Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins II

Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins II, billed as Dynasty II, was a professional boxing match contested on May 21, 2011, for the WBC, IBO, and The Ring light heavyweight championship.^[1]

Dynasty II

Date	May 21, 2011
Venue	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Title(s) on the line	WBC, IBO, and The Ring light heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Jean Pascal Bernard Hopkins Nickname "The Executioner" Hometown Laval, Quebec, Canada Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Pre-fight record 26–1 (1) (16 KO) 51–5–2 (1) (32 KO) Age 28 years, 6 months 46 years, 4 months Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight 174+3⁄4 lb (79 kg) 174+3⁄4 lb (79 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBC, IBO and The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion The Ring No. 1 Ranked Light Heavyweight 2-division world champion
Result
Hopkins defeated Pascal via unanimous decision.

Background

Three weeks after they fought to a highly disputed draw, the WBC ordered a rematch between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins, with the winner obligated to face Chad Dawson afterwards.^[2] When Pascal defeated Dawson by 11th-round technical decision in August 2010, Dawson had a rematch clause in his contract in the event of a loss which allowed both fighters to take interim bouts before the rematch was due. Dawson choose not take one but Pascal did, and fought Hopkins.

Despite claiming he didn't want a rematch in Canada,^[3] the bout was held at Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec and was televised on HBO.^[4]

Referee and Judges

The referee for the fight was Brit Ian John-Lewis, and the judges were Philippines' Rey Danseco, Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand, and Italy's Guido Cavalleri.^[5]

The fight

Pascal (left) vs. Hopkins, 2011

The bout began with both fighters feeling each other out for the first few rounds. In the third round, Hopkins began to find success with the right hand and shook the knees of Pascal. In the fourth round, both fighters exchanged power shots frantically with Hopkins looking slightly wobbled at the end of the round. Later on, before the seventh round began, Hopkins began doing push-ups in the ring. In the ninth round, Pascal's glove touched the mat after a cupping shot and was ruled a slip. This occurred again in the tenth. The fight again went the distance, with all thre judges scoring the bout in favour of Hopkins, with scores of 116–112, 115–114 and 115–113. HBO's Harold Lederman had the bout scored 115–113 for Hopkins, while ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the bout a 114–114 draw.

This made Hopkins the oldest boxer in history to win a world title.^[6][7]

Aftermath

Bernard Hopkins won WBC light heavyweight title.

Following Chad Dawson undercard victory he faced Hopkins in October.^[8]

After more than a year out of the ring, Pascal was slated to challenge Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light-heavyweight title on 11 August 2012, but a hand injury forced him to pull out of the fight. Pascal finally returned to the ring on 14 December 2012 against Aleksy Kuziemski.^[9]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:^[10]

Televised

• Light Heavyweight Championship Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins
  • Hopkins defeated Pascal via unanimous decision. (115-113,116-112,115-114).
• Light Heavyweight bout: Chad Dawson vs. Adrian Diaconu
  • Dawson defeated Diaconu via unanimous decision. (117-111, 118-110, 116-112).

Preliminary card

• Light Heavyweight bout: Nicholson Poulard vs. Jaudiel Zepeda
  • Poulard defeated Zepeda via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 100-90).
• Welterweight bout: Kevin Bizier vs. Mauro Lucero
  • Bizier defeated Lucero via knockout at 3:00 in the fifth round.
• Cruiserweight bout: Eleider Alvarez vs. David Whittom
  • Alvarez defeated Whittom via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 40-36).
• Heavyweight bout: Oscar Rivas vs. Zsolt Zathureczky
  • Rivas defeated Zathureczky via technical knockout at 2:05 in the first round.
• Heavyweight bout: Didier Bence vs. Dwayne Storey
  • Bence defeated Storey via technical knockout at 1:38 in the second round.
• Light Middleweight bout: Mikaël Zewski vs. Ruben Galvan
  • Zewski defeated Galvan via knockout at 1:44 in the third round.

International broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	Main Event
Canada	Viewers Choice
	Canal Indigo
Hungary	Sport 2
Qatar	Al Jazeera Sports +8
Romania	Sport.ro
United States	HBO