Pascal is very intelligent and he learn a lot in his defeat against Froch. From now on Pascal will be very hard to beat. He is right now recovering from a shoulder operation he should fight Dawson very soon...maybe june !
Dirrell is overated by many people, the guy got all the skills but that's not enough.
Skill is only 25% of being a great fighters...imagine this ! Go see Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor and Dirrell in the gym and after that go see Froch...could you for one moment imagine that that this guy has beaten the three of them, Froch as no skills at all compare to them.
But the guy a high level of confidence and his able to be calm and focus at all time, Dirrell will never have that. By the way, Froch will have is first defeat against Kessler, Kessler will be a very focus man on that night...by losing to Ward, Kessler will be more focus !
Dawson would humiliate Shumenov or Pascal. Calzaghe would've probably lost to him too. The winner of the Super Six has the best chance of taking Dawson's title.
Dawson would humiliate Pascal...that's a joke man, Dawson will have is hand full with Pascal.
Yes, I do agree that Miranda knows that he's in over his head but he can't realistically refuse this offer, can he? Anyways, HBO didn't want to hear about Brinkley, so Interbox and Bute had to give in.
Bute will win easy, without getting hit...he is very slick. Look for the ko from Bute around the 6 round, like always upstairs and the finishing touch downstairs.
I am pretty sure that Pascal will have a tune up fight in june in Montreal.
It will be a hell of a fight against Dawson, people will find out that Pascal is the real deal !
Kessler will win that one, but it will be a great fight. Froch as been very lucky so far...he is technically very ordinary and if you look at his last 3 fights, they were all very close.
If Froch would face Pascal again, he would lose for sure.
Froch was more than lucky that Taylor was dead for the last round...again !
The Dirrell fight was more than close, Dirrell just did run too much.
Kessler with a new trainer will bring a new energy and will overwork Froch with his jab and movement. Saying this, Froch is a fighter with a very high confidence level, very good stamina with lots of heart...but now fighters will respect that more than before and will go in the ring with a solid strategy and that's were Froch will have no answers or should i say, no tools to adjust.
Andrade is not Abraham or Kessler guys ! In fact Andrade is the perfect guy for a guy like Lucas to take a risk. We will see if Lucas still has the timing, if he does he will give a good fight to Andrade.