David Lemieux (boxer)
David Lemieux | |
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Lemieux in 2015 | |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 9 1⁄2 in (177 cm) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | December 22, 1988
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 41 |
Wins | 38 |
Wins by KO | 33 |
Losses | 3 |
David Lemieux (born December 22, 1988) is a Canadian professional boxer who held the IBF middleweight title in 2015.
Early life
Lemieux was born in Montreal, Quebec on December 22, 1988 to a French father and a Lebanese Armenian mother, Aznive Khavloudjian. The couple divorced after having one son, the 2-year senior to David. David on the other hand was born after the departure of his father and he claims he has never seen his biological father.
His mother remarried to an Armenian, Garo Melekian who adopted the two children and became a mentor to David. Lemieux studied at the local Saint-François-de-Laval school, but did not excel in classes, spending most of time on the streets. He was eventually expelled from the school for street fights. Encouraged by his adoptive father to focus, he started training in Ring 83 located in Ahuntsic with the encouragement and guidance of Baha Laham, a successful Canadian boxer of Lebanese descent.
Amateur career
Lemieux began boxing at the age of nine. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship three times.[1]
Lemieux is currently trained by Marc Ramsay. Previously, he was trained by Russ Anber and was featured with Anber in DVD tutorial series Title Boxing as a teenager. He also featured with Anber in the Rival Box tips series.
Lemieux was never interested in making a bid to join the Canadian Olympic boxing team which was woefully under-supported in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Instead, he and Russ Anber viewed the Olympic program as a dead-end which would have him competing against boxers with vastly more experience while limiting his training prospects in ways detrimental to a fighter with professional aspirations.
Professional career
Early career
Although Lemieux planned to turn pro at 17, he was required to wait until he turned 18 because of Canadian Boxing Federation rules.[1] Quebec-based promotion company Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) was quick to sign him to a multi-fight contract, pitting him against opponents in four-round bouts that quickly became crowd favorites in Montreal. Lemieux became a proven commodity, fighting televised six-rounders on ESPN's Friday Night Fights and filling out the undercard during several championship events.
Title contender
Lemieux vs. Rubio
On April 8, 2011 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lemieux was featured in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights. His opponent was Marco Antonio Rubio, who came to the fight with a record of 49-5-1 (43 KOs). Lemieux was favored to win in his hometown against the Mexican veteran. He came into the fight with a perfect record of 25 wins and no losses, with 24 wins inside the distance. During the first five rounds, Lemieux dominated Rubio by landing hard power punches to his guard. Rubio came to life in round six and began to land hard punches as Lemieux tired. In the seventh round, Rubio knocked down Lemieux with a right hook to the head. Lemieux got up, but Rubio continued where he left off and threw more punches at him. With only seconds left in round seven, Lemieux's corner had seen enough and threw in the towel to stop the fight. After the fight Anber said that Lemieux still has a lot to work and improve on if he wants to reach the top level.[2][3][4]
Lemieux vs. Alcine
In a huge upset, former world champion Joachim Alcine defeated Lemieux at the Bell Centre in Montreal, on December 10, 2011. Lemieux was quoted as a 5 to 1 favorite by the wagertrackers. The fight was declared a majority decision over 12 rounds, with scores of 116-112 by two judges and an even scoring of 114-114 by the third one. Alcine was awarded the WBC International Middleweight title. Most ringside observers thought Alcine won the fight.[5]
Road to world title
After the Alcine fight, Lemieux fought six straight bouts against opponents of mostly middling relevance, before facing Fernando Guerrero, a former light middleweight and middleweight contender who had only a year prior fought WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin to a sixth round loss. The fight took place on the undercard of the WBC light heavyweight fight Stevenson vs. Fonfara. Lemieux dominated Guerrero, repeatedly dropping him before finishing him off in the third round with a brutal right uppercut. Lemieux won the NABF middleweight title with this win.[6][7]
Lemieux vs. Rosado
His next bout was be against middleweight fringe contender Gabriel Rosado (21-8, 13 KOs), defending his NABF middleweight belt. Lemieux similarly dominated Rosado, dropping him in the third and pounding away at his mostly outmatched foe until the referee stopped the bout in the tenth due to swelling and cuts surrounding Rosado's eyes. It was the first HBO televised bout for Lemieux, who was hoping to challenge unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in the near future. In the post-fight interview, Lemieux praised Rosado, "Hats off to Rosado. He is one hell of a fighter. I had tremendous preparation. I wanted to show all of you what I could do. I wanted to make a statement. Rosado is even better than I thought. I hope you enjoyed it." There was 6,532 in attendance for the fight. At the time of stoppage, Lemieux was ahead 90-80, 89-81 and 88-82 on all three judges scorecards. The fight averaged 906,000 viewers and peaked at 1.16 million viewers.[8][9][10]
IBF middleweight champion
Lemieux vs. N'Dam N'Jikam
On June 20, 2015, Lemieux fought Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (31-1, 18 KOs) for the vacant IBF Middleweight Championship, again in Montreal. Lemieux scored four knockdowns en route to a victory by unanimous decision. Two judges scored the bout 115-109 while the third saw it 114-110 for Lemieux, who improved to 34-2 with 31 knockouts, setting up a showdown in October with unbeaten Golovkin, considered to be the best middleweight fighter in the world in 2015.[11][12]
Lemieux vs. Golovkin
Lemieux lost the IBF Middleweight title to Gennady Golovkin on October 17, 2015 before a sold-out crowd of 20,548 at Madison Square Garden. Lemieux was down once in round 5. Golovkin was dominant from the first bell, landing punch after punch before the referee mercifully stepped in and stopped the fight in the eighth round. Golovkin was also ahead on all three judges scorecards (70-62 3 times). Lemieux earned a career high payday of $1.5 million and was guaranteed a share of PPV revenue whilst Golovkin earned a career high $2 million also including a share of the PPV profits. According to CompuBox statistics, Lemieux only landed 89 of 335 punches thrown (27%). Golovkin had a connect rate of 51% landing 280 of 549 punches.[13][14][15]
Comeback trail
Lemieux vs. Tapia, Rios
It was announced on March 17, 2016 that Lemieux would fight on the undercard of Canelo-Khan at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 7, 2016. His opponent was announced to be Glen Tapia (23-2, 15 KOs), who was newly signed to Golden Boy and moving up in weight. Lemieux was due to fight against James De Lara Rosa a week earlier at a 163lb catchweight, but he failed to make weight, many believe this was done intentionally so he could fight at the new arena.[16] Lemieux showed an improved jab, footwork and head movement. He dominated the fight, shaking Tapia numerous times leading into the fourth round where he knocked Tapia down. Tapia's trainer Freddie Roach waved the fight off right after.[17]
After a few months of trying to negotiate a deal to fight Curtis Stevens, it was confirmed by Eye of the Tiger promotions that Lemieux would be fighting unknown Argentine Cristian Fabian Rios (21-7-3, 6 KOs) at the Centre Bell in Montreal on October 22.[18][19] Lemieux was taken the distance only the fourth time in his career as he won a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision. Lemieux attempted to score a knockout, but wasn’t able to get the job done against a durable Rios. The three judges scored the fight 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91. The win ensured Lemieux a possible future fight against the likes of Saul Alvarez or WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in early 2017.[20]
Lemieux vs. Stevens
On January 16, 2017 a fight between Lemieux and former world title challenger Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) was finally agreed to main event a HBO: Boxing After Dark card on March 11 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.[21][22] Lemieux won the fight after he knocked Stevens out with a short left hook. The referee Charlie Fitch waived the count immediately after Stevens was left unconscious The stoppage took place in round 3, at 1 minute and 59 seconds. Emergency personnel entered the ring immediately to attend to Stevens. He was conscious however whilst being stretchered out of the arena.[23][24][25] The fight averaged 606,000 viewers and peaked at 672,000 viewers for HBO.[26] On Sunday morning following the fight, Stevens representatives confirmed he was OK.[27]
Lemieux vs. Reyes
Only a month after knocking out Curtis Stevens, Lemieux was added to the Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. undercard at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada on May 6, 2017. His opponent was announced as 29 year old Mexican boxer Marcos Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs) in a 10-round fight. Reyes, being (3-3) in his last six bouts, was known for going the 10 round distance in a losing effort to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2015.[28][29][30] Both fighters agreed a catch-weight for the fight and weighed in at 163 pounds. It was reported that Lemieux would earn $200,000 compared to Reyes who would earn $45,000.[31] Lemieux won the fight by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 99-90, 99-90 and 98-91 in his favor. Lemieux landed the harder and cleaner punches throughout the fight. Reyes showed great determination and stayed on his feet landing quick combinations, although receiving a cut above the right eye in round 2. Reyes also lost a point in round 8 for hitting after the bell.[32][33]
Personal life
Lemieux is a resident of Cartierville, a Montreal suburb. He has a son, Léon from a previous relationship, the mother later left to Moscow. A second child; a daughter who speaks Armenian as her first language, was born through another relationship. Lemieux speaks five languages: French, English, Armenian, Arabic, and Spanish (with French & English being his primary two languages of everyday use).[34][35]
Lemieux was managed for many years by Group Yvon Michel (GYM). Starting January 2015 he was managed by Camille Estephan, a Lebanese Canadian entrepreneur and promoter and owner of Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM).[36][37]
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
41 fights | 38 wins | 3 losses |
By knockout | 33 | 2 |
By decision | 5 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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41 | Win | 38–3 | Marcos Reyes | UD | 10 | May 6, 2017 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
40 | Win | 37–3 | Curtis Stevens | KO | 3 (12), 1:59 | Mar 11, 2017 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. | Won WBC Continental Americas and vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight titles |
39 | Win | 36–3 | Cristian Rios | UD | 10 | Oct 22, 2016 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
38 | Win | 35–3 | Glen Tapia | TKO | 4 (10), 0:56 | May 7, 2016 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Won vacant WBO–NABO middleweight title |
37 | Loss | 34–3 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO | 8 (12), 1:32 | Oct 17, 2015 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | Lost IBF middleweight title; For WBA (Super), IBO, and WBC interim middleweight titles |
36 | Win | 34–2 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | UD | 12 | Jun 20, 2015 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant IBF middleweight title |
35 | Win | 33–2 | Gabriel Rosado | TKO | 10 (12), 1:45 | Dec 6, 2014 | Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S. | Retained NABF middleweight title |
34 | Win | 32–2 | Fernando Guerrero | KO | 3 (12), 1:56 | May 24, 2014 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won NABF middleweight title |
33 | Win | 31–2 | Jose Miguel Torres | TKO | 7 (10), 1:48 | Nov 30, 2013 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | |
32 | Win | 30–2 | Marcus Upshaw | UD | 8 | Sep 28, 2013 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
31 | Win | 29–2 | Robert Swierzbinski | KO | 1 (8), 2:21 | Jun 8, 2013 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
30 | Win | 28–2 | Albert Ayrapetyan | TKO | 2 (10), 1:26 | Dec 14, 2012 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
29 | Win | 27–2 | Álvaro Gaona | KO | 1 (10), 2:48 | Oct 12, 2012 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
28 | Win | 26–2 | Jaudiel Zepeda | KO | 2 (8), 1:47 | Jun 8, 2012 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
27 | Loss | 25–2 | Joachim Alcine | MD | 12 | Dec 10, 2011 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Lost WBC International middleweight title |
26 | Loss | 25–1 | Marco Antonio Rubio | TKO | 7 (12), 2:36 | Apr 8, 2011 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
25 | Win | 25–0 | Purnell Gates | TKO | 2 (10), 2:50 | Dec 3, 2010 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
24 | Win | 24–0 | Héctor Camacho Jr. | KO | 1 (12), 3:00 | Oct 29, 2010 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Retained WBC International middleweight title |
23 | Win | 23–0 | Elvin Ayala | KO | 1 (12), 2:44 | Jun 11, 2010 | Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant WBC International middleweight title |
22 | Win | 22–0 | Walid Smichet | KO | 2 (10), 0:57 | Apr 3, 2010 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Retained Canada super-middleweight title |
21 | Win | 21–0 | Jason Naugler | UD | 10 | Feb 6, 2010 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant Canada super-middleweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Delray Raines | KO | 2 (10), 2:51 | Dec 11, 2009 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental middleweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Alfredo Contreras | KO | 2 (8), 2:57 | Nov 7, 2009 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Donny McCrary | KO | 1 (8), 2:07 | Oct 3, 2009 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Bladimir Hernandez | KO | 5 (8), 3:00 | Aug 28, 2009 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Martin Avila | TKO | 2 (6), 1:17 | Jun 19, 2009 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Thomas Davis | KO | 1 (6), 0:47 | Apr 18, 2009 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Luis Roberto Reyes | TKO | 1 (8), 2:34 | Mar 7, 2009 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Rogelio Sanchez | TKO | 3 (6), 3:00 | Jan 30, 2009 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Patrick Tessier | TKO | 2 (6), 2:50 | Nov 1, 2008 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won vacant Quebec Boxing Council light-middleweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Lance Moody | KO | 1 (6), 2:15 | Oct 4, 2008 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Ulises Duarte | TKO | 1 (4), 1:45 | Aug 1, 2008 | Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Oswaldo Gonzalez | TKO | 2 (6), 1:53 | Jul 11, 2008 | Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Julio Gonzalez | TKO | 2 (6), 2:28 | Jun 6, 2008 | Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Rodney Green | TKO | 4 (4), 1:00 | May 3, 2008 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Guillermo Cortez | KO | 1 (4), 2:44 | Feb 9, 2008 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Jesus Ortega | KO | 1 (4), 1:30 | Dec 7, 2007 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Rene Fernandez | KO | 2 (4), 2:12 | Sep 15, 2007 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Andres Lovera | KO | 2 (4), 2:59 | Jun 8, 2007 | Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jose Luis Alvarez | TKO | 2 (4), 1:06 | May 12, 2007 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jose Candelario Torres | TKO | 2 (4), 3:00 | Apr 14, 2007 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Professional debut |
Pay-per-view bouts
Date | Fight | Billing | Buys | Network |
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October 17, 2015 | Golovkin vs. Lemieux | Golovkin vs. Lemieux | 150,000[38] | HBO |
References
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- ↑ mezcal187 (2014-10-16), David Lemieux vs Marco Antonio Rubio Highlights, retrieved 2017-05-06
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External links
Sporting positions | ||||
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Regional boxing titles | ||||
Vacant Title last held by Sébastien Demers |
Quebec Boxing Council light-middleweight champion November 1, 2008 – December 2009 Vacated |
Vacant | ||
New title | WBC Youth Intercontinental middleweight champion December 11, 2009 – 11 June 2010 Won International title |
Vacant Title next held by Marlon Alta | ||
Vacant Title last held by Adonis Stevenson |
Canada super-middleweight champion February 6, 2010 – June 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Adam Trupish | ||
Vacant Title last held by Dmitry Pirog |
WBC International middleweight champion June 11, 2010 – December 10, 2011 |
Succeeded by Joachim Alcine | ||
Vacant Title last held by Curtis Stevens |
NABF middleweight champion May 24, 2014 – June 2015 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Evhen Khytrov | ||
Vacant Title last held by Arif Magomedov |
WBO–NABO middleweight champion May 7, 2016 – February 2017 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Francis Lafreniere | ||
Preceded by Curtis Stevens |
WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion March 11, 2017 – present |
Incumbent | ||
Vacant Title last held by Willie Monroe Jr. |
WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion March 11, 2017 – present | |||
World boxing titles | ||||
Vacant Title last held by Jermain Taylorstripped |
IBF middleweight champion June 20, 2015 – October 17, 2015 |
Succeeded by Gennady Golovkin |