Jean Pascal vs Zsolt Erdei

Joachim Alcine's advisor Greg Leon advised BoxingScene.com that his client has signed a promotional agreement with Lou Dibella. Alcine is a former junior middleweight champion. Leon is also trying to match his fighter, unbeaten Zsolt Erdei, against former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal.

Leon told BoxingScene, "In a perfect world Alcine would make his DBE debut against Antonin Decarie on the Jean Pascal-Zsolt Erdei undercard. Talks are underway, we will see what happens."

Alcine joins Allan Green, Zsolt Erdei, Delen Parsley Jr, J'Leon Love, and Luis Rosa as fighters that Leon advises and DiBella promotes.

hardcorebee24 wrote:Pascal Cloud, make it happen. fuck this fight. I will take it if that's all we have. I have a feeling that we see Jean Pascal go away very shortly. His fifteen minutes are probably up.

GrantZilla wrote:Corey Erdman reports that Jean Pascal's next fight will likely be announced in the "next two or three days," according to promoter Yvon Michel, and a Showtime double-header featuring Pascal against Zsolt Erdei in the main event is the likely impending announcement.

Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO) hasn't fought since May 2011, when he lost to Bernard Hopkins in Montreal. He's been at a lot o fights since then, just not in the ring, and rumored dates and opponents fell through repeatedly. Earlier this evening, Ismayl Sillakh's team said that recent negotiations were broken off, and now we know why.

Erdei (33-0, 18 KO) signed with DiBella Entertainment a couple of years ago to move to America and try to distinguish his career. Thus far, he hasn't really done so, but some of his recent fights have been a lot more exciting than his previous reputation led many to believe they would be, and he's still a pretty quality fighter.

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BoxingScene.com has been advised by multiple sources that discussions are ongoing to finalize a Showtime televised doubleheader for a tentative date of April 14. The main event would feature a light heavyweight contest between former champions Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) and Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KOs), and then a middleweight co-feature between the comebacking Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KOs) and Canadian veteran Joachim Alcine (33-2-1, 19 KOs), who recently upset David Lemieux. The card would be a co-promotion by Yvon Michel and Lou DiBella.

There are still a lot of question marks pertaining to this card. I've been told the possibility of a split-site show is being explored - with Pascal-Erdei happening in Canada and Taylor-Alcine taking place in the United States, possibly in Arkansas. There is also the issue of money. Taylor-Alcine, at this point, is a lot closer to being done than Pascal-Erdei.

Some of the financial details are dependent on Showtime's budget for this fight, and the overall budget is dependent on whether or not Showtime stamps this doubleheader as a "Showtime Championship Boxing" event or a "Special Edition of ShoBox."