Chad Dawson vs Jean Pascal My Thoughts.

[ICB]

From reading all the posts, i was expecting a more one sided fight. But it actually wasn't, i think Chad Dawson technically looked the better fighter, and he did land more punches. Its just he wasn't active enough strangely, even when he had Jean Pascal hurt he didn't try and follow up.

Jean Pascal was good with the straight right hand, he did buzz Chad Dawson a few times. But he didn't actually land as many punches as people think. Although it was a good tactic jumping in and pushing Chad Dawson back, to steal rounds.

I think some of Chad Dawson's work was forgotten, because of Jean Pascal's exciting flurries. But scoring wise i thought it was quite close, and in a rematch i think Chad Dawson would win he just needs to up the pace.

[killersheep]

Since judges don't have punch counters in front of them, and the crowd exploded everytime Pascal threw a power shot, there is no way Dawson was getting a decision. This fight should have been much more simple for a pure boxer, Pascal couldn't counter so as long as Dawson kept punching and didn't let Pascal reset he had nothing to worry about. But he did neither of those things, he would land a good jab and back out, throw a 6 shot combo and then back out. He LET Pascal take this fight from him. Pascal looked great for the first three rounds, but after that Dawson was starting to loosen up and showed exactly how easily he could dominate when he chose to. He chose not too, his corner was pleading with him to press and he just didn't until the 11th when the headbutt happened.

[killersheep]

Basically in this fight Dawson was a ferrari driving like a kia.

[BoxingGorilla]

Since judges don't have punch counters in front of them, and the crowd exploded everytime Pascal threw a power shot, there is no way Dawson was getting a decision. This fight should have been much more simple for a pure boxer, Pascal couldn't counter so as long as Dawson kept punching and didn't let Pascal reset he had nothing to worry about. But he did neither of those things, he would land a good jab and back out, throw a 6 shot combo and then back out. He LET Pascal take this fight from him. Pascal looked great for the first three rounds, but after that Dawson was starting to loosen up and showed exactly how easily he could dominate when he chose to. He chose not too, his corner was pleading with him to press and he just didn't until the 11th when the headbutt happened.

I kept thinking he (Dawson) had West Nile Virus.

[The Promoter]

Dawson never seemed to take charge like he could have, in a way I thought from the 5th round on Dawson played with Pascal. I know Dawson got caught a couple of times but it seemed that he was clearly landing at will, when he threw. In the 11th it seemed that Dawson had enough and went for the KO which in my mind was clearly coming, the head butt was unfortunate...After the fight I thought of something that Cus D'Amato used to say "Never carry a fighter, take him out as soon as you can because if you try to carry him they might be carrying you out." I think Chad Dawson was taking it too easy and paid a price by letting the pts put him into a situation where he had to take chances....

[The Fightfan]

My thoughts on this fight are .... Well I have none. Dawson did exactley what I thought he would which is not much of anything. Pascal landed the better looking punches and the crowd got behind that. Dawson did alot of pawing,and getting hit by some stupid shit. The eleventh round has been the point I have been trying to get across about Dawson for many years. Very unexciting,and shows no balls. He had his man out on his feet and all he had to do was land another punch and the fight would have ended. Pascal looked like he had blacked out for a minute and what did Dawson do move in and CLINCH .

[Deanrw]

What I saw in the fight was a fighter with a great boxing toolset who got flustered by movement and angles. He was also affected by his opponents speed.

We can sit back and all blame Dawson for what he would not do, but the blame should go to Pascal. He fought a fight which kept Dawson guessing, hesitant and took him right out of his comfort zone.

The only time Dawson saw real success was when Pascal got gassed. Even then Pascal still seemed to have been more preserving energy and riding out getting stunned. He started getting back into his groove right before the headbutt.

Dawson tried attacking in the 8th round and almost got knocked down for his effort. All I am saying is it may not be about what he did wrong, but may have everything to do with what Pascal did right.