Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
I think Lemieux gets more chances and money than hes worth largely because hes french Canadian, not neccesarily because hes white. Thats a reasonably large market with basically no other representation in boxing. Its like TV dinner is trying to fill the void Denilson and Freedom have left though, I like it.
Exactly. Quebec has always been a big market for professional boxing and especially Montreal. The Montreal public will turn out and fill arenas to watch imported pretend Canadians like Bute and Stevenson regardless of colour or whatever. Lemieux was actually born in Montreal and is a KO artist so he's obviously going to be carefully managed and progressed because he's potentially a massive money spinner.