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Madrid lost Cristiano Ronaldo to injury early in the match and failed to create any clear scoring chances after the Portugal forwards exit. His team now trails city and Champions League final rival Atletico Madrid by four points with two games to play.MONTREAL -- Much will be at stake when former world champion Joachim Alcine faces rising prospect David Lemieux in the ring. The winner of their clash for the WBC International middleweight title, a relatively minor belt, will move on to bigger fights and higher purses and the loser will be left wondering if there is a future in the unforgiving world of boxing. It is also a clash of two generations of Montreal fighters, with a touch of controversy thrown in, and that will make it more intriguing when the two meet Saturday night at the Bell Centre. Lemieux (25-1), is GYMs 22-year-old slugger who is in his first bout since a split with trainer/manager Russ Anber after his rocketing career was stalled by a first defeat in April against Marco Antonio Rubio. The 35-year-old Alcine (32-2-1) is seeking his first victory in two years and hopes to take some revenge on the promotion company Groupe Yvon Michel, which he left in a huff not long after losing the WBA light middleweight title in 2007. "Hes still a very good fighter," Lemieux said Wednesday of Alcine. "You dont become a world champion by luck. "Ive trained for him to be at his best, so hopefully youll see both of us at our best." Alcine arrived this week from training in California blaming GYM for the sixth-round knockout loss to Daniel Santos that cost him his title. Alcine said he was pressured into fighting even though he had a cataract in his left eye that needed surgery, which was denied by Michel and by his former trainer Howard Grant. "Im telling the truth; I shouldnt have been in the ring," Alcine said. "The doctor told me straight I have a cataract. "The doctor said its your choice to fight or not fight. And me, I decided to fight because they told me that if I didnt fight Id lose my belt." He said he only found out later that the bout could have been postponed until after the surgery. Grant admitted Alcine had a problem with the eye and intended to have surgery after the bout, but he was cleared to fight by an ophthalmologist and by the local boxing commission doctor. "Im not an idiot, I would never put one of my fighters at such a risk, to put him in danger," said Grant. "For what? For me to make $5,000 or $10,000. It makes no sense at all. "The doctor told him youre fine to fight. When you lose, you lose. You dont try to make excuses or try to point fingers at individuals." For all the harsh words, Alcine and Grant looked to be on friendly terms at a news conference to promote the fight. Alcine posted two victories after the loss to Santos, but then signed with U.S. promoter Don King despite having time left on his deal with GYM. He was dropped by King after a first-round knockout loss in his first fight. He fought to an eight-round draw with Jose Medina (14-9) in August in his only bout to date with new promoter Lou DiBella. "The reason we chose Alcine for this fight is because hes with a good promoter," said Michel. Jack Lambert Elite Womens Jersey. "Thats a guarantee that Joachim will be in great shape." Alcine said he is less flat-footed and more mobile under new trainer Anthony Wilson and that he is ready to deliver a boxing lesson to Lemieux. "My advantage is Ive fought better boxers in my career," said Alcine. "I know what suffering is. "For him, every fight he gets a knockout in the first or second round but in his last fight, he showed me some weaknesses, things Id seen even before he had that fight. If he can beat me, Ill say this young man is the next world champion, but its not going to happen." Thats the knock on Lemeiux, that despite his good looks and swagger, his skill and power made it too easy as he blasted his way through his first 25 fights, winning 24 by knockout. His split with Anber after the loss to Rubio was described as amicable on both sides. Lemieux now compares it to a marriage that didnt work out. "We were tired of arguing," he said. "I knew this fight was coming and I needed to train, but when youre always arguing you cant train. "Id come into the gym and I didnt even want to be there. So we made a decision." Lemieux, still ranked third in the world by the WBC, said hes enjoying boxing again and likes being part of a team under new trainer Marc Ramsay, who works with a group of pros that includes former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal. He said he has changed his work habits, his nutrition and his attitude and is now ready to take on the elite middleweights. He will no longer go into fights assuming it will be a quick knockout win. "My last fight, I relied too much on my hard punch," he said. "Thats a mistake and you learn from that. "Being a hard hitter is not a strategy for a fight, its a tool, and I made it into a strategy. But Ive changed that. Against Rubio, it wasnt about him punching me, it was about me running out of gas." The co-feature has a true one-punch banger, Adonis Stevenson (15-1) of Longueuil, Que., against reedy six-foot-four Aaron Pryor Jr (16-4) for three minor super-middleweight titles. Pryors father was one of the great light welterweights of the 1980s, piling up a 39-1 record along with the IBF and WBA titles. Grant, who trains Stevenson, said the son is not the same fighter. "If it was Aaron Pryor senior, wed be in a lot of (trouble)," said Grant. "Hes one of the greatest fighters Ive seen. "He was a volume puncher. He was slick, aggressive, mean. Hed get a guy hurt and finish him off. The son is taller. Hes rangy. He moves, grabs, ties you up. Hes in our way. If my guy hits him on the chin, hes not getting up." The 10-fight card also has a clash between Eleider (Storm) Alvarez (6-0) of Montreal against Emiliano Cayetano (21-3) of the Dominican Republic for the minor NABA light heavyweight belt. ' ' ' |
