I may have missed it but perhaps if the TS had an explanation as to why this fight can be compared to Floyd vs Manny one can have a different opinion.
What Pascal did was that he used his smarts and outwitted Dawson. Pascal kept Dawson off balance for a better part of that fight. Pascal came in threw his combos and then either held or moved out of danger. Now that plan, I would agree would help Manny as Floyd too prefers opponents who just throw 1-2 shots at a time. Floyd counters those opponents (1-2 punch) all night.... but the way Pascal came in with just combinations and kept moving, threw Dawson's game plan right out of the window since he was getting outpointed from the get go.
Now is Floyd Dawson? No! Is Pascal Manny? No! Am I saying that Manny needs to come in clumsily into Floyd as Pascal did at times? No! Am I saying that Floyd would do exactly what Dawson did? No ..... but Manny should try to add as many weapons (Plan A, B, ...) in his arsenal that he keeps Floyd off balance.
Actually, instead of the mentioned fight, Manny/Roach should be very happy to have seen Floyd vs Mosley happen as Floyd, I'm sure, fought differently than Mosley had expected. Floyd showed something that Manny and Roach can take with them when they formulate their game plan.
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