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Pascal Villeneuve highlighted his return to the ring with a unanimous decision victory over Rafael Sosa Pintos on Thursday in Gatineau.
The 37-year-old boxer hadn’t fought in eight years, but he made his return to a very familiar venue at the Eye of the Tiger Management gala. Villeneuve (5-2-1, 5 KOs) is in fact a catering manager at the Casino du Lac-Leamy, the scene of his triumph this evening.
He earned three identical scorecards from the judges (40-36 X 3) at the expense of the Uruguayan.
Villeneuve expressed after his fight that he would have liked to finish before the limit, but he is still happy with the result against Pintos (63-20, 25 KOs), who has no less than 84 fights behind him. the tie. Enough to make him want to continue the adventure.
In the final of this gala, Alexandre Gaumont (12-0-0, 8 KOs) finished the job in just two rounds against another representative of Uruguay, Andres Viera. It was a first final for the Gatineau resident.
Furthermore, Steve Claggett easily disposed of Eduardo Estela by knocking him out. in the fourth round. The Albertan sent his rival to the ground twice in the third attack after a series of body blows.
Claggett (39-8-2, 27 KOs), who has never lost two fights in a row, rebounded after his poor performance in the Welterweight World Championship against Teofimo Lopez in June.
Montrealer Luis Santana (13-0, 6 KOs) lost against Argentinian Sebastian Ezequiel Aguirre by unanimous decision (78-73, 78-73, 78-72).
In the other results of the evening, Mehet Unal (11-0, 9 KOs) won by stoppage of the referee in the third round against the German Armenak Hovhannisyan (14-5-1, 6 KOs). O.).
Moreno Fendero (8-0, KO) only needed 1:19 to get rid of Pavel Albrecht (19-27, 14 KO), who visited the canvas three times in little time.
Shamil Khataev (13-0-1, 3 KOs) knocked out Argentinian Cristian Rafael Coria (30-11-2, 14 KOs) in the third round.