Bernard Hopkins rallies to draw

Quebec City - Bernard Hopkins lost the chance to be the oldest boxer to organize the title of world importance, is struggling with a technical tie with Canada's Jean Pascal, on Saturday night.

45 years Hopkins (02/05/1951) met the deposed first and second rounds.

U.S. Judge Steve Morrow was 114-112, and Hopkins, but the Canadian Claude Paquette (113-113) and Daniel from Belgium, Van de Wiel (114-114) was, who made a technical tie and gets Pascal (26-1 - 1) to keep his WBC light heavyweight and Ibo titles.

Hopkins is 46-15 january. George Foreman was 45 years, 10 months, when the TKO heavyweight champion Michael Moore in 1994. Hopkins said that he wants a rematch, but not in Canada.

"I came to Canada and the face of a man 28 years old and I get to drag 45-year-old?" Hopkins said in amazement. "You saw a boy from old grandfather."

Hopkins complained that it was a stroke back of the head that took the final seconds of the first, but the referee in Montreal, Michael Griffin, made it drop.

Was clearly a drop in the third when Pascal marked the former king to his left Philadelphia. Hopkins fell off screen, and it grew rapidly.

Pascal, born in Haiti, the fourth defense WBC belt, beat fellow countryman Adrian Diaconu fighter in Montreal in June 2009, had been used and shot several times in the last six rounds.

"I think for me," said Pascal, whose face was red and swollen after the attack, when Hopkins came out with a few scratches. "It was not my best fight, but Bernard likes to fight dirty.

"I left him twice. We have fair judges in Canada."

Hopkins has launched a desperate flurry of last round, but could not put down to Pascal.

"12th lap was naughty," said Hopkins. "He seemed tired of the sixth round. I was breathless. Held each time came close. And I kept throwing punches in front. He was right in front of life. "

Some discussion of the first cards of judges Canadians and Belgians have changed, but was rejected by both sides. Hopkins reluctantly accepted drag on the ground, Pascal, but he felt he won - and insists he would do if they fought again.

"Look at my record - someone who I fought twice destroyed me," he said.

Hopkins, whose professional career began in 1988, won the IBF middleweight title in 1995 and defended it 20 times against some of the names in sport before he was hit twice in a row with Jermain Taylor in 2005.

American moved up to heavy and has won five of the six episodes, including 12 round decision over faded Roy Jones Jr. in his last tour in April.

Undercard is, the American Paul Malignaggi (28-4) rejected the loss for the WBA title Amir Khan going to Mexico, Michael Lozada (01/07/1936) and the sixth round.