Looks like Pascal v Hopkins is on 18th December

[skel1983]

Bernard Hopkins to fight light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal on Dec. 18 - ESPN

[amat]

OK, if Hopkins can muster at least 3 4 minute breaks in the action then I actually think he is going to beat Pascal. Unreal, I wonder what the odds on this will be.

[Nameless]

Key to beat Hopkins: Win the early rounds by throwing a lot of shots and avoid the grab or it'll be the freakiest acting show ever.

[ono]

Not sure i want to watch this. Pascal is on a roll. Hopkins will do anything he can to spoil the fight.

[DaxxKahn]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

[CFH]

Hopkins will use his patented fouling, spoiling, counter-butting style to take away Pascal's workrate and bore his way to a disputed decision. I'm not sure who will win, but I'm sure it will be boring and ugly and I will once against be praying for Hopkins retirement.

[El Kabong]

Hopkins by decision! Damn...and I was ready to see my main man Tavoris Cloud wreck the shit out of Pascal!

[skel1983]

I think this is one fight to far for Hopkins I hope there is good odds on Pascal he will be to active for Hopkins with it in Canada as well looks good to me.

[skel1983]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He is a moron?? Why is he a moron? This is the same guy who has fought Froch in his backyard Adrian Diaconunu twice and Chad Dawson in his last 5 fights Bute is the one to blame he is happy fighting bums of the week in his backyard.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

This fight is in Canada. There is no way Pascal is losing this fight. No doubt there will be a fortnight of Hopkins ranting on about a ''robbery'' either way.

Hopkins has got balls but he is gonna make this one ugly fight, as usual.

[WelshDevilRob]

I can see the reasoning in taking the fight. Nice earner against a faded Bhop who still a good profile.

After a big win against someone like Chad Dawson most fighters would have gone for a nice easy defence rather than an awkward customer like Hopkins.

I tip my hat to Pascal and also think he will win.

[DaxxKahn]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He is a moron?? Why is he a moron? This is the same guy who has fought Froch in his backyard Adrian Diaconunu twice and Chad Dawson in his last 5 fights Bute is the one to blame he is happy fighting bums of the week in his backyard.

As far as who is better opinions vary and I guess my Avatar speaks for who I would back BUT if you read my post correct and did not jump on the who is better issue so quickly you would see that my point was financial AND of worth in the eyes of boxing fans....They are the 2 biggest Canadian fighters going right now perhaps in the last 2 decades.....They are also considered the 2 best in each of thier perspective divisions....

It would be a great fight no matter who won but it would be a big fight in terms of Quality, in terms of money to be made and in terms of what the fans want....A win win win all around

How ,any of those are in boxing right now

As for the Brinkley fight we all know why that is taking place so lets not pretend Bute is cherry picking

[Gandalf]

I don't mind this fight actually. I never tire of seeing Hopkins lose close, ugly and tedious decisions. Pascal will try and outwork Hopkins like Calzaghe and get mugged somewhat along the way. Won't be a fun fight, but maybe the end of Hopkins and a chance to put to rest that silly talk about going up to HW.

[CFH]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He might have made more money fighting Bute in the short term, but I think this could turn out to be a wise business decision on Pascal's part.

Hopkins is less of a threat than Bute and is much more well known in the United States and throughout the boxing world. If Pascal can beat him, his stock will rise exponentially; regardless of age, he'll be the first guy to beat Hopkins since his renaissance. However, if he fought Bute and won, people would call Bute untested and would bring up the ghosts of the first Andrade fight to prove this; if he lost it would be even worse. Bute would benefit more from fighting Pascal than Pascal would for fighting him, and I think I can understand their logic behind fighting what appears to be a quickly fading Hopkins. It's eschewing short-term gain for long-term investment.

[skel1983]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He might have made more money fighting Bute in the short term, but I think this could turn out to be a wise business decision on Pascal's part.

Hopkins is less of a threat than Bute and is much more well known in the United States and throughout the boxing world. If Pascal can beat him, his stock will rise exponentially; regardless of age, he'll be the first guy to beat Hopkins since his renaissance. However, if he fought Bute and won, people would call Bute untested and would bring up the ghosts of the first Andrade fight to prove this; if he lost it would be even worse. Bute would benefit more from fighting Pascal than Pascal would for fighting him, and I think I can understand their logic behind fighting what appears to be a quickly fading Hopkins. It's eschewing short-term gain for long-term investment.

I just don't know how Dax can call Pascal for this when Bute is fighting Jesse Brinkley
Pascal resume is about 500 times stronger than Butes will probably ever be. After fighting Daswon this is a great fight for Pascal like you say give him some nice exposure, let Bute carry on fighting gimps.