Golden Boy have already contacted Jean Pascal's team about a Bernard Hopkins fight

According to Yvon Michel, promoter of WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, this past week's clash between his charge and the formerly unbeaten Chad Dawson drew in over 8,000 fans to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Impressive, Michel says, considering that many Montreal residents were out of town for Summer vacation and that Dawson missed a scheduled press conference because he misplaced his passport.

As good as those numbers were, they pale in comparison to the potential seen by Michel for an all Canada showdown between Pascal and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute.

"The Bell Centre can hold 22,000 people, so there will be 22,000 people there that night," Michel says.

Pascal, who defeated Dawson by a unanimous technical decision on Saturday, has a rematch clause with New Haven, CT's "Bad Chad", but is allowed to take another fight before a return bout. HBO is actively pushing for Pascal to face the fellow "Quebecian" Bute next.

While Michel believes that fight would be the biggest fight in Canadian history, he remains doubtful the fight will happen next. Michel says that Interbox Promotions, who promote Bute, is digging for excuses to not make the fight happen.

"This is a fight that HBO would like to buy and Jean Pascal would take that challenge anytime. But now they're looking for reasons not to take the fight. They're saying that Bute is too small. I believe they are very concerned about having their main guy fighting Jean Pascal."

"Honestly, I don't think Bute wants to fight me," Pascal, 26-1 (16 KO), added in agreement. "Right now, I'm the boss in town, I'm the king. I don't need to chase Bute. If he wants to fight the king to prove that he is the king himself, he has to give me a challenge."

Michel believes that Bute's lack of credible opponents at 168 due to the top fighters in the division being included in Showtime's Super Six tournament, coupled with the recent knockout/disqualification win by Bute's new mandatory challenger Jean Paul Mendy to Sakio Bika, will ultimately leave Bute with little options outside of Pascal.

A representative with Interbox could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon.

Michel says that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaeffer recently contacted him regarding matching former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, age 45, with the 27-year-old Pascal.

"That would be such a good fight," Pascal said. "Hopkins was the king of that day. He's like a good wine, aging finely."

Other attractive options for Pascal include a rematch with the only fighter to have defeated him - Carl Froch - once his obligations to the Super Six tournament have concluded. Froch

Pascal, who spent the last three months training for his successful HBO debut in Jacksonville, FL, the Dominican Republic and Colombia, will try to spend some time with his daughter before she returns to school in the Fall. He plans to take a week's vacation before entertaining future offers.

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[Throws up hands]

As dismal as BHOP looked against Roy? Couldn't a 55 year old BHOP handle Pascal's simple attacks?

I have to agree Marble, Pascal doesn't have workrate to beat Hopkins.

How crazy would it be if Bernard beats Pascal then goes on to beat Cloud and Dawson ?

Fuck Bernard. I dont want to see him fight anymore. Just retire.

Ali_1748 wrote:

I have to agree Marble, Pascal doesn't have workrate to beat Hopkins.

How crazy would it be if Bernard beats Pascal then goes on to beat Cloud and Dawson ?

Mind boggling. I think Dawson remains too much athlete for BHOP.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

I have to agree Marble, Pascal doesn't have workrate to beat Hopkins.

How crazy would it be if Bernard beats Pascal then goes on to beat Cloud and Dawson ?

Mind boggling. I think Dawson remains too much athlete for BHOP.

I don't know, Dawson's lack of passion and passive attitude might not be enough to topple the Executioner.

tell bo hop and golden boy take a walk..bo hop looking for a big payday on someones elses coattails again..fronch in the future makes more sence and a rematch with dawson makes more sence.or even a glen johnson..or a up and coming LH prospect in a non title fight...

Pascal should fight Bute instead, much bigger fight in Canada, could possibly be held at the Olympic Stadium (with Diaconu-Andrade on the undercard?)

Pascal should fight anybody at LHW -- Shumenov, Cloud, Pascal rematch, Glenn Johnson, or if he wants another huge Montreal affair Librado Andrade! They love that Mexicano up north!

Can we see him fight anyone other than BHOP?????

I've watched a ton of BHOP fights and lately I feel that turning the tv off, letting my cat onto the porch, and lwatching her try to catch bugs, is more entertaining than watching him fight.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

I have to agree Marble, Pascal doesn't have workrate to beat Hopkins.

How crazy would it be if Bernard beats Pascal then goes on to beat Cloud and Dawson ?

Mind boggling. I think Dawson remains too much athlete for BHOP.

If Dawson thought Pascal was fighting dirty, he would be in tears by the time Bernard is done with him.

Why on this green Earth would Pascal think about fighting anybody other than Cloud or a rematch with Dawson?

A B-Hop/Pascal fight would be a joke:

B-Hop needs to retire, and HBO should not even entertain the thought of this fight. Boxing needs to move on and let guys like B-Hop fade away...

agree totaly.

I'd actually like to see this fight.