Joachim Alcine, Haitian Canadian professional boxer

Joachim Alcine migrated to Canada when he was nine-years old and showed his interest in boxing when he was 12. However, he got the first taste of boxing at the age of 16. His boxer friend Blaise Mayemba took him under the supervision of legend Mike Moffa. Alcine obtained a record of 42-6 and participated in few international fights during his amateur career.

Alcine's pro career was begun in the middle of 1999. He won the first fight of his pro career against Louis Bouchard quite convincingly and in an impressive way with all the exposure. However, he had to wait a lot for fights during early stage of his career. He won the WBA Fedelatin Light Middleweight Title in 2005 defeating Hilton Dos Santos. Joachim Alcine also won the WBC International Light Middleweight Title in the same year defeating Elio Ortiz. In addition, Alcine defeated Fernando Hernandez to win the NABA Light Middleweight Title in 2006.

Joachim Alcine held a record of 31-2 where 19 wins were by knockout in his professional career. Defeating Travis Simms he became the unanimous champion of WBA Light Middleweight in 2007. Later he became the WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight champion. At the end of 2011 he defeated David Lemieux making a huge upset in the boxing history to get the WBC International Middleweight title in Bell Centre of Montreal. Viewers who witnessed the fight found Alcine completely dominating the fight.

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