Unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s) scored a 2nd round knockout of 37-year-old Purnell Gates (18-2, 13 KO’s) on Friday night at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fight was similar in some ways to the David Haye vs. Audley Harrison bout that took place last month, because Gates looked reluctant to fight from the very start of the bout. After chasing Gates for the entire first round trying to get him to engage, Lemieux finally caught up to Gates in the 2nd round and dropped him with a left to the midsection followed by a right to the head. Gates went to a knee and then resumed fighting. However, moments later Gates went down to a knee without getting hit while backed up against the ropes. He complained of having injured his right hand. The fight, if you want to call that, was then stopped by referee Jean-Guy Brousseau at 2:50 of the 2nd. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/12/lemieux-stops-gates-in-2nd-round/
