By Nate Anderson: Canadian middleweight contender Sebastien Demers (24-1, 9 KOs) gave American Matt Vanda (37-6, 21 KOs) a boxing lesson in the process of beating him by 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Aside from Vanda rocking the weak-chinned Demers every so often in the fight, Demers had an easy time beating the shorter, more limited Vanda. Demers, though not a fighter with the best of chins, has quite excellent boxing skills. Before this fight, I’d only see him in against Arthur Abraham, who never gave him a chance by stopping him early in the 3rd round.

I figured Demers wasn’t that good based on that fight, but I got to take that back. He can actually fight very well compared to many of the middleweights in the division, many of whom don’t have nearly the same skill set as Demers. I’d heard a lot about Demers from Canadian fans before his bout with Abraham, who was saying that he was a potential future champion. Now that I’ve seen him fight for entire bout, I’m not sure if I can fully agree with them yet, due to his chin problem, but he looks very good. Only 28, Demers showed immediately that he was one of the best jabs in the division.