Career
Demers then faced Walid Smichet for the Canadian title and IBF International middleweight titles. Demers had just been beaten for the first time in his career after facing Arthur Abraham for the IBF middleweight title in Germany. Prefight Smichet had predicted that he would knockout Demers within eight rounds.
Smichet was initially the aggressor and pushed forward relentlessly to take Demers out of his rhythm.
However he lost momentum towards the end of the fight and Demers" superior technique pulled him through. On 5 November 2011 Demers lost to Allan Green in Quebec City.