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by Cliff Rold
30-year old Haitian former WBC and lineal World Light Champion Jean Pascal (27-2, 16 KO) of Laval, Quebec, Canada, returned to the ring after a lengthy layoff on Friday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, scoring two knockdowns of 35-year old Aleksy Kuziemski (23-5, 7 KO) of Bialystok, Poland en route to a unanimous decision win in ten rounds. The story of the fight was a left arm injury to Pascal in round four that left him fighting one handed the rest of the night. Pascal was slated for a spring shot at current Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson.
Pascal, making his first start since losing the World Light Heavyweight title to Bernard Hopkins in May 2011, came in well over the 175 lb. division line at 181 ½. Kuziemski came in at 177 ¼. The fight was contracted at 180 lbs. The referee was Marlon Wright.
Defensive and calm to begin the fight, Pascal seemed content to give away the opening round as Kuziemski made the bulk of the action. A sizzling right from Pascal stunned Kuziemski in the final thirty seconds, and a lead left moments later just missed to even intentions. [Click Here To Read More]
30-year old Haitian former WBC and lineal World Light Champion Jean Pascal (27-2, 16 KO) of Laval, Quebec, Canada, returned to the ring after a lengthy layoff on Friday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, scoring two knockdowns of 35-year old Aleksy Kuziemski (23-5, 7 KO) of Bialystok, Poland en route to a unanimous decision win in ten rounds. The story of the fight was a left arm injury to Pascal in round four that left him fighting one handed the rest of the night. Pascal was slated for a spring shot at current Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson.
Pascal, making his first start since losing the World Light Heavyweight title to Bernard Hopkins in May 2011, came in well over the 175 lb. division line at 181 ½. Kuziemski came in at 177 ¼. The fight was contracted at 180 lbs. The referee was Marlon Wright.
Defensive and calm to begin the fight, Pascal seemed content to give away the opening round as Kuziemski made the bulk of the action. A sizzling right from Pascal stunned Kuziemski in the final thirty seconds, and a lead left moments later just missed to even intentions. [Click Here To Read More]
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