Dawson looked rusty, he wasn't active enough, I think the long layoff got to him. He should consider fighting someone else before fighting Pascal again, maybe a tune up. Also Pascal does have the ability to take an interim bout first.
But Most likely Dawson will and Pascal will fight again next.
I would rather Dawson fought Pascal straight away and try to reclaim his throne.
There's no doubt Dawson can do much better in a rematch.
Maybe a tune up before wouldn't be a bad idea but i personally think he doesn't need it now.
I haven't commented at all about this fight yet. But there is no doubt in my mind that Dawson would win the rematch. Dawson had too many things going on from what I understand. Hats off to Pascal but, what dawson did in round 11th should have been done in round 6. Dawson beats Pascal in the rematch.
In my mind, Dawson still in the better light heavy weight champ.
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He doesn't need a tune up. He had Pascal in trouble plenty of times to know what he needs to do in a rematch. I'm willing to put up half my points on Dawson.
Dawson looked rusty, he wasn't active enough, I think the long layoff got to him. He should consider fighting someone else before fighting Pascal again, maybe a tune up. Also Pascal does have the ability to take an interim bout first.
But Most likely Dawson will and Pascal will fight again next.
Pascal was the one who was rusty, he just had surgery to his shoulder, many people thought that the fight could be too soon for Pascal. Dawson has no excuses for his weak performance, the better man won...
I would rather Dawson fought Pascal straight away and try to reclaim his throne.
There's no doubt Dawson can do much better in a rematch.
Maybe a tune up before wouldn't be a bad idea but i personally think he doesn't need it now.
he should fight cloud next man. and let bute and pascal duke it out in canada!
That would be nuts. Cloud is like a rabid dog, he's much more aggressive than Pascal, and his conditioning is much better than Pascal's as well.
After watching Cloud-Johnson and Dawson-Pascal I would say that would be about the dumbest career move in the history of boxing.
Dawson looked rusty, he wasn't active enough, I think the long layoff got to him. He should consider fighting someone else before fighting Pascal again, maybe a tune up. Also Pascal does have the ability to take an interim bout first.
But Most likely Dawson will and Pascal will fight again next.
Good Point! but I think Pascal will use this victory as a platform for a financial op in a fight vs bute...I wish they would rematch right away tho, Chad shook the rust off in the 11th