Comments Thread For: Pascal, Moreno Win Big: The Post-Weekend Report Card

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by Cliff Rold - A little bit of “and new” and a little bit of “and still” marked the fistic landscape this weekend as Jean Pascal firmed his claim to the top of the Light Heavyweight division and Anselmo Moreno made another impressive statement at Bantamweight.

Each won intriguing affairs on Saturday night which set up even more intriguing possibilities for the futures at 175 and 118 lbs. respectively. Those possibilities involve both the winners and losers on Saturday, particularly where the larger men are concerned. [Click Here To Read More]

[Dave Rado]

by Cliff Rold - This scribe is old school and believes in the one round philosophy in a big fight, meaning fighters should be informed, ‘you have one round to end this’ before the matter is settled. Take that round away and Rocky Marciano never gets the Ezzard Charles rematch knockout; Ray Robinson doesn’t avenge the loss to Randy Turpin. Pascal and Dawson were fighting to be the best Light Heavyweight in the world. This wasn’t just another fight. Given Pascal’s career long penchant for weathering storms, and Dawson’s stuttering attacks throughout the night, the smart bet is Pascal survives and maybe even rocks Dawson one more time.

It would have been a superior conclusion to let the round finish and find out. [Click Here To Read More]

That's how I saw it at the time, but I was surprised that none of the HBO commentators said anything about it being too early to stop it; and as I'm no medical expert, I decided the cut must have been worse that I realised - especially as Dawson also didn't protest against the early stoppage at the time. But having read your article, I'm reconsidering again. To your examples, one could add Vitali fighting for several rounds vs. Lewis with what looked to me like a much worse cut, and Barrera fighting four rounds vs. Khan with what looked like a much worse cut. It does seem odd that the stoppage decision wasn't challenged by anyone at the time, and has barely been challenged since, in the articles (and posts) I've read prior to this one.