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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Pascal Wins By TKO In Less Than
Three Rounds
By Daniel Cloutier
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Canada – As expected, the Montrealer Jean
Pascal, the former WBC light heavyweight champion of the
world, got an easy and short evening of work in the ring of
the Cogeco Theatre in Trois-Rivières, a city located at
mid-way between Montréal and Québec City. He won this
tune-up bout by TKO in the third round over the Argentinian
Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo.
In the first round, Pascal used his jab and fought
defensively.
In the second round, Pascal was more aggressive, and he sent
his opponent on the floor with a solid shot on the body.
In the third round, Pascal floored Ramallo twice, each time
with power punches to the head. After the third knockdown,
the referee stopped the bout and declared the Argentinian
TKO.
“I know I was hurting Ramallo with my power shots, said
Pascal after the bout. After the first knockdown, I knew my
opponent was in serious trouble. This fight brought me back
on the winning track, and I want a significant bout next
spring or next summer, at my next presence on the ring.”
Pascal was fighting for the first time since January, since
his terrible loss by TKO against the Russian Sergey Kovalev
i n the ring of the Bell Centre in Montréal.
“My desire was too see Jean proud of his performance, and I
know it’s the case, said the new Pascal’s trainer, Stéphan
Larouche. Jean was perfectly concentrate in the ring, he was
perfectly prepared mentally and physically, he took his time
and he placed his power shots at the right moments. I know
Jean wants to face fighters rank in the world, and I am sure
his promoter, Camille Estephan, will work in that direction
in the months to come. I really believe that Jean will have
a productive 2017 year. His passion for boxing still at the
high level.”
The Montrealer lightweight Batyr Jukembayev, a southpaw,
stayed undefeated in seven pro bouts (7-0-0) with a victory
by unanimous decision in eight rounds over the Mexican
Manuel Mares (16-11-0).
Jukembayev, who dominated clearly the first three rounds,
finished this third round with a cut over the led eye. But
the Montrealer never stopped to his intense attacks in the
last five rounds of the bout. Mares lost all the rounds, but
he proved in that fight that he was extremely tough.
The middleweight Steve Rolls, from Toronto, scored his 15th
win (15-0-0), in beating the Hungarian Attila Koros (20-8-0)
by KO in the second round.
Rolls provoked three knockdowns in this second round,
winning automatically by KO. Koros went on the canvas for
first time on a left hook on the chin, and after twice on
solid hooks to the body.
The super featherweight François Pratte, from Trois-Rivières,
and the Mexican Emmanuel Villamar came in the ring both
undefeated, but now, only Pratte has a perfect record.
Pratte (4-0-0) won by unanimous decision in four rounds. For
Villamar, it was a first defeat in seven fights (1-6-0).
In the opening bout of the evening, the Montrealer Russian
Ablaikhan Khussainov improved his pro boxing record to
4-0-0, with a win by unanimous decision in four rounds over
the Mexican Jesus Perez (8-9-1).
The fight was intense and spectacular. The two fighters were
very aggressive in each round, but Khaissainov connected the
best power shots of the bout. The judges gave all the rounds
to the Montrealer.
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