Jean Pascal has successful surgery, looks at June return

by Scott Christ on Dec 16, 2009 8:15 PM EST in Boxing News Analysis

A couple of terrific fights with Adrian Diaconu put Jean Pascal (right) on the shelf with a shoulder injury. He's looking to return in June 2010.

WBC light heavyweight titlist Jean Pascal underwent successful surgery to fix the right shoulder he re-injured in this month's rematch with Adrian Diaconu, and he is looking at a June 2010 return. Promoter Yvon Michel sent out this release:

"According to his corner men the shoulder got off and replaced into the articulation 3 times during the fight, in the 3rd, 5th and 10th round. ... To repair the shoulder Pascal had surgery this morning in a hospital in Laval. The doctor was Dr. David Baillargeon. It was an arthroscopic surgery. Everything went very well with no complications. His shoulder will be immobilised for 3 weeks, then he will need 5 to 6 weeks of rehabilitation before resuming boxing training in full fledge!

"The doctors are saying he could be back for a fight in May. Our target date is next June 2010."

Doctors saying May and the fighter and promoter targeting June is good to hear -- nothing will be lost in that extra month of making sure the injury is healed properly. Pascal first had a problem with the shoulder way back when he fought Omar Pittman (the night Edison Miranda iced David Banks on ESPN2), and it was clear this time that shoulder surgery was going to be a necessity. No more rehabbing and fighting through it. For one thing, Pascal has now established himself as a top light heavyweight and a consistently exciting fighter, and he's become a major drawing card in Quebec, too. The audience and his belt will be there when he's ready to return.

Good luck to Jean Pascal on his recovery, and we look forward to seeing his return to the ring.

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Shouldn't be a problem

Having had shoulder surgery on my right shoulder (torn labrum) and doing at least some boxing training, I can tell you that I have no problems. Now its nowhere near the elite level of Pascal, but I don’t think there should be too many issues and he should come back without any problems.

by Waldo Rastel on Dec 16, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions

I don't think his labrum was the issue

He kept dislocating it, which means it was probably the rotator cuff

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by Brickhaus on Dec 17, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions

It could be a labrum problem

So the labrum is basically like a seat belt that keeps the ball part of the shoulder in the cuff. If the labrum is detatched or torn, it becomes extremely easy to dislocate the shoulder, and subsequently pop it back in. This sounds like at least related to the labrum to me, but i’m not a doctor so what do I know.

by Waldo Rastel on Dec 17, 2009 4:34 AM EST up reply actions

He also had his labrum fixed...

… and It is said that Pascal first had a problem with his right shoulder when he fought Omar Pittman, but in fact it first came in round 2 of his fight against Esteban Camou, as you can see in this video (at 1:18): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36jum_jean-pascal-vs-esteban-camou-22
Then he fought with this injury against Norman & Pittman… and maybe Froch?

by StraightRightHand on Dec 17, 2009 1:20 AM EST reply actions

He had it against Froch — I didn’t know he’d started having the problem in the Camou fight. That means he was fighting injured (not seriously, obviously, but enough to be a bit of a bother, perhaps) in basically every fight since then, with the risk of it getting worse in any given fight. I guess overall he’s probably lucky that it held up this long without a surgery.

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by Scott Christ on Dec 17, 2009 7:06 AM EST up reply actions

Well I’m having surgery on a torn rotator cuff on my right shoulder on 12 Jan. Will be out of commission (no driving ) for a month, followed by 3-4 months rehab, then I’ll begin my comback. I hope to return to play right field for the Yankees by spring training 2011.

by FrankinDallas on Dec 17, 2009 4:18 PM EST reply actions