It was a promotion that galvanized the City of Montreal . Pascal or Diaconu? That was the question and a packed house showed up to find out the answer, and while the fans were sold on the sizzle, they were given a prime beef that delivered the goods. Pascal used his speed and ring movement in the early rounds and when the time came to trade with the heavy hitting Diaconu, he did that too, scoring a knockdown in the fifth round. “Smart fight,” was how Diaconu summed up his opponent afterwards. Diaconu was certainly with his moments too, landing big as he did with a right hand in the 11th round but never quite being able to follow up against the fleet footed Pascal who left it all in the ring. This one was a classic and there was no doubt that when the final bell sounded that they would do it all over again.