Gates felt it, ran away from Lemieux

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  1. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    One clean punch. That's all it took for Gates to start running away... each and every time David tried to settle at mid-range following the first punch that connected, Purnell was desperately trying to get out of range. TKO 2 as a result of Gates telling the ref he didn't want to continue on. Possible miscommunication between him and the ref, but what the hell... Gates felt the power and started to run. Took a knee twice.

    No surprise here. This was the very last time David faced sub-world lvl opposition.

    BTW, Renan St-Juste put Sebastien Demers to sleep in the 2nd round. Hopefully St-Juste gets a shot at a top 10 SMW as of a result of the KO. "All successful local fighters got a title shot. (Bute, Pascal) Dorin, Lontchi, Demers all got a title shot. I believe I've done what's necessary to get the same kind of opportunity."
     
    drozzy, Dec 4, 2010
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  2. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gates his a disgrace! we knew that Lemieux will be wining but Gates didn't even try!

    St-Juste diserve a title shot but i think it will be at 160lbs , it was his first fight at 168lbs in years and he only did it to face Demers! St-Juste should rematch Marcus Upshaw too !
     
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  3. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Gates is nothing more than a club fighter. He should of never been matched up with Lemieux.
     
    Boom_Boom, Dec 4, 2010
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  4. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree but they wanted to keep Lemieux active because his next fight will only be in April agains't Rubio so....:think

    It's getting hard for them to find a decent opponent , they will have to bring the $$$ to get good opposition!
     
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  5. darryl1914

    darryl1914 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Long Time Trainer Eddie Futch has one of the greatest quotes about the progress of young fighters.

    "If you continue to match a Hot Young Prospect against Soft Opponents, the only thing that will improve is the fighters record...And NOT the Fighter".

    Ishe Smith would be THE PERFECT opponent for Lemieux. Smith has face alot of Hot Young Un-defeated Prospects (Joel Julio, Fernando Guerrero, Danny Jacob, Pawel Wolak, Sechew Powell, Sergro Mora and David Estrada) And took them ALL 12 ROUNDS. Lemieux needs to be matched versus a fighter that will make him GO ROUNDS.
     
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  6. golden

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    for the $ gates got for this fight i think, i could run away even better than he did
     
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  7. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lemieux promoter doesn't want to pay Gates and want to put him in front of the comission !
     
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  8. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Smith was in line for Lemieux but wanted more time to train and i agree with him!

    Next Lemieux fight will be agains't Rubio , good step-up IMO!
     
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  9. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    at least Lemieux fought a slick african-amercan. no joke. Guy fights the same style as Dirrell
     
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  10. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  11. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    post fight interview

    Russ Anber talks midway, interesting.

    Maybe someone wants to translate?

    [yt]Vzc7mKhoh0c[/yt]
     
    PH|LLA, Dec 4, 2010
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  12. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    del
     
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  13. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This "fight" proves nothing.David got a Xmas gift and the fans get ripped off once again.
     
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  14. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    ripped off? it wasn't even the main event.
     
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  15. ShaggyRogers

    ShaggyRogers New Member Full Member

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    The Lemieux fight was a let-down, but the Usmanee-Navarrete match that preceded it was an excellent action fight--worth watching if it ever becomes available.
     
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