in late August or early September, and Cotto 4 to 5 months later. Too bad. Now he better hope Cotto doesn't do to him what he did to GGG and use the possibility of fighting him next to sell a mismatch first, only to duck him afterwards.

[wansen64]

An Olde Boxing axiom says to never pass up a title shot, hopefully Lemieux's gamble pays off.

[The Time]

Well Lemieux, if you really want to fight Cotto be prepared to fight at a catchweight because Cotto ain't fighting you at 160.

And I know David struggles already to get to 160. But Cotto will not fight Lemieux at 160.

[Teetotaler]

He just contradicted himself. I could see him fight monroe though

[BrometheusBob.]

Does Lemieux think he can even make a weight that Cotto will agree to?

[HanzGruber]

What an idiot. HE prob doesn't wanna face gg again or even Canelo. Cotto isn't fighting at 160 and frenchie can't even make 159.4 not happening

[p4ptbe]

You passed on jacobs too dude! No one cares about saunders forget that hoe ass fraud....

[Metho_4u]

Lemieux is a joke...cotto isn't even a big jmw and lemieux is a fat ass, cotto should fight Bradley...Tim deserves the payday, and he's a good little fighter, 154 would be no problem for him

[yankees7448]

Lemieux is a joke. He should have taken the fight with Saunders. It was a winnable fight that would have set him up as a legit opponent for the GGG/Canelo winner. Its so frustrating that we'll have to settle for Lemiuex fighting another Reyes level opponent if we get to see him fight at all just because he's trying to keep a loss from costing him a shot at Cotto.