Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good fight between Billy Joe Saunders and David Lemieux: it gets three stars.The undefeated Wbo Mw champion Billy Joe Saunders entered this fight with a perfect record of 25-0-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 middleweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Andy Lee (=Lee vs Saunders), Artur Akavov (=Saunders vs Akavov) and Willie Monroe Jr (=Saunders vs Monroe Jr).
His opponent, the former Ibf Mw champion David Lemieux, has an official boxing record of 38-3-0 (33 KOs=87%) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He lost to #1 Mw Gennady Golovkin in 2015 (=Golovkin vs Lemieux) but then he has won four bouts defeating Curtis Stevens (4-stars fight, Lemieux vs Stevens) and Marcos Reyes in 2017 (=Lemieux vs Reyes). Lemieux vs Saunders is valid for the WBO World middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2017-12-16
Where: Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Title: WBO World middleweight title
Saunders’ previous fight: Billy Joe Saunders vs Willie Monroe Jr
Lemieux’s previous fight: David Lemieux vs Marcos Reyes
Saunders vs Lemieux full fight video:
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