Jean Pascal W12 Fanlong Meng ... Former two-time light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (36-6-1, 20 KOs) resurrected his career with a twelve-round unanimous decision win over China's Fanlong Meng (17-1, 10 KOs) in the inaugural ProBox TV event on Friday night in Plant City, Florida. Pascal won by scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 114-113. The event took place at the ProBox Events Center. Pascal was aided by an eighth-round knockdown that Fanlong contended was really a slip. “The layoff affected my timing,” said Pascal. “I tried to take the fight round-by-round. He was a very tough fighter, more than I expected. I saw that I could hurt him, so I pushed and pushed him. I tried to knock him out.” [Pascal had been out of the ring since 2019 due to PED issues].
A member of Fanlong's management team, Terry Lane, issued the following tweet: "Meng Fanlong lost a close decision to Jean Pascal tonight. A knockdown was scored against him that we believe was a slip. I still think he won the fight, but didn’t get his hand raised. I’m very proud of him and his performance. He will be back."
