Browsing Tag Jean Pascal

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  Corona Crossroads: Alvarez vs Smith Preview

  Fans of Eleider Alvarez will certainly appreciate the irony of the Columbian-Montrealer having his most active year as a pro since 2017 under the shadow of COVID-19. The ...

  On August 20, 2020 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Aug. 14, 2010: Pascal vs Dawson

  It doesn’t seem that long ago and yet the time has gone so fast. And so much has changed. Ten years later, it’s a pandemic and combat sports ...

  On August 14, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 43

  Welcome to a new edition of our podcast, with Alden Chodash once again at the helm and offering you an exclusive interview with Joe Smith Jr. who is ...

  On August 11, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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  Quarantine Blues: Boxing Fights For Survival

  Last week the government of Quebec announced it was considering prohibiting the resumption of boxing events until an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is found. The province’s two biggest promoters, ...

  On July 15, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 36

  Welcome back to a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash! This episode he and site founder and editor Michael Carbert discuss a range of ...

  On January 18, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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  2019 Upset Of The Year

  Upset of the Year Nominees: Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO7 Anthony Joshua Andrew Cancio KO4 Alberto Machado Julian Williams W12 Jarrett Hurd Oscar Escandon KO1 Jhack Tepora Jean Pascal ...

  On January 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  2019: The Nominations

  As the old saying goes, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” and it’s difficult to conjure up a more apt statement ...

  On January 3, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Report: Pascal vs Jack

  The Event Jean Pascal continues to defy time and common sense and a career trajectory that, until quite recently, had him on his way out at the age ...

  On December 29, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 35

  Time for a new podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, who is joined by site founder and editor Michael Carbert to discuss, among other things, the possible ...

  On December 23, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned

  It was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...

  On November 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Report: Gvozdyk vs Beterbiev

  The Event: For quite some time hardcore fight fans have been gazing at the rankings of the light heavyweight division and muttering to themselves,”What gives?” As in, how ...

  On October 19, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off

  Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter, to ...

  On October 14, 2019 / By Rob Lownie
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  Fight Report: Browne vs Pascal

  The Event Jean Pascal has been written off more times than a teenager’s first car and last night pretty much no one was giving him any chance of ...

  On August 4, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 13

  Time for another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, with site editor Michael Carbert also offering his insights as they look back on the big fights ...

  On February 5, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  The End Of An Aura

  It’s surprising how far and how fast a fighter’s star can fall when a once-fearsome aura is finally burst. It’s just a few short years ago that Sergey ...

  On January 30, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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  2018 Knockout Of The Year

  Nominations: Teofimo Lopez KO1 Mason Menard Murat Gassiev KO12 Yuniel Dorticos Dereck Chisora KO8 Carlos Takam Dillian Whyte KO11 Dereck Chisora Vasyl Lomachenko KO10 Jorge Linares Eleider Alvarez ...

  On January 6, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Stevenson vs Gvozdyk: Mandatory Mayhem

  With WBC light heavyweight belt-holder Adonis “Superman” Stevenson set to face mandatory top contender Oleksander Gvozdyk this Saturday at the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City, the champion is ...

  On November 29, 2018 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Bivol vs Pascal: Familiar Territory

  If there were more fighters like Jean Pascal — ballsy to the point of irrationality, legitimately skilled, and with enough swagger to make you gush and cringe in ...

  On November 22, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 2

  Alden Chodash hosts The Fight City Podcast as he and editor Michael Carbert discuss some of the recent happenings in the fight game. On their minds this week ...

  On October 22, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  When Trash Talk Backfires

  Many times my dad repeated this old saw in my presence: “A wise man keeps his ears open and his mouth shut.” Not that I ever listened or ...

  On October 10, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  The Wake Of The Storm

  When Eleider Alvarez landed a thunderous right hand flush on Sergey Kovalev’s temple in round seven of their engrossing and hard-fought battle this past Saturday night, it was ...

  On August 9, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight Report: Alvarez Upsets Kovalev

  The Event: Going into Saturday’s pivotal light-heavyweight affair, many questions loomed regarding Sergey Kovalev’s viability as an elite light-heavyweight following back-to-back losses to Andre Ward in 2016 and ...

  On August 5, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  Kovalev vs Alvarez: The Fight City Picks

  It’s been noted more than a few times on this site in the last couple years, but it’s a fact that bears repeating: you have to go a ...

  On August 1, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  No Surprise: Pascal Batters Bossé

  Ever since the McGregor versus Mayweather debacle there has been talk of boxers meeting mixed martial artists in rings or cages or wherever else. So when it was ...

  On July 21, 2018 / By Kieron Yates
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  Fight Report: Stevenson vs Jack

  The Event  Stevenson vs Jack represented one of the best and most interesting match-ups to be made in the light heavyweight division for some time, not to mention ...

  On May 20, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 160

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! It’s a busy time in combat sports! Tons of congratulations to pass around, including (among others) Mikael Zewski, TKO MMA, Jean Pascal, Caleb ...

  On December 13, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 159

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congratulations to, among others, Jonathan Di Bella, “Monster” Miljas, Tom Vautour, and Miguel Cotto! Big Montreal Casino card going down tomorrow ...

  On December 6, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Fight Report: Kovalev vs Shabranskyy

  The Event Not that long ago, Sergey Kovalev was widely regarded as, pound-for-pound, one of the best boxers in the world. Dominant wins over Nathan Cleverly, Jean Pascal ...

  On November 26, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Night At The Tohu

  Last night saw yet another action-packed fight card at the Tohu Theatre in Montreal from Rixa Promotions and Grant Brothers Boxing, headlined by rising super middleweight prospect Erik ...

  On September 10, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Ford Fights In Montreal

  “I’m the true definition of a prizefighter. This is what I do to feed my family. This is what I do to pay my bills.” So says Ryan ...

  On September 8, 2017 / By Michael Carbert