World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) was elated after escaping with an 11 round technical decision win over former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Pascal, 27, was exhausted and getting lit up by Dawson in the 11th round and looking like he was on the verge of being stopped. However, sometimes luck is on your side, as it was surely on Pascal’s side last Saturday night. Just when Dawson was putting on the coup de grace, Pascal turned his head and accidently rammed Dawson in the face, cutting his eye badly. The cut was terrible, but the timing was a god send for Pascal, because it got him out of a tough situation where he likely would have been knocked out the way things were going at the time. Now, Pascal is a national hero in Canada and is basically able to call the shots in terms of who he wants to fight next. Pascal still has to fight Dawson again due to the rematch clause that Dawson had in the contract with Pascal, but because it was written in that Pascal has to fight Dawson next, he’s able to get one interim fight in before facing Dawson again. After the fight, Pascal had this to say to HBO analyst Larry Merchant: “I want the best in the world – [Bernard] Hopkins, [Joe] Calzaghe. I want to prove I am one of the best. Jean Pascal is coming to America.” Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/08/pascal-says-he-wants-hopkins-calzaghe-and-bute-next-–-news/
