I'll go with Pascal. Despite all the trashtalking B-Hop does before a fight he has not KO'd anyone in years. Pascal did at least knockdown Hopkins in their first fight.
If Hopkins does win it will be by a ugly decision.
Pascal would ko Hopkins quicker than the versa.But unlike everyone else I do believe Hopkins has the power to keep him honest.But Hopkins isn't a risk taker.He just prefers precision victories.
unless pascal shows something different in this fight, i don't expect him to ko hopkins.
after hopkins figured out when and where pascals punches were coming from, the fight was over for pascal, only his athleticism kept him in the fight after that.
this fight, i can see pascal running and dancing his way to victory again, a draw being the victory for pascal..... sad to say, i do not see hopkins getting a tko or ko, although i would really like to see him stop pascal.
i think this is an uphill fight for hopkins, going in against the system again, since the fight is up in canada again, in pascals hometown, age vs youth, etc. it's not looking good for hopkins, now, with all that said, it has all been said before for hopkins and he's proven people wrong.
pascal is going to need a higher punch out put and he's going to have to open up, stand and exchange in order to make a statement and also make hopkins respect him. the only problem with that is, he opens himself up, tires later in the fight, really has no defense, which is all things that benefit hopkins.
if hopkins wants to make this an ugly fight he can, he could, and he will if it suits the fight. in their last fight the only dirty, ugly, fighting was coming from pascal, who fouled hopkins excessively in that fight with rabbit punches al fight long........... not one warning about them either and not one complaint from hopkins.
i expect more fouls from pascal and i expect him to be dirty in this fight, in hopes that hopkins retaliates and gets a point taken away, you know that is what he was doing in their 1st fight.........
if hopkins tears into the body from the opening bell, fights strong like he did int he first fight, he wins this fight...............
if pascal survives and this is sad, but if he just looks better than he did in his first fight with hopkins, THEY WILL GIVE PASCAL THE FIGHT............ all he has to do is not look as bad as he did the first time around. he doesn't have to land more, doesn't have to do more damage, none of that, all he has to do is not get hit as much and make it to the finally bell and they will score the fight in his favor, guaranteed.............
as much as i want hopkins to win and think that he can win if the fight was in a neutral setting, i think they're going to short hopkins again............
now if hbo has real financial interests in hopkins with the 3 fight deal, maybe, just maybe hopkins might get a fair shake in this fight and just maybe possibly some love............
i want hopkins to win with a 11th round tko over pascal, in a dominant pillar to post beating of pascal............. but i'll settle for a hopkins win period..... unless it's a shidt result from a cut or TD............
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