Joachim Alcine's career is back, after his shocking twelve round majority decision upset win on Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal. A huge underdog going in, he got the better of the bigger and stronger, but inexerpienced David Lemieux (25-2, 24KOs). Alcine was give the win with scores of 116-112, 114-114 and 116-112.
Very few pundits were giving former junior middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (33-2) a shot at beating David Lemieux on Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Alcine, winless in two years and moving up to middleweight, appeared to be a safe comeback opponent for Lemieux, who was trying to get his career back on track after suffering a TKO loss to Marco Antonio Rubio in April.
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec - Featherweight contender Tyler Asselstine (8-0, 5KOs) won a lopsided eight round decision over Phillippe Frenois (14-5-1). All three judges scored it 80-71.
This Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, former junior middleweight champion Joachim Alcine, 35, will hit the crossroads of his long career. He faces a returning 22-year-old middleweight puncher, David Lemieux (25-1, 24KOs), for the WBC's International title. Lemieux himself has a lot to prove, returning for the first time since an April knockout loss to Marco Antonio Rubio.
With less than a month to go, both David Lemieux (25-1-0) and former WBA champion Joachim Alcine (32-2-1) are pushing forward in camp and their weights are on target. They clash for Lemieux's WBO international title. The WBC recently required both boxers to undergo a mandatory 30-day weigh-in. Neither boxer was capable of weighing less than 176-pounds. Lemieux, currently training in Montreal under the supervision of his coach Marc Ramsay, came in at 175-pounds. Alcine, who is currently training in Florida, came in at 172-pounds.
Groupe Yvon Michel held a press conference to officially announce the middleweight showdown between WBC International champion David Lemieux (25-1-0) and former WBA junior middleweight king Joachim Alcine (32-2-1). The latter was attending the presser via teleconference from his home in Florida, where he continues his training which began in California.
The current WBC International champion at middleweight, David Lemieux (25-1-0), has signed a contract with Eye of the Tiger Management. The Eye of The Tiger stable includes a numbers of boxers from Quebec, including WBC mandatory heavyweight challenger Bermane Stiverne, rising star Dierry Jean, Nicholson Poulard, and several others.