Lemieux vs Ayala

**Galaxy** · 04-14-2010 04:26 AM

Its a slight step up & as others have said based on how he performs we'll know more. A dominant victory & he's ready for another step up, a close difficult fight & he better stay in there with 3rd tier types!

**amat** · 04-14-2010 11:16 AM

Whenever I see a record like that, I think Tyrone Brunson. The guy who took literally not a single step up at all from his pro debut then when expectations were heaped upon them, the steps became to large and he failed. He had talent obviously but just horrible managing and the damage might already be done.

I hope it's not the same with Lemieux. Obviously he's much younger but that doesn't matter much. If he keeps going this rate he's going to be 60-0 at 24 years old with his best wins being over Matt Vanda and John Duddy lol.

Really thoough, this is a good step up but they need to at least give him some sort of challenge and start actually developing him into a complete fighter rather then just a tv ko attraction.

**Nameless** · 04-14-2010 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by amat

Whenever I see a record like that, I think Tyrone Brunson. The guy who took literally not a single step up at all from his pro debut then when expectations were heaped upon them, the steps became to large and he failed. He had talent obviously but just horrible managing and the damage might already be done.

I hope it's not the same with Lemieux. Obviously he's much younger but that doesn't matter much. If he keeps going this rate he's going to be 60-0 at 24 years old with his best wins being over Matt Vanda and John Duddy lol.

Really thoough, this is a good step up but they need to at least give him some sort of challenge and start actually developing him into a complete fighter rather then just a tv ko attraction.

The guy's 21 years old, I think they make a superb progression with him without going too fast to risk to burn him. Anber and GYM are talking to get him a championship title match around end of 2011, I think it makes perfect sense, he would be then 23 and having climbed the rungs in a strategic and logical way.

**amat** · 04-14-2010 11:45 AM

Yes but instead of facing guys who will actually test him or give him rounds, he has faced guys in the ring to make him look good. They better cram in a hurry because they could have gotten serious opposition and maybe 5 less fights and actually set him up for success. Deliberately padding a guy's record is never a good idea and it's not going to make him a better fighter.