Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
I dont rate Froch very much, although he is strong.

How the f*ck do you explain Pascal outworking and hurting Dawson but not being capable of the same against Froch?

Dont forget, both were at exactly the same point in their careers, neither had fought a top ten super middle yet, so you cant just say that Pascal has improved because Froch has fought the better opponents since.

I think what has happened with Dawson is he has been over rated a bit, hes fought some older fighters who arent as fast or powerfull as Pascal, and all of a sudden he has to fight at a pace and is getting caught and hurt. This intimidated him and made him reluctant to engage.

Dawson was finished after that last burst of his in the 11th, physically and mentally. He knew he wasnt really hurting Pascal and that hed just drained himself trying. I dont think he would have been capable of another sustained effort like that in the last. Pascal was fine and fighting back when Dawson was pulled out. At no point in the fight was Pascal made to flop around and litterally jump off the floor to grab on for dear life like he made Dawson.

I think pascal goes in to a rematch much more confident and puts it on Dawson even more and Dawson STILL fights with no heart.
Pascal isn't even really the same fighter he was when he fought Froch, that was in 2008, he's gone up in weight and as it's been mentioned seemed to work on his footwork, i've said it time and time again, this fight is more a case of Dawson not doing enough and Pascal taking advantage of it rather than Pascal doing too much and Dawson not being able to deal with it, if Dawson actually takes the initiative next time out, he KO's Pascal

Pascal today is a better fighter than Froch