Jean Pascal wins bout with image of his face shaved into back of head

It didn't take long for Jean Pascal to make easy work of George Blades in Montreal on Saturday night. In fact, you could probably say the Canadian light-heavyweight's pre-fight hairstyle took longer to cut.

Pascal (28-2-1,17 KOs) was impressive — but it was his haircut, not his uppercut, that attracted attention all of the fans in attendance.

Fans were aware that this fifth-round knockout of Blades warm-up for his upcoming domestic fight with Lucian Bute next year. But when they looked closely at the former world champion’s haircut, it appeared that he wasn't only looking ahead but behind him as well.

And you could say they were right because Pascal had shaved an image of his own face into the hair on his head.

Pascal, whose only career defeats came against Bernard Hopkins and Britain’s Carl Froch, was fighting for the first time since last December.

Pascal's victory over the American fighter was little more than a glorified sparring session after Blades was dropped three times in what proved to be the final round — and before any of Pascal's four eyes were even swollen or blackened.

Guess you could say he sees things from both sides now.

Ricky Burns goes 10 rounds with broken jaw, wins controversial draw

Just getting into the ring to fight is tough enough — but the odds of finishing the last 10 rounds of a battering with a cleanly broken jaw and winning are staggering — even if you're the hometown favorite.

Scotland's Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KOs) has had a titanium plate fitted after breaking his jaw in the second round of his controversial draw with his American opponent Raymundo Beltran Saturday night. The WBO lightweight world champion still battled through the remaining 10 rounds in Glasgow before having surgery on Sunday morning.

And it wasn't like the 30-year-old Scot was having an easy go at Beltran.

Burns also climbed off the canvas to retain his title but a disappointed Beltran felt he was robbed after dominating large portions of the fight.

Beltran (28-6-1, 2 KOs) will not be awarded an immediate rematch however after Burns was ordered to face unbeaten mandatory challenger Terence Crawford when he recovers from his injury.

"What a fight that was — I take my hat off to Raymundo," Burns said. "I don't know how I got through that, I can hardly string two words together out here. I knew it was close. I was trying to stick to my jab. He was coming in swinging. I was worried about getting caught on the jaw again, when I did the pain was incredible. I'll get this jaw sorted and maybe me and Raymundo can do it again."

Burns apparently knew his jaw was busted early on.

"From the end of the fourth I was more concentrated on not getting my jaw hit," he added.

Burns' promoter Eddie Hearn, meanwhile, admitted he felt Beltran had edged the decision.

'It's difficult for me to score the fight with an emotional attachment, my gut feeling when I got in the ring was the Beltran had it after a close fight,' he tweeted.

"I'm not sure how Ricky continued for 10 rounds with an injury like that," he said."And right now my concerns are for him and making sure he is OK."

But Beltran was quick to criticize the "politics" of the sport after his first world title fight in front of Burns' countrymen.

"Politics, always the same thing in boxing," said Burns.

'There is money involved, it is business, every time they have a chance to protect their investment they do it. If I got beat I got beat, I've been getting robbed every time," he explained. "It is just so frustrating, there is so much sacrifice. We put ourselves on the line. But it is business."

The 32-year-old said he would consider a rematch but called for it to take place in the United States.

50 Cent's Broadway Boxing promotion is a knockout

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has his sights set on moving into the sport of boxing as a promoter and on Wednesday night the rapper's SMS Promotions teamed up with DiBella Entertainment to stage the latest edition of New York City's longest boxing series — Broadway Boxing at midtown Manhattan's famed Roseland Ballroom. SMS is planning to partner with DiBella for future fight nights as well.

50 Cent and one of his fighters Emanuel DeJesus (6-0, 4 KOS)
who won a unanimous decision against Khalik Meminger

Wednesday's show boasted eight fight cards and the house was filled with guest boxers and celebrities.

In the featured bout, returning former world junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (31-2, 8 KOs) outpointed Jamaal Davis (14-10-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round junior middleweight match-up. Foreman targeted a gaping cut over Davis' right eye to dominate the last few rounds and get the decision.

Foreman, the Belarus-born Israel native, held the WBA championship belt after losing the title in 2010 to Miguel Cotto, suffering a knee injury in the bout. After a two-year hiatus, Foreman is on the comeback trail after earlier success in his career showed promise.

Yuri Foreman continued his successful comeback

Davis, also 32, is a relative journeyman known for delivering tough challenges to more heralded fighters. According to an ESPN report, DiBella is bringing Foreman along slowly. Foreman has since relocated to Park Slope in Brooklyn, and is nearing completion of his studies to become a rabbi.

In the co-feature, non-stop puncher and super bantamweight Heather Hardy (6-0, KO) battered Seattle's Cassie Trost (1-2-1) to a stoppage victory. Trost was a bloody mess early in the fight as Hardy was relentless in her attack, ultimately putting Trost to a knee in the fourth round. The referee stopped it shortly after at 1:34 of the round, getting the popular Hardy her first knockout win.

Hardy (L) looked unbeatable

Up and coming Brooklyn light heavyweight Travis Peterkin (8-0, 4 KOs) carried overmatched middleweight Hector Hernandez, of Yuma, Ariz., the whole six-round distance with a unanimous decision.

The southpaw Peterkin could have gotten his opponent out of there in the early rounds, but the younger and stronger Peterkin seemed content to mix it up. Peterkin landed a straight left often, missing chances to follow it up as much as he could have, but he was still mighty impressive.

Undefeated Peterkin (R) continues to impress

From the quality of the bouts and and the cheers from the crowd, it looks like Fiddy is going to like the NYC fight game.

Photos by Tony Mangia

Former Olympic boxer angry over Trayvon verdict vows never to wear U.S. flag again

Former U.S. Olympic boxer Terrell Gausha is so disgusted over the George Zimmerman verdict — he's vowing to never wear an American flag again.

Gausha -- who boxed in the 2012 London Summer Games -- started wearing the American flag on his boxing trunks after his Olympic run ... but told TMZ he's done with that now in the wake of Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

The Cleveland native added, "How can I wear my stars and stripes proudly in a country where they make a big deal out of Mike Vick fighting dogs; but not a young innocent black male's life."

Gausha added, "When I represented my country in the Olympics I was proud to wear my flag. I even wore it on my head on the way to the ring. What happened this weekend was a slap in the face."

Ironically, the African-American fighter made his professional boxing debut as part of a "Red, White and Blue Night" last November.

Gausha — who is 4-0 as a pro —isn't eligible for the U.S. team in 2016 — but it doesn't sound like the 25-year-old middleweight would be interested anyway now. He told TMZ he refuses to rep a "nation with so much racism and hatred."