By Sean Clarke: On June 8th the young Montreal knock out sensation makes his return to the ring. After a lengthy lay off (14th December 2012) Lemieux has been recovering from a hand injury suffered in his last fight where he knocked out Albert Ayrapetyan inside 2 rounds.
In the last 6 months rumours have been out there about a fight with Matthew Macklin who is now taking on the Golovkin on the 29th of June. The opponent is still TBA for the return of Lemieux but many questions are still being asked, will he be up against another class B opponent or will his team stick him in with a better class of opponent to test him and see if he has learned from that long night against Rubio back on the 8th of April 2011.
The stamina of Lemieux is still under scrutiny after the controversial loss to Joachim Alcine, who has since been dismantled by Macklin and fighting in England against Brian Rose on Saturday the 20th of April.
Where its clear Lemieux has devastating power to compete with the best in the business, does he have the ring craft, stamina, and chin to stand up to the best in the world? How much longer can he be fed lambs sent to the slaughter? How much is he really learning knocking out these below average opponents.
I believe Lemieux could still be a real sensation and even with the 2 learning curves on his record however he needs to go back to basics and remember where it all started. His coach Marc Ramsey has multiple fighters in his camp and its questioned how much time can he stick into the learning of Lemieux with the likes of Pascal, Bizier, and Decarie all fighting for World honors.
The 8th of June will hopefully be Lemieux making a statement to the division that he is true challenger and in doing so beating a top 10 opponent.
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