What happened Jermain Taylor twice could have been Pascal

Jermain Taylor was beating both Carl froch and Abraham by points, and still got KTFO in the last round. I can't say that Dawson would have knocked out pascal in Rd 11 or 12, but those are 2 recent examples of guys losing by points and getting a knockout to win a fight. Chavez vs Taylor and even Pacquiao vs Sasakal(sp?) was in the latter rounds. I think Pascal might have survived by clinching or going on his bike, but we won't know either way. Hopefully, we will get rematch soon. Pascal can exercise rematch clause after fighting one other opponent, if he fights Bute he may lose and make rematch pointless.