David Lemieux puts opponent to sleep with devastating knockout punch

Published Mar. 12, 2017 1:42 p.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

Canadian middleweight David Lemieux scored what is arguably the best knockout of 2017 Saturday night in New York against Curtis Stevens, knocking Stevens unconscious in the third round with a vicious left hook.

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Stevens regained consciousness as he was being stretchered out of the arena, and confirmed on Instagram that he's "good." The knockout victory improves Lemieux's record to 37-3, and was his third consecutive victory since being knocked out by Gennady Golovkin in 2015.

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