Jean Pascal News

Costa Rican boxer Lucas Green Arias was recovering in hospital Sunday after suffering a head injury in a loss to Jean Pascal of Laval, Que., fight promoter Yvon Michel said. Arias (11-2) suffered bleeding on the brain after he was floored by Pascal near the end of the sixth round of their super-middleweight bout for the WBC Latino title on Saturday afternoon at the Montreal Casino. Michel visited the hospital ...

Seeing his opponent carried from the ring on a stretcher took some of the joy from Jean Pascal's first international title victory. Pascal, of Laval, Que., sent Lucas Green Arias of Costa Rica to the floor at the end of the sixth round to win the WBC Latino super-middleweight belt, a minor title. Arias (11-2) got up and walked to his stool in his corner, but was unable to get ...