2. Fight Fire with Fire
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The majority of David Lemieux’s fights end in the first or second round via knockout of some sort. Now keep in mind, 22 of these fights were set up to be 8 rounds total, or less. Puts a different perspective on things. But, we still need to give credit to the man since all three of his 12 round bouts still ended in three rounds or less.
Lemieux is an extraordinary knockout-artist. And…that’s it.
There is a problem to constantly knocking out the opponent within minutes of climbing into the ring, and that involves not being able to practice defense like other fighters have.
If Gabe Rosado can scrape past Lemieux’s unbelievably powerful flurries (good luck, pal) and fire his own strong, effective combos, then this may be an imperative move in his game plan.
Lemieux doesn’t want to trade punches and put on a technical show, he wants to keep his knockout record intact. Rosado needs to take advantage of this and put him out of his comfort zone by forcing Lemieux to work on his defense game.
