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  • SplitSecond
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    #31
    here's me trying to choose who would win in the first pascal-hopkins fight


    now im pretty sure pascal wins tho, i have been wrong before(taylor-froch) but im never far off

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    • Walt Liquor
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      #32
      Originally posted by Blah!
      he didn't gas vs froch? are you mental? that was the only reason he lost, but i do admit he had better stamina down at smw


      and no, i picked him to win(after going back and forth on who would win, ends up being a draw), but in my card he did win, 1,2,3,5 and 8, you could argue the 12th for pascal too
      nice prediction with the 4th

      If I can argue the 12th for Pascal V Hopkins, how gassed was pascal? More likely to me that Pascal was making a last ditched effort.

      So you don't think Pascal will gas V Bhop this time? You think he'll ko bhop early? Are you making your prediction via this thread?

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      • Mr. Philadel
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        #33
        B.Hop gets knocked down after 17 years and hundreds of rounds....his chin is all of a sudden crap?!? ....the standard that man is held to is crazy!! LOL

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          #34
          Originally posted by Sparked_1985
          He's not got a huge KO ratio, though has he?

          Even that Froch fight was weird. As soon as Froch got behind the jab it looked fairly comfortable.

          Pascal reminds me of David Haye in style but with less power, less stamina.
          No, but I think thats coz he's not a pure puncher, he's a boxerpuncher. He has scored some pure knockouts, with one punch too tho, so he def has power. But he relies also on his movement and speed, not just power.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Pastrano
            Pascal's musclemass slows him down and weakens his stamina. Just like with Frank Bruno, if he doesnt succee in koing his opponent early enuff, he gasses.
            OK. Thanks.

            Another thing I find puzzling is that Hopkins clearly gassed vs Calzaghe. He needed to take breaks any which way he could. Doing those fake ball shots and ending up on all fours, with Cal doing that simulated sodomy.

            How is it some what 3 years later, at an even more advanced age, he showed great stamina over 12 rounds?

            Perhaps this also explains Pascal's actions.

            When BHop started chasing him, maybe Pascal assumed that BHop had to soon gas out, and then he (Pascal) would finish him off. Obviously backfired as BHop never gassed. Seems odd given how he did some 3 yrs earlier.

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              #36
              Originally posted by SekondzOut
              B.Hop gets knocked down after 17 years and hundreds of rounds....his chin is all of a sudden crap?!? ....the standard that man is held to is crazy!! LOL
              he's nearly 50 and you expect him to have an iron chin still?
              is it that hard to believe that at 46 his punch resistance has deteriorated?

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                #37
                After round 4, Pascal waited for the end of each round to actually start throwing, so I got the impression that he was waiting for the old man to tire, simply. Which was a DUMB thing to do. Hope he has devised a better strategy this time.

                He wobbled Hopkins at the very end of the fight tho, I wonder am I the only one who saw this?

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Walt Liquor
                  nice prediction with the 4th

                  If I can argue the 12th for Pascal V Hopkins, how gassed was pascal? More likely to me that Pascal was making a last ditched effort.

                  So you don't think Pascal will gas V Bhop this time? You think he'll ko bhop early? Are you making your prediction via this thread?
                  because he takes rounds off, that's the main thing here, he gasses(not too much, but saves up), takes a good 3-4 rounds off and fights back in spurts

                  as for making a prediction, i dont wanna set anything in stone yet, but im almost positive pascal will win this rematch via stoppage

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Blah!
                    because he takes rounds off, that's the main thing here, he gasses(not too much, but saves up), takes a good 3-4 rounds off and fights back in spurts

                    as for making a prediction, i dont wanna set anything in stone yet, but im almost positive pascal will win this rematch via stoppage
                    he took rounds off vs bhop or bhop shut him out? winning one round after the third (arguably 2 more) doesn't sound like taking rounds off to me, that sounds more like getting shut down

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Walt Liquor
                      he took rounds off vs bhop or bhop shut him out? winning one round after the third (arguably 2 more) doesn't sound like taking rounds off to me, that sounds more like getting shut down
                      hey man, believe what you want, we'll see may 21st, then we can bump this thread

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