Is jean Pascal a better fighter today

[VatoMulatto]

Do you think Pascal has improved since his loss to Carl Froch or is he still the same fighter?

[djtmal]

i hope so...i'm pulling for him to give hopkins the career ending beatdown

[intoccabile]

Do you think Pascal has improved since his loss to Carl Froch or is he still the same fighter?

Much better today. Also fights much different than previously too, thanks to the Froch fight.

he also does a few thing sthat he previously didnt do, that froch did to him in the inside. As if he learned from Froch in that fight (and i dont doubt he did, anyone else remember seeing Froch in pascals dressing room before the Dawson fight?)

I see nard losing this fight for that reason alone - Pascal is a hard guy to clinch ever since the froch fight. he adopted the hand behind the head/punch, rabbit punching, etc. He goes NUTS when you clinch him, in both dirty and clean ways.. an that is Nards entire game. It being at home for him as well, he wont be called on any of the fouls he commits inside teh clinch.

See for yourself - VERY tough dude to get a hold of.

[VatoMulatto]

Much better today. Also fights much different than previously too, thanks to the Froch fight.

he also does a few thing sthat he previously didnt do, that froch did to him in the inside. As if he learned from Froch in that fight (and i dont doubt he did, anyone else remember seeing Froch in pascals dressing room before the Dawson fight?)

I see nard losing this fight for that reason alone - Pascal is a hard guy to clinch ever since the froch fight. he adopted the hand behind the head/punch, rabbit punching, etc. He goes NUTS when you clinch him, in both dirty and clean ways.. an that is Nards entire game. It being at home for him as well, he wont be called on any of the fouls he commits inside teh clinch.

See for yourself - VERY tough dude to get a hold of.

Good post!!!

[warp1432]

I think 175 has allowed him to have that burst of speed without getting as tired. He was probably had a tougher time making 168, so he couldn't be as fast. Froch is a good fighter though so losing to him isn't really a bad thing anymore.

[The Surgeon]

i hope so...i'm pulling for him to give hopkins the career ending beatdown

Better fighter. So is Froch tho.

Fresh fighters can get in wars like those and grow from them, hard fights toughen up a fighter get him battlehardend, then again one punch too many and there just slightly over the wrong side of the hill and now on the slide!


Froch and Pascal just scored career best wins tho, both guys grew from their fight

[jonesy]

Do you think Pascal has improved since his loss to Carl Froch or is he still the same fighter?

I think Pascal has improved quite a bit since that fight but so has Carl Froch.

I guess sparring each other has done them both wonders, they are both world-class elite fighters.

[daggum]

yes he has. i see hopkins on the ground crying after being rabbit punched but the ref counting to 10 and ruling it a knockout anyway.

[cooper5]

I think he has improved. Often winning a title makes a fighter improve. Whether it is confidence or just working harder because you know you have to, something clicks when you are the champion.