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Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born October 28, 1982 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer and the current WBC Light Heavyweight Champion.
[edit] Early lifeWhen Pascal was 4, his mother (a nurse) and older brother left Haiti for a better life and education. They settled in Laval, Quebec, just outside of Montreal. His father, a well-respected politician, remained in Haiti. Pascal played hockey and soccer, but watching his older brother become the Quebec boxing champion in 1996—Pascal, at 13 years of age, started to visit boxing gym "Club Champions St-Michel" once or twice every week. His first trainer was Sylvain Gagnon, who considered Pascal to be very talented. Also according to an interview in May 2005, Pascal's idol was Roy Jones Jr..[1] [edit] Amateur careerAs an amateur, Pascal compiled a record of 103-18 and was a Canadian amateur champion seven times (1998-2004). He was the only fighter to be named Boxer of the Year in Canada three times (2001-2003). As a light middleweight, Pascal won the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the 2003 Pan American Games, Pascal won the bronze medal. In the 2004 Olympic Games Pascal fought at middleweight and lost to Yordanis Despaigne. [edit] Professional career[edit] Super MiddleweightPascal made his professional debut on February 3, 2005, defeating Justin Hahn by second round technical knockout. Pascal won his next 12 fights, before fighting Lucas Green Arias on September 30, 2006, at the Montreal Casino. The fight was for the vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title. Pascal sent him to the canvas with a flurry of punches in the sixth round. Arias got up for the final second of the round, but moments later slid off the stool in his corner, vigorously rubbing his head. He was unable to get up for the seventh round, making Pascal the winner. He was given oxygen in the ring and then was taken to the hospital on a stretcher.[2] It was revealed that he suffered a subdural hematoma.[3] On November 18, 2006, Pascal defeated Jermain Mackey by unanimous decision to win the WBO NABO super middleweight title. Pascal defeated Lafarrell Bunteng by unanimous decision on March 10, 2007. After defeating Christian Cruz by technical knockout in the tenth round, Pascal fought former world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke on August 3, 2007. Pascal dominated Ikeke and won by unanimous decision. Later that year, he defeated Esteban Camou and Brian Norman. His next fight took place on January 11, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida against Omar Pittman. Pascal dropped Pittman with a left hook in round two and was in control for the first six rounds, but Pittman managed to hurt Pascal in rounds seven and eight. Pascal came back strong in the last two rounds and won by unanimous decision. Pascal fought for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight title on December 6, 2008 at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England against British fighter Carl Froch. Pascal held his own, with both men consistently tagging each other. In the end he was outpointed in a close exciting contest. After that fight he fought Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas on April 4, 2009 and won the fight by knockout in the fifth round. [edit] Light HeavyweightAfter losing to Carl Froch and jumping back after knocking out Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas, Pascal decided to go up in weight from 167¾lbs to 174¼lbs and fight as a light heavyweight. He won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title from Adrian Diaconu on June 19, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. About two months after the fight on August 12, 2009 the city of Laval honored Pascal. Pascal defended his newly crowned WBC Light heavyweight title on September 25, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal against the WBC mandatory opponent Silvio Branco. Pascal won the fight by a 10th round TKO. After knocking Branco down once in round 7 and twice in round 10. [edit] Upcoming Fights and FutureJean Pascal's next fight will be a rematch with Adrian Diaconu on December 11, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.[4] Assuming that Pascal defeats Diaconu again he will then fight Chad Dawson as a WBC mandatory challenger sometime by April 2010.[5] Pascal has talked about wanting to fight Chad Dawson before.[6] Carl Froch has talked about having a rematch with Pascal sometime in the future, possibly in 2011, when the Super Six tournament is expected to be over.[7] [edit] Professional Record
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