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Lemieux Makes Quick Work Of
Smichet
Lucas vs.
Andrade Quebec City Bout Update
By Daniel Cloutier
Montreal's David Lemieux (22-0-0, 21 K.-0) stopped Walid
Smichet from St-Eustache, Quebec at the 57 second mark of
the second round in a Canadian Super Middleweight
Championship battle. Smichet lost last year by K.O. in the
seventh round against Peter Manfredo Jr. in Montreal, but
gained much respect in 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New
York, in coming close to upsetting Irish John Duddy who, at
that time, was the number six contender of the WBA.
Pedro Diaz, who developed 28 Olympic champions for Fidel
Castro, believes that Lemieux will become an international
super star. Diaz supervises the physical condition of
Lemieux.
Even though the IBF Super Middle title eliminator between
Jesse Brinkley & Sakio Bika is all but set for the Pepsi
Coliseum the already made Eric Lucas vs.Librado Andrade
fight will still be the main event as it will garner most of
the Quebec boxing fans support. Jean Bédard, the boss of
InterBox, hopes that ESPN will televise the show but nothing
is confirmed yet. If it is the case, Bika vs. Brinkley would
logically be the semi-final of the evening.
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