Jean Pascal vs.
Lucian Bute was a
boxing light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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Diamond championship fight for the vacant
WBC Diamond
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title which took place on January 18, 2014 at the
Bell Centre in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The bout, originally slated for May 25, 2013, had to be postponed after Bute underwent surgery to remove bone chips in his left hand.
[http://www.boxingscene.com/bute-vs-pascal-announcement-expected-shortly--63294 Bute vs. Pascal Announcement is Expected Shortly]
The co-production of
Yvon Michel
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Roster
His boxers include:
*Adonis Stevenson
*Joachim Alcine
...
's GYM and Jean Bédard's Interbox promotions and televised via
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, has trumped a proposed HBO-televised rematch between Jean Pascal and
RING and
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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
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belt, but passed on that, freeing the Englishman to face
Mikkel Kessler.
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.
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.
Pascal ended up winning the fight by unanimous decision.
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.
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.
Reported fight earnings
*Jean Pascal $2,000,000 vs. Lucian Bute $2,000,000
Fight Card
International Broadcasting
Notes
External links
Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute Official Fight Cardfrom
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Groupe Yvon Michel: GYMInterbox
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