because lemieux needs a gimme after failing to make weight by 2.5 lbs. (maybe one of Golovkins fist and glove are still lodged in him somewhere and put him over) and tanking his comeback fight. They have to get him in the public eye soon against someone he can mow down and still prove he's marketable. Who better than the newbie to the stable that just got blown out in 4 rounds in his last fight in his hometown against an unknown.