David Lemieux vs Curtis Stevens will headline HBO Boxing After Dark on March 11 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in New York for a 12-round middleweight fight.

Well, many showed disappointment for a Lemieux-Stevens fight. Mostly were boxing fans who waited for a non-ppv boxing match on HBO. For them Lemieux-Stevens is a undercardesque match-up. They're looking for better, free fight on TV. Fed up of high PPV subscriptions to star fighter match-ups and at times not delivering the goods.

But make no mistake, if you look at it, Lemieux-Stevens is a guaranteed all-action match. Both men don't like to step back, hard hitters and looking for knockout victories. Lemieux has 82% knockout ratio while Stevens has 62% knockout rate on his ledger. Put them together and it's gonna be a hell of a fight.

As a boxing fan, I don't care who were the fighters shared a ring. As long as you I will see a good, competitive and action-packed fight, I'm good.

The worst thing about watching boxing is when you see a one-sided beat-down because of bad match-making. These were results of so-called tune-up fights, stay busy fights. Whatever you called it. Just to match an A level fighter to like C level fighter to boost the A level fighter's activity, stock and or record.

Lemieux-Stevens is not at all what I mentioned above. Both men are strong middleweights contenders. What's interesting is that both men lost to Gennady Golovkin. I'm sure they want to prove that they're just one level below Golovkin at the middleweight division.

Lemieux had set his eyes for another shot at the world title.

"I've told everyone my goal is to once again become middleweight champion of the world. Curtis is in the way, and I'm going to go right through him," said Lemieux.

If other boxing fans feel that this is a lousy match-up HBO can give on TV, well, for me, this is a must-see fight.

Watch the Gennady Golovkin vs. Curtis Stevens final press conference held on Thursday on this video from The Boxing Channel TV via youtube.

Curtis ("Showtime" Stevens fights Gennady (GGG) Golovkin’s WBA and IBO Middleweight World Championship. Golovkin is rank number 1 according to the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board middleweight ratings. The fight card is presented by K2 Promotions in association with Main Events, GGG Promotions and Madison Square Garden. Don’t have tickets for the fight? It’s available here at ticketnetwork.

We all heard and read about Gennady Golovkin. About how powerful his punches are, how he bulldozed every opponent put in front of him and blah… blah… blah! Now, let's see what the facts say about his opponent on Saturday, Curtis Stevens.

Curtis Stevens, 25-3 (KO 18) turned pro on September 30, 2004 knocking his debut opponent in Round 1. He added another 12 consecutive wins after his debut fight, stopping 11 of those opponents; six were stopped inside the very first round.

"Showtime" Stevens then added another four consecutive wins after his only knockout defeat against Marcos Primera in 2006. He also dropped a decision against highly regarded Andre Dirrell in 2007 and rebounded by knocking out three opponents out of four consecutive victories before dropping again a shocking upset against Jesse Brinkley for the USNBC super middleweight title.

The bomber from Brownsville New York, last four fights were wins against the likes of Saul Roman, for the vacant NABF middleweight title, Derrick Findley, Elvin Ayala and Romaro Johnson.

As an amateur, Stevens was the National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion in 2002 and as a pro Stevens has been featured several times on ESPN Friday Nights Fights.

Stevens is a short middleweight who stands 5'7" compared to averaged fighters in this division.

Stevens fights Golovkin’s WBA and IBO Middleweight World Championship. Golovkin is rank number 1 according to the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board middleweight ratings. The fight card is presented by K2 Promotions in association with Main Events, GGG Promotions and Madison Square Garden. Don't have tickets for the fight? It's available here at ticketnetwork.

Will Stevens stand out against Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night?

Stats source: Boxrec.com