By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) scored a devastating 3rd round knockout victory over #2 WBC contender Curtis Stevens (29-6, 21 KOs) on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Lemieux knocked the 32-year-old Stevens completely out with a left hook to the head in round 3.
By Allan Fox: David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) will be fighting his toughest match since his loss to Gennady Golovkin when he faces Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) tonight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Lemieux has been playing is carefully with his career since he was knocked out by Triple G in 2015. Tonight’s Lemieux-Stevens fight will be televised on HBO Boxing After Dark.
By Jim Dower: #3 WBC David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) weighed in at 159 pounds on Friday for his 12 round middleweight fight against #2 WBC Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night at the Events Center at Turning Stone Resort & Casino. Stevens weighed in at 158.25 pounds. HBO Boxing After Dark [BAD] will be televising the Lemieiux-Stevens fight on their network.
By Jeff Aranow: This Saturday night, middleweight contenders David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) and Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) will be fighting on HBO Boxing After Dark in a 12 round fight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. This fight has knocked written all over it.
By Jeff Aranow: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) says he’s going to hurt his opponent Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) this Saturday night when they meet each other on HBO Boxing After Dark (BAD) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Lemieux, 28, doesn’t like the way that Stevens has trash talked him off and on as they’ve prepared for their 12 round fight, and he says he’s going to take it out on him inside the ring.
By Harry Rowland: This should be an exciting matchup with two come-forward punchers going head to head. This contest is not a title eliminator of any kind but is a crossroads fight. The winner aiming to stay relevant as a middleweight contender. Both fighters are slightly past their best but both still hungry to fulfil their previous potential.
Lemieux’s 36-3 (32) career was off to a fast start, notching up 25 straight wins, with all but one coming via knockout. Then he ran into veteran boxer Marco Antonio Rubio, who looked to be heading the same way as the others until he managed to weather the storm and expose Lemieux as somewhat of an on-top fighter, stopping him in 7 once he had emptied his tank.
BoxNation will air two blockbuster bills exclusively live on the channel with five-time world champion Miguel Cotto facing knockout king James Kirkland on February 25th before former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux takes on Curtis Stevens on March 11th.
Puerto Rican legend Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) has long been one of boxing’s biggest and best names and he, like Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs), is coming off a loss to Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez, as both men seek redemption in a 12-round light-middleweight showdown.
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) expects 2017 to be a huge year for him starting with his fight against Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) on March 11 at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York. The fight will be televised on HBO Boxing After Dark.
This is a pretty even fight between two highly ranked contenders in the 160lb division, both of which have been knocked out by middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Stevens was stopped in 8 rounds by Golovkin in 2013, whereas Lemieux was knocked out in the 8th by him in 2015.
By Dan Ambrose: #4 WBC, #4 WBO, #6 IBF middleweight contender David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) will be fighting former world title challenger Curtis Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) on HBO Boxing After Dark on March 11 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. There will be no titles on the line for this fight.
It’s just good match-up between two big sluggers. The winner of the fight will stay in the running for an eventual world title shot against one of the champions. Lemieux, 28, is a former IBF middleweight champion that is co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. It’s believed by many boxing fans that Golden Boy is saving Lemieux for an eventual fight against their flagship star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at some point in the future.
In a fight that fans have been calling for since the middle of last year, former IBF Middleweight Champion and current NABO Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) will go toe-to-toe with Curtis “The Cerebral Assassin” Stevens (29-5, 21 KOs) to battle for Lemieux’s NABO title on Saturday, March 11. Scheduled for 12 rounds, though few believe it will go that, Lemieux vs. Stevens will take place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York and will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The Montreal, Canada born-and-bred Lemieux is coming off back-to-back impressive victories including a knockout over perennial contender and Freddie Roach-trained Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia and a hard-fought unanimous decision win against the always-rugged Argentine fighter Cristian Fabian Rios.