Pascal beats Diaconu for WBC crown

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.

BOXING 2009 Defending WBC light-heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu, left, takes a right from Jean Pascal during the WBC boxing match in Montreal - 0

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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  1. 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

    From jack torrance, on Wed 24 Jun 1:11PM
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    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 8:03PM
  3. 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.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 7:20PM
  4. JACK. UR COOL. its lance i dont like. hes a tit. full­ of himself and he is racist.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 7:01PM
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    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 7:00PM
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    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 6:44PM
  7. 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.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 2:57PM
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    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 1:48PM
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    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 1:05PM
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    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 8:46AM
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    From neilsenti55, on Mon 22 Jun 6:39PM
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    From neilsenti55, on Mon 22 Jun 6:38PM
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    From jack torrance, on Sun 21 Jun 9:39AM
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    From jack torrance, on Sun 21 Jun 9:37AM
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    From jack torrance, on Sun 21 Jun 9:34AM
  16. 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?

    From The Xentertainer, on Sat 20 Jun 10:06PM
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    From The Xentertainer, on Sat 20 Jun 10:00PM
  18. jack, whats gufted bout u part from ur extremely small­ d ick

    From hilaryfaragher, on Sat 20 Jun 10:00PM
  19. 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.

    From The Xentertainer, on Sat 20 Jun 9:57PM
  20. Ar man, never laughed so much since ooh . . . since i­ read the other boxing thread!

    From cameron w, on Sat 20 Jun 8:24PM
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