Pascal beats Diaconu

[CFH]

Pascal wins unanimous decision

I must admit, I am surprised. Diaconu's not exactly Roy Jones, but I thought he'd be too big for what I've always thought of as a fairly limited fighter in Pascal. I was wrong though, Pascal seems to be improving every outing and he now holds a belt at 175.

[Kev]

I thought he looked great against Froch so I knew he had class.

At least we now have a legit opponent for Chad Dawson, and maybe afterwards the winner can have Froch.

Imo Froch (who should be p4p number 7 in place of Donaire) now is unbeatable from 160 to 175.

I'm hoping he gets to retire Hopkins later in the year but failing that finishing what Andrade started against Bute would be a nice way to round out the year.

[gest12645]

LOL Froch P4P? Seriously ? This is the guy that was being schooled until the 12th round against Taylor. Sure he won, but hes no way near the top 20 even. Hopkins schools him if they would fight this year

[Kev]

LOL Froch P4P? Seriously ? This is the guy that was being schooled until the 12th round against Taylor. Sure he won, but hes no way near the top 20 even. Hopkins schools him if they would fight this year

No you are misunderstood, Carl 'the Cobra' Froch is the truth, he's unbeatable from 160 to 175 lbs.

Only Anthony 'The Man' Mundine gives him any trouble.

He would destroy Popkins.

Hope that clears it up for you.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

froch was schooling taylor in the latter rounds.

[Motor City Cobra]

Hopefully Pascal can establish himself as a top 175 so Dawson can have a natural rival. Anway its good to have a young champ in that divison.

[Gandalf]

It was a really enjoyable fight. My second proper look at Pascal actually, and apart from leaving his hands down too much seems to have a lot of good all round skills.

[bzkfn]

I felt the same as CFH. That Pascal would last the distance only to lose out on a close UD. I was hoping I was wrong though, because I think Pascal is a very gutsy fighter who is proving extremely watchable. I'm happy for him. I think him vs. Yusaf Mack would be a cracking tear up.

[Dadi Astthorsson]

The only schooling Taylor and Froch would do is showing how solid professionals can have incredible fundamental flaws in their game!

Pascal to me is a guy who has all the tools in the world to be a A list fighter, but he fights like he's still a fanboy. One fight he wants to be Shane Mosley, then Floyd Mayweather, then Roy Jones Jr. He's all over the place. It's almost as if he's trying to be unorthodox just to be unorthodox.

Pascal is a kind of Judah to Dawson's Mayweather. Judah and Pascal have more tools... Dawson and Mayweather use theirs like they should be used.

[ICB]

Pascal wins unanimous decision

I must admit, I am surprised. Diaconu's not exactly Roy Jones, but I thought he'd be too big for what I've always thought of as a fairly limited fighter in Pascal. I was wrong though, Pascal seems to be improving every outing and he now holds a belt at 175.

Alot of people were saying Chad Dawson was avoiding Adrian Diaconu. I think this proves Chad Dawson would of beat Adrian Diaconu without much trouble. Chad Dawson vs Glen Johnson 2 is a must first, then fight Jean Pascal.

[Kel]

Pascal should be a poker player, even in a fight his expression never changes at all.

[holmcall]

And he looked good in the process. Pascal has the goods.

[Deanrw]

Pascal's body punching was a thing of beauty. He has gotten better overall IMO

6 Months ago if you asked me, i would have said froch and Pascal were over-rated tools. 6 months later I will say both are entertaining as hell and very decent fighters with tons of heart.

[BIG H]

LOL Froch P4P? Seriously ? This is the guy that was being schooled until the 12th round against Taylor. Sure he won, but hes no way near the top 20 even. Hopkins schools him if they would fight this year

I'm not sold on Froch, but no way was he 'Schooled' infact he would've atleast been worth a draw with a 10-7 last round (which is what he would have got had Taylor survived

[ElTerribleMorales]

LOL Froch P4P? Seriously ? This is the guy that was being schooled until the 12th round against Taylor. Sure he won, but hes no way near the top 20 even. Hopkins schools him if they would fight this year

I'm not sold on Froch, but no way was he 'Schooled' infact he would've atleast been worth a draw with a 10-7 last round (which is what he would have got had Taylor survived

IMO losing 8 rounds straight, and yes Froch lost 8 rnds straight, plus an extra point for the knockdown by Taylor in the 3rd, and there is no way possible Froch would have won or even gotten a draw, IMO he was getting a boxing lesson until Taylor tired, and was able to capatalize on it, and i applaud him for it, but he's hardly unbeatable from 168 on up