Who won Browne vs Pascal?

Jean Pascal beat Marcus Browne by technical decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 3rd August 2019 at Barclays Center in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 74-75, 74-75, 74-75 in favor of winner Jean Pascal.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

This contest was for the vacant light heavyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Adam Kownacki beating Chris Arreola. Also, on the undercard Curtis Stevens lost to Wale Omotoso.

Browne vs Pascal stats

Marcus Browne stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jean Pascal made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 6 loses and 1 draw, with 20 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Browne had a slight advantage in power over Pascal, with a 70% knock out percentage over Pascal's 61%.

Marcus Browne was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Browne had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pascal. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Marcus Browne & Jean Pascal fought out of an orthodox stance.

Browne was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 year and 9 months later than Pascal, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 211 less professional rounds, 122 to Pascal's 333.

Browne vs Pascal form

Jean Pascal had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sergey Kovalev on 30th January 2016 by in the 7th round in their IBF World Light heavyweight, WBA Super World Light Heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beat Yunieski Gonzalez on 25th July 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sergey Kovalev on 14th March 2015 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight, IBF World Light heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Before that, he had been beaten by Roberto Feliciano Bolonti on 6th December 2014 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Bell Centre, Montreal.

He had won against Lucian Bute on 18th January 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal.

Activity check

Browne's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

Pascal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 6 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What time did Browne vs Pascal start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Barclays Center, New York, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Browne vs Pascal?

Browne vs Pascal was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Browne vs Pascal?

Marcus Browne was a 2/25 (-1249) favourite going into the contest, while Jean Pascal made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.