Pascal Defeats Gonzalez in a Controversial Decision

Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17KOs) won…ish… against Yuniesky Gonzalez (16-1, 12KOs) in a ten round unanimous decision. All three judges had it 96-94 for Pascal. However Harold Lederman scored the fight for HBO at ringside for Gonzalez by a landslide. So did most of the media.

The fight was action packed from bell to bell with Gonzalez landing more and bigger punches. Gonzalez, came out throwing some serious bombs. Stunning Pascal early in the fight and bring him in dangerous water. The exciting action continue into round two with both fighters exchanging big punches. As the fight went into deep waters both fighters leverage a lot of power in their punches. At moments during the bout Gonzalez & Pascal stunned & hurt each other.

In the end Pascal walked away with the W.