Eurosport - Sat, 20 Jun 09:13:00 2009
Jean Pascal dealt Adrian Diaconu his first defeat, seizing the WBC light heavyweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision.
Pascal knocked down Diaconu in the fifth round of an action-packed bout as the he triumphed over Romanian-born Diaconu in a battle of Quebec-based fighters in front of 13,659 fans at the Bell Centre.
Judge Maximo de Luca scored the bout 115-112, John Keane scored it 116-112 and Jack Woodburn saw it 116-111 for Pascal, who improved to 23-1 with 15 knockouts.
It was Pascal's first fight since stepping up to light heavyweight. He lost a bid for the WBC super-middleweight belt to Carl Froch on December 6 in Nottingham, England.
He didn't disappoint, downing Diaconu with a left in the fifth and unleashing another flurry after the champion rose.
Diaconu was able to withstand the onslaught and finished the round with a burst of his own.
In the 11th round, Diaconu rocked Pascal with a right to the jaw and the two fighters went toe-to-toe in an exchange that brought the crowd to its feet.
There was more action in the 12th, when a bloodied Diaconu was unable to put Pascal down.
Diaconu, making his first defence of the title, fell to 26-1, with 15 wins inside the distance.
Diaconu had emerged with the title after a victory over Chris Henry in Romania in April of 2008, which gave him the interim belt. Then unbeaten Chad Dawson was stripped of the title for refusing to face Diaconu.
Two scheduled defences against Silvio Blanco of Italy were canceled, so Diaconu's only bout since his win over Henry was an eight-round decision in a non-title bout against David Whittom.
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I said I was black and you said you'd sparred Mayweather jr,see you're not the only one who's nose can grow exponentialy within minutes ha ha
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but jack, im not the one making racist comments. you cant seriously tell me white trash is not racist, any you DID tell me you were black, i can find it i f u want.
JACK. UR COOL. its lance i dont like. hes a tit. full of himself and he is racist.
torrense, you have already stated you are black.
neilsenti I'm white you idiot,the term white trash,redneck,hillbilly describes a lifestyle and attitude a bit like me saying you're trailer trash,but hey report away see if it bothers my big white @#$%,like I give a s hit.
you see, I have never once commented on your skin colour jack. and if i did i would be getting abuse and all sorts. but u can just call us WHITE TRASH and nothing gets said. so in actual fact torense, who is the racist one, cus i havnt made racist comments. u just have. i suport bnp because they support thw english man. not beacsue im racist. You are racist jack and that makes me sick. im reporting this to yahoo.
Vote BNP if you want to have a pikey in charge,ha ha couldn't make it up,that's the trouble with discrimination you see neil,by definition we are all bred with immigrants,that's what being British is - Norseman,Celts,Angles,Saxons,Vikings,Normans,Romans,Gau ls, they've all interbred with the indigenious population over time,just because you are mixed race the same as the rest of us,don't take it to heart you hillbilly white trash
again toorranse i really apreciate the support and glad u understand the importance of BNP in todays society. i live for the day of no knife attacks,gun attacks, ederly people being mugged, US being robbed bline and having jobs took from the clutches of our very hands. u obviously dont torrense.hom o
ha ha it was in the papers yesterday Nick Griffin's grandad was a pikey,I literaly pis sed myself,straight off to the gas chamber for your leader is it neilsenti ? Apparently he was upset at getting egged because they didn't seperate the whites first ! vote BP keep britain's petrol flowing.
Tooreense i am thankful for ur sipport in voting bnp, keep the adverts up.
torranse is gay. and lance. and jerry. and all these otha old @#$%s.
p.s hilary I don't even have a brother called Richard,don't know where you get your information from.
vote BP keep britain moving,kick the other petrolium suppliers out,BP are the way ahead
hilaryfaragher what does "gufted" mean? is it street talk from down in da hood?
While it is odd that Haye was dismissed quickly, Klitschko is correct when he sais that, if it had been he who cancelled, Haye would have ridiculed. I still think Setanta's financial downfall and Haye's sudden back injury is a bit timely though. Pity, because the heavyweight division is missing big names. The Klitschko brothers will never fight each other and only Tyson Fury and David Haye are our real possible champions. As for Froch...Bute will be a tough opponent but I see him foghting B.Hop first seeing as Hopkins is calling The Cobra out. And good luck to Jean Pascal as I think he showed what a gentleman he is when magnanimous in defeat. Certainly very un-Hopkins like. If I were a very wealthy promoter I'd have Froch fighting Bute, Kessler, Hopkins, Abraham, Pavlik then Dawson. And retiring. But IF Froch did get these fights and won all of them, would anyone consider him an all-time great? Or better then Calzaghe? Or even equal to Joe?
Jack, maybe Neil Senti's real name is Neil Senti! It could be a Puerto Rican surname. Let's stick to boxing matters eh People?
jack, whats gufted bout u part from ur extremely small d ick
Froch v Pascal? Why? Froch doesn't need to prove himself although it was a great fight first time round. But how about Pascal v Dawson? Pascal win on points.
Ar man, never laughed so much since ooh . . . since i read the other boxing thread!
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