"The Best" translates to "Lemieux" in French...3/11 - Lemieux/Stevens (HBO)

[patscorpio]

Lemieux: Stevens' Behavior Trash; Had to Make an Example of Him

By Keith Idec

VERONA, N.Y. – David Lemieux showed some concern about Curtis Stevens’ health after brutally knocking him out.

The former IBF middleweight champion also expressed a tremendous amount of satisfaction from responding to Stevens’ incessant pre-fight trash talk the best way he knew how. Montreal’s Lemieux called Stevens’ behavior “trash” and added he had to “make an example out of him” during a post-fight press conference early Sunday morning at Turning Stone Resort Casino.

Lemieux clearly was bothered by Stevens’ pre-fight taunts on social media, which included pictures of Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) from his eighth-round technical knockout loss to Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) in October 2015 at Madison Square Garden.

“We wanted to make a statement and we did,” said Lemieux, whose picture-perfect left hook knocked Stevens unconscious in the third round Saturday night. “Sometimes you’ve gotta stop trying to degrade other fighters. You’ve gotta humble yourself or you will be humbled. Tonight, I wanted to make an example out of him because no fighter deserves to be degraded like that.

“Every fighter works hard. We’re all here to feed our family. We’re all here to feed our kids. You don’t need somebody who’s gonna try to degrade you and call you names. It’s like that in boxing and it’s like that in life. You don’t act like this. This is trash, and I wanted to make an example out of him. Respect everybody. Respect every fighter. This is the real world. So for that, I’m grateful. I had a great night, a great training camp, and I made a statement. And we’re moving along to much bigger and better fights. I’m ready. Are they ready? That’s the question.”

Lemieux-Stevens was developing into a competitive, entertaining middleweight battle before Lemieux drilled Stevens with a left hook that left him out cold, flat on his back. That spectacular conclusion to their HBO “Boxing After Dark” main event forced referee Charlie Fitch to stop their scheduled 12-rounder immediately, at 1:59 of the third round.

Brooklyn’s Stevens (29-6, 21 KOs) was taken from the ring on a stretcher, then to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.

 

[yawn]

All potential W's IMO. Quillen has no chin or legs, Lee would get beat up, and could be too aggressive for Charlo.

Quillin doesn't have a history of quitting and being dropped like lemew tho

Lee is chinny but he can do what lemew and stevens always lose to and that's punch and move

stevens and lemew need their opp to be standing still and squared up for them to land their best punch

Both stevens and lemew give up when their opponent can box and crumble under pressure

Both are extremely limited and chinny , lemew just happens to be bigger

The Wilder fight ended with a referee stoppage with Washington on his feet while Wilder was windmilling punches around his head, FOH. Amongst fighters with a name and a resume behind them this probably does qualify as KO of the year.

Championship level > Stevens level

 

[aceboon]

Quillin doesn't have a history of quitting and being dropped like lemew tho

Lee is chinny but he can do what lemew and stevens always lose to and that's punch and move

stevens and lemew need their opp to be standing still and squared up for them to land their best punch

Both stevens and lemew give up when their opponent can box and crumble under pressure

Both are extremely limited and chinny , lemew just happens to be bigger



Championship level > Stevens level

Forgot that was in 2017, yea definitely gotta give the edge to Mikey

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

he did some off the wall shyt before the GGG fight too..and it ended up badly too

Both GGG and Lemieux said they wanted to punish Stevens for his trash talking. Sometimes it works out in your favor, other times it unleashes extra motivation in your opponent.

 

[mson]

Paq got knocked the fukk out too

 

[The axe murderer]

Forgot that was in 2017, yea definitely gotta give the edge to Mikey

Yeah Mikey didn't just knock him out he completely dominated him and made him look like they didn't belong in the same ring. Then he shang tsung'd him. Mikey showed exactly why we say in boxing there are levels

 

[MrWestGrand]

So much for the "Chin Checkers". I remember when Dame was pushing Curt & Jaydon something hard back in the day.

 

[Columbo]

On the low Lemiex has become one of my favorite boxers. For a French Cac hes got some power

 

[Gizza]

"Fan pleasing bout" goddamn Lampley let's see how Gamboa looked

 

[Gizza]

Schreck had it 29-28 Lubin throw these old ass judges in the bushes. Homie gonna struggle(haven't read the whole thread) & get a weird score from Tom.

 

[Gizza]

The speed still there rd 2/10 into his DEC win. Still no jab just fast wide hooks & lost to a bigger fighter in Bud. Bud better stay his ass outta 147 for 3-5 yrs or he'll get the same treatment by Thurman or Spence if he beats Brook.

Not knowing the business ruined his ass.

 

[reservoirdogs]

The speed still there rd 2/10 into his DEC win. Still no jab just fast wide hooks & lost to a bigger fighter in Bud. Bud better stay his ass outta 147 for 3-5 yrs or he'll get the same treatment by Thurman or Spence if he beats Brook.

Not knowing the business ruined his ass.

Crawford is smarter than Gamboa though and in his prime. I can't really imagine him being destroyed by anyone in welter. He maybe would lose on close fights (I'd pick Bud hypothetically but w/e) but not the same way Gamboa lost against him.

 

[Gizza]

Crawford is smarter than Gamboa though and in his prime. I can't really imagine him being destroyed by anyone in welter. He maybe would lose on close fights (I'd pick Bud hypothetically but w/e) but not the same way Gamboa lost against him.

Starched out a stretch but he's not ready, let them kill each other then move up.

 

[R=G]

Just checked this KO out...nice one.

 

[patscorpio]

Lemieux-Stevens HBO Show Peaked at 672K Viewers; Averaged 606K

By Keith Idec

David Lemieux delivered a highlight-reel knockout Saturday night, but the former middleweight champion’s dramatic victory over Curtis Stevens didn’t deliver great ratings.

According to figures released by Nielsen Media Research, the Lemieux-Stevens fight drew a peak audience of 672,000 viewers for HBO on Saturday night. An average of 606,000 viewers watched Lemieux-Stevens, which ended in the third round when Montreal’s Lemieux’s picture-perfect left hook knocked Brooklyn’s Stevens unconscious at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.

The ratings, while lower than normal for an HBO boxing broadcast, likely were lower because the main event started late in the eastern time zone (12:05 a.m. ET) and because the opener of the “Boxing After Dark” doubleheader was a boring bout that failed to build an audience.

That first fight – Yuriorkis Gamboa’s mundane 10-round, unanimous-decision win against Rene Alvarado – averaged 459,000 viewers and peaked at 524,000. The Cuban-born Gamboa, a former title-holder in three divisions, didn’t let his hands go during much of that lightweight fight and seemed content to coast to a points victory over Nicaragua’s Alvarado.

The main event of Saturday’s show, just the second live boxing broadcast for HBO in 2017, did out-perform the first doubleheader HBO televised this year.

The main event of that “first Boxing After Dark” broadcast – Miguel Berchelt’s bloody, brutal 11th-round technical knockout of fellow Mexican Francisco Vargas – attracted a peak audience of 549,000 viewers and averaged 497,000 viewers January 28 from Indio, California. The peak audience for HBO’s entire telecast that night was the 561,000 viewers that tuned in to watch at least some of a super featherweight fight Japan’s Takashi Miura won by 12th-round knockout against Mexico’s Miguel Roman.

The Berchelt-Vargas viewership was impacted because Showtime televised the Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton rematch at the same time January 28 from Las Vegas. The highly anticipated Santa Cruz-Frampton rematch, which Santa Cruz won by majority decision, drew enough viewers (peak: 643,000; average: 587,000) to give Showtime a rare ratings victory over HBO when the premium-cable competitors have offered boxing broadcasts simultaneously.