EXCLUSIVE Lemieux on why he’d beat Gennady Golovkin in a rematch

Gennady Golovkin

FORMER world champion David Lemieux is determined to win back his old title and insists a rematch with Gennady Golovkin would go very differently.

Golovkin halted Lemieux to unify the IBF and WBA middleweight titles in 2015. But speaking exclusively to Boxing News, David explained that he has developed thanks that experience and has improved as a fighter. โ€œI learned what it takes to beat a guy like that. Definitely a great fighter, GGG, definitely a guy Iโ€™m looking forward to facing again in the near future with obviously a different outcome. GGG has got a lot of talent and I expected him to box the way he did. But no excuses, Iโ€™ve made adjustments over the years and over the months and everything. We made the adjustments we need ย to get back in the world championship way, to get back where we need to get to to beat the top guys.โ€

He is confident that he would win a rematch. โ€œAbsolutely I believe in my abilities, I believe in my powers so Iโ€™m not worried about what I got to bring to the table,โ€ he said.

Lemieux with be boxing on the undercard of Saul Alvarezโ€™s clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in Las Vegas and also has his eye on a showdown with Canelo himself. โ€œDefinitely, definitely. Step by step, I donโ€™t want to jump any fighters but heโ€™s definitely a guy Iโ€™m looking forward to. Weโ€™ll see the result after this fight and the fans will demand this fight. The fans will demand it,โ€ he said.

But he warned Canelo that Chavez โ€œis going to be a very interesting fight. Chavez is a big boy, heโ€™s definitely big but Caneloโ€™s a great fighter so itโ€™s going to be an interesting outcomeโ€.

The one middleweight world title outside of Golovkinโ€™s clutches, the WBO belt is held by the UKโ€™s Billy Joe Saunders, another man in Lemieuxโ€™s sights. โ€œOf course, he has a title, heโ€™s definitely a guy I would love to face,โ€ he said. โ€œI never underestimate any opponent, heโ€™s a world champion and thereโ€™s a reason why heโ€™s a world champion. It would be a good fight, it would be interesting.โ€

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