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Jean Pascal fails drug test, out of June 6 rematch with Badou Jack

The best reason for hardcore boxing fans to buy the Showtime PPV is gone.

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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Kevin Iole reports that Jean Pascal is out of his scheduled June 6 rematch with Badou Jack, which was to be the key co-feature for the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul exhibition PPV, with Pascal failing a drug test for the steroids epitrenbolone, drostanolone, and drostanolone metabolite A.

The 38-year-old Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KO) and the 37-year-old Jack (23-3-3, 13 KO) fought in Dec. 2019 in a terrific bout, a Fight of the Year contender with a lot of big swings and drama. The rematch was a decent reason for diehard boxing fans who may not be interested in an “entertainment” main event to spend $50 and see a relevant fight, but obviously now that’s gone.

Jack says he’ll still be fighting on June 6 against a replacement opponent, but given they’ve got a week to find one, don’t expect much there:

There will probably be an explanation from Team Pascal coming soon, as there always is — someone ate some weird food and it happened to be right around a fight, there was a tainted energy drink, etc. It’s worth noting that Pascal has in the past been a vocal proponent for strict drug testing.

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