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Alcine & Lemieux Get “Nosey” On
TV
By Daniel Cloutier
The Montrealers boxers Joachim Alcine and David Lemieux will
be nose to nose in the ring Saturday evening, few seconds
before the beginning of this WBC International middleweight
championship, at the Bell Center Theater. Today, they were
close to nose to nose in a TV interview in Montréal.
“The more the moment is approaching the more I am persuaded
that this fight will turn like the fight between
Mayweather-Ortiz,” said Alcine. “Lemieux will try to take my
head off, he will be unable to do it, he will become
frustrated, and he will start to commit technical errors
that will put him in trouble. Like Floyd Mayweather Jr. did
against Ortiz, I will be patient, difficult to touch and
accurate with all my punches. In the second half of the
fight, Lemieux will suffer like never before.”
Lemieux (25-1-0), a boxer of only 22 years old, was smiling
while listening to Alcine (32-2-1), a veteran in the ring.
“I don’t know if the fight will be short or long, but I can
promise you that the Joachim’s face will be ugly if the
fight goes to the limit, said Lemieux. Alcine said few days
ago that his jab will drive me crazy. I don’t care about his
jab. I will bust his defense, and believe me, each time I
will touch him with my power shots, you will see the panic
in his face.”
Alcine said again that his long career taught him to win
with pain, something that Lemieux does not know.
“Alcine seems to believe that he is the master of the
“suffering wins”, said Lemieux. It is ridiculous. He lost
tough fights, and he will lose another one Saturday night.”
Then, David Morrissette, the former goon of the Montreal
Canadiens, who was conducting the interview, asked to each
fighter to reveal the most important weakness of the
opponent.
“Lemieux has weakness, but it is not my intention to reveal
them, said Alcine. I don’t want to help him to make the
adjustments...”
Lemieux replied, “No doubt in my mind that the most
important Alcine’s weakness is still his jaw. His reactions
were always bad against strong punchers. You will see how he
will react when I will hurt him.”
Morrissette then asked each one to predict the result of the
fight.
“I will clearly win the fight,” said Alcine. “I am a more
mature boxer than him. My maturity and experience are so
important in a big fight.”
Lemieux replied, “I will clearly win that fight. I am like a
lion in a cage, and watch me when the door will opens. I am
faster and stronger physically than him, and you will see in
action a David Lemieux more persistent than ever. The more
that the fight will go, the more it will be painful for
Alcine. Watch me...”
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