David Lemieux’s family is mourning the death of his 64-year-old dad, who was fatally killed in a shootout in Montreal on Tuesday. The athlete uploaded his father’s image on his social media and confirmed the news.
The Demolisher, the nickname of the pro boxer from Canada, held the IBF title in 2015. He had fought in three different weight categories, Light-middle weight, middleweight, and supper-middle weight.
David Lemieux’s Net Worth In 2022 Is Surprising
David Lemieux has a surprising net worth of an estimated $2 million in 2022. The 33-year Canadian boxer has impressed his fans with his appearances in the ring. He is recorded to have 48 professional appearances in pro boxing, with 43 wins and only five losses.
He started boxing at the early age of nine and had won the Canadian Amature championship three times. He was ready to turn pro fighter by the time he was 17, but the Canadian Boxing Federation minimum criteria were 18.
In 2015, Gennady Glolovkin agreed to defend his three world titles against David in a unification match in Madison Square Garden on 17 October. It was live by HBO Pay-Per-View. It was one of his memorable matches. Although he had lost that day but earned his career-high bagging in $1.5 million.
But it was just the beginning, as he started to earn more from his fights and has mostly seen dominating his opponents in the ring.
David Lemieux’s Wife Jennifer Abel Is A Olympic Medalist
The middleweight boxer David got on his Knees on 3 August 2021 and proposed to Jennifer Abel, a former Canadian diver. She had then just returned from the 2021 Summer Olympics. Thus, they got engaged. But we believe they are left to be named husband and wife.
Recently in early April of this year, the family enjoyed a baby shower. The athlete couple is blessed with a baby boy. But the actual date of birth is not revealed by both of them. Judging by the uploads, the newborn might have come to this world at either end of April or at the very 1 May.
The 30-year-old Jennifer is a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist. Later in the same tournament of the 2020 Summer, she won a silver medal. Nevertheless, she is also a four-time Commonwealth champion. Also, she holds the record for most medals by a Canadian diver.
On the other hand, Abel is not the first partner of the Lemieux with whom he shares a child. He has a son Leon from his past relationship. Also, he had a second child, a daughter from his other partner, who left him later. But it seems his present athlete fiance is a perfect match for him.
David Lemieux Family Details- How Many Members Are There In His Family?
David was born to a French Canadian father, Andre Lemieux, and an Armenian mother, Aznive Khavloudijan, originally from Lebanon, on 22 December 1988 in Montreal, Canada.
His parents had already divorced before he was born to them. The pair had a son, two years older than Lemieux, before they separated. So the boxer was born after his father had left his mother.
The single mom of the athlete remarried an Armenian man, Garo Melekian. He also adopted both of her children. So he was not just a father figure for them but became a mentor for David too.
However, the Lemieux family is completed devasted right now after Andre, 64, his father, was found shot dead in Montreal Tuesday night. He had one gun wound on his upper body. The officials believed the same shooter was involved in another shooting that had happened the same night.
As mentioned by CTV News, back-to-back acts of gunfire had taken place, and no apparent link has been found as both were random. The athlete also uploaded the picture of his father on his Instagram, captioning R.I.P Dad. But he did not reveal any information, as it was already all over the news.