By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions may have lost a number of fighters last Friday in settling their case with former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer and Al Haymon, but they’ve reportedly added #2 WBC, #3 WBO, #5 IBF, #13 WBA middleweight contender David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) to their growing stable, according to Dan Rafael.
This is a much better move than the recent 12 signees that Golden Boy made this past week. Lemieux actually has the kind of talent to where he could possibly become a title holder.
Unfortunately, Lemieux doesn’t have the kind of talent where he’ll be the main guy at middleweight, but he can definitely be a title holder once the likes of Gennady Golovkin retires.
“In addition to settling arbitration w/ Schaefer & cutting ties w/ Haymon, @GoldenBoyBoxing has signed @lemieuxboxing. Story coming. #boxing,” said Dan Rafael of ESPN on his twitter.
The 26-year-old Lemieux defeated Gabriel Rosado by a 10th round stoppage last December in the biggest win of Lemieux’s career. Granted, the win was over a guy who’d already been exposed by the slow as molasses Alfredo Angulo in the past, as well as Golovkin, Peter Quillin, Derek Ennis and Jermell Charlo. However, the win by Lemieux showed that he’s good enough to beat a fringe level fighter at 160, and that’s a huge jump from the poor opposition Lemieux had been fighting before.
Golden Boy needs to steer Lemieux into the biggest fights they can as soon as possible, because he’s one of those fighters who will eventually get exposed by a boxer/puncher, and it’s better that Golden Boy look to make as much money as possible with the Canadian fighter while they can. Lemieux would likely struggle against guys like Jermain Taylor, Daniel Jacobs and Andy Lee due to him being so easy to hit.
That’s why Golden Boy should try and line him up with fights against the likes of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Miguel Cotto and Gennady Golovkin. Canelo would seem like the ideal opponent for Lemieux if Canelo can get past Cotto.
If Canelo loses that fight then the last thing Golden Boy needs to be doing it putting him in with a slugger like Lemieux immediately after a fight like that. Canelo will need a lot of rest and likely a series of tune-up bouts to come back from a devastating defeat at the hands of Cotto. You don’t want throw the 24-year-old Canelo in with a guy who will likely take his head off like Lemieux would if he were to face him after the Cotto bout.
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