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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Jean Pascal Loses Decision To Michael Effert
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer light heavyweight (175 pounds)
Jean Pascal suffered his seventh loss Thursday evening at
Place Laval, losing by unanimous decision in 10 rounds
against the German Michael Effert.
Effert (12-1-0) used this excellent technique to dominate
the Montrealer in almost every rounds. “I got the feeling
that Pascal would be more aggressive than me, but it did not
happen in this fight”, said Effert after the bout. “I
dominated clearly eight of the 10 rounds of the bout. I am
younger than Pascal. I think that this situation played for
me. Before the bout I was extremely confident to win.”
The judge Martin Forest scored the bout 117-111, Tony
Paocillo 115-113 and Pascale Procopio 118-110, all for
Effert.
Pascal (36-7-1) is 40 years old.
The promoter Yvon Michel said: “Jean is very disappointed of
the result, but I am sure that he did his best in the
circumstances. The fact that he is 40 years old, did not
help him.”
Effert said after the fight: “I really want to fight for a
world title. I am sure that my promoter will work to help
me.”
Before the fight, Pascal was ranked third contender by the
IBF, and Effert fifth contender.
In the preliminaries fights of the evening, the Montrealer
lightweight (135 pounds) Mathieu Germain improved his pro
record to 22-2-1, beating the Ontarian Wilcox Hamilton
(24-4-1) by unanimous decision in an IBF Inter-Continental
championship. The Montrealer female super lightweight (140
pounds) Jessica Camara suffered of his fourth lost in pro
boxing (10-4-0), losing by TKO in the fourth round against
the Mexican Karia Ramos Zamora (10-9-1).
The Ontarian Amanda Galle (8-01), another female fighter,
won by unanimous decision against the Mexican Lorena Cruz
Aispuro (4-3-0).
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