By Steve Kim

Last week in the private downstairs portion of the Wild Card Boxing Club, renowned trainer, Freddie Roach, was working with a new boxer - former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, who spent four days with Roach.

"It was a trial run," explained Roach. "(Pascal) wanted to come to see me, how it was here. I offered him to spar with Denis Lebedev who's getting ready for his next fight, they can help each other."

Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KO's), who is coming off a tough ten round decision over Yunieski Gonzalez on July 25th, could be headed to a 2016 rematch with WBA/IBF/WBO champion Sergey Kovalev, who stopped the Canadian star in eight rounds on March 14th. Sources say he could be involved a tune-up fight in December.

Regardless, it's still not clear who will be training him in the upcoming months.

"He's very interested and he's going to let me know in a couple of days," said Roach, who begins training Miguel Cotto for his November 21st date against Saul Alvarez on Monday.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.