The ESPN FNF traveling troupe played the Uniprix Stadium at Montreal, Canada for an outdoors venue of club fight action - and the local gentry was thrilled in seeing house favorite David Lemieux scoring an opening stanza stoppage over veteran Elvin Ayala. 

Lemieux arrived unbeaten at 22-0, 21 KOs - scalps taken of the no name variety - Ayala entered with job application of 20-4-1, 9 KOs in with better opposition, the translation on paper shouted interesting pairing for the WBC international middleweight trophy. 

Not to be, as Lemieux surprises the veteran Ayala midway through the opening candle with a left hook and we have knockdown numero uno - next a barrage of  punches capped with a right hand and it's knockdown two. Finally a wobbly and shaken Ayala is set up for a right hand/ left hook finisher. Time of knockout 2:44 round one. 

Post Scripts: David Lemieux (23-0, 22 KOs) ~ age 21 - Impressive outing to say the least. Ayala his first legitimate test and the Canadian clouter couldn't have looked better. But, to use that old cliché "caveat emptor" - the WBC International strap could easily find the kid prematurely in over his head at middleweight.
                   Elvin Ayala (20-5-1, 9 KOs) ~ age 29 - jury says the veteran wasn't done in on "old" age - was more a case of poor strategy. Instead of using experience while looking to counter punch the confident, bigger punching Lemieux, he tossed the bones in going into the trenches, and rolls craps. 

Veteran referee Gerry Bolen let them work without interruption.

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 Scheduled ten round Super/middle semi-final between local Sebastien Demers at 31-2, 11 KO’s and Brian Vera at 16-4, 10 KO’s was aborted at 1:57 mark of numero tres following two opening rounds of competitive action. 

Stanza three saw Vera of Austin, Texas, out of the gate with both guns firing - drops the Quebec veteran with right hand - Demers beats the count but is quickly on the canvas a second time - then with Vera landing a barrage of punches a light goes on in referee Marlin Wright’s attic. 

Closing comments: Surprising that Vera, arriving off three consecutive losses had the banner night he did - opening two stanzas against a tough hombre that went toe to toe before the Vera big right hand in three reduced Demers to pugilistic pabulum. 

Rest of story: Lemieux earns circle on the fight calendar - youth, size punching power; Vera at age 28 earns small club main event recognition.

Ringside report card: Tessitore caddy, Teddy "Fight book of knowledge" Atlas, re-wrote the pre-fight guess of veteran Ayala experience over celebrated but unproven rookie David Lemieux - took no more than seeing his pick resting on his derriere twice during stanza three before being battered and helpless.
                                Studio expert Brian “no clue” Kenny was his usual annoying self - good news, his gig offers the viewer more than enough time to pour another Bud Lite along with visit to the proverbial “head.”