On Miranda: "He's a very strong fighter. Crude in a lot of ways. ... Raw with his skills. ... Skillfully he still has some work to be done."

Pittman sticks Pascal with a couple of jabs, and Pascal is a little off-balance. Pittman pops him with a left hook and Pascal goes down to a knee, but Gentile rules it a slip. Looked like a punch from the TV angle, but who knows?

Pittman thus far is the aggressor, but that probably doesn't mean a whole lot. Pascal moving a lot, looking for his opening. There's a left hook that catches Pittman on the chin, after a feigned right. Overhand right fails to land after Pascal doubles up on the jab, with Pittman countering him.

Pascal is really loading up now, throwing heavy shots. Pascal is lunging a lot, something that might get him decked against a puncher like Miranda. Pascal with a three-punch combination near the end of the round, but none of it lands solidly. Pascal came slow out of the gates, but won the round pretty easily. This is looking like a mismatch in terms of speed, which is going to kill Pittman.

Pascal 10-9

Up at 8, and he looks like he's fine.

Pittman comes in hard again, and this tim ehe goes down on a push. Gentile warns Pascal. This isn't exactly pretty so far. One-two lands for Pascal, and Pittman is against the ropes and getting popped. NASTY left hook lands from Pascal, but Pittman shakes it off. If he was a one-punch power type of fighter, Pascal might have just knocked Pittman out.

Pascal with a double left hook, then sticks the jab in as the bell sounds. Big round for Pascal.

Pascal 10-8
Pascal 20-17

There is a vast gulf in speed here, and Pascal with another left hook. Pittman throws a bunch, Pascal easily avoids all of it. Pascal lands a few more punches, nothing of note, but Pittman isn't landing anything, period.

Pascal with another left, then throws four straight jabs. Pittman badly misses again. Pittman is making Pascal look like Roy Jones, sans the outrageous explosive power. Pascal with more left hooks, and this is an absolute mismatch. Pittman is trying, but he is not good enough.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 30-26

I know boxers like to talk shit, and Edison Miranda and Allan Green are two of the best shit-talkers out there, but anyone that watches Jean Pascal fight and can't see his ability is just blind. Anyone that overlooks this guy is going to get beaten.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 40-35

Klitschko is talking with Teddy and Joe now. Ibragimov is also ringside tonight. Klitschko sparring with Andy Lee, which I'd read about a couple days ago, is a very interesting thing for both sides.

Pascal with four consecutive left hooks in the corner, and then he comes back with a combo. He's now just beating the hell out of Omar Pittman.

They're on Klitschko about quality of opponents this year, and Klitschko rightly says that Austin was a mandatory. People have got to understand that Ray Austin was a fight Klitschko had to take or vacate his belt. Those were his options.

Another round for Pascal.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 50-44

Pascal continues to dominate. As Green said, it now looks like Banks has a broken spirit and is just standing to try to go 10.

Pittman gets backed into the ropes again, but he gets out of there. Pascal is now showboating, asking Pittman to fight. And he's not going to.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 60-53

More left hooks land. Atlas thinks it's time for Pascal to knock Pittman out. This was the round I called.

Pittman catches Pascal a little with a counter shot, and Pascal staggers slightly, but he comes right back and his legs seem fine. The South Florida fans are starting to jeer a little bit, as Pittman isn't fighting and Pascal isn't going for the kill.

Pascal with some jabs, and PITTMAN NAILS HIM WITH A LEFT HOOK! Pascal stumbles back, and his legs DON'T look good this time.

Pascal is now moving backward consistently, and he has to survive the last 30 seconds. Pittman with a left hook, and he hurts Pascal again. Pascal may have gotten too confident in just keeping on doing what he was doing, letting his guard down and not pressing as much as he needed to.

Pascal took this round again, but Pittman just shook him up legit.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 70-62

Pascal is now running, and he's hurt. Pittman is stalking. Atlas gave the last round to Pittman, which I think is a bit much. He was dominated for the majority of the round.

Long jabs from Pascal as he looks like he's found his legs. Pittman charges, and Pascal misses a left hook. Pittman still the one stalking, a right hand misses. Pascal is losing this round for real, with Pittman outlanding him pretty substantially.

Pittman's timing has been much better. RIGHT HAND LANDS AND PASCAL IS HURT! Bell sounds with him up, and he may have been saved by the bell there. WOW.

Pittman 10-9
Pascal 79-72

Joe tries to push that "this is turning into a great comeback story." It's not, really. He has to knock Pascal out to win.

Long, confident punches from Pittman. A hard right lands. He's holding his lands low and sticking Pascal like HE'S Roy Jones. This is a bizarre turnaround.

Pascal with a lead right. Pittman misses with an uppercut, and Pittman with a hard left now. Pascal just has to hang on, but Pittman needs to go wild. He has no other chance. And he's let Pascal get his head and legs back, and he's getting tagged some again. Holding the left land low won't help that, but going for broke is all he's got.

Pascal got back to business. It wasn't as easy as earlier on, but this is how Pascal wins this fight.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 89-81

In some ways tonight, Pascal reminds me of Jermain Taylor, for a contemporary comparison. He's got it all athletically, but lets himself slip mentally.

Pittman has nothing left in the tank. And here comes Pascal! He's headhunting and just exploding all over Pittman, and the round ends. Pascal wins easy, but he should have knocked Pittman out.

Pascal 10-9
Pascal 99-90

Pittman got back into a fight he shouldn't have been in at all. And Pascal let him get there. That's a knock.

Official scores:

98-91
98-91
97-92

Jean Pascal via unanimous decision

Miranda tosses a couple of jabs out there, and Banks is staying way back. He does not want to come in at all. Through 40 seconds, no one has landed anything. Miranda's jabs are pawing.

Banks throws a left hook, misses, and gets the hell out of Dodge. Banks continues to stay away, stay away, through the entire first half of the round. Miranda appears to be trying to keep his head, be patient, and box a little.

There's a dangerous left hook counter from Miranda, but it doesn't land. Banks is totally keeping Miranda at bay.

Well, that was an awful round. Absolutely nothing happened, and I guess I have to give it to Banks for "ring generalship." Nobody landed fuck all.

Banks 10-9

The crowd is starting to get restless, but they're actually throwing more. Or at least giving the impression of doing so.

Banks is doing a good job of staying the hell away from Edison Miranda, I'll give him that.

Banks backs Miranda down with counter shots.

Seven years go by before Miranda tries anything notable again, and again Banks counters him away. There's the right from Miranda, and a left follows. Banks with a nice sharp right upstairs.

Another shit round, and another one in which Miranda didn't do anything, and Banks, I feel, did just enough to win on the card.

I don't know what the hell to say about this one so far.

Banks 10-9
Banks 20-18

Miranda comes out throwing, and Banks goes down on a slip. Bad canvas tonight?

Atlas and Pascal have an interesting conversation about Pascal's weaknesses while OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

HUGE RIGHT HAND

BANKS FALLS OUT OF THE RING

GOODNIGHT, SEMINOLE HARD ROCK

HOLY SHIT

GOOD GOD

Edison Miranda K-THE-F-O