By Jim Dower: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (39-3, 33 KOs) defeated Marcos Reyes (35-5, 26 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in a tougher than expected match on HBO PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 99-90, 99-90 and 98-91. Boxing News 24 scored the fight 99-90 for Lemieux.
By Jim Dower: David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) will be back inside the ring this Saturday night against Marcos Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs), but the targets he has in the near future are Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Lemieux will be fighting Reyes, 29, on the undercard of Canelo’s fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be televised on HBO PPV.
Lemieux says he’s ready for both of them when the time comes.
Fighters on the undercard of Canelo vs. Chavez, Jr. hosted a press conference today at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino ahead of their bouts on Saturday, May 6. Co-main event fighters former IBF Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) and Middleweight contender Marco “Dorado” Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs) were joined by former WBC Silver Super Lightweight Champion Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs), Welterweight contender Emmanuel “Tranzformer” Taylor (20-4, 14 KOs), NABF Featherweight Champion Joseph “Jojo” Diaz, Jr. and IBA Featherweight Champion Manuel “Tino” Avila (22-0, 8 KOs) on the HBO Pay-Per-View portion beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs( could put himself in position to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on September 16 if he beats Marcos Reyes on May 6 on the undercard of the Canelo vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. card on HBO pay-per-view. Lemieux would be the Plan-B for Canelo if a fight against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin doesn’t get made. Lemieux isn’t the only option that Golden Boy has for Canelo to fight in September besides GGG. There’s also a very real possibility of a rematch against Chavez Jr.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has added former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) vs. Marcos Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs) to the May 6th Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight card on HBO pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lemieux-Reyes fight will be the co-feature bout on the Canelo-Chavez Jr. card.
By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s fight last Saturday night against Marcos Reyes (33-3, 24 KOs) averaged only 663,000 viewers with a peak of 707,000 viewers on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The Chavez Jr-Reyes numbers were above Chavez Jr’s ratings for his last fight against Andrzej Fonfara last April. That fight averaged 618,000 viewers, according to Dan Rafael.
Chavez Jr. used to bring in huge ratings each time he fought, but they’ve really gone downhill after his back to back poor performances against Brian Vera in 2013 and 2014. Chavez Jr. averaged 1.39 million viewers for his fight against Vera in 2014.
By Dan Ambrose: After failing to make weight for his fight last Saturday night, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs) put on a great deal of weight in rehydrating up to an enormous size to defeat middleweight Marcos Reyes (33-3, 24 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
While there was some fans who said Chavez Jr. only looked big because he was in with a small middleweight, the fact of the matter if Reyes admitted that he rehydrated to 175 pounds after making weight at 168.
By Dan Ambrose: A cruiserweight sized Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs) used his considerable weight advantage over the much smaller middleweight Marcos Reyes (33-2, 24 KOs) tonight to win a very unimpressive 10 round decision at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
By Jim Dower: Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs) defeated Marcos Reyes (33-3, 24 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 98-91 and 96-93.
By Yannis Mihanos: An elite fighter should be in top shape any day and anytime. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is an elite fighter for the last 18 years. He has been consistent with his work ethic and training; his mojo is plain and simple: “Hard work and dedication”. Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-2-1, 32 KOs) fights Marcos Reyes (33-2, 24 KOs) in a 10 round bout on Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Often professional fighters fail to arrive close at this level because they fail to follow this rule. Their dedication in the sport of boxing has many holes to fill. Their hard work and dedication comes consistently under doubt.