Cieslak batters Pascal for interim WBC cruiserweight title

Michal Cieslak was predictably way too much for what’s left of Jean Pascal yesterday

The WBC’s inexplicable decision to have Michal Cieslak fight Jean Pascal for their interim cruiserweight title resulted in exactly the sort of mismatch we expected, as Cieslak methodically battered Pascal to a fourth-round finish yesterday in Quebec.

Pascal (37-8-1, 21 KO) is 42 years old and very much not a cruiserweight, weighing in a hair over 197; the only other time he breached 190 came when...