David Lemieux (boxer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

David Lemieux is a Canadian professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

of Québécois

French-speaking Quebecer

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and Armenian descent who fights in the middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

division. He is the former WBC International middleweight champion and holds a professional boxing record of 25-1-0.

Amateur boxing career

Lemieux began boxing at the age of nine. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship three times.

Lemieux is currently trained by Marc Ramsay. Previously, he was trained by Russ Anber

Russ Anber

Russ Anber is a boxing analyst on The Sports Network for In This Corner. Anber has been with TSN since 1996 and has covered major boxing events from the Olympics to the Commonwealth Games...

and was featured with Anber in DVD tutorial series Title Boxing as a teenager.

Lemieux was never interested in making a bid to join the Canadian Olympic boxing team which was woefully under-supported in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Instead, he and Russ Anber viewed the Olympic program as a dead-end which would have him competing against boxers with vastly more experience while limiting his training prospects in ways detrimental to a fighter with professional aspirations.

Professional boxing career

Although Lemieux planned to turn pro at 17, he was required to wait until he turned 18 because of Canadian Boxing Federation rules. Quebec-based promotion company Groupe Yvon Michel

Yvon Michel

Yvon Michel is a Canadian boxing promoter. His company is called GYM and is based in Montréal.-Roster:As of April 2010 his boxers include...*Jean Pascal*Joachim Alcine*David Lemieux*Antonin Descarie*Herman Ngoudjo...

(GYM) was quick to sign him to a multi-fight contract, pitting him against opponents in four-round bouts that quickly became crowd favorites in Montreal. Lemieux is now a proven commodity, fighting televised
six-rounders on ESPN's Friday Night Fights and filling out the undercard during several championship events.

First Professional loss

On April 8, 2011 at the Bell Centre

Bell Centre

The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lemieux was featured in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights. His opponent was Marco Antonio Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio is a Mexican middleweight professional boxer. Currently resides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico across from Del Rio, Texas.-Fight for Middleweight Title:...

, who came to the fight with a record of 49-5-1 (43 KOs). Lemieux was favored to win in his hometown against the Mexican veteran. During the first five rounds, Lemieux dominated Rubio by landing hard power punches to his guard. Rubio came to life in round six and began to land hard punches as Lemieux tired. In the seventh round, Rubio knocked down Lemieux with a right hook to the head. Lemieux got up, but Rubio continued where he left off and threw more punches at him. With only seconds left in round seven, Lemieux's corner had seen enough and threw in the towel to stop the fight. After the fight Abner said that Lemieux still has a lot to work and improve on if he wants to reach the top level.

Titles

- WBC International Middleweight title (2010)

- Canadian Champion Super Middleweight (2010)

- WBC Youth Intercontinental Middleweight title (2009)

- Quebec Champion Light Middleweight (2008)

Professional boxing record

Marco Antonio Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio is a Mexican middleweight professional boxer. Currently resides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico across from Del Rio, Texas.-Fight for Middleweight Title:...

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Bell Centre

The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

, Montreal

Montreal

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