"Obviously I would lean more towards Golovkin just because of his experience and the level of competition he's been in with. The one guy that stopped Lemieux, Golovkin stopped him with one shot, but then again, styles make fights," stated middleweight contender Willie Monroe Jr., who shared his thoughts on the anticipated showdown between hard-hitting middleweight champions Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux. According to Monroe Jr., the key to victory for David Lemieux is to fight Golovkin in close quarters. Check out what else he had to say!
WILLIE MONROE JR. ON GOLOVKIN VS. LEMIEUX:
The thing I will give Lemieux is when I fought Golovkin, in close quarters is where I was getting off, and that's not even my forte. Lemieux is very sharp and good in close quarters with those uppercuts, so if he could make Golovkin respect his power, which I'm pretty sure he can, and stay at close quarters, he can make it a really rough night for Golovkin. One thing I noticed is, I had the right plan in reverse order. I planned on coming out and boxing him because I was a little more faster and fleet footed. I wanted to get him to move and get him to where he really had to press me, and then the last half of the fight, I would start backing him up. I should have did that in reverse order. I should have backed him up and made him fight and break him down and then go ahead and box him maybe the last 4 rounds.
I finally got a chance to watch the fight. I wouldn't watch the fight at first because it hurt me so bad emotionally, especially with everything that was going on around the fight. I actually watched the fight for the first time maybe 2 weeks ago. I didn't realize how good I was actually doing. I didn't realize how much I was touching him. It look like I stunned him a couple of times and I didn't realize how hard he was breathing in the corner. He looked tired from the 4th round to the 6th round when I called it quits. I didn't know that though. I had no recollection of any of that. I just went crazy and in straight fight mode. I sort of lost my discipline. I didn't stay composed. I was swinging for the fences. But now I know. It was a learning experience. Now I know to stay calm, cool and collected and be very cognizant of what is going on with my opponent.
[ Follow Percy Crawford on Twitter @MrLouis1ana ]