Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-06, pretty good fight between David Lemieux and Marcos Reyes: it gets three stars.The former Ibf Mw champion David Lemieux entered this fight with a pro record of 37-3-0 (33 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world. He lost to #1 Gennady Golovkin in 2015 (=Golovkin vs Lemieux) but then he has won over Glen Tapia (=Lemieux vs Tapia), Cristian Fabian Rios (=Lemieux vs Rios) and Curtis Stevens (4-stars fight, Lemieux vs Stevens).
His opponent, Marcos Reyes, has an official boxing record of 35-4-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.87 super middleweight. He lost to Elvin Ayala in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 defeating Diego Rivera. David Lemieux vs Marcos Reyes is on the undercard of Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-05-06
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Lemieux’s previous fight: David Lemieux vs Curtis Stevens
Lemieux’s next fight: Billy Joe Saunders vs David Lemieux
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Lemieux vs Reyes Fight Video:
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Early in the fight, Lemieux shook his hand as if something wrong just happened. He broke his hand indeed and this explains probably why he couldn’t finish the job quickly (almost had it done anyway!). I think he took this fight too early after his latest victory.
Thank you host for the new video.
In spite of his broken hand, as per Olivier info below, Lemieux was able to do a reasonable fight. However, he missed a lot of punches may be due to lack of concentration as a result of his injury. For the sake of his hand probably it was good to miss so much. Reyes was brave and very resistant thanks to his very strong chin.
I believe that Lemieux had the job done before he even entered he ring, he punches with intent to hurt the opponent both physically and mentally. Reyes must have fought some mediochre opposition, his roundhouse slapping puncing style will ensure that he says in the lower echelon of super middleweights, the only thing that he has got going for him is a good chin, another disadvantage if you are on the receiving end of damage as evidenced in this fight.