David Lemieux

At the same time, his promoter Groupe Yvon Michel, announced that he would next fight former WBA light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-2-1, 19 KOs) on December 10 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

In a huge upset, Alcine defeated Lemieux.

Lemieux was quoted as a 5 to 1 favorite by the wagertrackers.

The fight was declared a majority decision over 12 rounds, with scores of 116-112 by two judges and an even scoring of 114-114 by the third one.

Alcine was awarded the WBC International Middleweight title.

Most ringside observers thought Alcine won the fight.

Speaking after the fight, Lemieux praised Alcine, however felt he did enough, "I tip my hat to him, he's a true champion. I really thought I won. Now I have to return to the gym and start working out. I was prepared for this fight and took it very seriously, but I may have mismanaged my energy. Joachim, he knew what he had to do. I know what mistakes I made and I know that I can beat him."

On March 11, 2011, it was announced that Lemieux would appear in a WBC final eliminator against Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 43 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, on April 8 in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights.

Lemieux was favored to win in his hometown against the Mexican veteran.

He came into the fight with a perfect record of 25 wins and no losses, with 24 wins inside the distance.

Both fighters came in at 159 pounds.

During the first five rounds, Lemieux dominated Rubio by landing hard power punches to his guard.

Rubio came to life in round six and began to land hard punches as Lemieux tired.

In the seventh round, Rubio knocked down Lemieux with a right hook to the head.

Lemieux got up, but Rubio continued where he left off and threw more punches at him.

With only seconds left in round seven, Lemieux's corner had seen enough and threw in the towel to stop the fight.

After the fight Anber said that Lemieux still has a lot to work and improve on if he wants to reach the top level.

David Lemieux (born December 22, 1988) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2022.

Lemieux was born in Montreal, Quebec, on December 22, 1988, to André Lemieux, a French Canadian, and Aznive Khavloudjian, an Armenian from Lebanon.

The couple divorced after having one son, two years senior to David.

David was born after the departure of his father.

His mother remarried to an Armenian, Garo Melekian, who adopted the two children and became a mentor to David.

Lemieux studied at the local Saint-François-de-Laval school, in the Ahuntsic district of Montréal, but did not excel in classes, spending most of time on the streets.

He was eventually expelled from the school for street fights.

Encouraged by his adoptive father to focus, he started training in Ring 83 located in Ahuntsic at the invitation of boxer Baha Laham, a neighbour of Lemieux.

Lemieux began boxing at the age of nine.

He won the Canadian Amateur Championship three times.

Lemieux lost his first four amateur fights, but then won 16 straight fights, including four national junior titles.

Lemieux is currently trained by Marc Ramsay.

Previously, he was trained by Russ Anber and was featured with Anber in DVD tutorial series Title Boxing as a teenager.

He also featured with Anber in the Rival Box tips series.

Lemieux was never interested in making a bid to join the Canadian Olympic boxing team which was woefully under-supported in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

Instead, he and Russ Anber viewed the Olympic program as a dead-end which would have him competing against boxers with vastly more experience while limiting his training prospects in ways detrimental to a fighter with professional aspirations.

He finished his amateur career with 91 wins and 12 defeats.

Although Lemieux planned to turn pro at 17, he was required to wait until he turned 18 because of Canadian Boxing Federation rules.

Quebec-based promotion company Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) was quick to sign him to a multi-fight contract, pitting him against opponents in four-round bouts that quickly became crowd favorites in Montreal.

Lemieux became a proven commodity, fighting televised six-rounders on ESPN's Friday Night Fights and filling out the undercard during several championship events.

Lemieux won his first 20 bouts, all inside the distance.

In October 2011, Lemieux signed a deal with Eye of the Tiger Management.

who held the IBF middleweight title in 2015.