Even if the fight wasn't stopped because of the head butt, Pascal would've gone the distance.
I don't think he was really hurt, but maybe a bit dazed. But he seemed to be coming back just before it was stopped and in all likelihood would've made the distance.
He did appear to be hurt, earlier in the fight, by a Dawson combination similar to the one in the beginning of the 11th, but shrugged it off and showed that he really wasn't.
Besides, Pascal has a great chin and Dawson has never knocked out a top fighter.
And, how do we know that Pascal wouldn't have countered back all of a sudden with a good right hand and hurt Dawson, like he did numerous times in the fight.
My opinion: if the head butt hadn't occurred, Pascal would've survived and gone the distance to win a decision.
I don't think he was really hurt, but maybe a bit dazed. But he seemed to be coming back just before it was stopped and in all likelihood would've made the distance.
He did appear to be hurt, earlier in the fight, by a Dawson combination similar to the one in the beginning of the 11th, but shrugged it off and showed that he really wasn't.
Besides, Pascal has a great chin and Dawson has never knocked out a top fighter.
And, how do we know that Pascal wouldn't have countered back all of a sudden with a good right hand and hurt Dawson, like he did numerous times in the fight.
My opinion: if the head butt hadn't occurred, Pascal would've survived and gone the distance to win a decision.
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