After his brutal first round knockout of Spike O’Sullivan, David Lemieux was hoping to get a fight against either GGG or Canelo Alvarez. Instead, he will be fighting Tureano Johnson on the Dec. 15 undercard of the match between Canelo Alvarez and Rocky Fielding. Johnson was last seen losing to Sergiy Derevyanchenko by 12th round stoppage in August, and although Lemieux will be favored is good enough to make this an interesting fight.
Mikey Garcia Vacates IBF Belt in Search of Bigger Fights
Mikey Garcia was supposed to face his IBF deemed mandatory opponent, Ghana’s Richard Commey, but has opted to bail on that title in search of bigger fights.