David Lemieux threw his hat into the ring for a possible showdown with any of the middleweight title holders after blasting Gabriel Rosado for ten rounds last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
HBO would certainly look to headline Lemieux against Gennady Golovkin in a battle two of the most powerful punchers in the division.
Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs), 25, of Montreal, took Rosado's best and blasted away with left hooks at will against Rosado. The tough Philadephian had the fight stopped the New York State Athletic Commission chief medical officer Dr. Barry Jordan stepped onto the ring apron to order it stopped because of Rosado's severely swollen eye.
"Hats off to Rosado. He is one hell of a fighter," Lemieux said. "I had tremendous preparation. I wanted to show all of you what I could do. I wanted to make a statement. Rosado is even better than I thought. I hope you enjoyed it."
The fight was an exciting one with Lemieux landing hammering hooks and overhand rights but Rosado staging mini-comebacks throughout that pleased the over 6,000 people in attendance.
"He's a good fighter, man. It was difficult seeing when my eye puffed up," Rosado said. "I saw three of him the whole fight. I was trying to fight and counter as best as I could with one eye. Just my luck."
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"I felt like I was doing good when I could box," Rosado said. "I had a good game plan. I wanted to make him miss and counter but I was a little handicapped with the eye. I give him credit. He's a good fighter."
Lemieux, on the other hand, arguably looked better against Rosado then both Quillin and Golovkin. This is his eight victory since his title aspirations were derailed three years ago with losses to Marco Antonio Rubio and Joachim Alcine.
Lemieux has defensive liabilities but his stamina and endurance issues did not manifest themselves against Rosado. It appears that he has rectified those weaknesses.
"I know what Rosado wanted to do," Lemieux said. "He wanted to take me into deep waters. As I said before the fight, I was prepared to go 12 rounds and to be explosive the whole fight."
"I want to be world champion," Lemieux said. "I am ready for whomever is at 160 -- Golovkin, (champion Miguel) Cotto, (former titlist) Quillin. I want to fight the best."
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