David Lemieux

**The Rocket** · 12-19-2009 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Nameless

The kid has talent and they don't want to burn him yet as he's still very young and doesn't have a huge amateur background. They are trying to make him with lasting opponents that wouldn't ruin his career as he didn,t go past a few rounds yet, they want to see how good is he on 8-12 rounds but he seems to always find a way to destroy his opponents before. For example, his last opponent was considered durable and he was supposed to last a couple of rounds. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. The hard thing with the kid is to test him for the last rounds without shooting him too early like Boom Boom Bautista for example. Raines, his last opponent went all 12 rounds against Tarvis Simms and only got knocked out 2 times in his career, the guy can bang and is normally durable.

As it seems that a few of you seem to be interesting in our young french canadian prospect, I would like to have your opinion: If you could pit him against any boxer, considering he hasn't yet been able to fight more than 5 rounds, who would be a good challenge for him without putting his young career too much at risk?

I think Matt Vanda could be a good opponent. (Lemieux coach told to a montreal radio station that they would love to fight Duddy by the end of 2010). Local matchups are also possible : Walid Smichet, Sebastien Demers, Alcine, etc...Lemieux is only 20 years old and in my opinion, they are doing exactly what they need to do to get him to the top. And by the way, i think that Lemieux would k.o Julio C.Chavez Jr..

**Nameless** · 12-19-2009 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by The Rocket

Originally Posted by Nameless

The kid has talent and they don't want to burn him yet as he's still very young and doesn't have a huge amateur background. They are trying to make him with lasting opponents that wouldn't ruin his career as he didn,t go past a few rounds yet, they want to see how good is he on 8-12 rounds but he seems to always find a way to destroy his opponents before. For example, his last opponent was considered durable and he was supposed to last a couple of rounds. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. The hard thing with the kid is to test him for the last rounds without shooting him too early like Boom Boom Bautista for example. Raines, his last opponent went all 12 rounds against Tarvis Simms and only got knocked out 2 times in his career, the guy can bang and is normally durable.

As it seems that a few of you seem to be interesting in our young french canadian prospect, I would like to have your opinion: If you could pit him against any boxer, considering he hasn't yet been able to fight more than 5 rounds, who would be a good challenge for him without putting his young career too much at risk?

I think Matt Vanda could be a good opponent. (Lemieux coach told to a montreal radio station that they would love to fight Duddy by the end of 2010). Local matchups are also possible : Walid Smichet, Sebastien Demers, Alcine, etc...Lemieux is only 20 years old and in my opinion, they are doing exactly what they need to do to get him to the top. And by the way, i think that Lemieux would k.o Julio C.Chavez Jr..

Yeah I think they did the proper thing by padding him with a mix of everything till he has seen enough different things to bang some higher prospects. I always have Bautista's case in mind where they did shot him too early and Lemieux being only 20 is quite good for the record he has now. I understand peoples who want him to go right now to bigger things but I think it's clever, especially that some of his opponents weren't that bad, I do not mean excellent but still, not as bad as what some might pretend. Some of them did last longer against some major opponents than Lemieux and nobody did expect him to flattens them down so early. Duddy would be an excellent fight for his visibility in the US and a good payday too, if they can make it, sure, go ahead!