''It was a hard fight,very hard fight,Jean deserved,he won,it was a smart,inteligent fight for him.I have only one regret,I think I was waiting too much for the fight,I mean 3 fights in 3 years is not good for me.I worked hard,I had good sparring,I had god sprints in the morning,I worked so hard for this fight but without fighting it's not working.I mean I was waiting to much for the title fight,I was suppose to have 2 or 3 fights a year,I have only 3 in 3 years,I think this is the only excuse I can have right now. I don't know what contract did Jean(Bedard) have with GYM cuz it's not any of my business but if we gonna have one(rematch clause) we will fight a rematch. We have to watch the tape,we have to see what we did in this fight. No(not surprised how Pascal fought),I know Jean is a strong guy but I wanted it to much probably,he was smart,he was hiting,moving,....that's it. I don't know if I'm able to do that,I'm not sure(about having a few fights before a rematch),you have to ask Jean(Bedard) about the contracts,my duty is to fight. Mmmmm,I received a couple of hard shots but I don't think Jean was the strongest one(puncher he has ever met),I think Chris Henry wa a bit stronger than Jean. I think I did the best but...not enough. No(his movement wasn't frustrating),I expected him to come to fight but he moved good,he fought a smart fight.Anyway I think we showed everyone a good show together,it was a good quality of boxing tonight. I'm dissapointed,it's normal but that's boxing,it's happens,I have to work hard. You never know(about going to 168),you never know,who knows.I want a rematch with Jean and maybe after I'm gonna go to cruiser....'' ''I was really proud to be in Adrian's corner tonight,the thing that was missing was a couple of combinations.He still has some rust in his body like an old car you keep in the garage but I'm proud,he worked hard,he was in good shape.Jean did a really smart fight,move a lot,move a lot,stay in range at only each 30 seconds and he stole a couple(rounds) like that.It was a smart move.He deserve to win but we want a rematch for sure.'' Adrian Diaconu and trainer Pierre Bouchard,june 19th 2009,post fight press conference after Jean Pascal.
:good Apparently the rematch clause will be in effect but not immediately. Pascal has to defend against mandatory Branco next and probably Diaconu will fight a fight in the interim and then they will meet again.
The only reason for a rematch would be for the money from Pascal's view. The fight was hugely one-sided and I only gave two rounds to Diaconu. He held onto that belt till the end though so I respect him more from this loss than I ever did before.
Being it was a good fight I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch. But not yet preferably. I thought Pascal won comfortably and would do the same in a rematch. If Pascal could make a couple successful defenses and Diaconu picks up a couple wins in the meantime they yeah, a rematch in 2010 would be nice.
The fight wasnt close enough to warrant a rematch but it definetly was exciting enough to have one for the fun($$$$) of it!!
:deal I think last night's version of Diaconu beats Henry with ease though. First fight was too close to call... Diaconu was gassing all over the place vs Henry.. didnt seem to show it last night..