Jean_Pascal_vs._Lucian_Bute

Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute

Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute

Boxing competition

Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute was a boxing light heavyweight Diamond championship fight for the vacant WBC Diamond title which took place on January 18, 2014 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2][3][4][5][6] The bout, originally slated for May 25, 2013, had to be postponed after Bute underwent surgery to remove bone chips in his left hand.[7]

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The co-production of Yvon Michel's GYM and Jean Bédard's Interbox promotions and televised via HBO, has trumped a proposed HBO-televised rematch between Jean Pascal and RING and WBC 175-pound champion Chad Dawson that was slated for the same date at Bell Centre in Montreal. Lucian Bute had the right to face Carl Froch in a contractually obligated rematch for the IBF Super Middleweight belt, but passed on that, freeing the Englishman to face Mikkel Kessler.[8]

It was the biggest fight in Canadian history since 1980, when Roberto Durán won a 15-round decision to win the welterweight world title in his first fight against Sugar Ray Leonard at Montreal's Olympic Stadium in front of 46,000 spectators.[9] Bute, who is fighting out of Montreal, versus Pascal was pitting the two biggest draws and most popular fighters in Canadian boxing who are considered huge stars in Quebec.[9] Pascal ended up winning the fight by unanimous decision.[1]

Background

Pascal

Pascal came off a unanimous-decision triumph over Aleksy Kuziemski in December 2012 that helped him to rebound from the unanimous-decision loss to Bernard Hopkins in May 2011.[8]

Bute

Bute came off a unanimous-decision victory over previously unbeaten Denis Grachev in November 2012, which helped him to rebound from last May's fifth-round knockout loss to Froch that dethroned him as titleholder.[8]

Reported fight earnings

  • Jean Pascal $2,000,000 vs. Lucian Bute $2,000,000

Fight Card

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Notes

  1. [1]
    "Jean Pascal tops Lucian Bute by decision". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Bute-Pascal: c'est officiel" (in French). Le Journal de Montréal. 15 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    "C'est fait: Bute affrontera Pascal le 25 mai" (in French). La Presse. 15 March 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Lucian Bute-Jean Pascal superfight set for May 25". CANOE -- SLAM! Sports. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. [5]
    "Pe stadion, dar nu la București – Bute va juca cu Pascal în aceeaşi zi în care Froch va boxa cu Kessler" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 14 March 2013.
  6. [6]
    "OFICIAL: S-a semnat! Interviu EXCLUSIV cu Bute: "Sunt mai bun ca Pascal, îl voi epuiza fizic!"" (in Romanian). Prosport. 15 March 2013.
  7. [7]
    http://www.boxingscene.com/bute-vs-pascal-announcement-expected-shortly--63294 Bute vs. Pascal Announcement is Expected Shortly
  8. [8]
    "Deal for Pascal-Bute bout signed". ESPN. 16 March 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Jean Pascal, Lucian Bute to fight". ESPN. 18 February 2013.
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