Lemieux vs Reyes

Who won Lemieux vs Reyes?

David Lemieux beat Marcos Reyes by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 6th May 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in 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 loses and 0  draws, 33 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

The stats suggested Lemieux had advantage in power over Reyes, with a 89% knock out percentage over Reyes' 74%.

David Lemieux was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Reyes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lemieux.

Both David Lemieux & 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 less professional rounds, 200 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 11th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beat Glen Tapia on 7th May 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 17th October 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 20th June 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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) favourite going into the contest, while Marcos Reyes made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.