By Edward Chaykovsky

A bad year for middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-2, 24KOs) On Saturday in Montreal he suffered his second defeat in a row. After getting knocked by Marco Antonio Rubio in April, Lemieux lost a twelve round split decision to Joachim Alcine on Saturday. Promoter Yvon Michel is planning to bring Lemieux back in either February or March of 2012. Regarding Alcine, Michel and promoter Lou DiBella are going to co-promote the boxer with a 50/50 split.