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It is expected that after an almost three-year break Billy Joe Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) will return to the ring early next year. The Briton took a long break after the first defeat in his career against Saul Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs).
According to police officials in Montreal, Canada, father David Lemieux (43-5, 36 KOs) Andre was killed in a shootout. Two men, including the father of the former world middleweight champion, were gunned down in separate incidents on Tuesday evening less than an hour apart.
In a duel between former world champions David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) effectively knocked out David Lemieux (43-5, 36 KOs) in the third round and won the interim WBC super middleweight title in the main event of the evening at Gila River in Glendale, Arizona.
David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) and David Lemieux (43-4, 36 KOs) hit the super middleweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony ahead of the Glendale boxing night. The bet of the fight will be an interim WBC world champion belt. The weight of Benavidez and Lemieux turned out to be the same and amounted to 75.4 kg.
This coming Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, a boxing evening will take place, in which the unbeaten two-time world champion David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) will fight the former world champion David Lemieux (43-4, 36 KOs) for the interim WBC super middleweight title. The boxers met face to face for the first time at the final press conference. The evening of boxing will be broadcast on Shouttime.
David Lemieux's record currently stands at 43 wins, 4 loses and 0 draw.
David Lemieux's last fight took place against David Benavidez on May 21, 2022,. He lost by TKO in the 3 round. That fight was 6 months and 15 days ago.
Lemieux's last 3 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 6 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 4 rounds on average.
Lemieux was born in Canada.
The David Lemieux is currently 34 years old. He was born on Dec. 22, 1988, so he will turn 35 in 16 days.
Lemieux is 5' 9" (5 Foot and 9 inch) which is 177 cm (1 meter and 77 centimeters).
His reach is 70 inches (70") which is 178 cm (1 meter and 78 centimeters).
Lemieux fights from a orthodox, which means he favours his right hand as his power hand when fighting.
David Lemieux doesn't currently have a fight scheduled