Lemieux vs Reyes

Who won Lemieux vs Reyes?

David Lemieux beat Marcos Reyes by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, May 6th, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 99-90, 99-90, 98-91 in favor of winner David Lemieux.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

Lemieux vs Reyes stats

Back in May 2017, David Lemieux stepped into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 3 losses, and 0  draws, 33 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Marcos Reyes made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, with 26 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lemieux had an advantage in power over Reyes, with a 89% knockout percentage compared to Reyes' 74%.

David Lemieux was the younger man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Reyes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lemieux.

Both David Lemieux and Marcos Reyes fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lemieux's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Reyes', having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 14 days earlier than Reyes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 18 fewer professional rounds, totaling 200 compared to Reyes' 218.

Lemieux vs Reyes form

Lemieux had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Curtis Stevens on March 11, 2017, by knockout in the 3rd round at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Cristian Fabian Rios on October 22, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Glen Tapia on May 7, 2016, by technical knockout in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Gennady Golovkin on October 17, 2015, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and WBA Super World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had won against Hassan N’Dam on June 20, 2015, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Activity check

Lemieux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 16 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

What time did Lemieux vs Reyes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Lemieux vs Reyes?

David Lemieux was a 1/100 (-10000) favorite going into the contest, while Marcos Reyes made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.