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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
David Lemieux: "I Want To Fight For A World Championship, I
Have To Stay Undefeated"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL — Ranked third contender by the WBC, fourth by the
WBA and fifth by the WBO, the Montrealer super middleweight
David Lemieux is in real good position to fight for a world
championship bout in the 168 pounds division next year. But
Lemieux knows he has to stay undefeated in his next bouts.
Saturday evening in Shawinigan, Québec, Lemieux will be
involved in the main event of a boxing show presented by the
promoter Camille Estephan, from The Eye Of The Tiger
Management Group.
Lemieux (41-4-0) will face Francy Ntetu (17-3-0), a fighter
from Congo living in Chicoutimi, Québec.
“I am perfectly prepared for this challenge, and I am
impatient to be in the ring,” said Lemieux at the weigh in
held at the Shawinigan Arena. “If Ntetu thinks he can
surprise me, he will have a surprise Saturday evening. I
know he is courageous and a tough fighter, but I know I have
the weapons necessary to win this fight.”
Lemieux believes that 2021 will be a fascinating year for
him. “My goal is to obtain a super middleweight world
championship bout in 2021, but now, I got to keep my
concentration on Ntetu,” said Lemieux. “Staying undefeated
in my next fights is crucial.”
Marc Ramsay, Lemieux’s trainer, is more than satisfied by
the preparation of his fighter. “It will a tough fight but I
am sure that David will deliver a great performance Saturday
evening,” said Ramsay. “He got a great training camp. I am
positive he will fight with intensity and a perfect
concentration. N’tetu has a solid experience, he is though
and courageous, then, David needs to be at his best Saturday
evening. I am positive he will at his best. David is ranked
among the best contenders by the WBC, the WBA and the WBO,
then, he is certainly in good position to dispute eventually
a super middleweight world championship bout.”
Two NABF championships bout will be presented before the
main event.
The heavyweight Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov (10-0-0), who is
living in Montréal, will fight Dillon Carman (14-5-0, from
Toronto), in a NABF title bout, and the super middleweight
Lexon Mathieu (8-0-0), from Québec City, will face Tim
Cronin (12-4-2), from Etobicoke, Ontario, in a NABF 168
pounds championship.
This boxing show card is limited to three bouts.
At the weigh in, supervised by Québec Federation pro boxing,
Lemieux posted an official weight of 167.4 pounds, NTetu
168, Makhmudov 262.6, Caman 237.8, Mathieu 167 and Cronin
166 pounds.
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