Joachim Alcine
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Joachim Alcine is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer
Boxing
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 fighting out of Montreal
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, Quebec
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, where he now resides.

Pro career

He defeated Jose Hilton Dos Santos on April 24, 2004, to win the WBA
World Boxing Association
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 Fedelatin Light Middleweight Title, Fernando Hernandez on October 9, 2006, to win the NABA
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 Light Middleweight Title and Elio Ortiz on May 28, 2005, to win the WBC
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 International Light Middleweight Title. He has a professional record of 31-2 (with 19 wins by KO
Knockout
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). On 2007-07-07, he became the WBA Light Middleweight champion after defeating Travis Simms
Travis Simms
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 by unanimous decision. He is now the WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight champion. He is currently a training and sparring partner of mixed martial artist and current Ultimate Fighting Championship
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 Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre
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.

On December 7, 2007, he successfully defended his title by TKO
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 in the 12th round against Panama
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nian Alfonso Mosquera at the Bell Centre
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 in Montreal
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, Quebec
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, Canada. He lost the title to Daniel Santos
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 on July 11, 2008, by KO.

Comeback

Alcine returned on August 28, 2009, year to beat Eric Mitchell
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 by UD in which Mitchell came in over the contracted weight of 158 lbs, but Alcine agreed to go forward with the fight without penalty to Mitchell. Mitchell was also penalized one point for holding in round 9.

Then on December 5 Alcine beat Light Middleweight prospect Christophe Canclaux also by UD to win the WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title (vacated by Alfredo Angulo
Alfredo Angulo
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), Canclaux was penalized one point in round 2 for hitting behind the head.

Angulo vs. Alcine

Alcine lost to top Light Middleweight
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 contender and Interim WBO Champion
World Boxing Organization
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, Mexican
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 Alfredo Angulo
Alfredo Angulo
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. The fight was for the vacant WBC Continental Americas
World Boxing Council
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 Light Middleweight
Light middleweight
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 Title and was a WBC
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 Final Elimination bout.

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