{"id":9069,"date":"2011-03-28T21:46:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T01:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9069"},"modified":"2011-03-28T21:46:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T01:46:40","slug":"jean-pascal-bernard-hopkins-shocking-incident-steroids-and-theft-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9069","title":{"rendered":"Jean Pascal \u2013 Bernard Hopkins Shocking Incident: Steroids and Theft in Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5412\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Pascal Hopkins Boxing\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pascal-Hop-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By Mike Plunkett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today at a press conference in Montreal, reigning IBO\/WBC and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, 26-1-1, 16 KO\u2019s had to be physically restrained after getting into a heated shoving match with Bernard \u201cThe Executioner\u201d Hopkins, the former world middleweight and light heavyweight champion. Tempers flared when the two fighters came face to face in advance of their scheduled May 21st rematch, the much anticipated follow-up to last December\u2019s controversial draw, a bout that looked as though the 46 year-old former two-division champion had done just enough to make boxing history. Amidst a widespread hue and cry of foul among the media and fans, both camps quickly came to terms on an immediate rematch, a return that promises to be more of a grudge match than anything else. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Matters erupted when Pascal took the microphone and handed Hopkins all his championship belts. \u201cI know you\u2019re a thief, so I\u2019m giving them to you now, but after May 21st, they\u2019re staying here.\u201d Pascal then upped the ante and accused the 46 year-old of cheating. \u201cAre you willing to take a blood test for the fans and the rest of the world to prove you\u2019re clean? You\u2019re from the same family as Shane Mosley. Are you willing to take the test?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Hopkins got up to leave saying he would submit to any test the Quebec Commission required, Pascal stayed the aggressor and got into a shoving match and had to be physically restrained. \u201cYou\u2019re a f*!%ing cheater,\u201d the Montreal fighter screamed as Hopkins left the room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Plunkett Earlier today at a press conference in Montreal, reigning IBO\/WBC and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, 26-1-1, 16 KO\u2019s had to be physically restrained after getting into a heated shoving match with Bernard \u201cThe Executioner\u201d Hopkins, the former world middleweight and light heavyweight champion. 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