Kovalev scored unofficial knockdowns in each of the first two rounds,but the referee missed each one and battered Pascal from buckle to buckle throughout the bout.
Kovalev threatened to carry Pascal in order to prolong the punishment for Pascal's pre-fight comments that accused Kovalev of being a racist and usually those types of comments are typical hyperbole.
However on this occasion,Kovalev took those statements to heart and then did exactly what he said-pound away and hand Pascal the type of punishment that destroys careers.
This fight brought another to mind from almost fifty years ago when Muhammad Ali refused to put away Ernie Terrell and administered a fifteen round beating when Terrell refused to call Ali by his name and instead called him by previous name "Cassius Clay".
The most exciting part of watching the fight was the post-fight interview with Kovalev,who called out WBC champ Adonis Stevenson by calling him "Adonis Chickenson".
Stevenson then "tried" to get Kovalev,but as the video shows below,you really don't want to get to a guy when the color commentator holds you back with one arm.
Stevenson has shown little interest in actually fighting Kovalev and despite television politics playing somewhat of a part in that,Stevenson wasn't interested in the bout when it could have been made,when he was affiliated with HBO.
Since Stevenson isn't interested and a potential bout with Andre Ward not until the fall (not that I'm convinced that Ward will ever fight the bout),Kovalev looks to have a stay busy bout later in the year to stay active-just in case Ward does decide to take the fight.
In the boxing challenge,R.L.and Malpica and I each earned two points for the Kovalev knockout,while I added two for the Dmitry Mikhaylenko unanimous decision over Karim Mayfield.
R.L. selected Mayfield.
I scored Mikhaylenko a 100-90 winner.
The boxing challenge currently stands at 13-7.
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