BOXING

• Pascal keeps title, stops Branco in 10th

  
  

  Montreal, Quebec (Sports Network) - Jean Pascal retained the WBC light heavyweight title Friday, knocking down Silvio Branco of Italy three times before the No. 1 challenger's corner threw in the towel in the 10th round.

  Pascal (24-1) defeated fellow Canadian Adrian Diaconu back in June for the belt and won handily in his first title defense, sending the 43-year-old Branco (59-10-2) to the canvas once in the seventh and twice in the 10th, the last coming at the 2:19 mark to single the end of the fight.

  Pascal is unbeaten in 19 bouts in Montreal.

  Branco is 1-4 in title fights.

  09/25 23:58:45 ET