Chad Dawson vs Jean Pascal My Thoughts.

[ElTerribleMorales]

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

[ross]

No, Dawson just isnt a great! I didnt see the fight but werent people saying that Johnson was robbed against him?

Pascal will out hustle him again, maybe easier.

I agree that Pascal has improved and with this fight he will improve further but Dawson has fought alot of quality opponents and I reckon he has plataued as far as his boxing career is concerned.

Froch has also improved though, I believe they are both still on the same level.

[ElTerribleMorales]

No, Dawson just isnt a great! I didnt see the fight but werent people saying that Johnson was robbed against him?

Pascal will out hustle him again, maybe easier.

I agree that Pascal has improved and with this fight he will improve further but Dawson has fought alot of quality opponents and I reckon he has plataued as far as his boxing career is concerned.

Froch has also improved though, I believe they are both still on the same level.

another example of Dawson showing up and putting up a half ass effort, he schooled Johnson in the rematch, and IMO he'll spark Pascal easily in a rematch

as for Froch improving, where the hell do you see that? his defense is as weak as ever, he's just as flat footed, keeps his hands down at his waist, and is too damn slow for him to be doing it, Dawson and Froch are leagues apart, and Pascal is somewhere in between

[ICB]

No, Dawson just isnt a great! I didnt see the fight but werent people saying that Johnson was robbed against him?

Pascal will out hustle him again, maybe easier.

I agree that Pascal has improved and with this fight he will improve further but Dawson has fought alot of quality opponents and I reckon he has plataued as far as his boxing career is concerned.

Froch has also improved though, I believe they are both still on the same level.

Carl Froch has improved, thats why he lost convincingly in his last two fights. I mean seriously what the hell

Your biased views on British fighters is unbelievable at times.

[Gandalf]

I missed all the recent fights, but this one kind of surprised me. I thought Dawson was a little better than that, but I guess he has only been fighting old men recently.

Good on Pascal getting the win though and I wouldn't be surprised to see him do the same again next time either. Dawson really doesn't like to get hit at all. Pascal seems to have got better too mind, so it's not all about Dawson being a bit pants.